The Faded Attic
The jar contained forty-three fireflies. Elias counted them twice, his thumb brushing the brittle, blackened wings until they crumbled into dust that settled on his knuckles. It was a Tuesday. The attic smelled of mildew and the sharp, metallic tang of old paper, a scent that had no place in the sterile, climate-controlled air of his office on the fourteenth floor. He had come to clear the...
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