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Submitted to Contest #311
Viscerally, I still remember the very day I met him. His tie was infuriatingly ajar, his hair messy and wild; a nonsensical smirk was plastered on his handsome face. He had looked at me and ruffled my hair as if we were old friends meeting once more. I disliked it. Truly. Yet, I did not comprehend or understand why my cheeks suddenly flushed pink.After that, our rivalry consisted of his merciless teasing and my equally quick retorts. I would endeavour not to focus on the mole near his mouth. He would tear his gaze from my eyes aggressively. ...
Submitted to Contest #310
TW: Child abuse, drug addiction, alcoholism, depression. Rufus sat slumped behind his office desk. The clock on his wrist ticked by in a particularly agonizing way, yet not at all comparable to the agony he felt as to what had amounted to his pathetic life. Divorced by thirty. A failed writer. Abruptly, he let out a groan, attempting to pay more attention to the soft glow of his computer screen—one that had been both his saviour and his demise—instead of the sorrows within him. Since he was a small child, practically before he could form a ...
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