I made a Microfic, and then read it · 9:08pm Dec 8th, 2015
And here it is! Careful, it starts playing right away. I'm sorry for the background hiss, but I only have the one microphone, which is on a headset
“Do you ever wonder…”
She looked back at the tree, the leaves dancing in a light, salted breeze.
“No. No, of course not.”
She turned back, looking into the orange sun. It sat on top of the waves, white caps dancing into one another.
She looked down, at the beach far below her.
“I do. I wonder about lots of things nowadays, but I keep finding myself… back here.”
She fluttered her wings a bit, settling them better against her sides.
“I don’t know if I even can, or if… If I tried, I wonder if anything would even happen…”
She looked down the steep slope of the cliff. Idly, she kicked at a rock, and watched it fall.
Standing, she steeled herself. She knew she could do it. She knew it was either try, or feel this way forever.
“I love you.”
She leapt from the cliff, wings tucked.
The leaves of the tree danced in the salty breeze.