Hope and patience depletion
    Bear and Snuggled had a fragile relationship, based on trust, mutual respect, mutual admiration and dogs. Snuggled provided tea and sympathy when Bear was having problems with Pint. The trouble was, Snuggled never partook in a pint of his own and, whilst alcohol never cured anything, it's always been good at loosening the cogs enough to give a bit of backbone.
    BEar and Pint lived in Snuggled's house.
    Legendary sayings, professional advice, hot drinks and croissants.
    The hope. The potential.
    The waiting for a text. The hopeless replies to serious questions.
    Be sad, but know that I don't have to hand-hold. Him, anyway.
    That he is another in a long string of people who are not up to saying how they feel. That, yet again, my optimism has been whipped and kicked.
    A fondness for cupcakes.
    Butterflies.