Stay -2005- Official

He reverses out of the driveway. The gravel spits. He gives you one last look through the rear window. A half-smile. Then he turns the corner, and the taillights disappear into the bruised-purple dusk.

Outside, the first firefly of summer blinks on and off, on and off, like a tiny, stubborn heart. And you think, for the first time, that stay might not be a place. Maybe it’s just a promise you carry with you, folded in your pocket, for as long as you need it. Stay -2005-

But he doesn’t.

“Yeah. That’s the point.” He kicks a loose pebble. It skitters under the U-Haul. “No memories there.” He reverses out of the driveway