Silence. There was no sound behind the cotton in my ears.
Pain was my only companion in this place and I couldn't think for it. Where was I…who was I…?
I drifted in and out of dreams. I was home, my lover's familiar scent filling my senses as I lay on his side of the bed in the early hours. Our little one was still that morning, granting me peace and comfort…Suddenly I was terribly sad, a deep longing tearing through me and I burrowed deeper into the covers to hide from the world just a little while longer…
I sat in a field of flowers, a black-haired man beside me, features like a mountain range on a hazy day; indistinct but heartbreakingly beautiful. He stroked a strand of my long brown hair from my cheek. I smiled. Laughter drew my attention to the grass where two children played…
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