Picture Perfect? {Open}

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It'd been Sasha's first day off from work in a while and had decided to take her niece Ava to the park. Not only giving her brother Johnny a break from her daughter but also so she could spend quality time with the little girl. It was a beautiful September day where the two only needed a light sweater to keep warm. Sasha having brought a book to read while Ava would go play on the swings, slide, and whatever else her little heart desired. As long as she promised to be careful. Johnny would kill her if anything bad happened to his little girl. Something Sasha wouldn't allow.

Pulling into the parking lot outside the park, Sasha unbuckled her seat belt as Ava did the same. Sasha grabbing her book from the middle console before getting out, Ava following suit. "Take my hand, Ava." The woman said to her niece who immediately did as she was told. Grabbing her aunt's hand, she skipped along happily as Sasha lead her to the park where she then let her go. "Go have fun and remember...be careful." She spoke rather sternly yet lovingly to the young child.

Kissing Ava on the forehead, she brushed a hand through her hair, the girl all smiles before running off for the swings. Sasha watched with a smile of her own before taking a seat at the closest bench where she could read her book but also keep an eye on her niece.

{Will enter Ava in my next post if someone happens to reply. <3}

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Lithium, don't want to lock me up inside.
Lithium, don't want to forget how it feels without...

Amalthia took her time wandering through the park. It was her second time there in as many days, and she didn’t know what kept drawing her back there each day or night. Maybe it was the children that had such fun there. She was by no means any sort of pedophile, but she longed for another child. She longed to feel what all mothers felt, that sense of kinship and that fierce motherly love for their child. She’d felt it once, for such a short time that now all she felt was what she’d lost and should have had. Even then, so many years after that loss, she still felt it keenly.

Perhaps immortality dulled that human ability to forgive and, eventually, forget. She remembered every moment of that day clearly, and the weeks following. And she knew she’d never forget. As she rounded a bend, she caught sight of a young woman and a child, both looking so in place, so content to be there, so normal, she felt her heart thud dully in her chest, threatening mutiny. But she controlled herself, instead watching as the young woman kissed the young girl’s forehead before she ran off towards the swings.

Amy moved closer then, her smile soft and longing, even as she drew closer to the young woman and her smile shifted to one of friendly approach. ”Such an adorable girl. Is she yours?” She asked casually, her tone making it clear she wasn’t trying to broach beyond attempting to make casual conversation.

NOTES :: Lol, awkward turtle Amy.
MUSIC :: Heartbreak Warfare - John Mayer
WORDS :: 255
TAGS :: Sasha;

Lithium, I want to stay in love with my sorrow.
Oh, but God, I want to let it go.

I can't hold on to me,
Wonder what's wrong with me.