11.11 PM, 11th Jan

Nik and I laid silent in the sand, fingers intertwined; neither of us focused on the sun as it set. I felt the tide rise, pushing against us – gentle, but an unmistakable force of nature. I held him one moment but lost him the next

Nik rose to his feet and did as all people must, putting one leg after the other, trudging across the beach one step at a time.

The End