Microdosing Fiction - 60mg of Boundaries
Write 60 words based on the word: Boundaries
Our prompt for today is BOUNDARIES
Write a story in 60 words!
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Wrapped around the journal tightly, Jasmine’s fingers trembled with temptation. Just a peek, just a page of secrets.
Memories of a youth spent in resentment over lines crossed—lines that, with time, turned into walls—flashed through her mind.
No.
The book thudded against the bottom of the drawer. Boundaries. We’ve set healthy boundaries, she reminded herself, shutting the drawer.
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She drew a line in the sand. “This far, no further.”
Waves licked it away.
She built a fence. They climbed over.
She locked the door. They found another way in.
Finally, she stood, arms crossed, heart steeled.
“No.”
This time, they hesitated.
This time, she didn’t move.
This time, the boundary held.
60mg of Boundaries
They used to say yes before they even knew the question.
Until one day, they whispered no.
It felt foreign, like an unfamiliar key in an old lock.
And when the door clicked shut, they exhaled.
Outside, the world kept spinning.
Inside, they reclaimed themself—
one quiet no, one steady breath, one inch of space at a time.