Sequel: In Oceans Deep ›
Our Secret Place
Is
The beach is cold today. It’s the beginning of autumn, leaves and small twigs litter the ground. The sand is damp and irritant beneath his skin, but she doesn’t complain, so neither does he.
He leans over her, tracing circles on her stomach, her skin smooth but taut, the way it stiffens when you’ve been playing in the cold sea for a long time.
Her hand remains gently in his, and so together they lie there on the beach, him staring into her pearl grey eyes and gentle smile, and she lovingly stares back.
He leans over her, tracing circles on her stomach, her skin smooth but taut, the way it stiffens when you’ve been playing in the cold sea for a long time.
Her hand remains gently in his, and so together they lie there on the beach, him staring into her pearl grey eyes and gentle smile, and she lovingly stares back.
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Short, tragedy, where 'Is' is the present and 'Was' is the past, but what happened in between?