He was reminiscing, of course. How could he not? You were the one stable thing in his life and now he’s messed that up too — he never realized how foolish a decision it would be to discard you for his career in football when he could have simply managed both.

He missed the way your gentle fingers would braid his hair, the envelopes you’d make, & last but not least, your smile.

He was about to turn the lights off when he heard a knock at his door; you, returning items he let you borrow.