There was nothing else in this world like it, no replacement at all, and all the pining I’d done for him in his absence washed away like water spiralling down a drain. We made up parts of each other that were integral to our beings, and without him, I’d known I would never be quite whole again. But now, Darius was back, and by the stars, the moon, and the ever-watching sun, it looked like I was too.
