they lived like kings and queens but could never get their ears to stop ringing as if someone was trying to remind them of something
that crack in the mirror just stayed that way for years and she came to believe it made her more beautiful
he threw out perfectly good boots because of bad associations and took a job in the mail room
no one won the lottery or moved anywhere idyllic or ended a scene being showered with confetti amidst a surge of uplifting music
they kept buying groceries at the same place, even when it went out of business and reopened under a new name