Under The Hood
During October we will be sharing passages that we’ve written independently from the same prompt.
- under the hood
- devastating fire
- don’t punish me for being scared
- Your stranger-self
- legs of my corduroys
Jen’s Take
Under the hoodie, her red hair took on the smoky shadows of a devastating fire and her green eyes glinted, causing the legs of my corduroys to suddenly seem inadequate.
“Is that a pistol in your pocket,” she asked, “or are you just happy to see me?”
Dammit. I was hoping she wouldn’t notice. This was my first time meeting someone in person whom I’d chatted with online.
“Don’t punish me for being scared,” I pleaded, sounding utterly pathetic.
She smiled disdainfully. “Your stranger-self was more interesting online.”
Kent’s Take
Your stranger-self can be terrifying, so don’t punish me for being scared when I saw it the first time. It inflamed my flight impulse, and, as I ran, the friction in the legs of my corduroys kindled a devastating fire, until I had to stop and quench those writhing flames. And so you caught up, no longer the stranger but just yourself, with soft brown eyes peering quietly from under the hood of your sweatshirt.
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