Sunlight through the leaves and that perfect autumn feeling... Wrapped up in our favorite oversized knit (bonus points for a cozy cat!). A little bit of quiet today, just us and the golden hour glow. ...

The wool feels scratchy tonight, doesn’t it? Not bad, not exactly - more… dutiful. Like always, really. This skirt has seen us through so much. More than we ever dared admit, usually. That little pucker near the knee? Probably when you turned up late to dinner all those times after that jazz club. We never said anything about it, though. Never did. Too many layers already, too difficult to peel one off.

This gaze of yours... familiar, isn’t it? A hint less wary than last time. We were arguing, weren't we? Just yesterday evening, almost. About the roses, silly thing, the roses. Did he bring them? They hadn't been here by morning, of course. It wasn’t his fault, was it? Always felt like ours to blame. Your father liked the order, didn’t he? The crispness of everything being just so. Our lives, perfectly arranged – until maybe the dust started to settle around the edges.

Here goes. Here goes the feeling, then. A flicker of warmth, quickly dampened by the chill. Maybe that’s why you came back, after all these years. Didn’t think we missed you quite so much, but there it is. A slight smile playing on our lips, hidden behind the carefully smoothed hair. You probably wouldn't notice anyway.

You're staring, aren't you? Not quite sure what for. Perhaps just wondering if we remember how to look back. Well, we do, don’t we? Now, if only we could work out which layer to unravel first…”

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