Thursday - Please Check
According to Dictionary.com, there are over 50 ways to mean / use the world check. Pick one of them and write a drabble centered around it. This can count toward your 100 drabbles of summer author's choice.
Crossposted from my entry at the table: Author's Choice: check
Time: Post-"Secundus," pre-"Secundus 2"
Notes: I went with "checking up on things" as my meaning/usage of choice, which naturally lent itself to Alice asking Victor to make sure nothing was going to set their house on fire. It's a persistent fear she has, and she never quite gets over it. Can you blame her?
“So?”
“I checked everything,” Victor told her, slipping into bed again. “Every candle is out, every lamp is extinguished, and every log in every fireplace is dead. There’s nothing that could cause disaster should it fall over or roll out.”
Alice nodded, feeling rather silly now. “I’m sorry I made you do that,” she mumbled. “I just – that nightmare--”
“I understand,” Victor whispered, pulling her close. “I don’t mind, really.”
Alice hugged him tight. She knew one day he’d have to leave her – there was no helping that.
But, with God as her witness, it would not be by fire.
Crossposted from my entry at the table: Author's Choice: check
Time: Post-"Secundus," pre-"Secundus 2"
Notes: I went with "checking up on things" as my meaning/usage of choice, which naturally lent itself to Alice asking Victor to make sure nothing was going to set their house on fire. It's a persistent fear she has, and she never quite gets over it. Can you blame her?
“So?”
“I checked everything,” Victor told her, slipping into bed again. “Every candle is out, every lamp is extinguished, and every log in every fireplace is dead. There’s nothing that could cause disaster should it fall over or roll out.”
Alice nodded, feeling rather silly now. “I’m sorry I made you do that,” she mumbled. “I just – that nightmare--”
“I understand,” Victor whispered, pulling her close. “I don’t mind, really.”
Alice hugged him tight. She knew one day he’d have to leave her – there was no helping that.
But, with God as her witness, it would not be by fire.