2018-04-29

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The Missing Three-Quarter: Re-echo

Title: The Missing Three-Quarter: Re-echo
Author: gardnerhill                        
Word Count: 60                     
Rating: G
Warning: You may get feels on this ride. Postulation in progress.
Summary: Pain echoes pain. This storylet is a POV-shift of my earlier offering, Echo.

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I held Watson in our room as he wept, Mrs. Staunton’s fate clearly echoing his own tragic loss. “Perhaps I should not have taken this case,” I murmured.

He held me tighter, his voice clear though heavy with tears. “No. You need work. Better this than idleness turning your thoughts to the needle again.”

I held him all that night.