Antares Ashes
Chapter III
They broke the hug, but locked eye contact still remaining close.
“Something is wrong, I know.”
“Are you here for that?”
“No.”
“Good.”
Julia got close and kissed Carol. The Captain could feel the fire inside her heart burning again, like nothing has happened, like they still loved each other after all and the winter never came.
In a universe that coded by chaos, the only thing that seems real despite its randomness is love, invisible, unconditional, weightless and so painful at the same time as it should be, and they made love that night, pure and endless love, as they could fell all over again.
They held hands all the remaining night, watching the stars from the ceiling window.
Carol explained Julia all about them.
“See that little one?”
“Yeah” The red head placed her head on the blonde’s lap, kissing her hand.
“That’s Proxima Centauri, and that one is Betelgeuse, while that one is my favorite Antares. It means heart of the Scorpion, and it’s funny since it could be you.”
“Why is that?” Julia asked.
“I’m a Scorpio” She paused. “If you want to, I mean… I know, I know what I did. I’m aware of i-“ Carol stopped. “Why are you smiling?”
“I know why you did it, Fury told me.”
“Son of a-“
“But” Julia interrupted Carol. “because of everything that’s going on I’m just glad to see that you’re alive.”
“Wait, what happened?”
“As a S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent, I know that there’s a force in space more powerful than everything we have faced so far, that goes beyond your jurisdiction.” She stopped, preparing to drop the bomb. “He already has 2 of the Infinite Stones. Who knows, maybe he could have found them all by now.”
Julia begin to cry as she spoke those last words. It’s more terrifying than she thought, but Fury got her pager why didn’t he call Carol? Something must have happened.
“Hey, Jul” She took her hands in hers. “look at me.” They stared at each other drowning in each other's eyes. “Nothing is going to happen. I owe it to you, I actually owe you the universe. I love you Julia Deirdre Darmian, and I’ll do everything in my power to protect you.” She kissed her forehead. “I won’t let anything happen to you, I swear.” The blonde hugged the ginger for a while.
“Carol?”
“I’m here.”
“I think I’m dying.”
The length of her hair was slowly turning to ashes, as the green flags of the trees die, waving in the death summer’s wind her skin turned from light pink to grey and started to dissolve.
She gently placed a hand on Carol’s face, starring at her one last time as tears started to stream down her cheeks. As blonde touched her hand it dissolved slowly leaving behind only grey and black putrid ashes.
“I'll never get tired looking at you.” Julia tried to touch Carol's face, but her hand dissolved into ashes as soon as it touched her skin.
“Please! Please! Don’t leave me!” She cried out while Julia’s face was fading away.
Carol was alone, in their cabin, in their bed. Crying like she never did before. Her tears dropped down to Julia’s ashes.
“You where supposed to be my Antares.”
Her pager bipped.