Literature
Austere Threads
Austere Threads
Would they, could they, be anything other than them?
It wasnt a wish; rather, a thought that snagged in her mind, made her mull over it. Could they be other couples, humorous and tragic, beautiful and ridiculous?
She never considered herself a Lucie Manette, but could he be her Sydney Carton? Certainly, he was no Charles Darnay. Could they have rewritten a classic, where instead she felt a chord, beautiful and fragile, sever with his head? Could she have realized what may have been? What if it wasnt a far, far better thing for him to do, what if the place ahead offered no sweet rest? He would instead wande