Deep Freeze
Everything was black and white. He was right, and that’s all there was to it. He’d be damned if he was going to grovel and apologise.
Everything about their relationship had become frozen, coated with icy exchanges, every detail covered with the rime of discord.
“Honey? I’m sorry! I shouldn’t be so rigid. You have the right to your opinions too. We should learn to compromise and get along better.”
….and the sun of their former love began to shine again, bringing back the warmth and glorious colors of their past. He could visualize a bridge back to former happiness.
Go to Rochelle’s Addicted to Purple site and use her Wednesday photo as a prompt to write a complete 100 word story.
Archon's Den 
Dear Archon,
Nice metaphorical use of the prompt.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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It felt forced, and hokey, but that’s because I’m the grumpy old dude. 🙂
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Dear Archon,
A wonderful fantasy. I hope the sun keeps shining for them.
Aloha,
Doug
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It always does – in fiction. 🙂
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Great metaphor, and a great happy ending, Archon. 🙂 — Suzanne
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I can write in metaphor?? Who knew? Happy endings are always nice. 🙂
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Metaphors? Yes. Fairy tale? Yep. Well done? Yes. Archonan? Definitely.
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Always a twist from me, even when it’s straightforward. 🙄
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The picture as a metaphor 🙂 Nice use of the prompt!
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Thanx for the head pat. 😀
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a deep, meaningful piece from the grumpy one! Bravo!
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I get lucky once in a while. Thanx for stopping in. 🙂
I met another female from Stephenville today, at the doctor’s. Late 20s, family name Young, thought she knew you, but described a younger guy with a boy and a girl. They’re everywhere, they’re everywhere! 😯
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we are taking over….as for knowing me, most do. I work as a mobile DJ all over the area. and I introduce myself to the crowd. From there, everyone in every audience calls me ‘Ted’ afterward….
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Apt use of our winter situation here, Archon.
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Maybe there, but not here, yet. Mine still has a foot of snow on it, though melting well. 😀
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Amazing how a small apology will bring about a thaw.
Claire
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Too often the freeze just gets colder and harder, because no-one wants to ‘go first.’ 😦 Egos can ruin everything, especially relationships.
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Nicely written. We both used the frost/sun part of the picture this week, though yours was more metaphorical.
I’m glad they reconciled, I can imagine enduring the sort of relationship you describe so beautifully in your second paragraph.
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“And they lived happily ever after” should be more reality, and less fairy tale. 🙂
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Isn’t a wonderful thing how much happier things are when we swallow our pride?
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I wrote that it was ‘her’, but, the ‘hims’ in the crowd could learn a thing or two also. 😯
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Yes, we all could. 🙂
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I should think most people in a long relationship have had, to a greater or lesser degree, times like this. Building bridges is so much better than being right but – hey – humans can be stubborn. Nice piece!
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Thanx for the read. 🙂
Though not always, the older we become, the more set in our ways we get. I’m still arguing about this Law of Gravity thing. 😉 😕
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I like the ‘rime of discord’ and the idea of a bridge that leads back to former happiness. Powerful words – ‘I’m sorry’. Nice story.
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That’s what you get, when I research Keats and Coleridge, metaphorically. I’m glad you liked it. 🙂
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Maybe that bridge will work.. nice metaphor.
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Apologizing can make all the difference. I hope it works for them and for anyone else in that type of situation.
janet
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