Somerset, 2023
My body had finally managed to destroy itself as the cancer took over my body. I ached all over as I laid in the peaceful hospice room, I was grateful not to have the sound of hospital machines beeping around me to let me know that death was near, I didn't need to hear machines for that. I could feel it.
My breathing was shallow as it rattled in my chest and my eyes could barely make out the outline of the love of my life, Septimus sitting silently next to me, holding onto my clammy hand.
What a life we had together. I couldn't stand the sight of him to begin with but one day, something inside us clicked and we understood each other. I didn't want to leave him, but this awful disease had given me little choice, I had already fought and won three times - there was only so many times I could beat death before it had enough of me.
I gasped through my final breaths when my life started to flash before my eyes. Except it wasn't my life, it could have been as I saw Septimus, but it felt like another world, another lifetime, another me but we looked exactly the same. Our love was as strong in that life as it had been in this one.
I smiled as I felt my body let go of my soul, knowing our love was timeless.