Story: Golden Afternoons
Year: 985 FY
Characters: Sola
Warnings: Spousal death.
Notes: This is a modified trimeric.


She had been fond of her husband,
because he understood her,
because he gave her children,
because he made her laugh.

Because he understood her,
he let her go her own way, trusted her to be discreet in her affairs.
They even, in private, traded stories.

Because he gave her children,
five handsome sons and, ten years later,
a gift before dying: her precious baby daughter.

Because he made her laugh,
made their lives together one long, golden afternoon,
even if they didn't have the love her parents had,

She missed him every day.