Feb 5, 2016 Friday Fictioneers

Word Count: 100 words of text, exactly
Genre: Realistic Fiction

Forbidden
©February 5th, 2016
By Vijaya Sundaram

I waited for him, lost in regret.

Twenty years ago, we’d parted friends, but frosty.  We had, however, agreed that we would meet on this day, on the banks of the water-hyacinth-clogged river where we’d learned to swim together, spin fantasies about our future, and study for exams.

It had taken me a while to find the spot, but I was here. 

I heard a footstep. 

“Manush?”

“Preetham?”

He came forward.  We embraced.

“I’m sorry for rejecting you, causing you such pain.”

“I didn’t mean to misunderstand you.”

“Friends?”

I looked at the man I still loved. 

“Forever,” I replied.

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P.S.  Manush is a male Indian name, meaning “Man” and “Preetham” is another male Indian name, meaning “Love,” or “Beloved.”

Thanks, for the fourth time (and why AM I in this crazed story-spinning state this week?) to our Fairy Blog-Mother, Rochelle Wisoff-Fields for hosting Friday Fictioneers, and to Erin Leary for this haunting photo-prompt.

Tags: #Love, forbidden love, Friendship, Original 100-word short story based on a photo-prompt

Sep 2, 2015 Friday Fictioneers

Genre: Realistic Fiction

Word Count:  100 words

Glimpse

©September 2nd, 2015

By Vijaya Sundaram

All of life was mirrored in those bay windows.  The sky went about its business, pink and gold, to blue, sometimes storm-gray, back to pink and gold, to deep blue to black, back to pink and gold.  Clouds played out their drama occasionally.  Stars blinked in and out of existence.

Another window saw itself reflected in those windows.

Their owners glimpsed each other.

All the desire in the world converged at the intersection of their glance.  A universe of possibility unfolded before them.  They glimpsed happiness, mad ecstasy, union.

Then, they went back to their wives.

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Thanks to Rochelle Wisoff-Fields (our Fairy Blog-Mother) for hosting Friday Fictioneers, and for the photo-prompt!

Tags: #Romance, 100-word original short story based on a photo prompt, forbidden love, realistic fiction