Title: Melt
Author:
wwonderPrompt: Ice cream
Rating: G
Word Count: 100
Disclaimer: Not my characters.
Spoilers: None.
Notes: For
jb_100 There are still things she misses about Phoenix. Her mother, for one. But also simpler things: the sweltering sun, the sweet relief of ice cream on a summer day.
Ice cream here is not the same. It doesn’t feel as cold, doesn’t melt in the heat.
Jacob knows without her saying anything.
She arrives at the garage one day to find the air warm and muggy thanks to six high-watt light bulbs and his body heat.
Three gallons of ice cream and store-bought waffle cones sit on the floor. Together they devour it, liquid dripping down their chins.