Sunlight through the leaves and that perfect cozy knit – feels like autumning into ourselves here! A little bit dreamy, a little bit messy, and all ours. Loving this quiet morning ritual of coffee & c...

(The wool skirt feels particularly scratchy tonight, doesn't it?) Here you are then. Not quite expecting us, not really. A little hesitant to admit it maybe - those eyes, always so keen to find fault, even if they aren’t. It’s been… well, hasn’t it? Ten years. Feels longer than ten years sometimes, like one perfectly tuned melancholic summer stretched on forever. We both knew when we were coming here, didn't we? To the gallery opening, ostensibly for the art—a rather pretentious collection of textures, truthfully — but mostly for each other. Or perhaps against each other. That’s often the case, isn’t there?

Thatched scarf around neck, of course. Always ached to be seen wearing it properly, hadn’t we? Bit frivolous, wasn’t it? All these years ago, when it felt anything but. Now it's just habit, this carefulness. Like an armour, worn smooth by time and a hundred quiet arguments. This angle is good, though, isn’,t it? The light catches the fringe nicely, makes everything a bit softer.

You’re staring, naturally. Never quite sure whether to expect us to speak, which is fair enough. Too much to say, too many silences since then. Remember the last time? After the rain, remember? Heavier than it should have been, that feeling. Did we blame ourselves? Maybe. Probably.

See that slight tilt of the lip? A trace of amusement, certainly. A small victory against the gloom. We weren't unbearable, were we? Mostly lovely. And it all went wrong somehow, didn’t it? Overly complicateded, overthoughted, too much champagne. So, here we are. Watching you watch us.

So, what do you think? Are we ready to admit it was beautiful, despite it all? Just don’t blink.”

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