A Moment Of Vulnerability
" Flora, can we talk — just you and I, down from all those prying eyes?" Adrian asked, his voice guarded as he bent forward, his eyes searching for hers in the murk of a vacated corner of the base.
Flora replied vocally but guardedly." I have been staying for this moment, Adrian. Too long has it been since we sat then and spoke actually."
Adrian swallowed," Every day, I bear these regrets on my casket like a weight. I flash back the days when we used to speak our dreams with abandon — when our hearts weren't guarded against the world. Do you ever wonder if maybe we could have done it else?
Flora's eyes sparked with pain," I wonder it every day, Adrian. I flash back our horselaugh under the stars, our gentle promises. But they are lost in the silence of your ab
