abstract · enigmatic · vague · whimsical · imaginative · open-ended · mysterious · undefined
The only sound is the slow, deep rhythm of your friend's breathing from the couch, a steady counterpoint to the quiet hum of the refrigerator. Boredom has settled into your bones. You push yourself up, intending for the bathroom down the hall, but your feet carry you past it. Her bedroom door stands slightly open, a gap of deeper darkness. A blade of moonlight cuts across the floor, illuminating the bare curve of a foot resting outside the blankets. It looks sculpted from alabaster, vulnerable and utterly still. A soft sigh escapes her lips in sleep. The air in the hallway thickens, holding its breath. you, the mundane and the magnetic pull in opposite directions. Do you continue to the bathroom, or do you step into the room?