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Submitted to Contest #47
"I think we need to break up." The words are out of your mouth before you can even register what you are saying. You shock even yourself with this proclamation. You've never done anything like this before, especially not with Rae. But this has been on your mind for a while. The reaction is instantaneous. Rae's lips start to quiver, and her eyes are bright with unshed tears. "Wh-what?" she stammers back to you. You know her ticks. You have every feature of her face burned in your mind. When her nose twitches, she's annoyed. When her shoul...
Submitted to Contest #46
It had been a while since I had seen the familiar paper. The sheets made whooshing sounds, quiet and white as snow. My supplies were fanned out around my desk. It was the same, and yet completely different. It was because of Pax that I was even out here at all. Without him I would still be in my room, not in the basement that we had converted into a studio. A basement sounds like a dreary place to work, but it's not. It's just different. I picked up my favorite colored pencil, a coral color that I had used so many times it was almost a s...
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