It wasn’t a physical thing, no. It was...more like a thought. An unseen force. A comfort. A state of mind…
Those fleeting moments when they were together, lost in the expanse of the void that was time. Her calm, collected aura would flow over his own jittery, nervous nature. His second thoughts were trumped by her quick, instinctive decisions. Her graceful smile would ease over the butterflies of doubt and worry that knotted endlessly in his stomach. To his hot sun, she was cool ice.
And then she’d gone, breezing whichever way the wind happened to take her. All he had to remember was the note on the counter and her glance of a wave in his direction. Not even a spoken word to ease his shattered mind and heart.
Her presence. Yes, that was what he coveted most. That which he couldn’t have.
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