100-Word Prompt: Avoidance Mode Story
Write a 100 word story involving a character is in serious “avoidance-mode”. Show us something they are doing instead of the thing they SHOULD be doing. You may wish to make the story humorous, as avoidance (when seen from afar) often is.
Prompt words: chicken, lint, tendril, vacancy, twig, purple, pudding, dog toy
This was a fun challenge, even more so with the 100 word count :)
I Trailed Them
All I had was her husband’s name and description, other private investigators would’ve charged more. He and a blonde left the hotel, hands in a tendril latch. I trailed them to the carnival shooting gallery; he won a purple plush toy dog. My arms were pudding at the bean bag toss, our eyes met, and he gave me pointers. I ended up winning three Ferris wheel tickets. We all crammed into one seat, spinning around together like clumped dryer lint. I chickened out later, dropping my camera before capturing their rendezvous, he pulled the photobooth curtain, “Get in here, you!”
The Thing Is
He’d fallen out of love with his wife. It wasn’t her fault, so he tried to keep the fact from her. He knew that as long as she heard the word ‘love’ in a sentence, she’d be none the wiser. He began by telling her he loved the pudding she made for dessert. He was rewarded with a kiss. Loved the dog toy she bought for their rescue pup, so much more interesting than the twig with its green tendrils. Really, really loved his wife’s new corset, and suddenly he loved everything again─ the world. His wife. That purple corset.