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Published:
2020-02-02
Completed:
2020-02-08
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68,186
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23/23
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friends found in flowers

Summary:

Books are neat things.
You can tidy them up, bind them, and be satisfied that they end.
Stories, on the other hand, never end.

One possible view of where one story concludes, and others begin.

Notes:

Chapter 1: .prior

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

. prior

I held in my hand
a canvas banner
decorated with the maps
of roads and rivers
traversed so many times

setting sail for a place called prior
where I was told
I would receive
something more beautiful
and precious
than you.

And as this long campaign
stole away my secrecies
the desire to reveal them
was like a fever
high against my brow

where the trace of your tender touch
revealed destinations that were no longer mine
 cut through red tape
in an age of sale.

Do I resent you?

There's so little of this fire left
 because fire needs air to breath
 and nothing makes sense
since your innocence
set me out to sea.

No.

I no longer dream
 of a place called prior
with all its treasured ghosts
 for the golden sunlight of a summer storm
 reminded me of what I

Notes:

Hello there, and welcome to friends found in flowers.

This is not a stand-alone story.
It may be very helpful to peruse a 'story about a lily' to understand why certain things are the way they are.
Nor is it purely a romance story.
In fact, a disclaimer; this is not purely a happy story, nor is it especially sad.
It's a story about moving on from patterns, with all the struggle and good that can entail.
If you're looking for a snapshot of characters you can recognise for their familiar traits, this might not be a fic for you.

I think fiction like that is very important.
Sometimes, in the comfort of characters we know well, we can find things that help us through troubled times.

Despite the warning, most of the content involved is swearing, or subtle.
Although the 'parent' story deals with unpleasant, disturbing themes and imagery, there will be slightly less of those in this fic.
Nevertheless, even with the subtle imagery I prefer...
Please consider yourself warned for violence, and physical, mental, and emotional trauma.
The entirety of the fic will be posted after I've proofed it a few times.
I am expecting the 15th or so, it'll depend.

I truly hope you enjoy it.