Memories
AN; for all those who when watching season 1 and 2 on DVD and 3 online always tear up when they see Melissa and Ben and their slightly happier memories that they had together.
Everything Ben had done for the last year since his beloved wife's death had reminded him of her.
The way him and Mel use to wake up in bed every morning and be cuddling each other, now all Ben was cuddling was the quilt that had remained on the double bed that pair had shared.
Or the way that every morning if they weren't in a hurry to get to work, they'd have a shower together to "save water", but now Ben had become use to just having a shower on his own just like had the other 23 years of his life before he had even met Melissa.
Or even the way that him and her use to fight over the last bit of the Donna Kebabs that they had brought, now he'd be lucky if he ate the whole lot, as it had just always seem to remind him of her now every time he ate one.
Or the way that she just knew how to cheer him up every time he was down, now the only ones who attempted to do that was Ruby, Carbo and Loretta.
Or the way that every time he now looked at his younger sister growing up and thought of how him and Melissa were meant to have had one of their own and are meant to be raising it, cherishing, it spoiling it but most importantly love it every single day.
The truth was every time that Ben would do something now he'd always have a way of connecting it up to the good, sad, and funny times that he had experienced with his beautiful wife. Maybe one day he'd learn to love again, but for now he was quiet happy just living and remembering her loving and kindling spirit that she had. She had changed him for \the better, and now it was his turn to keep the memories of her alive
