<font color=#c3c3c3 face=times size=2>some prayers never know</font>

some prayers never know
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Posted on June 20, 2014 at 10:00:26 PM by flynn

Flynn smiled, �I like to think so,� he said, his eyes travelling towards the door as if waiting for his sister to reappear, �she was named for Mum�s Grandmother, Henry...� There it was; the name they all tried so hard to avoid but could never quite escape. Of all of Flynn�s siblings Henry was the one he had connected with least...and the one who had had the biggest influence over his life. He looked at Ellie with sad eyes as he sighed, gathering his emotions back together again, �Henry was named after Dad�s father.� At least it was something to say, however unpleasant the thoughts had been, they were better than the silence which threatened to turn from companionable to awkward.

They always seemed to end up uncomfortable, too much known and too little said...and of course, they both nursed secrets. Was that the problem? Was that what was holding them back now? Or was it the same thing it had always been; they both worried too much. Perhaps they should have given up years ago, but he hadn�t wanted to; he never wanted to. Giving up wasn�t an option; he had always been stubborn like that. He�d always thought that if he tried he could fix everything that needed fixing. All it took was work.

He shook his head, leaning forwards so that his elbow hit the table, and ran his fingers through his hair. It was difficult; why was everything always so difficult.
�I can�t,� Flynn managed at last, unable to look at her anymore, �I can�t build a life around that Ellie.� She must know. She knew him well enough to know. He didn�t have an adventurous soul, he didn�t like uncertainty, he believed in justice and law and security. How could he build anything on foundations of half promises? And yet...and yet...

�I want you to stay,� he told her, �I want you to stay with me, I want us to be together, I always have.� Flynn sighed again, forcing himself to look up at her again, �take a room in the castle,� he suggested, �and we�ll try again. We�ll go for walks, I�ll teach you to ride, we�ll stay up late and watch the stars. We�ll try again, one step at a time?�

_{photography by LexnGer and jcurtis4082 at flickr.com}
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