（ his gaze drops to his hands, where he'd kept wearing the ring even after james died. it didn't come with him, and sometimes he forgets which finger he wore it on now.
but just about anyone he stays with for the entirety of their life has to know about the immortality sooner or later. some of them leave afterwards, not able to stand it for reasons he's always accepted with relative grace. some stay until the end. james did. ）
Like I said, illegal. But we went through the motions together. I lived with him until he died, which was — just before it became legal where we lived at the time, actually. But I've been 'married' in one cultural context or another, to a lot of people over the centuries, men, women, people who identify as neither or both.
no subject
right. ）
Yeah.
（ his gaze drops to his hands, where he'd kept wearing the ring even after james died. it didn't come with him, and sometimes he forgets which finger he wore it on now.
but just about anyone he stays with for the entirety of their life has to know about the immortality sooner or later. some of them leave afterwards, not able to stand it for reasons he's always accepted with relative grace. some stay until the end. james did. ）
Like I said, illegal. But we went through the motions together. I lived with him until he died, which was — just before it became legal where we lived at the time, actually. But I've been 'married' in one cultural context or another, to a lot of people over the centuries, men, women, people who identify as neither or both.