Rewriting
What happens when you drop a pebble in still water and the rippling effects of its presence can't be ignored. Meeting someone would have been coincidental, could have been fate or perhaps a mistake like bumping shoulders in a mass of peopl...
Forget about any sign of a downpour, the rain would never come. Like her eyes made the weather shy despite swollen dark clouds. There were flashes of light and a low rumble in the distance but never the refreshing fall of rain. But the fog was there, like some kind of compensation. It was damp and cold and it stuck to any surface it could.
It was depressing—
And quiet. Rain was noisy when it fell too hard— too fast. But now she was afraid to move, to make a sound and disrupt the silence of this moment. The quiet let her recall his laughter, his stupid jokes, his obsession with fencing— Jesus. She shifted on her feet and the trance was gone, the moment is real.
The tear fell and she sniffled before realizing, it's all over it seems. It's really over. She sniffled again and a shaky exhale escapes her when she swallows a cry.
Who would've known, four years ago, the day after they'd locked eyes, she'd be burying him.
She dropped the flowers with frostbitten fingers. She never got him flowers, she never did that when he was around. What would his soul remember her with? Blinding grief— the incoherent sound of pain claws out of her throats in a wail. Was it always this quiet? Maybe if she breathed in deeply and believed it in her heart, then she'd wake up. This isn't real.
Firm hands wrap around her shaky shoulders and into a scratchy woolen coat. He smells the same, like old books, coffee and frosting. He's grown a stubble and some weight but even if he turned green and spotted a leopard print coat, she wouldn't have minded much.
"I miss him too Joan." His voice was scratchy like he hadn't used it in a while.
She leans against his shoulder, wailing like a child. He supported her weight, literally and figuratively through snot, fog and tears.
He always seemed to support the weight.
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