Go Tell the Bees that I Am Gone (Outlander, #9)

by Diana Gabaldon

“Come lie wi’ me and watch the stars for a bit, Sassenach. If ye’re still awake in five minutes, I’ll take your clothes off and have ye naked in the moonlight.” “And if I’m asleep in five minutes?” I kicked off my shoes and took his hand. “Then I won’t bother takin’ your clothes off.”

He let out the breath he hadn’t realized he was holding, put his hands on the solid wooden floor to either side, closed his eyes, and let it all drain away.

There's the trope! 52BookClub 2025 April Mini Challenge Prompt 1

When you’d finished a work of art or substance…it was finished, while children never were.