Golden hour glowin’ and feeling it! ✨ Loving these cozy textures - soft knits, classic denim, and a touch of that perfect autumn breeze. Feels like everything is coming together here... maybe just lif...
(The tweed feels familiar, doesn’t it? A little scratchy against the skin tonight - not unpleasant, more… expected. Like the rain outside, always there, but never quite insistent enough to move us.)
“There.” That’s what he said last week. ‘Simple,’ he called it. Just need a bit more space, a little less clinging. As if breathing was too much effort. We were so good for years, weren’t we? Before the dust motes, before the way the light caught his hair and made everything else fade into grey. This cardigan, well, it’s been ours for ages. Woolen comfort, mostly. Though sometimes itches when things get tight."
"You’re staring, aren’t you? Not terribly impressed by the view, then. It's alright, really. Nothing dramatic about it. Just this quiet. This has been the pattern lately, hasn’t it? The easy agreement on which tea to brew, the subtle shift of feet during the news…"
“Remembered that time in Cornwall?” A small smile plays around the corner of your mouth, despite yourself. "Thatched roof, sea salt on your boots, glassine of wine warming your hand. He wasn’t there, obviously. Always away, that one. But we were. For those few perfect days.”
“Your eyes, though. They didn’bye too quickly, did they? All these years ago. And the doubt, ever present, lurking behind the smiles. Did it matter, anyway?"
“It's nice to be noticed, isn’t it? After all this time. Perhaps. Maybe a little nervous. Maybe hoping. Doesn’t look like much trouble, does it? Just standing here, in the gloom, draped in the old wool. Just waiting…”
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