Drabble: First Fruits

[artyartie]

Theme: "Senses"
Written for rome100

The skin of the peach caressed his hand, soft as the hairs of a baby’s head. His wife regarded the luminous fruit with wide eyes, reaching out her hand to take it.

“Peaches? How did you get these?”

“You don’t want to know.” He smiled at her and took a bite, the flesh juicy and succulent, all the sweetness of summer in a single mouthful. His wife closed her eyes in bliss, pressed a hand to her belly, just beginning to swell.

“We’ll plant a tree.” Cicero leaned over and kissed Terentia, sticky fingers tangling in the curls of her hair.

Comments

[cal-reflector.livejournal.com]

I don't think you ever responded to my discussion-started on the Rome series, but oh well. Nicely done! And Cicero's demise, though sad in a way, was nevertheless portrayed in a very novel and interesting way on HBO.

[artyartie.livejournal.com]

Thank you for reminding me! I just replied to your earlier post - I should really read over all my posts since the new year and check for unreplied comments.

And thank you for reading! Even though Cicero's death was certainly modified, David Bamber and Ray Stevenson (David especially) did an amazing job with the scene. It's certainly been the most beautiful of the many death scenes, and certainly the most poignant to me.