Sometime

Every Saturday morning, Arthur would climb the creaking stairs with a mug of black coffee, intending to finally bridge the gap between "someday" and "today." He’d sit, fingers hovering over the home row, watching the dust motes dance in the light from the small dormer window.

He reached out and blew the dust off the carriage. It puffed into the air, a miniature storm of forgotten Saturdays. He rolled in a fresh sheet of paper—crisp, white, and terrifyingly blank. sometime

They never had. The bridge had remained a skeleton of steel, and the friendship had drifted into a quiet history. Every Saturday morning, Arthur would climb the creaking