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Write a love story about an older couple who’ve been together since they were teenagers.

Posted in Romance on Aug 2, 2021

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Bitter Necessity

Submitted to Contest #81

Twenty minutes after the first time we slept together, Kiara introduced me to her boyfriend.  It was different times back then, we were both kids surrounded by the noose of our families. I swallowed the bitter necessity of it with a smile and said hello to the boyfriend. Made polite small talk. I fancied myself a woman of the world, understanding the need for hiding what we were, even if I chafed under the secrecy.  The next time we saw each other I was cold and she confused. I pretended not to notice every time she shot me a s...

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Numbers

Submitted to Contest #81

Eloise stared at the green door in front of her, momentarily lost in her own thoughts.  Moments later, she let out a long sigh, before she let herself in with her own key. It wasn’t that she minded spending time with her grandmas, they were two of her favorite people in the whole world, after all. What she minded was the fact that it was Valentine’s Day and it was the first time she didn’t spend it with her best friend. Her best friend tonight had a date. Which wasn’t really the problem, if she was being honest. The problem was that her...

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Copper Arrows

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See a penny pick it up all day long you’ll have good luck. Desiree Malone wasn’t superstitious yet, she needed something good in her life.  She glanced at Mr & Mrs Franco they were good people and her job as their home care nurse was a godsend. She amended her thoughts she needed something better, luckier. An apartment she could afford that didn’t take two hours to get to in horrible rush hour traffic. One that was in a neighbourhood that didn’t have her clenching the mace that hung on her key chain. The wind picked up, som...

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Howard and Addie

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   Howard braced his arm to support her for the last few inches as she shuffled across the floor. A blindfold obscured much of her face. Her thinning white hair wisped over the dark cloth. With a smile, he bent and pecked a kiss onto her forehead.     They were in the middle of a bland windowless room. One that could almost be found in hospitals, schools, prisons or offices across the country. The blank walls were lit by several dim lights reflecting on the disk on the ceiling and her pale terry cloth robe...

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The one who is Yours

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All doors and windows were tightly shut to prevent the hot wind from entering the house when the family retired for siesta on summer afternoons. Boisterous grandchildren visiting during their summer break were strictly instructed to lie down on the Persian carpet in the guest room brought from Kabul and shut their eyes. “Not a tweet out of any of you!” Grandfather shouted and shut the bedroom door. The moment the door closed, the guest room began to reverberate with the muffled chatter of caged children. Anu had closed her eyes lest the...

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moringa+mandarin

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There are days I forget you exist, but then at night, you come visit me. In your velvet purple nightgown, you inch towards me so your lips are against my cheek. You smell of moringa flowers drenched in white wine, and it is only when I inhale you, I know it is you. You lie on your side of the bed, right beside me, but you never once stroke my fingers. You murmur as you do when you sleep, knowing I will sing every word that you whisper. Pyaar hua, ikraar hua hai. Pyaar se phir kyoon darrta hai dil. Kehta hai dil rasta mushkil. Maaloom nahin h...

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55

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I opened my eyes to see a table next to my bed with breakfast on it as usual. But something is different today there is a red flower in a small vase on the table. I cleared my eyes with my hands to see Sydney standing behind the table. “Good morning my love” I saw a huge smile on his face. I was still a bit sleepy, but I tried to make an effort to sit down in bed, he got closer and held my hand to help me out “good morning Sydney” he kissed my cheek and walked away starting to bring the table closer to me. “You know what today is?” I...

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All Our Sea-Faiths

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“It is not so unusual for the Gods to go quiet,” the Priestess says.  She presses a gloved hand against the window. Reluctantly, Palasha follows the gesture.  Bright droplets scatter on the glass. Outside, mist bathes the tangled hills. Above these knots of heather and gorse, clouds stir the sky, and above even these, Palasha pictures her unanswered prayers, supplications, curses, and taunts; she imagines them freezing in the upper reaches of the atmosphere and falling, unheard, as pinprick rain. “The rain still falls, and the tide...

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Remember

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I can still remember the day we met all those years ago. We were both eighteen. You had just transferred for his last year of high school. When you flashed me that dimpled smile, I melted. Then I tripped on the steps. I was so embarrassed. You held out your hand and helped me up. It was so sweet. You even helped me pick up my books. I fell in love with you right there on those steps. Three years later, with trembling hands, you pulled a ring out of your pocket and stuttered through the process of asking me to marry you! I thought that was ...

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50's Love

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"Hey, honey?" Linda says as she takes the last step on their old creaky wooden stairs. "Look what I found." She smiles as she sits down at their white and cute blue table. Then Tom walks over and sees that Linda is holding an old photo from the late fifties. A group of teenagers are smiling in the picture. One boy is holding a girl in his arms while they smile happily. Tom grins. "Ah, look at us." Tom says. "I can't believe it's been so long." He chuckles. "Yeah, that was when you had the legs to lift me up." Linda laughs. "I could still...

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its not routine, its Love.

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It’s not routine it’s LOVE. I was happy to be starting the new year, new resolutions and honestly speaking I was hoping for a better start at life but my one wish was to mend my relationship with my long time abusive boyfriend who made it obvious that I was not enough for him or I’ll never be enough for him but hey! I kept going back over and over again. As happy as I was to be starting the year I was also determined to make new friends have people to talk to, go out for coffee once in a while given the weather in London. 31st January. It...

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Last True Love's Kiss

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I look over at him. My beloved David. I remember the good times and the bad. My chest feels like a cobra is wrapped around it squeezing it until I can’t breathe. I’ve lived a good long life and I couldn’t have been happier. But now I can feel it like how you feel a storm coming. I’m dying. I slide out of the bed, stumbling as I lift my weight up. I hear a groan behind me and turn my head to look at the lump. I sigh, good he’s not waking up.  I take a deep breath then step forward again. I walk out of the room and head down the hall, to...

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Fast-forward and Replay

Submitted to Contest #81

Annie had been up since dawn as she usually was, this time, she had been busy watering the plants that were close into withering away, sweeping the floor and dusting basically everything while her husband, Lito was in his room, humming the same tune repetitively since last night. She came back home last week and this time, for good. She had been living with her daughter, Pam and her son for almost two years in the province where the girl works, giving her company, helping her in taking care of her two year old child. Annie’s husband, Lito ...

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Love at First Sight

Submitted to Contest #81

“Grandpa, how did you and Grandma meet?” As Sarah sat on my lap, she me and innocent smile, knowing I couldn’t resist it. “You know I told you this story a thousand times. Why do you want to hear it again?” Sarah bounced in my lap. “Because it’s so hard to believe. It’s almost like magic.” “It does seem like magic, doesn’t it? I’ll tell you Sarah, truth can be stranger than fiction.” I pulled her close to my chest. “Alright. Close your eyes, for I’m going to take you back to the beginning. It was February 1975…” I was living in West Eat...

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Love Forever and Beyond

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I was walking along a beautiful tree lined street with my best friend Sue when I heard someone call my name. “Who was that?l I asked her. That guy he is not only gorgeous he is a jock as well.” ”How do you know that?” “It seems everyone but you know Matt. Besides being good looking he is very friendly and smart.” “How do you think he knows who I am.” “Perhaps it is because you are friendly too.” Once again I herd “Hi Sheila” as he walked across the street where I was standing. Sue turned to me and said “time for me to leave. Remember he just...

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