Advent Prompt Three: Eggnog
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Seth.
He drinks and he watches.
As his mother kisses Ryan on the cheek.
As Ryan accepts without a second thought and it dawns on Seth that Ryan isn’t his replacement while Seth is in Rhode Island.
Ryan isn’t the new Seth.
Ryan is the one his father wanted and his mother craved.
Isn’t it funny?
Isn’t it clever?
What happens?
Ryan isn’t the new Seth.
Ryan is…maybe…what Seth should have been.
Seth needs more eggnog.
Ryan is grateful without begging and charity without donation.
Ryan is the reason Kirsten married Sandy.
Ryan is Sandy’s ideals in flesh and blood.