The Rain, New York City, 1999, a General fanfic

The rain was falling again.

Grey bled clear into the polluted midnight. I watched from my apartment window, looking on as the torrents of rain ripped at the pavement and slashed at the grass. The rain was a feral beast, a harsh master in a modern city.

Regardless, headlights blared across asphalt, the nighthawks with their expensive nightlives cruising to respective clubs and hangouts.

A woman in a Dolce and Gabbana with matching leather heels and dollar- store plastic beads breathed steam into the cold. She smiled with ruby- painted lips; she didn't have to worry about the weather. She had people to hold her umbrella for her.

She walked passed the "riffraff" of the everyday with a careless arrogance and perfect black curls as I watched, holding my own fluffy, pink robe closer around me.

I looked down at the smiling bunnies on my own feet, wiggling my toes and giggling as the fur tickled my ankles. 'The rain can't get in here.' I remind myself, turning my attention back towards the cold beat of February. Green and pink neon screamed booze and girls into the night air, that same nuclear emerald shown from my dresser, whispering the time.

12:15.

Past midnight.

There was an inaudible mumble from the bed as the springs groaned from movement. I turned around, looking back only to find myself caught in the soft amber gaze of loving eyes. He shifted again, eyeing me over his pile of pillow. I couldn't help but smile. "What did you say, love?"

"What are you looking at?" He repeated, blinking owlishly into the gloom. I twisted back toward the window, I watched the flowing streets with a gently interest.

A young couple tore across the road, laughing and holding newspapers over their heads. I could hear them from the window, over the blare of horns and the melody of the street. "The city."

He chuckled softly and shifted again. "The city will keep going on without you to watch it. Come to bed?" He held out one dark arm, begging softly for an embrace. Slipping out of my robe and my bunny slippers, I returned to the warmth of our coma of blankets.

The rain fell for the rest of the night, stopping only as the sun rose. But it was okay. The rain couldn't touch us in here.

Written for a 3D design assignment. We had to come up with a theme, and mine was cities, cause I love the shape of skylines. Then we had to make a 3D picture book out of it, and make a story to go with the book. It was cool, I had a glowy clock face and a woman in D&G and I bought these pretty beads from the dollar store, and took the yellow ones and made them into the windows of the city. It was a great assignment.

Thanks for reading!

Mina

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