Rating: G Disclaimer: blah blah blahhhh

Note: Pretty sure this is a drabble... does the 100 words count the title? If not, then this is a drabble.

Summary: Life is not all about snappy comments and flirting.

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They never looked at each other, never looked up. Talked to the waitress but not each other. The happy voices surrounding them barely registered as they focused on the news.

They ate silently, each lost in their own section of the newspaper. The hustle surrounded them as he handed his finished pages to her. She ate his fries while he stole the pickles off her plate.

When they had finished, he stood and folded the papers. She reached out her hand.

He helped her with her cane and they walked slowly and silently out of the diner, hand in hand.

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