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The camera clicked, capturing not just two people in matching outfits, but the visual manifestation of a half-century spent learning how to fit perfectly into each other's lives.

A young photographer stopped, mesmerized by the sight of two people who seemed to have figured out the secret to time. He asked to take their picture. As they leaned into each other, Arthur whispered a joke that made Eleanor’s eyes crinkle behind her glasses.

Arthur patted her hand, his skin paper-thin but warm. "The ones who need to notice will."

"Do you think they notice?" Eleanor asked, nodding toward the passersby.