An Afternoon Out With Jayne -bound2burst- Instant

You realized then why the day had not been ordinary. Jayne did not seduce with extravagance; she rearranged ordinary elements until they produced a new sort of geometry. She gave you permission to be astonished, to find the edges of the day interesting, to carry away the small residues like favored stones.

As dusk edged in, she took off the trench coat she had been carrying and draped it over your shoulders. It smelled faintly of lavender and the inside seam had a mended stitch the color of a comet. The coat fit you like a promise. An Afternoon Out with Jayne -Bound2Burst-

“You ever think about how every person here has a life that explodes into details we’ll never know?” she asked. It wasn’t a melancholy question. It was precise and bright, like throwing a stone to see which ripples arrive first. You tried to answer, but she spoke again before you could form the shape of your reply. You realized then why the day had not been ordinary