Ship/Member: Minghao/Vernon Major Tags: N/A Additional Tags: I do talk about death a lot please be warned Permission to remix: Please ask
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“Did you, Granddad?”
Vernon looks up, his mind coming back from far away. “Hmm?”
“Did you love him, Grandad?” His granddaughter’s eyes are bright. She adores this story. He’s told it to her many, many times and, although she is now a woman grown, with a man to love of her own, she still sits at his feet and begs for it one more time.
Humming again, Vernon looks back into the fire. “I loved your Grandmother.” This isn’t a lie. His late wife had been a gem of a woman; kind, sturdy, loving. He’d worshiped and adored her, and when had she passed ten years ago, the pain he’d felt had been very real.
His granddaughter rolls her eyes a little, moving one cheek to rest on the hand his knee. “Of course you loved Granny,” she sighs a little, Vernon knows she still misses her. “But did you love him? The man from the stars?”
Of course I did, Vernon thinks. How could anyone not?
Re: "such a constellation was he to me"
Major Tags: N/A
Additional Tags: I do talk about death a lot please be warned
Permission to remix: Please ask
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“Did you, Granddad?”
Vernon looks up, his mind coming back from far away. “Hmm?”
“Did you love him, Grandad?” His granddaughter’s eyes are bright. She adores this story. He’s told it to her many, many times and, although she is now a woman grown, with a man to love of her own, she still sits at his feet and begs for it one more time.
Humming again, Vernon looks back into the fire. “I loved your Grandmother.” This isn’t a lie. His late wife had been a gem of a woman; kind, sturdy, loving. He’d worshiped and adored her, and when had she passed ten years ago, the pain he’d felt had been very real.
His granddaughter rolls her eyes a little, moving one cheek to rest on the hand his knee. “Of course you loved Granny,” she sighs a little, Vernon knows she still misses her. “But did you love him? The man from the stars?”
Of course I did, Vernon thinks. How could anyone not?
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