Reese used to live in a snow globe, happy and content and immune from the mean realities of the universe, secure in her own private existence. Getting sick had shattered Reese’s world, and she and Kris were still picking up the jagged pieces of glass. Kris seemed to be immune to the rough edges, but Reese managed to get cut by the jagged bits,... See more

But it only confirms what he knows. He brings her still-warm hand to his cheek and weeps. Because they have not had long enough. Because he is not ready for their shared life to be at its end. He sits with her as the light fades, as the chill starts to creep in through the open door, as her cooling body sets in place. He sits with her through the

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They sit at the table until the early hours, talking, laughing, crying. Cian still hasn’t slept, but when he thinks of going to bed, he cannot face Sílbhe not being there beside him. And so he stays in the kitchen with Maia and Julian and the warmth of traded memories. A clarity exists amongst them, that they have shared their lives with someone

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