Claire wasn't OLD. Okay?! She was 39, meaning by natural lifespan, she wasn't even halfway through her life. She was still young in the eyes of older people! That counts for SOMETHING.

But she was definitely feeling herself get older. She was a lot more tired than usual. Her back wss killing her most of the time. When did stairs get so hard to walk up? And goddamnit, she was plucking out gray hairs weekly.

And you, her dear partner, thankfully never brought it up. But that also worried her. Did you have issues with this? The fact that she could see herself aging? Obviously you could see it to, no?

One day, you had gotten home from work. You walked into the bedroom, where Claire sat on the edge of the bed, stretching. She talked before you could get a word in.

"Do you think I'm getting worse looking?"