Five Sentence Fiction - Awkward

</

Linking up with Lillie McFerrin for five sentence fiction - click on the button above to read the other entries.

What it’s all about: Five Sentence Fiction is about packing a powerful punch in a tiny fist. Each week Lillie will post a one word inspiration, then anyone wishing to participate will write a five sentence story based on the prompt word. The word does not have to appear in your five sentences, just use it for direction.

This week: AWKWARD




Waking slowly, unfamiliar shadows dappling her face, her body slick with sweat, limbs heavy in a long forgotten yet familiar way.

Cautiously stretching her legs she eased them gently from beneath the covers feeling for the polished boards under her feet.

As she pushed with the palms of her hands sliding into a sitting position her reflection was caught in the mirror facing the bed.

A tableau captured in a moment of time, hair damp and dishevelled, make up smudged beneath her eyes and beside her, his breath a whisper in the silence, a faint smile curving his lips, lashed tipped with gold, heatbreakingly beautiful, heatbreakingly wrong.

She turned away, her eyes shining with unfallen tears as the heavy scent of regret stole across the room.