WRITING OBSTACLE
Write a scene between two characters who have suppressed their feelings for each other.
What features of dialogue or behaviour could you highlight in this kind of relationship?
Slower
Heart beats in the darkness.
My heels on the gravel went
ClickClack
ClickClack
I began to sweat.
Tell me this isn’t a heart attack.
Should I steady my pace?
S
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I can’t seem to breathe.
Does he notice?
He takes my coat off.
I am floating.
The rush of endorphins.
I can’t feel my toes.
Shhhh
S
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He takes off my boots,
My nose, his nose, so close.
The heat
“It is _so_ fucking hot”
A blanket of heavy breaths
Shhhh…
S
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I am touching his chest.
He is looking at me
His eyes seem to gleam
In the light of the red room
Or is it blue?
Am I hallucinating
Or are you?
We’re touching.
We’re naked.
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This is all we ever wanted
Eight years in the making.
My hand in his hair
His hands on my back
It’s hot.
SLOWER.
Sweat dripping down his back.
We waited and waited
We climbed mountains so high
To be here together,
Are we touching the sky?
I’ll never forgive you
I don’t want to forget you.
My patience non existent
Tell me you love me,
I am done waiting.