Together Forever Picture Novels & Stories

His other hand caressed the picture. Heaving a deep breath, he brought the picture to his left chest, holding onto it so tightly and clenching his teeth... In his head, a memory was playing. A memory of so long ago. His worst memory... The sun, a big golden orb, was just beginning to sink below the horizon, painting the sky different shades of orange and brick red. In the sunset, lying on a piece of cloth, which was placed on the sands of the beach, was a man and a woman, with fingers entwined. Both were gazing up at the sky, admiring the setting sun.

"We'll get through this just like everything else. Together forever?" She smiled, nodded. "Together forever." I hauled her into my arms, buried my lips in hers. Together forever.

"Of course, that has always been the plan," "I love you, forever, Mrs. Katherine Salvador," "I love you more, my husband, my everything," He opened his arms and I got in without hesitating, loving how perfect my life is now and knowing it would be like this for a long, long, time. The End

All in. Forever.

Ryan's phone screen lit up in his hand. His wallpaper was a photo of Harper, holding a stray kitten in her arms, smiling softly at the camera. They were twenty-two. The photo was taken just one month into their relationship. He'd taken that picture himself. Ten years had gone by in a blink. The noise around him dimmed, as if the world itself had quieted. "Hey, my aunt ran into Harper a few days ago in the Maldives," someone nearby said. "She was pregnant, walking along the beach with Christopher. Sounded like they were hoping the second baby would be a girl, so they'd have a perfect little pair."

The beginning of forever. The end.

"Especially then. That's when love matters most." Riley leaned into him, breathing in his familiar scent, feeling the solid warmth of him. Eleven years together. Four kids. Multiple careers. More struggles than she could count. But they'd made it. They were still here. Still together. Still choosing each other every single day. "Forever," she whispered. "Forever," Samuel agreed. And Riley believed it. With every part of her being. This was forever. Their forever. Exactly as it was meant to be. Perfect in all its imperfect, struggling, beautiful glory.

And with that, our forever truly began. And this will never end. This will last longer than eternity. THE END~

And the knowledge that we were bound together forever. Finally. Finally, we were okay.

Connecting. Forever.