#for willow

How long have we known each other, my darling? Just how many centuries have come to pass with you dutifully by my side and I, loyally by yours? All those nights we spent gazing at the stars, divining their meaning, giggling and blushing at everything those celestial diamonds had to tell us.

It was under midnight's glittery blanket that you confessed to me that you wanted to live forever. And I could tell just from the fire in your eyes that nothing would shake you from your ambition. My first instinct was to laugh at your naivety. An eternal existence was a burden- nay, a curse! Every witch worth their salt knows that; you knew not what you asked for. Yet reflected in the flame of your determined gaze was a twinkling night sky that offered all the reassurance I needed. 𝘐 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶. So I would help you achieve your dream, just as you would help me achieve mine, because it was under those same stars, in that very same beautiful moment, that I proposed to you as the weeping willows swayed.

And it was not long after that fateful night that your soul was committed to a sapphire band and placed within a new body; one that we made together and, like our bond, would never decay. And while shopping around for the pieces that would recompose the new you 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘶𝘯, I relished the parts we made ourselves. Your bright smile... your fiery eyes... nobody knew them better than me anyway. Sharing the joy of creation with you was what made your transformation so deeply profound.

Decades flew by in the blink of an eye, yet you remained pristine as ever. And yes, while we did replace the parts of you that needed replacing, you were always 𝘺𝘰𝘶 at your core. During my darkest hours, your fire- 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 kept me focused on what was important. You inspired me. You excited me. You made me crave the beauty of life so badly that I, lost in incoherent reverie, turned my yearning to the stars for a second opinion, but they only confirmed what my heart had been telling me all these years:

My place was by your side not until death, but until the end of time.

So I committed my soul to stone, and together we made the body that would release me from my mortal curse. All those warnings... every single cautionary tale about foolishly forsaking your humanity... was a lie. When every moment by your side is pure bliss, how could I not want to live forever? I will always have you turn my key, and you will always have me to turn yours. We will always return to that meadow by the willows to watch the stars, and though the world around us may change, the stars that connect us and the love we share remain the only constant we will ever need.

To be loved is to be changed. You are not what you once were.

They all die The end.