A Day is Long

Jono and Remy move out of the isolation of Utopia, and out of their own little bubble. That's when the real world - and all of its problems - begins to catch up with them.

Right, so I wrote the first part of this series five years ago, with vague promises of a sequel. If this first chapter seems odd, it's because I did in fact start writing it five years ago, and then periodically added to it and revised it over the years. It's currently the least cringe-worthy I can make it. I really just wanted to post this because I hoard WIP sequels like nobody's business,and in the wise words of my friend Orchidbreezefc, "some > none". In any case, I'm not sure how often I will update this, but yesterday I did actually plan out the whole rest of the fic, in general terms. When the second chapter is posted, the beginning will still be a little wonky, since I actually cut off part of what I had in total in order to end this chapter in a good place. After that, I expect the fic will be written in my current (hopefully better) style.Lastly, the title of this fic is from the Pablo Neruda poem, "Don't Go Far Off". The full poem is as follows:  "Don't go far off, not even for a day, because --because -- I don't know how to say it: a day is longand I will be waiting for you, as in an empty stationwhen the trains are parked off somewhere else, asleep.   Don't leave me, even for an hour, becausethen the little drops of anguish will all run together,the smoke that roams looking for a home will driftinto me, choking my lost heart.   Oh, may your silhouette never dissolve on the beach;may your eyelids never flutter into the empty distance.Don't leave me for a second, my dearest,   because in that moment you'll have gone so farI'll wander mazily over all the earth, asking,Will you come back? Will you leave me here, dying?"