The Faded Bouquet
The hand is a map of red rivers, carved deep into the pale flesh, a topography of ruin that you have come to know by heart. You hold it now, cupped in yours, the way one holds a bird that has broken its wing, afraid that the slightest tremor of your breath will shatter what remains. The city outside the window is a sprawling, ancient beast of stone and iron, its spires piercing the low, bruised...
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