Day 19: Postmark: France

by TwoBeatHearts100 (TwoBeatHearts)

Summary:

She comes across the letters while clearing the house

OR;

Some memories are found.

Notes:

A moment out of time.

This is part of the AO3 Commune 100-word drabble challenge; the prompt for this round is “Nostalgia”. Please go and check out the other fics in this collection, which are linked in the header.

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She comes across the letters while clearing the house, readying it for sale.

They’re dated from September 1914 to August 1918.

Some letters are postmarked “London”; her Dad was in government, and they’re in his handwriting.

She doesn’t recognise the other penmanship. Those letters are postmarked “France”.

She’s drawn to the last envelope in the unknown hand. Its folds are delicate, repeatedly folded and unfolded. Someone has been reliving the emotions and sentiments of the words within the pages for many years, day after day, until worn and frail.

Opening it, she reads:

Remember, I am yours, always, Charles

Nicholas

Notes:

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Series this work belongs to:

• Part 19 of Daily-ish Oseman-verse Drabbles