Drabble Cascade #43 - Theatre : A Flight of Dragons (G)

FB3X Drabble Cascade #43 - 'theatre'

Title: A Flight of Dragons (G)
Author: charisstoma
Word count: 200
Prompt: theatre



In palest greys the tops of the spare clouds sailed, their bottoms only slightly darker and sometimes tinged with a hint of blue against the powder grey sky. It was a complexity of composition in its simplicity, to be enjoyed and treasured though you knew that you couldn’t hold onto it even in a painting. It was too big.

A pattern neared in a silvery grey more solid than the sky, a pointed chevron of four wheeling in sleek gracefulness that made the heart hurt in want as they passed by. It was a training mission was the first thought and then a second chevron appeared behind them and then a third becoming instead a homecoming. Yet four was a number that lacked a comfortable symmetry. One side in the pattern lacked a member it seemed and though each chevron was comprised of the same number to justify that pattern how could one not think that one of them had fallen from the sky they moved so gracefully through and its place left vacant as tribute to its valor.

They passed by again in their great circling but this time the lead chevron numbered three, one safe aground and home.

Ever wonder what the acronym C.A.T. stood for?

Notice that the coffee pot appears to be empty. That alone could cause this reaction.

Drabble Cascade #44 - Seal : Would You Join Us (Proposal, Poly)

FB3X Drabble Cascade #44 - Seal

Title: Would You Join Us (Proposal, Poly)
Author: charisstoma
Word count: 100
Prompt: Seal


Thick cream vellum envelope sat in his hand. He knew what was in it, she’d asked him if he’d give her away and it was sadly ironic. Jack had still been in his bed the morning she’d cornered him in the coffee shop flavored with the rich smell of fresh brew.

There’d been no way to tell her no, that there was no way he’d hand her his lover but Jack hadn’t answered the phone when he’d called to demand answers.

He opened the seal and read Jack’s hand lettered, “To have and be shared from this day and forward.”