The Mars Protocol
Category: Sci-Fi
The garden had been her mother’s pride, and now it was hers.
He had been waiting for her for what felt like an eternity.
She had not expected to see him again, not after all these years.
He stood at the edge of the cliff, looking down at the waves crashing below.
A knock at the door changed everything.
The stars that night seemed closer than they had any right to be.
Some doors, once opened, can never be closed again.
The fire had burned down to embers, but neither of them moved to stoke it.
The end.