Prompt 21: Bright
"Your eyes are bright as starlight," Terran said teasingly, smirking down at Benji. "They twinkle just like them." He craned his head back and looked wistfully up at the stars, tears burning at the backs of his eyeballs.
Benji's ridiculing laugh gave way to a coughing fit.
Terran rubbed her arms until it passed. Her body was shivering, though it was not cold. He ignored the wet stain growing on his shirt and trousers where she lay over him.
His tears didn't fall until she had gone completely limp in his arms and her last breath had left her lips.
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