along the way

He found his eyes drifting to Anthea as she took in the sights. Her eyes were on the trees and he could see the way she took in the scent of it. Letting it spark a memory. It wasn’t long before she spoke of home, and how the place she had come from had been much like this. “You enjoy the smell of it” He said, it was more of an observation than a question.

He glanced about himself, and it wasn’t hard to spot the pine cones that littered the forest floor. He grabbed a couple and leaned closer towards her, close enough to open the bag she wore and stash the pine cones inside. Giving her a wink as he did so, before stepping back. He would turn those cones into something for her, a memory of home. “I think we are almost at the falls” He said, nodding his head towards the sound that had been growing steadily louder as they walked.


"Mercury"