Chocolate Frogs, Hannah Abbott: Write about Hannah Abbott
Character Appreciation: Hannah Abbott
Disney, losing a parent: Write about a character losing a parent
Shannon's Showcase, Azerbaijan: moon, X My Heart
Showtime, Empty Chairs at Empty Tables: grief
Lyric Alley: And I heard your voice
Photography, Abstract photography: Use no dialogue in your story
Film Festival: positive
Word Count: 314
Susan follows her out when she gets the news. Hannah can feel her world shattering, but her girlfriend is there, holding her close. It doesn't make the pieces fit back together, but maybe she feels a little less broken as Susan's voice somehow pierces the veil of grief.
Her mother is gone. Her mother, the woman Hannah as idolized for so long, who taught Hannah how to love and be good, is dead, and there's no bringing her back.
Susan doesn't try to offer her empty words about how everything will be okay again. Her words are like the moon, like some beacon of light and hope calling Hannah home, telling her that it's okay to hurt, that it's okay to fall apart. And Hannah crashes into her, relishing the sweet kisses Susan trails across her cheeks and the gentle touches that make her think that the world may be falling apart, but she will get through this. Maybe she won't make it out without fresh scars upon her heart, but she will carry on with Susan by her side, and that makes life a little easier, if only barely.
She's breaking, but Susan is strong.
Susan's slender fingers are gentle as they push through Hannah's blonde hair. She presses kiss after kiss to Hannah's lips, cheeks, forehead, and nose, and Hannah can feel the tension slowly leave her body.
Susan does not promise brighter days or the cure for a broken heart. Instead, she whispers promises about how she isn't going anywhere, about how they will figure this out together, and she tells Hannah again and again that she loves her.
It isn't perfect, and it does nothing to numb the pain. But it's a start, and Hannah thinks that she can heal.
Maybe there are no brighter days in her immediate future, but she's positive Susan can at least help her pretend.