Today on Microdosing our prompt is DRAWING!
Write a story in 50 words!
Don’t forget to tag me if you follow along with the challenge!
His wrinkled hands shook as he pressed the pencil to the paper. A couple of scribbles poured out of the tip, but soon the sketching picked up pace and a features of a woman came to life on the page.
Tears bursted from his eyes. He pressed a fist to his temple.
"Who are you?"
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A pre-Valentine tale:
The Model (fiction - 50 words)
He presses sweeping lines onto tactile paper stolen from his wife’s studio. The model’s delicate curves stir him, his gaze lingering, charcoal poised. Every inch of her nakedness is imprinted in his consciousness. His teacher catches him day dreaming. “Concentrate, Mr Fallon”. “Not so easy when you’re posing, Mrs Fallon”.
Tenderly, he touched the curve of her lovely face. He smoothed her hair away from her forehead. “Where has the time gone,” he sighed. Then he put down his pencil. This was the first time he had drawn her as she might have looked had she grown old with him.