Title: Immortal Beloved (sequel to Rosegarden Funeral of Sores)

Series: The Eternity Series (Third Installment)

Rating: ranges from PG13 to NC17

Pairing: Mick/Josef, Beth/Ryder

Warnings: May contain some drug use, Will contain sexual references and explicit descriptions of male/male pairing

Disclaimer: All publicly recognizable characters, settings, etc. are the property of their respective owners. The original characters and plot are the property of the author. The author is in no way associated with the owners, creators, or producers of any media franchise. No copyright infringement is intended.

Summary: "Getting married wasn't supposed to be this difficult"

Please Note: This is the third Multi-Chapter in the "Eternity Series" and follows on from a piece entitled "Rosegarden Funeral of Sores", which currently being reworked and is not yet posted on here.

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Prologue

"Just answer me one question", Mick had asked Josef that night in Paris, as they walked together down the Champs Elyses, "why? why are we getting married?"

"Because we love each other and want to spend eternity together?" Josef had answered him in a slightly bemused tone of voice, "why else would we be getting married, Mick?"

"I don't know, just seems a bit strange for us to be getting married" Mick had responded with a slight shrug of his shoulders, "afterall it's not like it's really a case of till death do us part for us"

"You think marriage is only about death, Mick?" Josef had replied back to him, then shook his head and laughed "wow how cynical and nihilistic."

"I didn't mean it like that, Josef. I meant...."

Josef had cut his words off with a smile and a wave of his hand at that point, quickly moving to wrap his arms around Mick's waist and kiss him softly on the side of his face, "I know what you mean, Mick" he had told him gently, "but don't you think that there is more to marriage than that? What about the eternity of immortal love?"

"I would never have taken you for a hopeless romantic, Josef" Mick had joked with him then, prompting Josef to roll his eyes and mutter half sheepishly for Mick to "shut up".

"So tell me again, Josef" Mick asked two months later as they stood opposite one another in the Kitchen back in Salzburg; arms crossed over chests and defiant looks shooting back and forth between then; after yet another argument about some ridiculously trivial point of contension over the wedding plans, "why are we getting married?"

"Because we love each other and want to spend eternity together, Mick" Josef snipped at him bitterly.

"Well Josef", Mick replied looking at him pointedly, "the way we're going at the moment. It really will end up being 'till death do us part'."

And with that Mick turned and stormed out of the room, leaving Josef to throw up his hands and roll his eyes to the heavens, in sheer exasperation, as he stood there and thought to himself darkly,

"Getting married wasn't supposed to be this difficult."