Prologue

I stepped from the train with no journey in mind, only a desire to be far from what was behind me.

There on that night he said to me a word with such promise, such hope, and such kindness that no two syllables ought to be able to contain it.

'Hello.'

A fleeting story of two strangers in a single hour between midnight and one-am as told by 'I', who is without name, gender, race or sexuality.