Sea Lion Shores I'[m] thinking of ending things

Reverie didn't ask. She didn't think she wanted to know, really. Then I guess you're lucky I don't, She returned his smile with her own gentle brightening. My name is Reverie, by the way.
I'm thinking of ending things.
The brightness died from her, and she looked away too. There were so many things he didn't know. She wasn't sure she would ever have the heart to tell him. He'd been right from the beginning, after all. She hadn't been ready for any of it, and now she stood at a precipice she did not quite understand, looking down into the endless dark. His sunlit eyes were the only light around for miles.