Falling (8): That Kiss. Magnificent. Real.
- TwoJays MyEye
- Feb 27
- 2 min read
Updated: Apr 5
In Milan, Ruby wakes with the ghost of a kiss still warm on her lips—a dream of Lester that left physical evidence: swollen lips and a lingering taste. Against her family's inherited caution, she books a flight to Melbourne, guided by a certainty beyond reason.
Above the clouds, Ruby feels the 386 cousins' warnings fading with each mile. During turbulence, blue light briefly emanates from her skin—a connection visible only in darkness.
In Melbourne, Lester wakes at the exact moment Ruby checks her watch during final descent—with deep certainty of her approach. Dawn breaks as he drives toward the airport.
The airport terminal exists in perpetual possibility, where Ruby feels familiar cautions try to reassert control until her skin hums with recognition. When they face each other, the air between them shimmers with a diamond light visible only to them, their synchronicity confirming something operating beyond conventional understanding.
In the Botanic Gardens, they acknowledge dreaming of each other with intimate physicality, and as they sit beside a pond, the air shimmers again. Lester's hand brushes her cheek; "As real than anything we've shared before," Lester says when they part, both understanding that what connected them was neither dream nor physics but something that transcended ordinary constraints of time and space.
Ruby feels her family patterns attempting to reassert control: Lester's steadiness becomes stifling, his depth becomes neediness. But for the first time, she recognizes these distortions for what they are: inherited beliefs designed to transform authentic connection into something to flee. "Trust is the foundation that makes love possible," she realizes, beginning to distinguish between her family's warnings and their genuine connection.
As evening approaches, Ruby tells Lester she's staying at The Lindrum with a changeable return ticket to Milan. At the hotel, a brief touch on Lester's hand creates the same resonance, the car interior momentarily shimmering with diamond light. Separately, they reflect on their connection.
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