We'll Stay Here_Rain Cafe_Imprints_Two Mutual Friends (and their Quest)
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We'll Stay Here
'All of Me' by John Legend was playing on the loudspeakers. Couples pressed together while slowly moving, but all of them seemed to be staring at the two boys slow-dancing. They were watching them like hawks. Gazes penetrating their backs, watching every step and every little touch the two boys shared. They could hear the whispers, could see the pointed and crooked fingers as kids sneered. Logan and Roman kept dancing in their little corner. Even as the song faded to a quickly broken silence, they kept their eyes locked with delicate smiles. At least Roman kept looking at his dancing partner. ...
Rain Cafe
“Hell yeah. It's raining.”Denna was ready to tear off her ponytail when the air grew musty. A good sign for business, she stared at the wet pavement. Pedestrians hid their faces under bright umbrellas. A few of them showed distress and hurried inside the cafe. None of them ordered. “Welcome to Rain Cafe,” said Denna, smoothing her bangs to the right. “Are you ready to order?”The pedestrians shook their heads. Their trousers dyed into a darker color.“It's okay.” Denna signaled the pedestrians to wait and ran inside the cafe. "You are welcome to have a little sip if you want to return the umbrel...
Imprints
ImprintsByTom BaldwinMaggie first spotted a trail of footprints stretching across the snow-bound pond while searching the edges of the forest for signs of deer grazing. Perhaps deer, a moose, too late for bears—the snowshoe tracks of a wandering hunter? Was the solace she sought now fractured by a roving presence that now threatened her calm? A chill crept through her, causing a shudder. She had to know. She went downhill to the pond to identify her visitor. Paw tracks. A cat’s paw... a lynx, a bobcat, perhaps? Nope—too large. She’d seen the paws of big cats at zoos, of lions, tigers, and pant...
Two Mutual Friends (and their Quest)
“Tranquil here, ain’t it?”“Mmm…ya, I guess. To be honest, I don’t get the appeal. It just seems like anwww.onedoor.ccy other random café to me.”“Maybe it doesn’t seem that way to you because you befriended him long after he stopped showing up here…”“And yet, in all these years of having known him as a friend, the two of us never hung out here.”“I stopped being a regular here after one fine day.”“Food sucks here?”“What? Nah…that ain’t it. Although, the taste isn’t what it used to be. Honestly, I can’t blame them, knowing how intense the past few years have been.”“Hmm…I guess so.”All this small talk… why is i...