Jude
He doesn’t know how she can be so calm right now when his own mind feels like a veritable typhoon. It makes her rise ever more in his esteem, his admiration eternally reaching new depths. Her hands cradle his cheeks, and Jude turns his face into one of her hands in much the same way Winnie does, eyes falling closed as he takes a slow, shuddering breath.
“Promise?” It’s the lost warble of a young boy, and he knows the moment he says it that it’s unfair to ask her to vow something she cannot possibly be in control of. Instead, he retrieves one arm to cover her hand with his own, clinging there. “Will you stay? Please? Just a few days. I don’t -” want to be alone. Except he wouldn’t be, would he? He would have both his parents under the same roof at last. Opening his eyes, lips brushing her palm, Jude tries to find the right words as the sight of her firm, patient expressions slows his heart to something more manageable. “I need you.”
“Promise?” It’s the lost warble of a young boy, and he knows the moment he says it that it’s unfair to ask her to vow something she cannot possibly be in control of. Instead, he retrieves one arm to cover her hand with his own, clinging there. “Will you stay? Please? Just a few days. I don’t -” want to be alone. Except he wouldn’t be, would he? He would have both his parents under the same roof at last. Opening his eyes, lips brushing her palm, Jude tries to find the right words as the sight of her firm, patient expressions slows his heart to something more manageable. “I need you.”
stop trying to keep this alive
you're pointing at stars in the sky that already died
you're pointing at stars in the sky that already died
