The Snow Swept Trilogy
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Their favorite place was a cafe in the Berkshire mountains, and in the autumn, the air would smell of chimney smoke and the leaves would paint the world red and orange and yellow, fluttering to the wet blacktop.
Paper and ink, and they stood between rows of lavender that stretched as far as they could see. The chateau where they stayed had linen curtains, and they billowed in the warm summer breeze. Their life together was as full as that linen, sliding in the sunlight.
She stood back and admired the beauty of it all. The way each line, at once random and lonely, intersected with other lines and brush strokes of color and light. How each single incident of breathing color created patterns, and eventually a canvas, that continued forever.
Mae and Ryan lay together, holding each other close. Snowflakes drifted from the dark sky. He kissed her, and she kissed him. Time and love stretched, intertwined together, the universe unfolding.
Paper and ink, and it was her masterpiece.
THE END
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