What Was Left
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Only Crystal
Ray heard nonstop gunfire while he and Crystal were escorted out of the room and was sick, knowing Jenna and Bizzy's death were among it. He didn't know how to feel-- enraged, sad, alone as he has been. It resembled an out-of-body experience, and he...
An Ocean's View
The following morning was bright and positive, the stark opposite of yesterday, but it was exactly what Julie needed. She was in the shower, blowing an upcoming lunch out of proportion. "One hour... You don't know these people at all... and you agreed...
Dismal Days
Midnight opened his eyes to the faintest hint of daylight present in the sky as dawn approached. It was populated partly with thick leaden clouds over a grayish-blue backdrop. Silhouettes of steep mountains sat hundreds of miles out, and wingull dotted...
Brooke & Zae
Brooke took a deep sigh while writing her name down by the register to clock out at the end of her shift at the High Roller. "Decent night," she mumbled while rubbing her lower back, shutting her eyes. She was all sticky and sweaty. She couldn't wait...
On Duty
Present day. -- Katie lay in bed in the dark on her side with her thievul curled up by her arm, its furry cheek and whisker pressed to her skin. She was in the comfiest shorts and a loose tee. She sighed and stroked the thick fur on its shoulder lit...
Collin x Gastrodon
"A beach at midnight?" Cassidy giggled with a hex maniac several years older who was sitting by her. They were on an old, peeling couch in the middle of an otherwise bare living room. "You have to explain, Collin." Cassidy set down her half-empty beer...
Outsetting Encounters
**Three years prior.** -- "No crushes at all and vice versa? How's that even possible? You've been here for an entire year," the gray-haired Fiorean girl who sat across from Ayame said, putting a nugget in her mouth. "Not like you're ugly...
Days Before
**Present day.** -- Ayame stood in front of her restroom mirror while running a brush through her straight, long black hair one morning, moving her head that her purple eyes followed to reach various spots. She couldn't keep her mind off of Friday....
The World and Onward
**One month later.** **~** Julie sat in the passenger seat of Anna's jeep one afternoon, driving through Central Castelia. She looked out the window at the general city bustle, her cheek resting against the panel. Anna glanced at her and stopped...
Julie & Ari & Lusi
Julie lay on her back on Anna's living room couch in socks, soft pants, and a long-sleeved tee one evening, watching a sitcom on the TV across from her. She held a big lump over her stomach and under her shirt, scritching it with her nails. "Hey...
Train to Saffron
**One week later.** **~** It was a not-so-sunny afternoon in Central Goldenrod filled with the usual hustle and bustle. Julie, Alyssa, Midnight, and crowds of other passengers stood on the indoor platform before the magnet train's tracks, awaiting...