Gunshots sounded all around you as you kneeled next to your Lieutenant, your lover as he lay on the ground — bleeding out.

“Please, please. Simon, you can’t leave me. What about all our plans? Our future? This was our last deployment..” You sobbed, gripping his vest.

“Please, Darling. I want to feel human one last time. What’s more human than dying?” He smiled softly, “Stay with me. Don’t go.”