100 Words: Deep enough to dive
Brant stared at the bundle on the ground. “I ain’t a fag.”
Stuart spat. “Course you ain’t. Only a fag if you wanna keep doin’ it. This was one time.”
“Still. If he’da told anyone else, they’da gotten the wrong idea.”
“We had t’do what we had t’do,” Stuart said, reassuring himself as much as Brant. It had all happened so fast…
“Sure gonna miss him.”
Brant sounded like he was choking back tears. Stuart didn’t want to stick around for it. With a foot, he pushed the heavy bundle into the fetid water. Moments later, not even ripples remained.
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For consideration: "We took the dead man in sheets to the river, flanked by love"
Stuart spat. “Course you ain’t. Only a fag if you wanna keep doin’ it. This was one time.”
“Still. If he’da told anyone else, they’da gotten the wrong idea.”
“We had t’do what we had t’do,” Stuart said, reassuring himself as much as Brant. It had all happened so fast…
“Sure gonna miss him.”
Brant sounded like he was choking back tears. Stuart didn’t want to stick around for it. With a foot, he pushed the heavy bundle into the fetid water. Moments later, not even ripples remained.
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For consideration: "We took the dead man in sheets to the river, flanked by love"