- Joined
- Aug 2, 2009
- Location
- here
It was like a nightmare. No, if that were true, then why the hell couldn't he just wake up? Coming home to their apartment, tossing aside his briefcase - even though he didn't go to work today - hearing it flop with an empty sound beside the hallway table. Kevin stood there fiddling with his keys in his hand, looking into the adjacent living room where dying sunlight spilled through the drapes, covering everything in pre-sunset gloom. He was.... waiting... Looking down the hallway to the slightly ajar bedroom door and expecting to see her come walking out, freshly showered or still in her jogging shorts. Craning his neck and holding his breath, expecting to hear her, maybe humming to herself or just the vague bustling about as she touched and moved things.
There was nothing. Of course there wasn't. And there was never gonna be again. Because she was gone. Sagging and rubbing a hand over his face, Kevin finally dropped his keys into the small bowl on the hallway table and left the entryway to get himself a drink of water in the kitchen. He needed to get it together and stop torturing himself like this. He needed to move on. It wasn't torment enough having to go on without Skye, but feeling like it was somehow his fault--
That train of thought was interrupted by the sound of the doorbell. With half a glass full, Kevin turned from the sink back to the entryway and opened the door to face Marjorie Alburn - Skylar's mother. Kevin was in a daze as she cooed over him and hugged him several times, eventually leading him to sit in the living room with promises to make him dinner. Sitting by himself on the couch, he tried to get his brain working again when he remembered why the woman was here - the funeral arrangements. He'd called her and asked her for help because he just couldn't deal with. Suddenly, Kevin was grateful for the woman's presence, since it gave him something else to focus on.
There was nothing. Of course there wasn't. And there was never gonna be again. Because she was gone. Sagging and rubbing a hand over his face, Kevin finally dropped his keys into the small bowl on the hallway table and left the entryway to get himself a drink of water in the kitchen. He needed to get it together and stop torturing himself like this. He needed to move on. It wasn't torment enough having to go on without Skye, but feeling like it was somehow his fault--
That train of thought was interrupted by the sound of the doorbell. With half a glass full, Kevin turned from the sink back to the entryway and opened the door to face Marjorie Alburn - Skylar's mother. Kevin was in a daze as she cooed over him and hugged him several times, eventually leading him to sit in the living room with promises to make him dinner. Sitting by himself on the couch, he tried to get his brain working again when he remembered why the woman was here - the funeral arrangements. He'd called her and asked her for help because he just couldn't deal with. Suddenly, Kevin was grateful for the woman's presence, since it gave him something else to focus on.