I really liked this Writers Write prompt. I couldn’t quite pull off the economy it calls for, so I wrote 50 words each for the beginning, middle, and end.
Title: Concertina
WC: 150
It started in the facing seats situated in the bend of a bendy bus. A summer fling sparked the moment she caught him snooping the cover of this week’s doorstop library book. The bus creaked around a corner, swiveling them both into a shaft of sunlight. Love at first wince.
Things got serious in a hurry. Buses bunched as even bendy buses will. He’d raise up on his toes looking for her tucked between accordion creases. She’d lean out into the aisle so the bus window frame would just catch her in profile. He’d drop to his heels and board.
On the day three buses rolled through the intersection, he waited for hers to lurch to the curb. Over the top of her book, she snooped the cover of the library doorstop he produced with a flourish. Things ended with the sharp ding of an abruptly pulled cable. Stop requested.
MTZQ Telecommuniculturates 