Stories tagged with "waking"
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Her Eyes Flutter Open (400 Ficlets challenge)

I held her hand. She was sleeping, or so it seemed. She had been sleeping a long time.
I thought about the last day she was …
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Standing Beside The Road to Somewhere
I don’t know how I got here. It’s like I woke up here. Things came slowly into focus; the sunshine, the occasional breeze, th…
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Aftermath of Yesterday

The alarm clock screamed at Jess to wake up. Its howling cries pounded waves of pain into her skull. A limp hand fell on the …
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Yesterday Girl

Sunshine flooded into the room. It collected in pools at her bare feet and washed against the nightstand.
Quietly, she stoo…
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Izzy Hides the Evidence

Izzy quickly began getting rid of the bloody evidence on the floor, her white skirt was soon stained with Officer Pablos bloo…
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Confines of Truth

We had been driving for days. I stopped counting roadsigns, stopped watching the clock. I kept a stack of books at my feet, b…