Us Against All Odds (En)

the gift

I will think of you every day. But part of me is afraid that you might not feel the same, that somehow you might forget what we shared, and that's why I want to propose this: wherever you are and whatever happens to you, whenever the first night of the full moon comes, like the day we met, I want you to gaze up into the night sky. I want you to think of me and the week we spent together, because wherever I am and whatever happens to me, I'll do the same.

Nicholas Sparks

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⚠️ TW: rape evocation .

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On Thursday evening when she got home from work, Carina was already in the kitchen. She was preparing a Sicilian salad, Panzanella di farro, for the evening meal.

-"love of my life" said Maya as she approached and kissed her wife

-"How are you Bambina?" she asked against her lips.

-"Now that I see the most beautiful face on earth, I'm fine."

- "I understand you"

- "It looks good... What is it?"

- "Panzanella di farro"

- "bless you"

- "it's a Sicilian salad that my mom used to make us"

- "do you miss her?"

- "I will always miss her. "

-"Oh well, that's okay then, because I didn't tell you? I made a deal with the devil, we're going to live forever or we're going to die at the same time in our bed in our sleep but in a very long time".

- "Have you been to see Lieutenant Decker's spouse?"

- "That's right ... I often forget that we know him now. But otherwise, no more jokes, I would have liked to know her".

- "she would have loved you"

- "do you think so?"

- "my mother was the most loving woman in the world, in an instant, Lucia would have seen that I was happy in your arms, in a look, Lucia would have seen the way you looked at me and in a fraction of a second, Lucia would have fallen under your spell, like me".

-"Lucia, that's a pretty name for a little girl".

- "it's nice love, I see what you're trying to do, but I'm not one of those people who name their children after their parents or their deceased relatives".

- "so no baby Lucia?"

- "and no baby Andrea, maybe as a middle name though. Because I would have liked our children to know them. But I don't want to have to suffer as soon as I call them".

- "anything, anything you want."

- "and then I liked the names we had already discussed"

- "Bruno? I'm going to take away Disney+ I'm sure it's that cartoon, the one with the little boy who is a sea monster that gave you this name idea".

- "Luca... What do you think of Luca?"

- "like Vic's old boyfriend?"

- "No, that was Lucas, this is Luca... Try it" she said, pinching her cheeks to make an O. "It's called Louca"

- "Louuuca"

- "perfetto, I want you to know how to say at least the name of our children"

- "why 'at least'?"