When he got home, all wet and cold, he almost missed the heat of the flames. Long arms—tentacles—lashing out to him. Caressing him with vicious lust. He refused to light up the fireplace.
The smell of the smoke remained on him even after he removed his soot covered clothes. The warm water got the coldness out of his bones, but the shaking remained. It had settled somewhere deeper.
Afraid he wouldn’t get any sleep on his soft bed and thick blankets, he chose the wooden bench in the porch. For a while he could hear the sirens, sending their red-and-blue scream into the night. Then it all faded out into a soft buzz. The wasps, he realised. Humming him into drowsiness.
When he turned off the light the fireflies brought theirs to life. Thousands of little blazes flying around him. The shivering stopped. He fell asleep.
Written as my 5 minute freewrite for today's prompt! which is... wasps!
Lots of vivid, lasting details here. This could definitely become a longer piece! Great freewrite.
Thanks! I'm glad you liked it. I'll think about extending it then :)
hmm - firefighter or arsonist?
I was wondering the same thing :) or maybe even just a victim (?)
Very well, in just 5 minutes, you did what you could turn into a complete piece, you continue like this, develop it and share it, I liked it, regards.
Definitely the writing in 5 minutes takes out the artist that we have inside.
Thank you :)
And yes, when going against the clock our inner artist needs to take over, otherwise we lose!
Great freewrite. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for reading :)
This is absolutely amazing. Like, dang. I could smell the smoke and the, ya know, desire for fire.
Ughh, now I have to improve myself I guess XD
Awww thanks! You're too kind. And I won't tell you that you don't need to improve, we all do, but I think you're pretty amazing already.
Aww, thanks back! blushes
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