[ WP ] When two people fall in love , they receive an object that is the physical embodiment of that love . It changes as their feelings change towards each other and destroying it can have drastic consequences . How does this change the nature of relationships ?

At first a flame pendant, it was cliché they knew but they did not mind. The rushing emotions of their love did it justice. The fierceness of the love they shared was an extension of their embodiment. The fire vindicated them, a symbol for each other, of the joy they shared in each other's company. It was a precious thing, a talisman they kept with them at all times, through the sadnesses that come through life, they took assurance in that flame. They looked at it and saw each other. 
 
 
 After a year, they awoke and saw a rose. The fire replaced with the deep love, the romance that comes with the comfort of knowing someone. The intimacy of that symbol, along with the thorns that occasionally pricked them, reminding them that no one is perfect. 
 
 
 Though the thorns seemed to vanish as time went on. 
 
 
 And so it was, until their wedding day. Suddenly it was an owl, strong, wise and seemingly knowledgeable of the future they were going to share. Through all the toasts and cheers, the joy, the laughter and the tears it watched over them, once again assuring them that all is well. Off on their honeymoon they went, taking the owl with them, wondering what its next incarnation will be. 
 
 
 The first few years were easy, the owl had changed to the elephant, but it was not a worry. Things were good, they did not fight often, but he did not realise that she did not forget. 
 
 
 The next change was not so hard to notice, the elephant, that to him symbolised strength, but to her the memories of things she would rather forget, had morphed once more into a flower, though they did not recognise it. They fought more now, they argued about their lives, their jobs and the embodiment. The bitterness had set in, their lives not turning out as they had wanted them to. 
 
 
 They did not know that their embodiment was nightshade. The bitterness that had plagued them had in turn boiled in to poisonous feelings deep down within them. And the stage had been set for these dark feelings lurking to make their way into the light, but for now the embodiment was forgotten, shut away in a drawer. 
 
 
 After so long that they could not remember their lives before the bitterness, she was doing some research, happening by chance on the terrible truth about the state of their relationship. She cried, for what seemed like an eternity the tears poured down her face, but she went home. 
 
 
 She packed. 
 
 
 She left. 
 
 
 He came home that day euphoric, he had earned a promotion and was delighted to be able to share such happy news after such a long hard time. 
 
 
 He went into the hall, and saw a card sitting, with the familiar flower pendant on top. He lifted it and read the card. 
 
 
 `` Roses are red, 
 
 Violets are blue, 
 
 Nightshade is sweet, 
 
 But not good for you.''
