Author's Note: The following is a series of drabbles. A drabble is story consisting of exactly 100 words without the title. Usually a drabble is written as a single piece. In the following series, each piece should be able to stand alone, but together they form a story.

The Goodbye

By JanG.

The words of the letter, stark and bold, had shattered my happiness. A mission overseas he'd said. I watched him as he dressed in olive green. The t-shirt hiding his muscular torso, the shirt tucked into pants that were, in turn, tucked into boots.

Foreboding so intense it set my teeth on edge. Wanting to give him a keepsake to remind him of me, I snipped one of my curls with scissors from the dresser. Folding it carefully in a tissue I pressed it into his palm.

I kissed him and then he was gone, taking my life with him.