So that he could keep on holding her hand for more than a millenium. [Collections of unrelated one-shots for the Gischel Week prompts: Day 1: Wedding Day Day 2: Cooking/Baking Together Day 3: Roleswap Day 4: At the beach Day 5: Proposal Day 6: Bad End Day 7: Domestic Family]
If Maria could pinpoint the biggest mistake of her life, maybe it would be the day she met Jacopo and decided to talk to him instead of moving on, following him blindly on his path to Hell. [Jacopo & Maria, A Requiem for Innocence]