Still Choosing

wildflower 18 stories

Summary

Still Choosing is a quiet, devastating continuation of Of Hunger and Gentle Monsters, following Astaroth and Lilith through the long arc of a shared life—and its ending. As Lilith ages and Astaroth remains, the story explores love measured not in passion or sacrifice, but in patience, adaptation, and daily devotion. They raise children, let them go, negotiate mortality and immortality, and face the hardest promise of all: surviving without each other. After Lilith’s death, Astaroth keeps his vow not to let grief turn him monstrous, choosing restraint even as hunger and loss slowly undo him. In the end, love proves not a single choice, but a lifetime of them—and one final permission to rest.