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I'm serious whenever I tag them with 'voted most beautiful couple.'

And you’ll see the contrast of the red in John’s hair compared to Paul’s raven black.

Their eyes were of course different; John had soft brown eyes that would turn a honey amber when light hit them, and Paul’s were a pretty kaleidoscope of green-brown hazel which sometimes looked gold-like.

They were practically made to complement each other perfectly...

Beautiful fools.

​“Yeah it is,” says Paul McCartney. ​“It’s great, I mean it’s sad because you know, John and George aren’t here. But it’s exciting for me to go back in time and just… because I took the pictures it’s like I’m there. I know it’s a slightly obvious thing to say but it just reminds me of John with his shades and his guitar.”

He looks cool there, I offer.

​“He was,” Paul McCartney replies, voice trailing off, already back in time. ​“He was a very cool boy.”

by javelinbk

Snapshots of John and Paul’s lives, before, during and after the events of The Songs We Were Singing (up to 1980) and Take a sad song, and make it better (1980 onwards)

Words: 6441, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 3 of Take a sad song, and make it better

Fandoms: The Beatles (Band)

Rating: Mature

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney, Sean Lennon, James McCartney, Mary Anna McCartney, Stella McCartney

Relationships: John Lennon/Paul McCartney

by mynamesbetty (waltwhitmans)

They hadn’t put a word to what this was. Boyfriend was too immature, partner didn’t go far enough, lover was just incorrect, and soulmate - they’d both claimed to have found their soulmates in the past and look where that got them. Paul suspected that a word for what he and John were to each other didn’t exist. John was John and Paul was Paul, with all that came with them, and they’d still managed to get back to each other and find more than they’d thought they would have.

Following their reunion in the mid-1980s, Paul and John start spending more time together in New York City.

Words: 6674, Chapters: 1/7, Language: English

Fandoms: The Beatles (Band)

Rating: Mature

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison (The Beatles), Ringo Starr, Linda McCartney, Sean Lennon, Yoko Ono

Relationships: John Lennon/Paul McCartney

Thank you for the question! I’m looking forward to the whole podcast episode, I saw the clips of it and really loved the interview.

I don’t think this is something one does fully consciously. But I also don’t think that he still is completely in denial. I feel like it probably is caused by the fact that John is still so present for Paul all the time. And reliving memories through the rediscovered photos might intensify the feeling that John is still very much around for him.

I just read Paul’s latest Q&A and this one part fits really well with your question. He talks about how he still misses John so much and is often reminded of him by the smallest details. And Paul talked so much about dreaming of John, which keeps him alive in a way as well. It really shows that the people we love never really go away. So maybe it just doesn’t matter to him if he talks about John in the present or past, because he simply is still with him either way.