Smoke from their private fire crawls in the open window. A flame often extinguished with waves of work, life and young kids, re-ignited by a night of hazy, vulnerable conversation. Intimacy awakened, now thriving in twisted sheets. Passion sparked – a marriage revived.
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Yay for you!
Good writing & evocative word choice. I especially love “..thriving in twisted sheets.”
That was my favorite line too 🙂 Thanks for reading and commenting.
Good for them! It’s so hard sometimes. The twisted sheets is my favorite line too!
Thanks, Stacie. It IS tough to carve out time for ourselves.
aww cheers! A few intimate moments alone and good conversation definitely helps rekindle those flames.
Yes it does!! It doesn’t happen often enough. 🙂
I love your take on the prompt and the imagery you develope. Plus the picture goes perfectly with the words.
I knew as soon as I saw the pic, I had to add it. Thanks, Melanie.
I’m so happy for them! Wonderful use of words.
Thanks for the compliment. (=
Fantastic opening line!
Thank you so much 🙂
This is a very hopeful piece!
Thanks. (=
I like the opening line as well. And the positivity.
I don’t know why it’s hard to write “positivity” … I always go dark. Thanks for the read and comment.
Awesome use of flame and fire imagery…works so well in this piece.
Thanks, Jennifer.
Reading this made me happy. Nice take on the prompt!
Thanks!
Great opening line that really pulls the reader in. Wonderful use of metaphor. Particularly liked ‘.. thriving in twisted sheets.’
Thanks, Sarah Ann.
I like this bit a lot: “hazy, vulnerable conversation.” It evokes something ethereal. Nice job.
Thanks, Meg. A little liquid courage makes for great conversation 🙂
Love the plays on fire, flames, and sparks.
Thanks Marcy. This was a fun one to write.
Hubba hubba.
LOL. Thanks James 🙂
Date night rules!!!
Even when you never leave the house 🙂
good. you’re very smart
Thanks for such a sweet comment and digging through my archives 🙂 It always make me happy to see people reading more than what was just published 🙂
where do you come from dawn?
I live in the US…NY. You?
i live in Indonesia..are you ‘ve been to Indonesia?
Nope. Maybe some day.
indonesia is beutifull dawn.. so you can vacation here.