Some Other Nights. (Rod x Lucette)

The words echoed in her head until she could think of nothing else. Other words fell upon deaf ears in lieu of his fading voice.

"...You've been my beloved for quite some time already, Lucette."

The more it plays in her mind, the more faded it sounds... the more time wears away at it.
It's been quite some time now, hasn't it? The clocks and calendars tell her that life goes on, but even now, thinking of him makes it seem to stop dead in its tracks.