The perfect "it really should have gone this way" tale. Thank you.
He raised our joined fingers to his lips and just held them there while we simply breathed together, trying to find our balance before life gave us another shove. Beautiful image and phrasing...
...cringing as he shoved essentials into his ratty old duffel. I was grateful that this time the duffel wasn’t taking him away from me, but I only raised an eyebrow when he caught me glaring at it. The damn duffel bag. This actually made me smile. ;)