Word Count: 100 words of text, exactly
Genre: Inter-galactic romantic fiction
Ad Astra
©May 12th, 2016
By Vijaya Sundaram
Waves of light trembled brokenly on the water. The buildings lit up like jewels.
Turning to face him, I saw his anguished look.
“It’s time to go,” he whispered, embracing me.
“Why can’t I come?” I asked, held-back tears draining into my throat.
“They’ll kill you. You have to stay. I have to leave.”
He aligned himself with the light. His eyes not leaving mine, he glowed brightly for a second, then vanished as if he had never been.
Now weeping openly, I looked at what he’d left me: A ring, glowing blue.
I wear it still. And I wait.
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I decided on romance for this week’s FF. This is unusual for me, because, as those who follow my blog know, I’m a hard-hitting realistic type with a no-nonsense attitude to such silliness as romance. Bah, humbug to romance, I say! Too cheesy, I say. Still, all you need is love, as The Beatles declared. Hope you don’t mind. 🙂
Thanks to Rochelle Wisoff-Fields, Fairy Blog-Mother of the Known Universe, for hosting FF every week, and to the wonderfully terse C.E. Ayr for that lovely photograph.