The sun is setting, dyeing the clouds above New Los Angeles pink and gold and lavender.
Elisandra snuggles close to her wife in their window seat, feeling the cool weight of her shadow-skin against her body.
"I love you," she whispers.
"Wherever you go, I go too. But... it's been better for me, too. We have a whole house here, not that crappy apartment we were crammed into before, and I see you more often and more of that time is quality time. Sure, I'm a little jealous of your roses, you know me I'm clingy, but so long as they don't steal you from me I'm fine with it."