Hello, and welcome to Drabbletober. This is episode 7, for Monday the seventh of October 2024.

Don't Let Go

by Elizabeth Guilt

When Lily slipped, I caught her and we fell screaming together. Snow tore our faces until I slammed into rock, and she disappeared over the edge.

Pain stretched the seconds, and spun the sky dark. I clung to my grip on her wrist, hers on mine.

Eventually, help arrived.

"Save Lily!" I begged, her weight dragging my arm numb.

"Who's Lily?" they asked.

When I woke in hospital, her hand was a comforting bracelet. We held on to each other through the surgery, through the long rehab.

Each day I wake, face down and arm outstretched, still holding Lily safe.