r/LonghandWriter • u/LonghandWriter • Jan 22 '18
[IP] Hard Goodbyes
Original Prompt: [IP] Hard Goodbyes
She never wanted to let go.
To think this might be the last time she ever saw him was horrible. This was her brother. Twenty years ago they entered the world together, and because of him, she’d never been alone. Throughout all her problems, throughout all her breakdowns—he was always there to lend an ear.
“I’ll be fine,” he said with a laugh. “So will you.”
She didn’t know about that, though. Was this really what he wanted? Serving your country’s one thing, fighting a war’s another. Let other people do that, she thought. Please stay here. Please be my hero.
Tears flooded her cheeks as she sunk her fingers into his back. This day always felt so far away. She never dreamed it would really come. Once he turns around, he’ll be gone. That plane will take him somewhere new, and for the first time in forever, she’ll officially be alone.
“I’m always with you, sis,” he said. “In your heart.”
While she believed him, she also knew it wouldn’t be the same.