Our Infinite Fates

by Laura Steven

“Like the sway of the sea and the tug of the tides, love is a moving, eternal thing. Let us not be afraid of the wax and the wane, the rise and the fall, the eternal undertow. Each time our souls meet, let us submerge our bodies in the bright blue cold, and let the waves make us anew.” A tear slid down the apple of her cheek. “I love you, and I have loved you, and I will love you.”

“I love you, and I have loved you, and I will love you,” he whispered, hoarse, tortured. My throat ached. “I love you, and I have loved you, and I will love you.”

“I guess … it’s not just the surface-level stuff. You’re darkly funny and fiercely bright. You believe yourself a villain, but still create pockets of goodness inside your life. And … I can’t explain it. It’s like you have a depth that other people lack. Maybe it’s who you are, or maybe it’s how long we’ve lived. There’s a … texture? A richness? To your heart. It fascinates me. I want to peel back the layers until I find your center.”

I love the bones of you.

even when we are but bones in the earth my eternal heart will love you still, for even when a star does perish its light burns on for millennia —AUTHOR UNKNOWN