Kiss the Sky

Kiss the sky with me,” Connor whispers, a beautiful smile pulling his lips, “and don’t ever come down.”

You’re not a pit stop. You’re my finish line. There’s no one after you.”

“Cobalt, were you or have you ever been a stripper?”

“No one would be able to afford me.”

I love knowing I’ll fall asleep and wake up to those impassioned eyes. I love that the most terrifying what if—the one without her—is the path that won’t ever come true. My new dreams are in the faraway future, filled with children. And love.

“Kiss the sky with me,” Connor whispers, a beautiful smile pulling his lips, “and don’t ever come down.”

“Will you spend the rest of your life with me?”

“How long do we have left?”

She finally smiles through the tears. “Forever.”

“I am so deeply in love with you, Rose.”

I don’t want to be sixty years old and wishing I opened myself up to the people I care about. I don’t want to look back and regret that I wasn’t a better friend or a better man to the woman I adore.”

“You won’t, Rose. I’ll be here to help you, and I have no doubt that you’ll love each of our children as much as the next one.”