flash fic #2

[ljgeoff]

Take Two, Tumbling After

She wiped her face in her sleeve and looked up. Almost there. Jack reached down an impatient hand for the bucket. You’re a part of me, he’d said, you go where I go.

Jill was adept at ignoring her inner voice.

He threw himself up, a ridiculous attempt to impose his will on the cliff face. Even she gasped at the stupidity of the move. He almost brought her with him when he fell. With a shaking breath, she spun and teetered on the edge. You go where I go. She stared down at his broken body.

Not this time.



also called a drabble -- exactly 100 words