[ A hug. Right, a hug! That can happen- Alex is swept into it before she even realizes. A flittering, dancing emotion sweeps through her stomach, one she recognizes as a sweet, rapturous feeling. It's underscored by a wistful touch of pain, as most everything is, in a brief if only Michael could see me now, but it passes. ...It's passing more often than it used to.
Maybe that's the thing about time healing, or...something. "If you could meet the people I have, Mike," she'd say to him. "If I could just introduce you. If I could talk to you for an afternoon. If I could tell you, off-script, what I've been through. Mike, I miss you so..."
Her precious memories, on the line...
...She hugs back, tight, in a moment. You aren't here right now. She is. I am. Michael wouldn't want her, to live tethered by fear. She has to try and remember that, as difficult as it is.
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Maybe that's the thing about time healing, or...something. "If you could meet the people I have, Mike," she'd say to him. "If I could just introduce you. If I could talk to you for an afternoon. If I could tell you, off-script, what I've been through. Mike, I miss you so..."
Her precious memories, on the line...
...She hugs back, tight, in a moment. You aren't here right now. She is. I am. Michael wouldn't want her, to live tethered by fear. She has to try and remember that, as difficult as it is.
Even if just for this week. ]