Like ships in the night – Friday Fictioneers

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Thomas Charles Henry

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June 24, 2018

Time for another Friday Fictioneers entry! The challenge is to write a 100-word story in response to a weekly photo prompt chosen by our host Rochelle Wisoff-Fields. Follow the link to her blog for more information. Thank you to all who take the time to read, like, or comment.

2018 06 22

PHOTO PROMPT © Fatima Fakier

Like ships in the night

The airing cupboard was still housed in my old bedroom. With great effort I squeezed myself past the water tank into the hidden recess behind, a feat which had been much easier as a child.

It was still there! Penned on the wall: ‘Thomas, aged 8’. The relief was immense: like finding something you didn’t realise was lost, then realising how much you had missed it.

As I prepared to extricate myself, I noticed a second scrawled message: ‘Max, aged 7′. Another boy had lived here; shared this bedroom; discovered this secret spot! I wept uncontrollably, not fully understanding why.

3 responses to “Like ships in the night – Friday Fictioneers”

neilmacdon

June 24, 2018

Magical

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Edith M. Field

June 24, 2018

I wonder if the recess was a refuge for the narrator when he was a young boy. Perhaps, when he squeezed back in years later, it suddenly struck him that another little boy might have needed such a place. And that thought just broke the narrator’s heart.

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jillyfunnell

June 25, 2018

Sometimes we don’t want to share, I suppose. Good story.

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