Oh gaby this is so beautiful and sad!

At first, I thought he had come from the future, it was this line

“She passed some years ago now, we always thought I would be the first to go

that made me wonder, had he come back to warn himself to value her more, to make the most of it.

Oh but then the ending, the moment cast through a memory, it completely changes the story so very well. Him looking back at a defining moment in his life with the wisdom of age, thinking of how he used to be, how he felt. It takes a good deal of skill for something so subtle but poignant to carry and it does for you so very well <3

Congrats on the very well deserved curie!!