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Submitted to Contest #325
The door opens and the wind comes with it—insistent, heavy with ice, the cold fury of winter wrapping around her shoulders like hands. She steps inside and the cold follows, refusing to stay outside where it belongs, melting into dark spots on the linoleum.She has to put the door to her back and heave against the gusts demanding to come in. The click of the lock finally separates the chaos of the storm from the stillness inside.The apartment is darker than usual. She notes the nightlight plug-ins that usually line the kitchen and hallway out...
Submitted to Contest #324
CW: Contains themes and/or references to violence and sacrifice. The shroud was heavy on her head and shoulders. Thick wool that trapped her breath and turned it back on her, warm and stale. She couldn't see – hadn't seen for the length of the walk – but she felt the change beneath her feet. Cool stone blocks evolving into colder, gritted sand. The sound shifting from echo to openness. His hand at her elbow. Steady. Strong. She'd memorized that touch. The weight of his palm, the way his fingers pressed just so when he wanted her to stop, to ...
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