A/N: I wanted to try something different. After all, all characters are human (at least in their own world).
Pairing: Seishirou x Subaru if you squint
Warning: angst, nostalgia
Diclaimer: X and Tokyo Bablyon belong to Clamp.
Photographic Memory
The pages of the old photo album cracked as it was opened. Dust previously resting on it spiraled in the dim sunlight before gradually settling down again. A lone figure held the book firmly, trying to recapture memories.
Lady Sumeragi carefully eyed each of the faded photographs before the crackling pages turned again. Her time left was dwindling, and she wanted to make the best of it.
Turning the page again, Lady Sumeragi stopped on a picture of her grandson and granddaughter at sixteen. Both of them were smiling genuinely, their eyes brimming with happiness. Vaguely, she felt her heart ache. As she continued through the rest, Lady Sumeragi wondered what went wrong.
On the last page was a picture of Subaru and an older man she did not recognize that she hadn't remembered seeing before. The shot was candid, slightly blurred due to the photographer's lack of skill, but it captured something she had not seen in her grandson's green eyes for a long time ago.
Her eyes blurred as she gently ran her fingers over photograph's surface. Plop, her tear landed on it. Lady Sumeragi wondered when her old eyes had begun failing her.
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A/N: I really should stop writing drabbles. I completely suck at them; too many words again.