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Submitted to Contest #330
Contains references to a past assault involving a weapon (not graphic). The gun rises and his chest knows what comes. Hands on the track. Fingers spread, searching for something solid beneath the painted white. Weight forward. Hips high. Neck loose because coach says tension is wasted time. Eyes on the lane. Not the stands. Not the cameras. Not the eighty thousand throats waiting to swallow his name.Stillness is where fear lives.It curls in his ribs before the sound, a small hot knot under the breastbone. He has stood in blocks on three cont...
Submitted to Contest #328
Content warning: emotional abuse, gender-based violence, digital abuse, gaslighting. Present: The RequestSunday evening, three weeks into a new town. The flat in Wilderness holds its breath. Wind frets the door; the lagoon's cold breath creeps through the cracked window. Zara scrolls on her new couch until a notification. Instagram message request: @alex__renee (Alex).Alex: Hey. Random, I know, but your photos stopped me. You remind me of someone I used to know. She should ignore it. But used to know lands soft, like a hand she didn't ask fo...
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