The Cunning_We shared popcorn_Finding Contentment_Work in Progress
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The Cunning
Trigger warning: non violent death The overhead light on my bedroom ceiling fan flickered. Odd. It didn’t often do that. It was as if someone or something was trying to send me a message. I had fallen asleep again with the light and TV on in my bedroom. It is hard to sleep, knowing that someone you love with all your heart and soul is dying. Sleep had become elusive and knowing that the cancer my Dad had was slowly killing him, had me in a vigil like state. My sisters Katherine and Anne, Mom, and I would structure our days so that Dad always had someone at the hospital and on we...
We shared popcorn
The screen went black as the orchestra’s score rang out the final resounding theme, and the end credits began to roll. I stretched with an audible groan. How long had we been sitting here? I’m pretty sure the movie was three hours long. I rubbed one eye vigorously with the knuckle on my thumb. My contact lens was stuck to my eye and now I am wondering what I missed because I’m pretty sure I fell asleep for a little while.The stretch and the groan were matched by the lanky man to my left. I met his gaze and he smiled warmly. I’m pretty sure this is the first time I had even noticed he was sitt...
Finding Contentment
I am fifwww.onedoor.ccteen the day she dies. I press my hands to the wound in her stomach, trying in vain to staunch the steady stream of crimson. The thick, metallic scent hangs in the air, staining every breath with the taste of blood. She lifts a trembling hand and places it ever-so-gently on my cheek. "Lyra," is all she says, her voice pinched tight with pain, but the look in her eyes tells me what she won't say: she isn't going to survive this.A sob forces it's way out of my throat, my vision blurring over with tears, and press my hands even harder into her stomach. "You can't die here," I choke, "you'...
Work in Progress
The Everall household hadn’t been the same since Molly’s software upgrade last year. With customer satisfaction in mind, the S.H.E.M.A.I.D.’s enhanced program was designed to improve its work routines by learning from human activity. However, Maggie Everall soon found that Molly, her Synthetic Human Emulating Artificial Intelligence Domestic or S.H.E.M.A.I.D., had become increasingly reluctant to engage in household duties. It exhibited signs of slovenliness and a slack routine that bordered on indolence. The daily chores were poorly executed and the required level of detail had been replaced ...