This is a story for Friday Fictioneers, which is hosted by Rochelle. Every week you are challenged to write a 100 word story based on a photo.
Thanks to Björn Rudberg for this week’s photo and also to Rochelle for hosting the challenge.
Thanks to all the readers for their time, too.
PHOTO PROMPT © Björn Rudberg
STOP! They stopped at the sign. They were surprised that they had come so far.
Silence, peace and just the two — it could be their favourite spot. However, between them ran some space and the gentle breeze touched them. Silence presided, until she said, “… that’s it… then.”
“Huh…I guess so,” he said.
The birds were flying, what seemed like to their nests. From the sky, a cooler sun was descending into the valley somewhere.
They hugged but in the absence of any warmth.
She drove past him and the signpost — STOP!
At home, her family would be waiting for her.
Emovere 
Dear Norma,
It doesn’t sound like it ended well for her. 😦
Shalom,
Rochelle
PS I think you mean THEIR favourite spot as opposed to THERE
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No, it didn’t. But she made the required choice and they both moved on in their lives.
Thanks for reading and commenting Rochelle.
Thanks for the correction, Rochelle. 🙂
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By the same token, if you ever see a grammatical error in mine, please TELL ME! 😉
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🙂
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Dear Norma
You’ve dome some good mood painting in this story.
You’ve suffused it with a sense of nostalgia. The couple are plainly parting. With the photoprompt in front of me, I fear that she goes over the cliff – but that doesn’t seem justified by the story. Part of the problem is your last line. We don’t know whether her family are waiting and will be disappointed when she doesn’t return, or whether she’s going home to rejoin her family after a relationship hasn’t worked out.
With a bit more clarity this would be an excellent story, I think.
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Thanks Penny for your detailed feedback.
She is just going back home where she is needed more. But of course, anything can happen and there could be another story.
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I liked the resigned air about this. Nicely done.
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Thanks Iain.
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I’m not sure how to feel about this. A sad undertone, but a lack of emotion between these two. A broken romance? Is she leaving him in a dangerous place?
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She is just leaving him with no attachments. No harms done so far so they are good.
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Sometimes you just have to make a choice, and it’s not always the obvious one.
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Yes, that’s true.
Thanks for coming by Bjorn.
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There is an undertone to this tale that tells a different story. Well crafted.
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Thanks Yarnspinnerr.
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Sounds like a peaceful break up to me. -They hugged but in the absence of any warmth. – Life goes on, well done.
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Yes, that was a peaceful break up. Hope they don’t meet each other.
Thanks for reading and commenting.
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i like the way you describe the birds returning to their nest and the implied coolness ahead. As Joyce Grenfell said, “Parting is hell”. Even if you don’t get along with someone it’s still a very sad thing. And at least Joyce did add “But sing as well!”
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Thanks for reading and commenting Jilly.
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Very interesting story.
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Thanks.
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