An ER Drabble: colour - Brown
Written for velocityofsound's Multifandom Drabble-a-Thon.
As she leaves Coburn’s office, Abby remembers the Christmas trees outside her building waiting to be taken away with the trash, brown needles already falling to the ground. Can you hold on for too long to something that is doomed to fail because you can’t bear to let it go? She remembers herself five years earlier.
The wind is cold and her thoughts biting. Is this a leap of faith or a fool’s dream that this time will be different? In a store window she sees a potted evergreen and impulsively makes the purchase.
A new tree. A new life. A new beginning.
As she leaves Coburn’s office, Abby remembers the Christmas trees outside her building waiting to be taken away with the trash, brown needles already falling to the ground. Can you hold on for too long to something that is doomed to fail because you can’t bear to let it go? She remembers herself five years earlier.
The wind is cold and her thoughts biting. Is this a leap of faith or a fool’s dream that this time will be different? In a store window she sees a potted evergreen and impulsively makes the purchase.
A new tree. A new life. A new beginning.