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Start your story with one character trying to convince another to take up their favorite hobby.

Posted in Fluff on Oct 25, 2022

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Afra and Gervassi: Timeout

Submitted to Contest #78

Hanna’s lips were thin and pressing, much like the hands that gathered fabric at the small of Gervassi’s back. Hanna’s lips asked questions where Afra’s had always given answers. Gervassi couldn’t say a word. He looked at her hands; they invited him to a life or travel, of whimsy, of tranquil chaos. There was so much potential for the two of them as people, but as he continued to sit there, thinking of Hanna’s lips against his own, he knew there was nothing for them together.  “I shouldn’t be here.” Gervassi straightened his shirt and ...

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Self Portrait With an Empty Moon

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I only get autophobia in the spring, or at least that’s what I tell people. It’s the season that’s printed on calendars with crooked lines but never seems to exist in this mustache of constellations and planets. There are specific step-by-step directions that I follow to rid myself of winter’s thick cardigan. To think of my life as this big chess metaphor, where I’m the queen of ivory and ravens like a grayscale film of an unvoiced war. If I’m the queen everyone else is a pawn so I’m not alone.To hop-scotch into the day when I drive to ...

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The Creed of the Reaper

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Author's note: This is not my usual style. Beware. But, you know, new inspiration from new books so I thought I would give it a go. You've been warned. “I’ve told you before, I am NOT doing that!” Lev protested. “Who in their right mind would do such a thing?” “Good thing I lost my right mind long ago.” I replied. “You’ve asked me to do this before. Join you on one of your jolly jaunts, you ask, but NO, I will not join you. The answer is no.” “I just don’t see what’s so wrong with it as long as you do it in the right way- which I do.” ...

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Margaret's Perfume

Shortlisted for Contest #78 ⭐️

As time inched closer to 5 o’clock, the ambient keyboard clicks on the accounting floor scattered and slowed. I fired off a few email replies and slid back my headset, rested it around my neck and rubbed my eyes until I saw spots. I had no real problems with this job during my five months at Goldleaf Bank, only that the place was so colorless and dull that I felt myself turning more and more into a potted plant. And an artificial plant at that, since my cube was flooded with cold hospital lighting with not a window in sight to remind me th...

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The Parts of Her That Are Magic

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Her EyesCatherine points to a small plant growing through a crack in the concrete. It has a long, thin stem, bending slightly towards the sun. Catherine would call it wispy, or fragile, but in reality, it’s only flimsy, and I doubt it will survive for longer than a week. Her fingers stretch towards it as I pull her away by the other hand.  “Delilah,” she says. Her voice flits through the air. “It means delicate.”“You’ve been saving that name, haven’t you?”“Yes,” she says, sounding breathless. I look down at the flower. With it...

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Roux and Rue

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“A recipe has no soul. You as the cook must bring the soul to the recipe.” Sage - 1 bunch, leaves picked I would pluck off the sage leaves and throw them into the pan with the browning butter, carefully watching to make sure it wouldn’t burn. Across the stove the water would come to a rapid boil, my older brother throwing in the pasta. “Come on, Clem!” He would shout, the mess of mashed potatoes from yesterday’s frits turned into today’s gnocchi. “Turn the heat off.” I would barely be done picking off the leaves and letting them crisp ...

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Maybe...

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I walked into the kitchen with the hope that she will finally stop with her nagging. But no, she followed right after me." You should seriously consider taking up writing as a profession, Erica. Your work at the cafe is crap." She said, settling into a chair behind the island.I sighed heavily. What's it with her and my writing anyway? At least, I'm okay with it just being a hobby." Maybe this is the right time to make that decision, y'know? She added." I appreciate your concern Mia, but I'll prefer to leave writing as a hobby." I replied.She...

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Successfully! Started her career.

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“A question asked from every child: what do you want to be in your future?” My elder sister every time happily answers that she wants to be a doctor. And people used to appreciate her, she kept on working hard to score good grades in her school and college life, MashaAllah she was successful in her every task. Once she cleared her FSc in pre-medicial, her mind changed she desperately wanted to be a fashion designer nor a doctor. Every child faces this problem, she came to me and said; “I don't want to be a doctor, but the fear of anger is no...

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Distractions

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Aaron planted his butt on the chair, feeling energized and determined not to get up until the day’s work was done. He had gotten up early, as he managed to most days now, and gotten through his morning ritual of workout, visualization, contemplation and a big yummy breakfast. He sat down, fresh out of the shower, ready to kick ass and take names. They say that it takes three weeks to build up a habit and stick with it. Well, Aaron discovered that’s not the case. For him, it took at least 90 days to make something permanent. Today he’d reach ...

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The Model Railway

Shortlisted for Contest #78 ⭐️

                        THE MODEL RAILWAY                    "It's a hobby that'll keep you interested for years, you'll never finish the layout you know, it'll keep growing with you"                My father's words contained both enthusiasm and disappoi...

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Wreath

Shortlisted for Contest #78 ⭐️

Cora snipped a few branches of eucalyptus and smiled. She was pleased with the plant, which flourished under her care. Normally Cora would have placed the greenery in her basket, but she already had a large collection of assorted pine and fir branches next to her work table, and this wreath was a simple one. “I’m really not sure why you won’t even try it.” “I don’t want to, Mom,” sighed Charlette as she fussed with the end of her long blond braid. Cora smiled, remembering her own similar nervous habit from so many years go. She turned back ...

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Red lipstick

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Red lipstick Present day Little Audrey heard her mom and dad fighting again. It always scared her. She wanted to play with her friends outside but her father didn’t want her to so her mommy was arguing with her father to let her. When the fighting was over, Her mother came into the room and asked Audrey if she was okay. She, replied, “yes, but mother if dad doesn’t want me to go, I won’t. You don’t have to fight for me. I don’t want to see you cry. Ever. ” Her mother, stroked her cheek and said “yes, I have to. If I don’t then who will? ...

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Mr. And Mrs. Pillow

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Luna and Arthur argued over the meaning of stealing in the sky-like room that contained over a hundred pillows."You are taking an object from a place that's not your property!" He hollered, his legs hidden in the pillow mountain."They are just pillows. No one misses them," she stated simply, floating in the pillows. "Don't you wish to have your private heaven?" she sat up hastily, "As I do? Tell me this isn't the best room you've ever been to".Arthur cruised the fluffy surroundings examining the room. He halted and laid down next t...

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The Hobby of Life

Submitted to Contest #78

"Well a filler chapter would work best here," Zefaia said, leaning over the well-worn wooden table. She pointed at one of my many messy lines of writing. "After all the drama from the last chapter, it makes sense to have something to wrap it up. Kinda like a mini resolution, yeah?"I nodded even as my mind swirled. "A filler..." I murmured, biting the inside of my cheek. A long, exasperated sigh escaped me. "Why didn't I think of that?"Zefaia laughed as I dramatically slammed my head into my notebook, and she said, "You just needed a new pers...

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Hey There Delilah

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I wrapped my arms around her waist, pulling her into my lap. “Please? For me?”I gently strummed the guitar that rested in my other arm. I was trying to convince her to sing as I played, but as per usual, she was being stubborn. As much as I pleaded with her, she never wanted to sing in front of others, not even me. She had always been a bit bashful and reserved, but it was another thing I loved about her. She was mine. Nobody would ever see her the way I did, no one would ever see how she truly was, behind the walls she put up to hide f...

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