The July 11, 2022 story challenge from Charli Mills at Carrot Ranch is to: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story inspired by the idea, “for a day.” What is so special about the action, person, or object experienced for a day? Go where the prompt leads! Submit at Carrot Ranch by July 16, 2022.
In addition to the flash below, I have another response in 99 words and Six Sentences HERE, which borrows a setting and character from previous prompts.
At Day’s End by D. Avery
“Did you see this?”
She hadn’t. She sighed, looked at him over her book.
“I know what I would spend a day with.”
“What?”
“Who, really. You.”
“You are spending a day with me.” Another one, she thought. Another endless, aimless day. She tried to find her place but was interrupted again.
“I’d cherish a day with the old you.”
“Don’t you mean the young me?”
“Sure, you when you were younger.”
“So you want a younger woman?”
He looked at her uncertainly. “Just you. When you still loved me.”
She bent her head to the tear blurred page.
Be sure to go to Carrot Ranch to read the complete “Freedom” collection from last week. And there’s always the Ranch Yarns with Kid and Pal’s responses HERE.
ShiftnShake 
Maybe there is still love there but it is camouflaged by the droll, bland, and ordinary
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Yeah. They need to talk. Or go for a walk, together.
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Time for a reset I’d say. I agree–the love is still there somewhere. (K)
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Familiarity breeds disinterest.
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Ha! There’s a wise new old saying.
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It’s mostly true.
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Oh gosh, achy-breaky…Great write!
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Thank you. Maybe they’ll work on it.
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😊
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This is sad only if they don’t act on what they both seem to want but are too stuck to get out of. I think she needs to put the book down and go for a walk with him. Lovely write.
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I agree with you. They could fix this.
Thank you!
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🙂 If they weren’t talking, it would be another story 😉
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Oh, this broke my heart, D. So much ache in so few words.
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Thank you. That is I am glad if it worked.
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When love and loss co-exist. So painful, and you’ve captured that state right here.
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On the way to “death do us part” perhaps. Not an easy state, the one portrayed here.
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Yeah, I definitely empathize.
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