"Maybe it is just us. Maybe we're more perceptive. Or maybe fate decided to give us an extra nudge with the age difference." Cyril shrugged. It probably didn't really matter why meeting her had felt like a bolt of lightening rather than a slow development of feelings. Either way they would have still ended up here eventually. And this way, maybe it would be less agonizing. "Either way, what do we do now?" Cyril asked. Sure he'd had years to wonder what he'd do with his mate, and he'd see mated pairs. But he hadn't also seen a couple with quite an age difference, though he knew it happened.