never seen that color blue

Making an unhappy sound in the back of his throat, Loren bit his lip. There was nothing he could do or say to make this easier for either of them. In fact, this was probably for the best, to end it here before he inevitably mucked this up. Still, even with the promises to stay in touch, to see each other again, it very much felt like an ending. And something about that caused his insides to twist, caused an uneasy feeling to bubble up in his gut. Again, there were no salves for this wound, no sweet nothings left to whisper. He just pulled Sam in and held him close. And though it took Loren a long, long time to actually fall asleep, eventually he did. And then, as he'd warned earlier, he left before the dawn. -FIN LOREN Not quite an open book