Eternal Love
Title: Eternal Love
Characters: Jude/Max
Fandom: Across the Universe
Rating: PG-13
Table: 1
Prompt: 33, Eternal
Author's Note: This is entirely a product of imagination, and I do not own Jude Feeny, Max Carrigan, or any of the other characters depicted in the film Across the Universe.
Dear Max,
I miss you. I know that's obvious, but I have to say it. I miss waking up next to you, and I miss falling asleep in your arms. I miss holding you, and kissing you, and talking to you. I miss hearing your voice and seeing your smile. I even miss the silly things.
I miss you throwing your clothes all over the place. I miss you trying out a new recipe and almost setting the stove on fire. I miss you squeezing the toothpaste tube in the middle. I miss everything about you being here with me, Max. I feel so alone.
The last thing I want to do is to make you feel bad. Your being away from me isn't your fault, and I don't blame you for it. Not at all. You got caught up in a bad situation that shouldn't even exist. And I'm counting the days, even the house, until you come back to me.
I've been thinking about us so much lately. How we're getting through this separation, and how strong our feelings are for each other. So many people are finding somebody else to be with because their lovers are over there where you are. But I'll never do that.
I'm with you for eternity, Max. A lot of people laugh at me and say that swearing eternal love is something our parents and grandparents did, and for people of our generation, it's an outmoded concept. But I'm not going to change.
I'm going to be with you eternally, Max. I don't care what anybody else says about not being with the one and loving the one you're with. That's crap. If you really love someone, then you're not going to want to be with anybody else.
Having the person you love go off to fight a war for a cause they don't believe in isn't an excuse to screw around. I've lost a lot of respect for so many of the people I used to call friends because that's just what they're doing. But I'll never be like them.
Don't worry about that, Max. You're not going to lose me. I'm going to be faithful to you. There's nobody else who could even catch my attention anyway, so it's not like you could ever have any rivals. You're the only man I want, or ever will want.
Eternity might seem like a really long time -- and I guess it is. But when I think about spending eternity with you, it seems like all that time could go by in the blink of an eye. It feels like the time we've already been together has just been a few seconds.
Maybe that old cliché about time flying when you're having fun is true. Time has definitely flown since I first met you. It doesn't seem possible that we've been together for months now, and that we know each other so well.
Sometimes I wonder how much longer this is going to last, if you're going to be away from me longer than we've actually been together. If that does happen, then I'll still be here, Max. I'll still be waiting for you. I'm always going to be here. I'm never going to just disappear.
I know you're scared of that happening, but you don't have to be. I'm not the kind of person who's going to walk out on the man I love just because it would be more convenient to be with somebody who's always here. I'm not that shallow, and you know it.
When you get back, I'll be right here by your side. I might get ridiculed by people I used to have respect for because I'm faithful and loyal, but I don't know how else to be. Why should I walk away from the person I love just because they can't be with me right now?
I know you're not screwing around on me out there in the jungle. I trust you, Max. You might joke around and say that you find this or that person attractive, but when it comes down to acting on those words, you would never do it. You're not a cheater.
Nobody else knows you the way I do. Other people might not believe that you're going to be faithful, or even that I will if you're gone a lot longer. But they don't know us. They don't know what we have together, or the promises we've made to each other.
People can say all they want that eternal love is something that only exists in fairy tales, and that it doesn't have any place in the real, modern world. But I know better. That's the kind of love I have with you, the kind of love that lasts forever.
I believe in that kind of eternal love. If other people don't, then it's their loss. I don't care what anybody else says -- they're not going to change the way I feel, or how I look at the two of us. Nothing's going to change how much I love you, no matter what.
It's hard to be away from you, Max. There aren't any temptations, not for me. But going to bed every night without you beside me, and waking up alone in the morning -- that's the hardest thing to deal with. It's the nights when I miss you the most.
Are the nights hard for you to get through, too? Sometimes I wish that I could be over there with you, even though the things you've told me scare the hell out of me and make me glad I can't be drafted. I wish I could be beside you, to protect you from whatever might happen.
But we both know that's not going to happen. We'll just have to wait until we can be together again, however long that might take. I just hope it's not going to be much longer. I don't know how much longer either of us can deal with being separated.
Eternity, Max. That's how long you'll have me. I'm still waiting, still here. I'm not going anywhere. I'll be here waiting for you when you get home, with open arms and an open heart. And when you do finally get home, it'll be just like we were never apart.
Love always,
Jude
Characters: Jude/Max
Fandom: Across the Universe
Rating: PG-13
Table: 1
Prompt: 33, Eternal
Author's Note: This is entirely a product of imagination, and I do not own Jude Feeny, Max Carrigan, or any of the other characters depicted in the film Across the Universe.
Dear Max,
I miss you. I know that's obvious, but I have to say it. I miss waking up next to you, and I miss falling asleep in your arms. I miss holding you, and kissing you, and talking to you. I miss hearing your voice and seeing your smile. I even miss the silly things.
I miss you throwing your clothes all over the place. I miss you trying out a new recipe and almost setting the stove on fire. I miss you squeezing the toothpaste tube in the middle. I miss everything about you being here with me, Max. I feel so alone.
The last thing I want to do is to make you feel bad. Your being away from me isn't your fault, and I don't blame you for it. Not at all. You got caught up in a bad situation that shouldn't even exist. And I'm counting the days, even the house, until you come back to me.
I've been thinking about us so much lately. How we're getting through this separation, and how strong our feelings are for each other. So many people are finding somebody else to be with because their lovers are over there where you are. But I'll never do that.
I'm with you for eternity, Max. A lot of people laugh at me and say that swearing eternal love is something our parents and grandparents did, and for people of our generation, it's an outmoded concept. But I'm not going to change.
I'm going to be with you eternally, Max. I don't care what anybody else says about not being with the one and loving the one you're with. That's crap. If you really love someone, then you're not going to want to be with anybody else.
Having the person you love go off to fight a war for a cause they don't believe in isn't an excuse to screw around. I've lost a lot of respect for so many of the people I used to call friends because that's just what they're doing. But I'll never be like them.
Don't worry about that, Max. You're not going to lose me. I'm going to be faithful to you. There's nobody else who could even catch my attention anyway, so it's not like you could ever have any rivals. You're the only man I want, or ever will want.
Eternity might seem like a really long time -- and I guess it is. But when I think about spending eternity with you, it seems like all that time could go by in the blink of an eye. It feels like the time we've already been together has just been a few seconds.
Maybe that old cliché about time flying when you're having fun is true. Time has definitely flown since I first met you. It doesn't seem possible that we've been together for months now, and that we know each other so well.
Sometimes I wonder how much longer this is going to last, if you're going to be away from me longer than we've actually been together. If that does happen, then I'll still be here, Max. I'll still be waiting for you. I'm always going to be here. I'm never going to just disappear.
I know you're scared of that happening, but you don't have to be. I'm not the kind of person who's going to walk out on the man I love just because it would be more convenient to be with somebody who's always here. I'm not that shallow, and you know it.
When you get back, I'll be right here by your side. I might get ridiculed by people I used to have respect for because I'm faithful and loyal, but I don't know how else to be. Why should I walk away from the person I love just because they can't be with me right now?
I know you're not screwing around on me out there in the jungle. I trust you, Max. You might joke around and say that you find this or that person attractive, but when it comes down to acting on those words, you would never do it. You're not a cheater.
Nobody else knows you the way I do. Other people might not believe that you're going to be faithful, or even that I will if you're gone a lot longer. But they don't know us. They don't know what we have together, or the promises we've made to each other.
People can say all they want that eternal love is something that only exists in fairy tales, and that it doesn't have any place in the real, modern world. But I know better. That's the kind of love I have with you, the kind of love that lasts forever.
I believe in that kind of eternal love. If other people don't, then it's their loss. I don't care what anybody else says -- they're not going to change the way I feel, or how I look at the two of us. Nothing's going to change how much I love you, no matter what.
It's hard to be away from you, Max. There aren't any temptations, not for me. But going to bed every night without you beside me, and waking up alone in the morning -- that's the hardest thing to deal with. It's the nights when I miss you the most.
Are the nights hard for you to get through, too? Sometimes I wish that I could be over there with you, even though the things you've told me scare the hell out of me and make me glad I can't be drafted. I wish I could be beside you, to protect you from whatever might happen.
But we both know that's not going to happen. We'll just have to wait until we can be together again, however long that might take. I just hope it's not going to be much longer. I don't know how much longer either of us can deal with being separated.
Eternity, Max. That's how long you'll have me. I'm still waiting, still here. I'm not going anywhere. I'll be here waiting for you when you get home, with open arms and an open heart. And when you do finally get home, it'll be just like we were never apart.
Love always,
Jude