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Submitted to Contest #331
Peter poured himself a whiskey, letting the ice clatter against the sides of the glass. The drink was still warm, and as it met the cold, a faint crackling spread through the quiet room like tiny bones snapping. He took a slow sip and instantly regretted it. Whiskey, even the cheap kind he kept around, always awakened the phantom craving for a cigarette — a craving he hadn’t indulged in for more than ten years. Yet, like every night, he resisted. Barely, but he did.A soft, melancholic jazz record spun on his turntable — the one expensive thi...
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