Phoenix 🔥🐦 - A Quiet Flame - 🎞 Buddy Story ; part 24

Walking back from the park as twilight settled over the city, I returned to the living room and found an iron fireplace match lying off-center across the slate hearth. Its red phosphorus head pointed awkwardly toward a stray cinder. Stepping onto the cool black stone, I approached deliberately. Gripping the slender wooden shaft with both hands, I lifted the long match and set it cleanly parallel inside the brass match holder. Nearby, a thick beeswax pillar candle rested in a shallow dish. Sitting down beside it, I watched the evening shadows deepen around the warm wax. Phoenix 🔥🐦 - A Quiet Flame - 🎞 Buddy Story ; part 24 #Phoenix #X-Men #Kreecykeproductions #Octobre2026 #BuddyComicStories