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Submitted to Contest #332
Trigger warning: This is a story about loss. About saying goodbye. About the moment love turns into grief. It includes an end-of-life scene, terminal illness, and the death of a loved one. I cried as I wrote this. ---------- My heart is screaming, clutched in the grasp of the most devastating fear I have ever experienced. I’m not ready. I will never be ready.I inhale deeply, filling my lungs with oxygen it doesn’t even seem to register, begging my body not to shut down. Not now, not when he needs me to be strong.I’m staring down the hallway...
Submitted to Contest #316
The bag slipped again, clanging against the wall, and I cursed under my breath. Of course I’d get assigned to lug around a hundred pounds of equipment on my first day at this job. My cheeks were already pink from embarrassment - just perfect.“Need a hand?”I looked up and froze. A guy outfitted in full team colours, holding a helmet under his arm, grinned at me. Broad shoulders, easy smile… the kind that made people automatically believe he could handle anything. And my god, his hair. Long, dark, curly… the type you want to run your fingers t...
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