Fictional union

She who came to him, left!
It took him a decade to start thinking what is next?
It took her two decades to feel good again at what she has been was blessed with.
They met at his penultimate moment of life.
He died in her bed!

The armour

People are way too optimistic about the power they assume they have got to control how they are being perceived. They don't realize that none of the armours they wear is free of holes!