• Published 25th Feb 2017
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Fifteen Friendships - AShadowOfCygnus



. . . in 1500 words. Fifteen shorts revolving around various characters, clocking in at an average of 100 words, and exploring their relationships in as few words as possible. An experiment.

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Warm summer afternoons were spent on a picnic blanket in the orchard. She talked, and he listened. She joked, and he chuckled. She griped about her students, and he encouraged her. She laid her head on his shoulder, and together they watched the puffy clouds go by.

Was there any deeper meaning to it? Did they want to spend the rest of their lives together? Neither of them really knew, and neither of them really cared. It was nice enough to just sit there and while away the hours as the sun went down, without expectation.