They've worked hard to get here and he finally feels at peace.


Days pass by working together in ways almost completely unchanged, though the unsettling silences are long gone and the discouraging looks are now a thing of the past.

Nights are passed in quiet companionship after the heights of ecstasy unsurpassed have been scaled.

No longer does he feel as though someone is teasing him with something precious, ready to yank it away from him in a moment caught unaware.

And even though the words have never been spoken, he knows that it is love for both of them.

Life has never been better.

And now happiness abounds in his heart