Stars and Dust
Category: Sci-Fi
The letter was still on the table, unopened, as it had been for three days.
It was the kind of night when secrets refused to stay buried.
A knock at the door changed everything.
The fire had burned down to embers, but neither of them moved to stoke it.
A cold wind swept across the plain, carrying with it the scent of distant rain.
He was the kind of man who kept his word, even when it cost him.
He had been waiting for her for what felt like an eternity.
The stars that night seemed closer than they had any right to be.
The end.