Writing Prompts

#1


#1 start a story with:  And it was at that exact moment the power came back on.

And it was at that exact moment that the power came back on. The electricity that just moments before had coursed between them was gone, now transferred to the appliances humming around them. How stark things looked in the blinding fluorescence of the artificial light. What once had been muted and mysterious was now obvious and mundane.

She cleared her throat and looked away. He rose from the threadbare couch, knees popping and busied himself resetting the clock on the microwave on the counter. Squinting at the digital readout, mouth slightly open trying to focus on the numbers, he hit each button slowly, drawing out the task as long as possible to salve his frayed nerves.

“….What..,” trying to start the beginning of a question, his voice caught in his throat and upon trying again, his voice creaked like a rusty hinge. Embarrassed, he tried once more and was successful. “What time is it?”

No answer came. He swiveled and saw she was gone. Only a slightly concave spot on the worn couch, a rumpled crease of fabric where she had sat proved that she had ever been there at all.