[ WP ] A couple falls in love with each other , even though they 're already married to each other

`` Mr. Linden, it's past --'' 
 
 `` It's past visiting hours, I know, I know,'' Mr. Linden dismissively waved the nurse off. `` Miss, I've been here for so many nights. Let these old bones stay put for a while longer?'' 
 
 She sighed and closed the door with a soft click. *She'll be back, * he thought. *They always give me a few more minutes. * Roger rubbed his hands, his thick calluses scratching away at each other. Decades of blue-collar work never prepared him for the staccato *beeps* that hit him, harsh reminders of who laid before him. 
 
 The doctor said she would n't have long. Her mind once wielded rapier wit, but it has been long disarmed. He was n't even sure who she was anymore. The sparse moments of wakefulness were fraught with confusion and terror, in both her and Roger. She could n't understand. He could n't understand. 
 
 A sudden knock on the door let Roger know that it was the end of the nurse's patience. In one motion, he sat up and kissed his wife's forehead, as he has done countless times before. *See you tomorrow. * 
 
 As the nurse took his shoulder to lead him out, they both heard a ruffling of sheets. `` Roger?'' A voice called out. 
 
 `` Beth?''
