[ WP ] One person , an immortal , reveals to their current lover of their eternal life . Write from the mortal lover 's perspective .

He tells me he loves me. I demur. I'm not sure what stays my hand, but I suppose I'm just not sure yet. He takes it well. I think maybe he is a little bit relieved. Dinner is beautiful, and we watch the stars roll across the sky. 
 
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 I say I love him too. It has been a wonderful past few weeks. Even magical. I have never connected with another so deeply. 
 
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 We will be married in the fall. I can not believe it has been five years already. How the time flies. 
 
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 Our tenth anniversary. It's as though he has n't aged a day. But his eyes are wiser. He says I am even more beautiful than the day we met. We make love by the warmth of the fire, and in the thunderous climax there is nothing held back; our souls are bare to each other. 
 
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 It is unmistakable. He has n't aged. I confront him after dinner. I show him the grey in my hair. Somehow, I exclaim, he is untouched by time. He breaks down. It is true. He will never grow old, never bear children. I will fade away, and he will remain. 
 
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 I can not stand to show him my bare body any longer. He looks as though he could be my grandson. I feel withered and broken-down, and his youth shames me. He says I grow still more beautiful with time, but I can no longer believe him. My reflection in the mirror reveals the lie. 
 
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 He holds me, and I stare into the deep brown pools of his eyes. A tear runs down his face. I smile and tell him with my final breaths that I have no regrets though we will spend the rest of eternity apart. His memory will sustain me in the afterlife. My last words are a lie.
