Find the map and draw a straight line
Title: Find the map and draw a straight line
Rating: G
Disclaimer: Don't own them; just borrowing.
Summary: He watches how they fall - Europe, Asia, Africa; a jumble of confused wanderlust.
Spoilers: through the finale
Notes: For lost_in_108 #51: greatest hits remix. This drabble is a remix of/sequel to Another aeroplane, another sunny place, which was written for challenge #36, message.
He's fifteen when he finds it, a shoebox full of postcards. He bumps it, accidentally, off a high closet shelf and watches how they fall - Europe, Asia, Africa; a jumble of confused wanderlust.
Most of the cards only hold his name and address. Occasionally there's a scribbled message: Wish you were here, or, Love you, Goober. He recognizes the handwriting: there's a photograph on the refrigerator, yellowed and edges curling, the same scribbled hand on the back. Aaron and Mommy, 2007.
He pulls out an atlas, uses a Sharpie to mark the places she's been.
He traces the map and tries to remember her voice. There's only silence.
Rating: G
Disclaimer: Don't own them; just borrowing.
Summary: He watches how they fall - Europe, Asia, Africa; a jumble of confused wanderlust.
Spoilers: through the finale
Notes: For lost_in_108 #51: greatest hits remix. This drabble is a remix of/sequel to Another aeroplane, another sunny place, which was written for challenge #36, message.
He's fifteen when he finds it, a shoebox full of postcards. He bumps it, accidentally, off a high closet shelf and watches how they fall - Europe, Asia, Africa; a jumble of confused wanderlust.
Most of the cards only hold his name and address. Occasionally there's a scribbled message: Wish you were here, or, Love you, Goober. He recognizes the handwriting: there's a photograph on the refrigerator, yellowed and edges curling, the same scribbled hand on the back. Aaron and Mommy, 2007.
He pulls out an atlas, uses a Sharpie to mark the places she's been.
He traces the map and tries to remember her voice. There's only silence.