The wind whipped my cheeks until they turned red. The breeze carried the smell of salt. I felt happy, free, but at the same time, I had fear and curiosity. These feelings made me run until my feet sank into the loose sand. The grains of sand warmed and turned black beneath my toes and stabbed me in the foot. With each step, I felt the sand crackling beneath me. And then I saw a figure shrouded in shadows. Who can it be? Overall, it's after midnight.
He is a man, the muscles in his back tense and he turned to me. He was half-naked, his lower body is shrouded in sea waves. He looked like one of Zeus' children. His gaze pierced me, I could feel his eyes all over my body, and something in me ignited, something I hadn't felt in a long time. Now the water covered his whole body, including what God had given him. „What's your name?" He asked. I got nervous and said my name, so quietly he could not hear it. „Mercy."
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I'm not brave enough to love
Short Storyhave you ever fallen in love with a person who is your absolute opposite? You both love each other, but you can't be together because you're water and they're fire, and only one of you is strong or weak enough to survive this kind of love. Only one...
