Always You and Me

by Dani Atkins

Adam fought to keep his eyes open for as long as he could; fought to stay with me for every single second we had left. But his body was struggling, and I was hurting him by wanting him to hold on a little bit longer, just for me.

The only thing more colourful than Raegan’s language was her hair, which changed hue practically every month.

How stupid we were for thinking we had all the time in the world to make that dream a reality.

His words felt like walking into sunlight after being in the shadows.

‘Nobody wants to hear about him. They don’t ask you what he was like, or what were the things he loved. No one wants to know what made him laugh or drove him crazy. They edit him out of every conversation because they believe it’ll be too painful for you to talk about him. But really, the most painful thing of all is never getting to talk about him.’