They could blame it on the love of fudge. They could blame it on ecto-contaminated food. They could blame it on all the sleepless nights working on inventions to defeat ghosts plaguing the town and all the stress that came with it.
But the truth was that the blame didn't help. It didn't take away the pain that grabbed their hearts and squeezed until they wanted nothing more but to curl up in a ball and cry into oblivion. It didn't help Jazz and Danny cope with losing a father, flawed though he was. And it certainly didn't help Maddie cope with losing a husband, partner, the light of her life, or tell her how to keep her already fractured family from falling apart now that he was gone.
The despair and hopelessness was enough to make anyone break.
But Maddie was strong. She was a 6th degree black belt. She fought evil creatures that most people believed didn't exist to protect the town on the daily. She was a genius scientist and inventor. She could do this, she could do this, she could do this, she could…
Oh, who was she kidding? She didn't know how to do this without him.
Hey guys! While I have read many phics (The Full Catastrophe and Enigmaris are amazing) this is my first time writing one, so if I don't stay true to the characters, I'm sorry. I know this prologue was short and angsty, but that should improve moving forward.