Quotes from the first full novella I wrote during my time in undergrad.
“He wants to know why grief always comes unannounced, tracking muddy footprints on the floors of a freshly cleaned house. It comes barreling in, then in the quiet hours of the morning it slips out , leaving only a mess behind. He can smell it on the couch and his clothes and the matted brown teddy bear. He’s come to know grief as a friend, a reminder of what is gone, but still there, in the most unexpected places. The soft legs under his head tell him that the lonliness isn’t all that bad, the emptiness inside him is just enough room for Elowyn to reside.”
-Chapter 18
“He’s been thinking about her. He doesn’t understand how a single person could derail him as fast as she did. They’re like two comets, blazing hot moving at the speed of light. It’s a collision course waiting to happen and when they meet everything explodes into a scattering of white hot stars. That’s how he sees it, atleast. A crash, yes, but a very rewarding one.”