And maybe you'd say...
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This was the last thing he expected, at 21. There was nothing he’d want more now.
A love story in 6 parts.
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He's returned to them.
If only that were really the truth.
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- Part 2 of And maybe you'd say...
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Maybe, he should feel envy.
Watching the two of them dance together, he can’t see anything but the beauty of their bond.
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- Part 3 of And maybe you'd say...
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It turns out the old wive's tales are true, fevers do bring out the truth.
Mick could have lived his whole life without learning that fact.
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- Part 4 of And maybe you'd say...
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He's got one wish left to use, tonight.
Funny, there's only one thing he truly wants.
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The press treated him like a caricature, all booze and drugs and pirate swagger and skin like iron.
It's left to them to heal the wounds of those assumptions.
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A nightmare or two never really hurt anybody.
Did they?
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- Part 7 of And maybe you'd say...
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If you write enough love songs, you’ll understand love.
Interesting, how that didn’t work.
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He should, after so many years watching and helping, be practiced at this.
All he can feel at the prospect of actually doing it is fear.
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- Part 9 of And maybe you'd say...
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Three nights together, in three acts.
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Nights like these, rare though they may be, fill him with the strangest combination of fear and longing.
What the morning will bring, he has no idea.
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- Part 11 of And maybe you'd say...
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There is nothing new under the sun.
Keith dearly wishes there was, if only it meant that they wouldn't have to deal with the same heartache time and time again.
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- Part 12 of And maybe you'd say...
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All in all, it went better than he expected.
So much better, that he has no idea where to go from here.
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- Part 13 of And maybe you'd say...
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There is, at once, no hope and infinite happiness laying the groundwork of the future.
It would be a paradox, he if he didn't already know which of those he was destined for. And he wouldn't have it any other way.
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- Part 14 of And maybe you'd say...
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It starts when he spies a diary entry he was never meant to read and reads it anyway.
It ends when he spots gnarled fingers digging into tired old muscles and savors the sight.
In between, they live as best they can.
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- Part 15 of And maybe you'd say...
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A cold night, a glass or two of wine, and three old men making French desserts.
Well, two old men, and a third thinking about time, love, and the past while he waits for the clafoutis to get out of the oven.
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- Part 16 of And maybe you'd say...
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Mick doesn't have any emotions. Or so he'd like the world to think.
After half a century, Keith knows better. Or so he'd like to believe.
Either way, Mick, and the man in his arms, are his to watch over, and he wouldn't want it any other way.
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- Part 17 of And maybe you'd say...
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He would never claim to be able to see the future.
And, all told, he really doesn't want to.
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- Part 18 of And maybe you'd say...
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In some sort of sci-fi story, the idea of starting from scratch, of getting to see their relationship anew after 40 years, would be exhilarating and enticing.
In reality, it's nothing but painful.
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- Part 19 of And maybe you'd say...
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Keith really thinks he's being subtle.
Mick is really very certain that he isn't.
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- Part 20 of And maybe you'd say...