all this, and love too, will ruin us ◦ [rosita espinosa]

all this, and love too, will ruin us (we'll never get used to it)

"'I think we deserve a soft epilogue, my love. We are good people and we've suffered enough.'" Janey quotes, smiling gently at their lover.

"What is that from?" Rosita asks softly, pulling one of her hands from Janey's to wipe at her face.

Janey takes the opportunity to use their now free hand to comfort the woman, bringing it up to her face to rub their thumb across her cheekbone. "It's a poem I liked, in the old world. Nikka Ursula. I think it fits us pretty well, don't you?"

Rosita's eyes soften impossibly. She places her hand on top of Janey's on her face, intertwining their fingers together and bringing their clasped hands down to her lips, placing a kiss to Janey's palm. "I love you."

It's the first time either of them has said it, though they've both felt it for a while now. The two of them have never needed words to express themselves together, but it's nice all the same to occasionally confirm their feelings out loud.

It takes Janey only a second to respond. "'I love you until this earth swallows my bones or to dust i return.'"

rosita espinosa x afab nonbinary oc