Ayden snuggled between us and I pulled the blanket over us, kissing him on top of the head then leaning in and kissing Rue on the lips softly.
I stared at Rue and listened to her softly hum to Ayden, lulling him to sleep.
These lives were my world, and nothing and no one would ever change that.
I drifted off to sleep with my family beside me, my hand on Rue’s belly and the world at my feet. This was what it meant to truly survive, to really be happy and live.
I hadn’t known what that was, felt what it was like until she’d come into my word, until we had our little family.
She made me who I was.
And I was never letting go.
The End.