Thanks to Michelle for the prompt
“You smell like strawberries” carl said smiling running his hand through her hair.
Helen’s heart raced being so close to him, lying in the grass, head on his chest. They’d only been together for a few months but she’d never felt like this before.
He raised a hand and pointed to a cluster of stars. “See there, straight up from that tree, the three stars in a line? That’s Orion’s Belt.”
“Where did you learn about that?” she asked, sighing.
“My dad used to take us out camping as kids, he loved the stars.” He said wrapping his arms around her.
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I know, no twist or anything macabre or weird or twisted or offensive. I’m half way through this challenge I think and thought I would make the lack of a twist the twist. I could have had him be an alien, or murder her or have a satellite fall on them or worse but some days, it’s just nice to be nice 😊
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