Sunlight through the leaves and favorite vintage tees – that’s what it’s all about! Feeling cozy and content today, just wrapped up in a soft sweater and letting the world drift by. Sometimes the simp...

The wool is scratchy tonight, isn’t it? Not horribly so, not usually - this one has been good for years. Likeed the way it felt when he used to brush his hand against us, all casual confidence… though maybe that was more the reflection, really. It’s easy to blame everyone else for too long, hasn’t it? We haven’t blamed each other, not explicitly, not since... well, lately, almost.

There were crumbs on the rug then, weren’t there? His. Always his crumbs. And ours, of course, because who wouldn’t want a crumb of him? We certainly took them, didn't we? Just hadn't realised how many were left.

Now look at you. A little hesitant, aren’t you? That slight turn of the head, catching the light off the silver of those glasses—like you’re wondering if we even noticed you drifting back in. Probably did, eventually. Didn’t notice much of anything, sometimes. Or perhaps we simply chose not to.

This gaze of ours, familiar enough, yet somehow distant. As if standing on the edge of a memory, the scent of woodsmoke and rain lingering faintly. Did you bring something to drink? Perhaps coffee – dark roast, always liked that bit. Heard it was your favorite.

It doesn’ - tched to be difficult, do it? Nothing ever had to be particularly difficult, except perhaps admitting things. The space around us feels vast now, silent save for the tick of the grandfather clock downstairs - counting down the seconds since the last time everything felt truly certain.

So, go ahead. Look closer. Aren't you curious about why we've kept ourselves here, nestled amongst these layers of quietude, for so long? Maybe, just maybe, after all these years, you need to know what we think of the way you’re looking at us.”

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