Night Owls

Jerry glanced down at the photograph in his hand, then back up again at the woman sitting alone at the back of the cafe.

He took a breath. "Wendy?" She nodded and looked up at him through her long eyelashes. "It cannot be true, I saw you get swept out to sea 30 years ago." She smiled and nodded. The tears in her eyes threatening to flood down her blushed cheeks. Time stood still.

All at once a blinding light coursed through the space. Jerry and the woman froze. And then a creature appeared, seemingly from the air itself.

They embraced, tucked into each others bodies as they knew they had made it home. To each other. However they went out of this world was irrelevant, as long as they went in one another's arms. Jerry exhaled softly. "It's okay. We are okay. I love you."