Dustwalker

by Tiffany Roberts

“You do not get to say things like that to me and then walk away,” he said. Lara paused with a hand on the railing and twisted to look at him, her expression hard. “I’m not walking. I’m storming.”

“Remember the ocean, Lara? I asked you what places you’d like to see, and that was your answer. You didn’t even have to think about it. I’ll take you there, once you’ve recovered. You can dance barefoot in the sand to the music of the waves. Collect as many seashells and bits of driftwood as you want. We can watch the sun set over the water, and pretend we’re the only two people in existence.”

My heart

“I will love you even after darkness takes me,” he said, softly.

ask that you do not reactivate me. Please bury me with your mother, so I can fulfill my promise and be with her during her long sleep.

This ending obliterated me