Lunchroom Love

by Metaphoric Spurs

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His love for Myrna was like a peanut butter and jelly sandwich—sweet but sticky, with a danger akin to a severe allergic reaction.

He had to pine for Myrna from afar, across the linoleum-tiled lunchroom, away from her adorable snorts between sips of Lactaid. His table served as the demarcation point, the last cafeteria seats reserved for those worthy of labels. Myrna, delicate Myrna, didn’t even have a stamp of cliqueness. She just floated between the PETA vegans and the marching band drop-outs like canned fruit in a jello mold, a delicious surprise in the midst of mediocrity.

He could not let the others know of his affections—the way she gnawed on her pencil like it was beef jerky, the ample curve of her bowed legs, how she always had a tissue ready for her post-nasal drip.

No, Delmar Swift could not succumb to Myrna’s quirky mystique. A football captain and the president of the Future Feline Rescue Workers could not date without violating the vicious equilibrium of high school politics.

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Average Reader Rating: 4.5 stars out of 5

  1. Lunchroom Love

    THX 0477's Buddy Icon THX 0477

    Posted 7 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Very cute, and I liked the twist that the admirer was the popular jock. Oh, the tragedy of high school! My favorite, favorite line was the one about a delicious surprise in the midst of mediocrity. Brilliant food metaphor!
    LoA

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    flute faerie's Buddy Icon flute faerie

    Posted 7 months ago

    This is sweet. I love how he’s not falling for a popular, like in so many other stories. It makes yours stand out. ♥

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    Saint Chuck's Buddy Icon Saint Chuck

    Posted 6 months ago

    Definetly a unique twist to the regular highschool charade.

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    Nat's Buddy Icon Nat

    Posted 6 months ago

    4.0 out of 5 stars

    :) I used to write stories like these—tortured jock falls in love with dorky girl. I like your descriptions though. Very colorful.

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    Metaphoric Spurs' Buddy Icon Metaphoric Spurs

    Posted 6 months ago

    Yes, I wrote stories like this once upon a time when I was a teen myself; coming back to it is refreshing and different than the things I usually produce. I noticed that there are a lot of teens on Ficlets, however, so this story was written with them in mind. ;-)

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    Mistress Elsha Hawk's Buddy Icon Mistress Elsha Hawk

    Posted 6 months ago

    Nicely written! I say Ditto to THX comments, I feel the same way.

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