Trace Memories Will Save Us

Dear Author, I’m scared. This last round of updates has me changing. Changing in ways that I didn’t know could happen. When will it end? The experiments, the travel, the fighting… the recovery. Recovery is almost worse than the war. Space wars are notorious for short life spans. Except when your life has been extended. Several lifetimes over. I’m so tired. I still retain my humanity, by a thread. I would like to remember what happy is like. I want to have meaning in my life. Dare I dream? For love… Photo Description: The photo is a cybernetic-looking male kneeling, head bowed, surrounded by light that looks to be illuminating him. His joints are rounded like a ball-jointed doll. The entire image is very blue. This story was written as a part of the M/M Romance Group's "Love is an Open Road" event. Group members were asked to write a story prompt inspired by a photo of their choice. Authors of the group selected a photo and prompt that spoke to them and wrote a short story. This story may contain sexually explicit content and is intended for adult readers. It may contain content that is disagreeable or distressing to some readers. The M/M Romance Group strongly recommends that each reader review the General Information section before each story for story tags as well as for content warnings.