Away
Title: Away
Genre/Rating: Angst/Feels - T
Summary: Fictional Tom has taken up a particular habit in memory of recent lost Love and receives some wise words that help his grieving process.
Author’s Notes: Based on personal experiences and conversations with friends, and partly inspired by Away - Chris Mann. Thank you to @i-wanna-be-toms-body-pillow for being my beta. I encourage everyone to participate in Fictional Tom’s actions. A simple Google search can lead you to the appropriate location. :)
He did it because he knew she would have wanted him to. He did it because it helped feel like he was doing something to help save lives now that he couldn’t help hers anymore. He did it because the place was oddly peaceful, from the time he got out of the car and was greeted by the smell of the lavender bushes that formed a kind of fragrant wall of protection around the building to the time he stepped out back into the world. It had struck him on his first visit, instantly making him think of her shampoo and the long brunette waves that he saw now only in pictures and memories. He took it as a confirmation that this was the place she would have chosen.
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