HT100 Challenge #168 - The Hacks
Based on a moment during "Out O' Time". Claire & Murphy. 125 words.
The Turning Point
“You afraid, Murph?” Howell asked.
The vulnerability in her voice caught him off-guard. Leo’s words had obviously hit home with her. There was always that point, where the job turned from glorified babysitting gig to a very real and scary situation that you might be responsible for, and you needed to figure out if you could handle it. Howell was at that point now, looking to him for some kind of reassurance.
The “yeah, sure” came automatically. He’d been living with the fear that went hand and hand with prison life since the very beginning of fifth grade. Yeah, he was scared and probably crazy and a little bit stupid for working the scene all these years.
But he never wanted to do anything else.
The Turning Point
“You afraid, Murph?” Howell asked.
The vulnerability in her voice caught him off-guard. Leo’s words had obviously hit home with her. There was always that point, where the job turned from glorified babysitting gig to a very real and scary situation that you might be responsible for, and you needed to figure out if you could handle it. Howell was at that point now, looking to him for some kind of reassurance.
The “yeah, sure” came automatically. He’d been living with the fear that went hand and hand with prison life since the very beginning of fifth grade. Yeah, he was scared and probably crazy and a little bit stupid for working the scene all these years.
But he never wanted to do anything else.