An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Michael had always thought the hardest day he’d ever experience in his life was the day that Jane said no to his ring.
It was the same day jealousy transfigured him into a monster not even her kind, gentle, and unconditional love could forgive.
But he was wrong.
The hardest day in his life was yet to come when he next saw her — again but also for the first time — four years after she’d already grieved his dead body and locked away her memories of him into a safe.













