I like one-shots. Done in one sitting. Very sad, very bittersweet. More bitter than sweet.

Many questions unanswered--why they can’t--or won’t stay together. But the mood is the strong point of your story, and giving answers would only add clutter.

Joe Stoppinghem ir right. It makes you want to grab them both by the scruff and talk some serious sense to them.

Kim is optimistic. Next autumn will bring another opportunity. I don’t know. Sometimes life is like those leaves. The wind takes them away. The days, weeks, and years fly away, and what made them sweet doesn’t reoccur.

I, for example, figured my marriage would outlast my fan writing. Rude awakening.

Even for so a remarkable a couple as them--what might have happened doesn’t. and THAT’S sad.

Aw.. You were right! I love this story!.. This is so In My favorite stories now. :)

Talk about a setting. The falling, dying leaves reflecting all the oppurtunities and chances that have been lost.
Very, very nice oneshot, Comrade.

Somehow, I think you based this on an actual experience, but I know enough about privacy, so I won't ask you.

I hope this isn't the last of your stories, Comrade. I'll be there when you bring up your next one...

P.S. If you were wondering why I haven't been able to review your stories for a while, please know that it's hard to type when your right hand is injured. I'm getting better, though, so expect me to still be around.

For something written fast, it was written really beautifully.

Very touching, nicely done.

It makes the reader want one of them to stop, turn around and say out loud that they can't live without the other.

Alias.

Thanks