{"sf1_id":843575,"sf2_id":null,"title":"In Light and Shadows 1.5","author":"Blotta","words":485,"posted_at":"2015-04-05T01:55:00.000Z","tags":["Clean","Dragon"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/843575-in-light-and-shadows-1-5","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/view/843575","image_url":"https://www.sofurryfiles.com/std/thumb?page=843575\u0026ext=.jpg","description":"A brief backstory I thought up these days for my long lost project of Matthew and Alex, hope you enjoy.","content":"\"What...\nwhat in the world are you?\"\nThe memory came back echoing in the mind of the light\ndragon that night, as he slept cradled in the arms of his partner, Matthew. He\nclosed his eyes, and recalled the sensations that crept up his body that time...\nthat time when he discovered his fate.\n\"I am...\nwhat your clan used to call the Shrouded... I am one of the Shades.\" \nAlex felt shivers\ngoing up his spine when the soft whisper returned from the past to him through\nhis memory, his skin tingling as he remembered how Matthew had whispered those\nwords years ago when their fated meeting would happen... the feeling of being\nrestrained to that slab of black marble, the shadows pinning him down firmly\nyet at the same time embracing him softly.\n\"I... I\ndon't know what you're talking about... I don't know anything about any Shades or\nShrouded people!\"\nAlex gritted his teeth, he could feel as if it was\nhappening again, the feeling of Matthew's barely material body sidling up to\nhis body that time, the close contact of his cold yet comfortable skin. He\nremembered the feeling of having his face so close to his own, his wings\ndraping around his light frame.\n\"Of\ncourse you don't remember anything now... it all happened so long ago... but we\nwere reborn... as fate would have it that we'd be together. Remember my dear...\nremember that fateful night at the Tower of Illusions.\"\nAnd then his eyes fluttered open, Alex blinked a few\ntimes, not seeing anything at all in the darkness in front of him, but not long\nafter he felt Matthew's arms around him, and his body spooning with him behind\nhis own. He felt his slow breathing while he was in deep sleep. Alex fixed his\ngaze on the darkness in front of him, the outline of the bedside lamp starting\nto become noticeable for him as he reminisced of the aforementioned memory.\n\"We are\nmeant to be... you are the light that casts my shadow.\" \nA small smile formed on his lips, Alex felt warmth\ntraveling through his body when he remembered these sweet words Matthew\nwhispered to him that time, what made him make up his mind and believe in his\ntale. Alex still was not sure of what had happened in the past life he always\nsaid had... but he would find it out one day for sure. If Matthew had been able\nto recall all his memories from his past life and recognize his new incarnation\nhe would surely do it someday too. Many months had passed since Matthew had\ntold him cryptical remarks about their \"fate\" and their \"story\" but he still\nhadn't come to accept it entirely, he had to remember and that was his everyday\nstruggle.\n\"Still...\nI feel complete with him.\" \nWithout another thought Alex slowly drifted off to\nsleep."}