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It's past his bedtime, really. He should be sleeping. Instead He has sat himself out in the middle of their backyard.

The heat of summer is still sticking to the earth, but the air has a crisp snap to it, and a light breeze rustles over him and the grass and bushes and trees.

He opens a bottle of ginger ale, the crack-fssst interrupting the crickets. The carbonation sparkles over his tongue, and he sits like this in pristine quiet, the meteors overhead sparkling in turn, perfect harmony with the tinkling of bubbles in the glass. For an hour, maybe more, his only companions are the bottle, and the sky, and the grass. Moths occasionally whisper on by, taking short respites with him before dancing off into the evening.

The creak of the back door calls, and his father joins him in the middle of the yard, taking out a section of sky with his silhouette as he stares up.

"Are you alright, Murphy?"

"There's a meteor shower tonight." he replies, soft. Its mandatory to whisper under the covers, and the sky creates such a dazzling blanket.

"Oh, that's alright then, may I sit with you?"

Murphy nods, passing on an extra bottle to him when they are sat side by side. Hard to tell, but the moonlight shows the glint of the bottle-cap's design, a cane and magician's hat. He thought his father might like the little touch. They watch the stars, in silence, in awe.

"You didn't answer me straight Murphy, are you alright?"

Murphy pauses, swirling the dregs of the ginger ale around to create more of the fizzing sound. "I'm confused. Not something you can fix, it's alright. I am just at peace. I'm finally at peace. I've made it.” Another pause, holding his breath for a half-moment.

“I don't know what to do now."

"Spending the night out here wouldn't be a bad start to figure it out" his father's thumb traces metallic circles over the bottlecap.

Murphy nods, twisting his hair out of his face and lying back onto the still warm grass."It's a good way to think"

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Through the Years → The Princess of Monaco (636/∞) 17 May 2026 | Princess Charlene of Monaco and Prince Albert II of Monaco stand on the grid ahead of the Monaco E-Prix, Round 10 of the 2026 FIA Formula E World Championship at Circuit de Monaco in Monte-Carlo, Monaco. (Photo by Simon Galloway/LAT Images)

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