It really was spectacular through the telescope. “It looks ethereal.” “It really does.” I looked at Aubrey then and found him watching me. His face was lit with green refractions of light. His smile was the prettiest I’d ever seen on a man. “Oh, Patrick,” he whispered. “I can’t believe it. It’s the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen.” I was stuck staring at him. “Yes, it is. You are.” I didn’t know if it was the experience of witnessing the lights with him or seeing him experience the lights. But I was done fighting it.
