Hello Hello, and welcome to the event that will be Genre Flashfiction February. Yes, I am a little early on this one, but week one launched on Romance. This is the response to round one prompt: Write a piece under 300 words about the moment the character realizes they are in love. Follow Dan, as she realizes that Clive is a keeper. Enjoy!
He cringed when he heard the knock on the door, not looking forward to telling Clive that dinner was off, and that he had forgotten to call him to tell Clive dinner was off before he had schlepped all the across town to meet him.
He opened the door, and before he could say a word, Clive was in, waving a bag of what looked like takeout as he spoke. “I come bearing sustenance, for what I assume is going to be two hours of watching you try and finish your paper. Take five, eat this,” Clive jammed a sub into his hand, “and I will start looking over what your have so far.”
Dan gaped, looking down at the sub, from his favourite shop, a 45-minute detour at least by bus, then back at Clive who didn’t seem the least bit bothered to spend his only night off reviewing Dan’s homework and he knew, in that moment, that he was in love with this man.
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