Title: Afterglow
Author: Mareel
Author's email: Mareel@earthlink.net
Author's URL: http://www.geocities.com/bdebpr
11/30/2003
Category: Slash (m/m)
Rating: PG-13
Status: Complete
Characters: Archer/Reed
Archive: Permission to archive granted to EntSTCommunity, Archer's_Enterprise, Reed's Armory; others please ask.
Series: Just Yesterday
Previous story: Foreplay
Next story: How Far From Morning
Number in series: 8
Spoilers: Twilight
Disclaimer: Of course they belong to Paramount, but that doesn't stop me from spending time with them.
Summary: Realization.
Author's Notes: This is set during "Twilight" and is a companion piece to Foreplay (#7 in series), set sometime during the 9 years on Ceti Alpha V.
"When you kiss me, all time stops. If that kiss could last forever, I know I'd never forget it. But we need to breathe, so talk to me, Malcolm. Tell me about this new world."
"The human world is smaller now, love. Only six thousand of us left anywhere, nearly all here on this planet or patrolling nearby. How long can a culture so diminished survive?"
"Malcolm, my world is smaller yet—it holds only the two of us. Its timescale is even more finite—it lasts just a day.
But I have all I need right here."