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Stars and Dust
Category: Sci-Fi
She smiled, but it did not reach her eyes.
The fire had burned down to embers, but neither of them moved to stoke it.
A knock at the door changed everything.
The garden had been her mother’s pride, and now it was hers.
She had not expected to see him again, not after all these years.
She had learned long ago not to trust promises.
Some doors, once opened, can never be closed again.
The train pulled out of the station with a long, mournful whistle.
The end.