Please R&R
Campbell Saunders was all too fond of change. But being fond of it didn't mean he enjoyed it. Most of the time, he met people who welcomed it, who relished it, waited for it impatiently, but he was not one of these people. He despised the idea of change and pushed it away. It seemed like whenever change came into play, things got messed up quick. His life was an example. Campbell himself was an example.
He had been subject to change far too many times in his life. He had dealt with change when his brother moved out of the Saunders household when the younger was only 14. He hadn't coped well with that, and ended up doing something he'd swore to himself he'd never do after that. He didn't keep that promise for long.
He had been subject to change when his overbearing father accepted a call for Campbell to be a part of the Toronto Ice Hounds. That change hadn't done anybody any good, spurring an argument lasting damn near a week between the two parents. He ended up repeating the same vile act on himself once more, and made another empty promise to never do it again.
He had been subject to change when he met the clumsy, insecure blonde girl who made things so complicated, yet so happy. She had given him the best ten months of his life, but also caused him to do the same thing he promised himself he'd never do again yet a third time. He'd met the raven-haired idiot who messed things up, and forced his change-less world to shatter again. The raven-haired boy forced him to unravel to the lowest of low, and attempt death by his own hand.
Change had never been his friend, but he was going to walk straight to it when he goes to New York. He's quit hockey (he decided that would be good change), and decided to pursue writing. He's always liked poetry. He wrote poetry for the clumsy blonde, though she never saw it. Campbell's decided he's making an exception for change this time, and hopes everything works out.
He's welcoming change just this once, and hoping it doesn't end him in the process.