Disclaimer: I don't own it.
Authors note: In lieu of the fact that we found the arm band she wears is a Shoelace of Graham's...I wrote this.
Sometimes, after everything that happened, she just needed a reminder that everything in life wasnt bad. That there is good out there. She had Mary Margret and Henry as a reminder too, but it just didn't feel like enough all the time.
Heading back into the Police Station, she ran a hand over Graham's jacket, reminding herself that for once in her life, she'd known a truly good man and it pained her to know he'd died. Sometimes, she just wanted to rail at the unfairness of it all. A sigh escaped her lips when she saw the box on the desk and knew what it was. Graham's belongings. Hadn't she told Gold she didnt want anything? She'd already gotten the jacket and it hanging up was a reminder of the fact that he'd existed, that he'd given her a chance that many never would have.
Today had been rough, she didn't even want to think of him, it just hurt too much, but she took a seat, digging through the box and holding odds and ends of his, not wanting to stop in a way, when she saw a pair of his boots in the bottom. She was feeling sentimental and…well, a thought struck her. Pulling out a boot, she gently untied the shoelaces, before wrapping it around her wrist as a way to keep him with her. "Your always with me Graham..I promise..I won't let you go."