ext_46477 ([identity profile] im-not-at-home.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] 31_days2009-07-02 07:04 pm

[July 2, 2009] [Original] Missed

Title: Missed
Day/Theme: July 2•the limit of a sweet memory
Series: Original
Character/Pairing: Old man
Rating: G

“I’m not going anywhere,” she said with a defiant smile on her face. He couldn’t help but always believe her when she had that expression. His old lady was one tough broad.
“I don’t care what no doctors says,” the wife continued, emboldened by her husband’s positive results. “I will see my grandbabies born.”
She hugged him and he took in her scent. He loved how she smelled. She always smelled the same. It might have been her body’s natural scent or a perfume, he never asked, it hadn’t mattered to him either way.
But, now grey-haired in this easy-chair, he wished he had asked. He couldn’t remember the scent. It had long since left her clothing and their bed. He missed it.