A/N: I have extended this piece by a paragraph, and added a few more words into the last, thanks to the helpful advice of ReneeHynds. I hope I've managed to improve it somewhat. Any further critique or feedback would be appreciated. Thanks.

Everyone always said that Adrian's eyes were the most amazing thing about him. People observed the way they changed in reaction to different situations and emotions, and often remarked upon the subtle differences they found.

Adrian's sister said you could see his happiness reflected in shades of vibrant blue, like the Summer sky. His mother informed people of the pale blue sorrow. His best friend reported he could sense Adrian's hunger before he heard it when those eyes turned cloudy grey. And his father knew his anger was the mottled green of a wild ocean in a storm. But his boyfriend Hamish, of all people, struggled to pick out these emotions.

Hamish caught himself staring into Adrian's eyes on countless occasions, trying to see what everyone else claimed was painted in those irises. Sometimes he spotted the pale blue when tears fell down his lover's cheeks. He would laugh if a rumbling stomach matched up with the expected grey, and he often experienced the excited deep blues of his joy. The colour of anger Adrian's father referred to though, Hamish had yet to find.

At times, Hamish grew so curious about this colour that he purposefully tried to evoke the feeling it was married to. Despite his well-timed jibes and sarcastic remarks, however, he never managed to bring out more than a few tiny flecks of pale green. He would watch as these flecks danced across Adrian's eyes, more a sign of vague annoyance than anything else, and then as they disappeared back into a shining gulf of bright blue happiness.

Perhaps, he eventually decided, it was all just too perfect, their being together. Hamish couldn't spot the anger, because it never came when they were in each other's presence. Adrian's father surely hadn't lied when he spoke of that stormy green, but Hamish had never seen the ocean in his boyfriend's eyes.