You need somebody. And I need somebody, too. Could it be – you and me, Blanche?
[She stares at him vacantly for a moment. Then with a soft cry huddles in his embrace. She makes a sobbing effort to speak but the words won’t come. He kisses her forehead and her eyes and finally her lips. The polka tune fades out. Her breath is drawn and released in long, grateful sobs.]
– Tennessee Williams
A Streetcar Named Desire, Scene 6. Showing a softer and more sensitive side than his hard-edged friend Stanley, Mitch opens up Blanche about his loneliness and their need for companionship. He suggests that they could become a couple, and they share a tender moment as they embrace and kiss. The polka music that Blanche hears is a reminder of the suicide of her husband. It "fades out" to indicate her hope of the memory of the past being healed by the prospect of new love.