January 22, 2018, 01:55 PM
They must have been quite a sight, staring at each other with wild eyes at the edge of this lake. It was a long moment before Shale realized the woman was as frightened, if not more so, as he was. Taking a couple steps backward, he lowered his eyes, his body, his bristling pelt--anything to make her feel at ease.
"I'm s-sorry," he croaked, gaze fixed on the ground. There was a gnarled twig beneath his feet, brown and bare. He stared at it for a long while, thinking it might be the only thing anchoring him to this world right now. "It's just. . .Lucy was my wife. She died."
It was a terrible explanation. How many Lucys must there be in the world? Yet he had only met one--her--and now this girl had come along. How could he not recoil in shock?
"I'm s-sorry," he croaked, gaze fixed on the ground. There was a gnarled twig beneath his feet, brown and bare. He stared at it for a long while, thinking it might be the only thing anchoring him to this world right now. "It's just. . .Lucy was my wife. She died."
It was a terrible explanation. How many Lucys must there be in the world? Yet he had only met one--her--and now this girl had come along. How could he not recoil in shock?
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their hearts and their bones won't come undone - by Shale - December 29, 2017, 04:53 PM
RE: their hearts and their bones won't come undone - by Lucy - January 04, 2018, 12:00 AM
RE: their hearts and their bones won't come undone - by Shale - January 09, 2018, 10:48 AM
RE: their hearts and their bones won't come undone - by Lucy - January 13, 2018, 02:58 PM
RE: their hearts and their bones won't come undone - by Shale - January 14, 2018, 10:51 PM
RE: their hearts and their bones won't come undone - by Lucy - January 18, 2018, 10:49 PM
RE: their hearts and their bones won't come undone - by Shale - January 22, 2018, 01:55 PM
RE: their hearts and their bones won't come undone - by Lucy - January 27, 2018, 07:58 PM
RE: their hearts and their bones won't come undone - by Shale - January 29, 2018, 12:07 PM
RE: their hearts and their bones won't come undone - by Lucy - February 24, 2018, 01:46 PM