This ficlet is unconnected to the last one. I know it's short, but I like it that way - a snapshot of the crazy love story that is Seddie. Sorry that they've been kinda sad so far. It's been that kind of weekend. Read and review please?

Song: "Here Comes Goodbye," by Rascal Flatts, AU.


A knock made him lift his head from his computer screen with a furrowed brow.

"Who is it?" he called as he walked toward the door.

"It's me."

He froze with his hand hovering over the doorknob.

Sam never knocked.

She always just barged in, invading and conquering every corner of his home and life and heart with her unquenchable energy and color and life. Boundaries were nonexistent to her, and she just never, ever knocked. Never.

And suddenly all of the little pieces of the last few weeks – every bit of distance, every one-beat-too-long silence, every sad glance – it all clicked into place. He leaned his head against the door, his eyes closed, because somehow he knew. He just knew that when he opened it, it would be the end of everything.