xxxi’ve never loved a darker blue
xxxthan the darkness I have known in you
xxxyou, whose heart would sing of anarchy
xxxyou would laugh so beautifully
xxx
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He stood up and brushed himself down, picking up the bottle of wine and his glass. “Good choice, by the way,” he said, tipping his glass towards Cliff. “You always were the classy one,” he added with a grin as he lead the way out to the patio. He’d been so glad when he realized that they’d be able to stay in the house. There were so many memories here, it felt like his family was built into the walls. Like this patio. The scene of so many neighborhood barbecues, his eighteenth birthday, his graduation. So many memories with Cliff.
And one hell of a view to boot. The river was silver in the quickly setting sun, the trees painted so many different colors. Toby sank onto the bench, staring out over it. This was where he had sat when he’d come home from the hospital. When everything had changed. The conversation between him and Cliff had happened at Cliff’s kitchen table, but this is where Toby had realized it all.
“So, a biologist, huh? Are... have you graduated yet? God, we used to know everything about each other. I don’t even know if you’ve graduated or not.” He said, nearly more to himself than to Cliff.