Alchemy •Dan Smith•

fifty three

veins//dan smith
"What are we doing?" I asked, searching for some form of answer. We sat on my un-made bed, the only lift being filtered through the raindrop covered window.

He stared into my eyes, brows furrowing,"What do you mean?"

I frowned, as I struggled to find the words.

"I mean, what are we? I don't know what I'm doing."

A small smile graced his lips, as his stray hand wandered to my own hand, intwining our fingers.

"What do you want us to be, love?" He asked, rubbing his thumb comfortingly over my skin.

"I-I don't k-know? I, I haven't really had anything like this before, and I'm scared of fucking it up." I admitted.

He sighed, before bringing his lip under the pressure of his crooked tooth I had gone to grow so fond of. His dark blue orbs searched my lighter ones, pulling my memory to a time they did the same thing;

I felt a squeeze on my hand, causing my eyes to meet his own.

"What?" I asked softly, giving him a small smile.

"Nothing, just wanted to see those pretty orbs of yours."

"God your so cheeky Dan, let me nap." I giggled, leaning against the window again.

He chuckled and began rubbing my knuckles, which continued the whole ride home.

"God, your eyes are beautiful." He muttered, his laughter lines crinkling as he smiled.

"Not as beautiful as yours." Was my reply. And I wasn't lying in the slightest. Those ocean blue orbs had me drawn in, making my mind travel through the seven seas with every blink.

"Not possible."

"Anything is possible."

That was a phrase I never used to believe. I never would have beloved finding a companion would be possible. I never thought meeting someone so utterly amazing was possible.

But some sort of alchemy had taken place, and here I sat, staring into the eyes the man I had fallen for.

"I have never thanked you." I spoke, staring at the window beside us, "For changing who I am. And for believing me and holding onto me and- you know? You get the point."

He gave my hand a squeeze as he chuckled at my rambling.

"I should be the one thanking you. Without you, I would be nothing."

My attention tuned back to his face, seeing his eye brows furrow. "Don't say that Daniel, don't you even dare. You know your so important, and my little existence wouldn't have changed the outcome of your greatness."

His head shook, and he made a noise of disapproval.

"You gave me a reason to stick around, so I am thanking you for that."

"There's no need to thank me, just be prof of yourself for making it through, yeah?"

He muttered a quick 'yeah', and before I knew it, his hands moved from their locations to the round of my hip. He began to move, pulling me closer to him. After some adjustments, I found myself rested between his jean clad thighs with my head resting against the junction of his chest and shoulder.

"Jade, I know you asked what we are doing, and I wish I had a definitive answer. I don't know, I would like to say we had some cliche love story, where I took you on dates and got you coffee. But that's not what happened, instead, we bonded over this understanding of how cruel this world is. " his voice spoke into my ear, hardly above a whisper. It sent shivers down my spine as the feeling of his words effected me a swell as the soft feeling of his stubble scratching against my cheek.

"-but I want to call you mine. I want to be able to do those couple things with you, and give you everything you've never had. What do you say?" He ended with a soft kiss under my ear, making the intensity of this moment so much more.

I was overwhelmed with emotion, and I was only able to squeak out a tiny 'okay.' before he began kissing my neck again, this time with much more passion and confidence.

I turned a little, to meet my lips with his for a fluttering moment, before moving to rest my head in the crook of his neck.

"Does that mean I can call you cute pet names?" He asked with a laugh.

"Most definitely not, sugar plum." I chuckled into his skin, before pressing my lips to it.

I was on cloud nine, in a state of euphoria.

"You know, darling, I was kind of hoping it would be possible for me to kiss you again." He spoke, and who was I to refuse?

I was his and he was mine, we found alchemy, binding two separate metals into one beautiful compound.

A compound founded on cigarettes, sleepless nights, singing, and a common understanding of just how fucked up the world around us was.

and it is very plain to see, the alchemy right out of me

an// well, there is, a very cheesy and fluffy ending. i really want to thank you all for reading this. as you are aware, this is the last chapter of this book, but there will soon be chapters in the new book 'falling' which you can find on my profile.

i want to write a bunch of sappy words on how much your reading and comments mean to me, but i will just say a simple 'thank you'. thank you for everything, and i can't wait to see you leaving your sweet comments and such in the next instalment of the 'alchemy series' xxx