Author's Note: I needed to get my head cleared of Journey for a while, I felt it was getting a bit stale. I'm not abandoning it, just taking a break. So in the meantime, something a little different. I hope enjoy enjoy it!
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There was an eerie silence in the air. The sound of ringing bells from the town below rode ominously on the wind and dark clouds gathered in the sky above. Hs words lingered, echoing.
"Never?"
"Never."
He slumped, defeated. He wanted nothing more in that moment than for the earth to swallow him up right there and then.
The other man shrugged but it was hard for him to keep his composure. As he got into his truck and gripped the wheel, he could feel his knees shaking, threatening to give out on him at any second if he didn't sit down, and his lip quivered as he drive away, not daring to glance in his rear mirror for fear his resolve would break and he'd end up exactly where he'd started.
He turned the key and the engine roared to life, breaking the silence and sending a flock of birds skyward. He wrenched the truck into gear and floored the pedal, and flew down the dirt road and away from his troubles.
The other man let out a choked sob, sighed heavily, left with nothing but the sound of birds in the trees above him and a weight in his chest, warning him that his life was never going to be the same.
And that should have been where their story ended.