{"id":637,"date":"2007-07-02T18:39:32","date_gmt":"2007-07-03T02:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aprilgem.com\/log\/?p=637"},"modified":"2007-07-03T17:10:41","modified_gmt":"2007-07-04T01:10:41","slug":"flash-fiction-love-in-the-making","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aprilgem.com\/log\/?p=637","title":{"rendered":"Flash Fiction: Love in the Making"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dionne Galace aka Bam<\/a>‘s rules:<\/strong>
\nStory: I want something nuclear. And I want it hot\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 like summer-hot. I want to be able to feel the heat (as in the weather) and smell the sunblock lotion. But that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s just the background. On top of that, I want sexual tension and your hero and heroine […] just aching to tear off each other\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s clothes off. [O]ne caveat: no explicit language and no overly purple prose. Can you convey sex without using sexually charged words? Think of the atmosphere, the setting, the background\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 use it to your advantage.<\/a>
\nLength: 200 words or less.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t believe it; she was his.<\/p>\n

So close to her moist lips, her small hand in his, her lower back against his palm, and her summery skirt about his khaki covered knees—if he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d had to choose, he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d have passed her by just to spare himself the torture. But the instructor had said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Kate will dance with Robert,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and that was that; Kate\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s dewy dark eyes sought his, and his heart stopped.<\/p>\n

He couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t remember how they closed the space between them.<\/p>\n

The scent of vanilla rose like warmth from her skin, and he seemed hyper aware of every goose bump and tiny hair along her cheek and jaw, like pale down on a smooth surface. The pink curves of her ear fascinated him, her wisps of hair a distraction. Unable to fight his racing pulse or the rising heat of his body, he swallowed to moisten a throat gone dry, willed himself to breathe.<\/p>\n

Then she rested her cheek and chest against him and stole his breath.<\/p>\n

Her hair smelled like strawberries—his last coherent thought before he felt her heart pounding against his, her soft mouth slide along his sensitive neck.<\/p>\n

Oh, God.<\/p>\n

He forgot to dance.<\/p>\nShare this post:

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Dionne Galace aka Bam‘s rules: Story: I want something nuclear. And I want it hot\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 like summer-hot. I want to be able to feel the heat (as in the weather) and smell the sunblock lotion. But that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s just the background. On top of that, I want sexual tension and your hero and heroine […] just aching to tear off each other\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s clothes off. [O]ne caveat: no explicit language and no overly purple prose. Can you convey sex without using sexually…<\/p>\n

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