Title: Looks
Author: Aimee
Email: harmonrabb.sarahmackenzie@gmail.com
Website: http://darkbeauty.org
Rating: PG
Category: Poem
Keywords: MSR, MSM
Spoilers: Minor ones for Pilot and Wetwired
Summary: It started with a look.
Disclaimer: If you recognize them, they belong to CC. Otherwise,

they’re mine.
Author’s Note: This was written for XFShippersSafeHarbor’s debut

challenge. The elements were to use the following words in a

story/poem: love, ring, hug, rose.

It started with a look
and “I was under the impression that you were sent to spy on me”
As the years went by
it turned to a soul-crushing hug
and “you’re the only one I trust”

Ten years after that first look
he slipped the ring on her finger
She told the teary-eyed church
about the day she fell in love
with this passionate man

It was both corny and romantic
a Valentine’s Day only they would believe
On her desk that morning lay
a card beside a beautiful red rose
Beside a hallmark greeting only he would choose
he told of a love that kept him whole and honest

On his own desk he found
a stuffed alien smiling at him
He found a similar card
chosen because she knew he’d smile
Written inside were three simple words
but they brought tears to his eyes

Now at the church
the priest tells him he can kiss his bride
As he lifts her veil he almost breaks down
for in her eyes he sees more love
than he has ever seen in anyone’s eyes before
But what he doesn’t realize is
he’s looking at her the same way

He kisses his bride
as the world melts away