“Today is a big deal. I want to look better than fine,” she countered. She put on more makeup and then appeared to take it off with a small rag.
He sighed and sat down her bed. Today may have taken him an extra five minutes to get ready. Maybe. “We’re going to be late at this rate. You look beautiful without the makeup. If you look any more beautiful, people will think you’re a goddess.”
She smiled at him in the mirror. “Won’t you make your future wife happy?”
“Yes, yes, now can we go?”
Word Count: 1569 Prompt: Darkness Constructive criticism is always welcomed! Raveek tried not to show his impatience as his younger sister, Lareen, looked at herself in the mirror. She brushed her hair yet again and pursed her lips. “You look fine,” he told her. “Today is a big deal. I want to look
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Word count: 399 Prompt: The beginnings of all things are small You hear the sound of an incoming text message and look down at your phone for no more than 30 seconds, but it’s all that it takes to crash into another car. You see the woman you hit passed out against the steering wheel with blood pour
Word count: 349 Prompt: Glitch Four years, eleven months, and twenty days since my life has been on pause. Seven days until I can push play I’m not sure I’ll make it. The other prisoners know it’s coming, and they’re doing their best to provoke me into a fight “Stealing my time” they call it. If I f
Word count: 192 Constructive criticism is welcomed! Three, six, nine The goose drank wine The monkey chewed tobacco On the streetcar line I remember my little girl singing those words when she jumped rope outside. I would watch her from my spot on the steps, and I wished I could jump too. But dolls