Don't you have enough stamina?***

[WARNING: MATURE CONTENT AHEAD. NOT ADVISABLE FOR AGEs 17 AND BELOW. PLEASE PROCEED WITH CAUTION.]

"Tonight, I'm all yours."

"Not just tonight." He brushed the tip of his nose against mine, tilting his head. "You are trapped with me... forever."

His words cut me through me like a knife, but I still smiled, accepting his lips with eyes closed. I guessed he was right. Letting go of this delusion would kill me. I barely survived his death and knew that this person was simply giving me a taste of Sam. I couldn't just go back again. 

"I love you, Lilou. More than my own, I love you," he whispered into my mouth, resting his forehead against mine. "So live for me, will you?"

Tears pooled behind my eyelids, clutching his shoulder until my hand trembled. How could he speak the same words Sam had uttered that were exclusively for my ears to hear?