Reunion Before Oblivion

Hazel snatched up her phone, swiping aggressively at the screen to load the local weather app. The glaring white numbers flashed across the display, hitting her like a physical blow. Seventy degrees. She stared stunned at the screen, her mind struggling to process the impossible data. A seventy-degree reading in the dead of winter was not just unseasonable. It was fundamentally terrifying. The thi