"It's hard to wait around for something you know might never happen, but it's even harder to give up when it is everything you want,"
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"Will you look after her? Will you protect her? Will you love her?" Her voice was faint. He had never heard her sound so low yet so desperate.
"I'll," He nodded. He would do anything for her. He always did.
"Protect her, love her, don't... don't let her be like me,please, take care of her, please,love her, promise me," She begged voice faint, tears seeping down painfully from her eyes.
"I'll Lily, I promise." He promised, throat clogged with emotions. He couldn't see her like this. He never wanted this. He did everything for her smile, for her happiness, for her love.
How did then end up like this then?
Why?
"Love her!" She smiled, a teary heart breaking smile. The light diminishing from her eyes.
She didn't see the tears falling down like waterfall from his eyes. The always calm and serious guy cry like the world ended. His heart wrecking, depressing sobs echoing in the corridor. The woes of love, the cruelty of fate and the never ending life.
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All his life he loved her. She was his meaning of love, his definition of love. After her, he wasn't interested in the matter of hearts. He didn't have the heart to love anyone. His heart was dead.
Can someone resurrect his heart?
Elliot's partner was his whole world, but after Allan's death, his ghost haunts Elliot's dreams. Everyone tells Elliot to move on, but he isn't sure he can.
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It's been a year since the love of Elliot's life, Allan, passed away. Everyone thinks he should have recovered after that much time, but Allan still haunts Elliot every night. He struggles to maintain relationships with his family, and despite a coworkers interest he can't summon up the courage to date. Elliot is living for the past, because to live for the present means he'll have to live with a hole in his heart. But the question Elliot has to face chases him through his monotonous days: is mourning Allan with everything he has truly living?
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