Myshuno! Prompt 2: Sleeping on the Sofa
Title: Sleeping on the Sofa
Story: Parallel Universe Legacy Alpha Verse
Characters: Ellis Hunter Swain
Spoilers: Yes, if you haven't read my legacy chapters. Especially the most recent one.
It was funny how much she'd slept on a sofa in her life. In a sad sort of way. Ellis had spent so many nights sleeping on the sofa when she was a kid. They hadn't had enough beds in the house since her mother had never been good at making life choices especially in regards to picking a man in her life. Ha! She really couldn't say much. Turns out she was just as bad at picking a life partner as her mom. Not a comparison she'd ever wanted to make. Hell, she'd always told herself she was going to be careful about who she gave her heart to because of all that she'd been through.
Life never seems to work out the way we plan it though. Here she was all grown-up living on her own and she was right back to spending her nights on the sofa. It wasn't like she had to sleep there anymore. She had a perfectly good bed in the bedroom just down the hall. It was big comfy, and empty. That was the problem. It was empty. Ellis couldn't sleep there without being reminded of Eric. Anytime she tried, she tossed and turned all night haunted by the memory of their wedding night. So hard to believe she'd been so happy that night surrounded by her sisters and friends from college. Full of dreams for the future....all of it shattered less than 6 hours later by a bolt of lightening. What the hell had he been doing out in that downpour anyway? She brushed the angry tears away flopping onto her back. She'd been in the storm herself, she knew that, but she was a deep sea fisherman! The storm had come up suddenly and they'd gotten into shore as quickly as possible. She'd had the good sense to stay below deck as much as possible! She'd done everything she could to stay safe. Why had Eric been outside? Why had he left her alone like this? Had he been out there because he'd been worried about her? She'd never know.....She blinked tossing onto her side.
The whole point of coming out here was to get some sleep and NOT think about her husband's death. She hated living alone. Maybe her sister was right. She should put herself back out there, but she just couldn't do it. Every time she tried she started thinking about how badly things had gone with Eric......angrily she snatched up the remote and flipped on the tv. She forced herself to close her eyes and let the noise of the television drown out her thoughts. The noise would help her sleep she told herself. It always did.
Story: Parallel Universe Legacy Alpha Verse
Characters: Ellis Hunter Swain
Spoilers: Yes, if you haven't read my legacy chapters. Especially the most recent one.
It was funny how much she'd slept on a sofa in her life. In a sad sort of way. Ellis had spent so many nights sleeping on the sofa when she was a kid. They hadn't had enough beds in the house since her mother had never been good at making life choices especially in regards to picking a man in her life. Ha! She really couldn't say much. Turns out she was just as bad at picking a life partner as her mom. Not a comparison she'd ever wanted to make. Hell, she'd always told herself she was going to be careful about who she gave her heart to because of all that she'd been through.
Life never seems to work out the way we plan it though. Here she was all grown-up living on her own and she was right back to spending her nights on the sofa. It wasn't like she had to sleep there anymore. She had a perfectly good bed in the bedroom just down the hall. It was big comfy, and empty. That was the problem. It was empty. Ellis couldn't sleep there without being reminded of Eric. Anytime she tried, she tossed and turned all night haunted by the memory of their wedding night. So hard to believe she'd been so happy that night surrounded by her sisters and friends from college. Full of dreams for the future....all of it shattered less than 6 hours later by a bolt of lightening. What the hell had he been doing out in that downpour anyway? She brushed the angry tears away flopping onto her back. She'd been in the storm herself, she knew that, but she was a deep sea fisherman! The storm had come up suddenly and they'd gotten into shore as quickly as possible. She'd had the good sense to stay below deck as much as possible! She'd done everything she could to stay safe. Why had Eric been outside? Why had he left her alone like this? Had he been out there because he'd been worried about her? She'd never know.....She blinked tossing onto her side.
The whole point of coming out here was to get some sleep and NOT think about her husband's death. She hated living alone. Maybe her sister was right. She should put herself back out there, but she just couldn't do it. Every time she tried she started thinking about how badly things had gone with Eric......angrily she snatched up the remote and flipped on the tv. She forced herself to close her eyes and let the noise of the television drown out her thoughts. The noise would help her sleep she told herself. It always did.