All at once.
No one spoke.
They just stood there.
Like it meant something.
He reached into his jacket.
Pulled out a small piece of paper.
Folded.
Worn.
He handed it to me.
I opened it.
It was a receipt.
Faded ink.
“Sandwich – $2.50”
On the back, in messy handwriting:
“Stay warm.”
I stared at it.
I didn’t even remember writing that.
But it was my handwriting.
“I kept it,” he said. “All these years.”
I looked up at him.
Everything in my chest felt… different.