Prompt: not in love by in_the_blue. 100 Word Stories
So I hadn’t meant for this to be so depressing and horrible, but um… There it is in black and white—the reason Hayley is the way she is.
Liana Mir
Liana Mir reads, writes, and wrangles the muses from her mundane home in the Colorado Rockies and, occasionally, from the other side of the Barrier.
Series Listing
02. The Good Heart - Case 27
03. Elysia - Shel 05
03. Elysia - Shel 05
04. Kailin University - Shel 16
04. Kailin University - Shel 16
04. Kailin University - Shel 16
Story Within a Story
Scarred
She's not in love. Really.
Hayley isn’t the kind of woman to be in denial, but she’s never liked a problem she doesn’t know how to untangle.
Warning: Mentions abuse.
04. Kailin University - Shel 16
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Flash Fiction Short Story
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Flash Fiction Short Story
Hayley Lamar was not in love. Nope. She lay on her bunk in her shared dorm room—mercifully empty of roommates—staring at the ceiling, counting tiles, and lying to herself.
Not in love. Kade was a great friend. They got along absolutely perfectly because neither of them were interested in romance.
Hayley groaned, rolled over onto her stomach, and blew a stray hair out of her eyes. “Denial don’t suit ya, girl,” she informed herself soundly.
She liked Kade, even knowing that physical intimacy still made her want to hurl. She shook her head at herself helplessly. “Thanks, Dad.”
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That's--dark.
Sorry. I try not to get into why she has the issues she does, sort of skirt around them. I never expected to even have a character with these issues.
No need to be sorry! It was unexpected, is all.
Hm. I'll have to see about adding a warning.