Once a Year	   Once a Year

 by Ophelia Coelridge

  

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 Once a Year
 a due South drabble
 by Ophelia Coelridge 

 February fourteenth. The squad room is draped in sagging red crepe paper,
much to Lieutenant Welsh's very vocal disgust. 

 Fraser is carefully oblivious. The crepe paper looks washed-out and
tawdry beside his blood-red serge. 

 Frannie sends herself flowers, and stares morosely at Fraser. 

 Dief has to be rescued from the lure of unguarded chocolate kisses. "You
should know better than that!" Fraser scolds. 

 Ray, pale untanned skin banding the finger where his wedding ring used to
be, shrugs philosophically and adds a handful of cinnamon hearts to his
coffee. 

 Then he goes home and turns Stella's picture to face the wall. 

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