Short Story: Air

by Demi Armstrong



Image by Amelia Cooper

There was an imbalance in the air, a significant intense change of energy.

They appeared, movement around them became insignificant, there was only their light and there was only their presence. A presence that made the sky brighter, their violet aura transformed the world into the climatic scene of a tragic romance.

As quickly as she fell in love with their spirit and they fell for her intensity, they were both gone.

And yet, she could still hear them. The deep bass in their breath unsettled the rhythmic beat of her heart; she was instantly terrified of losing the feeling.

Then nothing.

In the absence of their energy, the air balanced.

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