once upon a time

There was no way to describe what happened next. Neither of them had any idea before that moment, and it would have been hard to pinpoint the exact spot where the world rearranged itself and sat there waiting for them to wake up into it. All that can be said is that something wonderful happened, and when it was done being surprising it left them with sparkly, new and pleasantly upside-down stomachs, and the morning gradually crept up on them as the change did, so by the time they heard the birdsong and saw each other again in the half-light, they were completely and utterly swept away, breathless, swimming and not missing the air.