Linger
Word Count: 100
Dreams That Cannot Be
"A great man is one who leaves others at a loss after he is gone."
-Paul Varney
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It's Sanji. He tells her that Luffy passed away two hours ago in his sleep. He tells her it was peaceful and that he went smiling. Her body feels empty as she slowly sinks to the ground and he's speaking but she can't hear him over her sobs.
What feels like only minutes later, Sanji arrives on her doorstep. When he comes in she clings to him as desperately as he holds her.
She thinks of a silly boy who, once-upon-a-time, barged into her hospital room like he owned the place and dragged her, kicking and screaming into the sunlight.