Cruelly Crushing on Cupid

Cupids are guys that in the past screwed up on love and spend their afterlives making it work for others.

Avery peered over the woman, noticing how soundly she breathed. He watched as her heart beat in a rhythmic pattern. It was such a sweet sound to his ears. She was beautiful to him. He wanted to touch her black wavy hair and feel her soft fair skin, but he dare not wake her. He wasn't sure why he was drawn to her, but he couldn't help it and this confused him he wasn't supposed to be feeling these emotions.

 

"Silva..." she exhaled in a hopeless manner.

 

Avery moved back, startled. Curious…he inched a little closer breathing her in. The scent of lavender filled his lungs.

 

"What are you doing?"

 

Avery turned to see Gabriel with a puzzled look on his face.

 

Gabriel's features were that of a god. He had blonde velvet hair, emerald green eyes, a sculpted face, and a “heavenly” built body with a golden tan. It was hard to believe that such a man was, in a sense, still so pure.

 

Gabriel looked so odd wearing human clothes, because it seemed as if he was made for something more. If you considered what he was you’d probably expect more from him, like the elders did, but Gabriel insisted on keeping part of his humanity. No matter how little it was.

 

"You hear me, Avery?"

 

Avery blinked to focus, and then cringed a little, he had been caught.

 

Gabriel's face went harsh, then softened, "What are you doing looking over a forbidden one?"

 

Avery struggled to find an answer, "I heard someone crying so I came in to check, I didn't think one could cry in their sleep."

 

"And it's your curiosity that will get you in trouble Avery, let us go!" He whispered, taking hold of Avery's wrist and yanking him out of the room.

 

They walked in silence down the hall. The only noise came from the droning of the dull lights above. Avery looked at Gabriel dressed in a black button up, and dark jeans. "Where are you off to?" he asked.

 

Gabriel smiled, "We're going to a party tonight, I ran into some girls and they invited me so I said why not!" "You're coming, right?" He looked at Avery then stopped. "What is it?"

 

His words came out like vomit...in a hurried rush, "what is the forbidden one's name, why is she forbidden, and who is Silva?' Avery tensed, knowing that what he was asking was a little bit forward.

 

Gabriel looked away and did not turn to meet Avery's eyes as he mumbled, "Worry not Avery, worry not." Changing the subject he laughed," let’s get you some wearable treads."

 

As they left the apartments Avery glanced back. 2B, she lived in 2B.

 

Author's Note

It’s been said before, that people live to be loved. How would you feel if you were on the forbidden list and you were destined for a life without love?
To Be Continued...

Reviews

[Shiningdarkmoon]

I really like the concept of this story. It shows real promise. I defiantly want to see what happens.

[Jennifer Ryan]

I think this was extremely original and fresh. You might want to clean up the typos and grammer errors for posterity. Another thing I noticed was this sentence doesn't make much sense the way you have it:

Gabriel looked so odd wearing human clothes, like he was made for something more and considering what he was...he was

why you need the dots and the repeat of he was needs a little more explanation.

Again I really liked this. Your perspective is ingenious and I would love to read more on these intriguing celestial characters you have created.