Prompt 10: Melancholy. From Find The Lady.
Nicola sat before the fire, using a poker to build it up. She shook her head; little Annie hadn't meant to make her withdraw but it was just the last straw. Annie was just repeating what she'd heard; not from her parents, but from her grandparents, particularly her grandmother.
She'd not felt this way for a long time. Polly leaving hit her harder than she expected. The rationale still annoyed her. Add in the situation the family was now embroiled in and she felt beat down, depressed. Melancholy.
Harry slipped in, calling her name. She sighed, poking the fire again.