Golden hour glowin’ here! ✨ Feeling perfectly cozy in my favorite oversized sweater and ready for an evening of quiet nights and maybe just one too many mugs of tea. Lately it feels like this - simple...

“Here we are then,” I say, though my voice sounds more like a question than a statement. It has been too long, hasn't it? Twenty years perhaps since the last time he noticed the fraying hem of these wool trousers, which feels less about the wool itself and more about the memory of him holding them back when we were younger, laughing at our clumsiness. These boots haven’t leftched feet in ages—our feet —though tonight, there’s almost an eagerness to be out of their familiar comfort, a hesitant hope for something other than the quiet hum of the kitchen stove.

See the way the light catches the dust motes dancing around us, barely notice the rain pattering against the windowpane – not that much noise anyway. It’s always been subtle with you, hasn’t it? Not quite a shout, just a gentle push towards each other, often deflected. Like that night after the harvest festival, remember? The wine spilled, his hand brushed yours as you reached for the sherry glass...and then nothing but the comfortable distance of shared routines.

Your eyes, so dark today, weren’t quite sure if they wanted to linger on ours. A flicker of recognition, maybe, or simply mild curiosity about why we bothered showing up to the gallery opening dressed rather well despite ourselves. Now look at you - standing perfectly still, aren’ by the fireplace, exactly - and staring. Not harshly, not demanding. Just…observant.

Like you always did.

A slight turn of the lip, probably. We used to laugh easily, didn't we? Before the world started feeling a little bit dusty. Well, don’t smile yet. Let’s not get ahead of ourselves. Just hold that gaze for a minute. See if you can remember the sound of our voices.”

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