HT100 Challenge #24: Cut! -- Alone
Title: Alone
Prompt: 24 - Cut!
Word Count: 100
Authors Note: I chose to continue the scene where Beecher is forced to back away from Keller after Keller tells Beecher that he died in the hospital...
Alone
By Severina
“I’m sorry.”
“Sure.”
“Chris.”
Chris turns his face toward the wall.
“It’s just… it’s not going to do us any good if one or both of us gets thrown in the--”
“It’s fine.”
Toby glances warily through the glass before taking a few hesitant steps forward. He reaches out a hand.
“Don’t,” Chris says sharply. “Don’t touch me.”
“Chris.” Soft. Broken.
Chris pushes away from the wall; gets to his bunk. Alone. The time for talk and touch is gone, and he doesn‘t know why. He only knows that if the situation were reversed, nothing could make him let go.
.
Prompt: 24 - Cut!
Word Count: 100
Authors Note: I chose to continue the scene where Beecher is forced to back away from Keller after Keller tells Beecher that he died in the hospital...
Alone
By Severina
“I’m sorry.”
“Sure.”
“Chris.”
Chris turns his face toward the wall.
“It’s just… it’s not going to do us any good if one or both of us gets thrown in the--”
“It’s fine.”
Toby glances warily through the glass before taking a few hesitant steps forward. He reaches out a hand.
“Don’t,” Chris says sharply. “Don’t touch me.”
“Chris.” Soft. Broken.
Chris pushes away from the wall; gets to his bunk. Alone. The time for talk and touch is gone, and he doesn‘t know why. He only knows that if the situation were reversed, nothing could make him let go.
.