[Mini Event] Ashes to ashes

ADAM

Seal my heart and break my pride

His day had gone from meh to fucking awful real fast, and Adam was still reeling from it. Once he'd been told Pet wasn't inside the blazing building he'd followed down to the beach silently, in his mind wondering where he was, then. It wasn't like he had any right to know, since he'd fucked up their marriage and distanced himself, but...his heart ached with the uncertainty of his safety. For the moment, he didn't even consider how the fire had started.

He didn't move until Maeve spoke and he glanced up at her; she was right, the sun would come up soon...but he found it hard to summon the energy to get his feet to move right away. Nodding, as if he understood, Adam leant against a rock and stared out to the sea, saying almost to himself: "That was everything I had in there. Everything. I already lost my fucking guns and now...fuck. All of it. I don't even have any more shirts."

While the loss of his possessions did sting, it was just the easier thing to complain about rather than his aching want for Pet. Hugging himself, fingertips digging into his arms, Adam stared up at the smoke spewing from the roof in the distance.

I've nowhere to stand and now nowhere to hide