I also would have said the blood of angry men... Or the rose the phantom gives Christine. (Phantom of the Opera is a thousand times better than Les Miserables but Les Miz is still the second best musical ever.)
When he held her in his arms for the last time it was the color of his heartbeat. When he kissed her goodbye it was the color of her lips. When she told him to stop it was the color of her mood. When they discovered the wall between their worlds that kept them apart but beating as one, it was the color of the brick. when she touched him it was the color of his blood pulsing alive. when he complimented and teased her it was the color of her cheeks that made him smile. when she saw him in public it was the color of her nails that she chewed. when she was finally alone with him it was the color of their fire.
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