Work | Holly Wetlove

“You always arrive late to rain,” Jonah said suddenly, soft and sharp at the same time. “You wait for the Pause.”

The city was quieter by water; sound pooled and smoothed. On the bridge a man stood with his hands in his pockets, watching the river take the sky. He wore a coat too thin for the weather and a hat that kept nothing out. Holly hesitated because she didn’t want to be the kind of person who accused strangers, but the umbrella was clear and unmistakable—its plastic dome caught the lamp-glow like a private moon, and it rested against the railing like an offering. holly wetlove