Microdosing Fiction - 70mg of an Embrace
Write 70 words based on the word: EMBRACE
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Our prompt for today is EMBRACE
Write a story in 70 words!
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Eleanor lay at the foot of the cliff, bones broken, body mangled, her neck twisted bizarrely. The roaring ocean overshadowed the wet cracks made by her body repairing itself.
After a thousand tries, she didn’t even feel the pain anymore. She hardly felt anything at all. Millennia spent walking the world hollowed her out, leaving nothing but an empty shell.
So alone in this world that not even Lady Death wanted to embrace her.
Dealer’s note:
Getting my ass kicked by work this week. So I couldn’t keep up with the lovey dovey themes. But the prompt stays romantic! This story was taken out of my book and it’s one of my favorites of last year.
A cup of coffee makes the Dealer’s creative juices running!
Barry had never done this before. He’d read about it of course. He sidled up behind the other man and embraced the broad back, holding on tightly across the front. Barry didn’t mind the audience. The guy was moaning and bucking but Barry stilled him with a decisive push. The offending chunk of tenderloin traced a parabola halfway across the restaurant, a launch worthy of the great Dr. Heimlich himself.
70mg of an Embrace
The wind howled as I huddled beneath the worn blanket, shivering. Coldness seeped into my bones, but I held myself tightly, arms wrapped firm. Loneliness pressed close—familiar, heavy. Then, a shift. A caress of warmth, not from outside but within. I let it spread, soft as fur against skin. An embrace of self, of survival. Not just enduring, but choosing—choosing to hold, to stay, to be.