Tom listened and watched as the sound of laughter came from a garden so bright and beautiful. A wife and her daughter, his wife and daughter, laughing and playing in the garden like there was no care in the world.

A flutter of happiness was in his chest as he watched on. A smile was on his face for the first time in a while. But it didn't last long, a cold breeze broke him out of his trance. The image before him fading as his concentration broke, he was facing reality, The mirror of Erised.