[ CW ] Describe any relationship between two people . Do n't use any verbs .

Her dress, pink polka dots. Her curls, blonde like spring. Her smile. Innocent, pure. 
 
 Fourty-two, with wise eyes. Caring heart. His little girl, unconditionally. Carnivals. Birthdays. That present, just for her. Tea parties. Bedtime stories. All for her. Everything for her. The world. Unconditionally. 
 
 Just three houses away, daddy. An easy trip. No, no, alone. Her big girl shoes, and her big girl smile. Play time. Her favorite time. His faint heart, his faint nod. His anxious brow, but a warm hug. 
 
 Minutes, soft and harmless. An hour, still okay. An hour and a half, tense shoulders. Tense heart. Two hours, and then some. His mouth, reversed, with no words. Just worry. Three hours. The time, cold and daunting, with an understated fear. Mortal hope. 
 
 The evening. His call, unreturned. Two calls unreturned. Three, five, ten. All unreturned. His sinking feeling. No daughter, still. Late evening. The bright lights and siren, with police, silenced. Their look, understood. No words. His breath, stolen. Still no words. Their faces, broken and pale. More sirens. But his scream, more piercing than sirens. Hollow. 
 
 The next morning. No daughter, still. The next year. No daughter, still. Empty tea parties. Empty presents. Empty bedtime stories. Happy ending nowhere. The next five years. No daughter, still. His tears, now dry and stale. No daughter, still. 
 
 His faint heart, his faint nod. Like a loop, over and over. *Why? * A single nod. The cause. The only cause. His nod. Just three houses. And then a nod. His heart, fallen and failing, more and more each day. Her room, with toys on the ground still. Empty. No more nods. No more smiles. No more.
