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Nick stares at the stars. Somewhere up there is the love of his life.
Maybe what he’s seeing is just an airplane, maybe Charlie has found a new life on some far away planet. Maybe he never made it further than Jupiter.
It’s been years and there still hasn’t been a single word from the Hail Mary.
No one knows what’s going on up there. And it’s unlikely Charlie will ever be able to come home. There’s a chance it’ll never work.
All Nick knows for certain is he’ll keep looking up, wondering and hoping, until his love is home.