"Write The Story" Prompt Fills - Multifandom

"A Lunch Date Gone Wrong"

Fandom : Riverdale
Ship : Archie/Eric
Required words : eruption, salad, fire, career, assume, roller skate, draw, promise, full moon, sweet

Archie's career in the army was chaotic most of the time, but there were occasional moments of peace. These moments were short, as there was still a war going on, but it was nice to temporarily escape it all.

Some of these moments were just sweet little conversations late at night with Eric, who he had grown close to over the years. And, sometimes he would just sit alone under the full moon and draw. He wasn't a talented artist by any means, but this little ritual saved his sanity more times than he could count.

One of these moments was during lunch.

He and Eric sat together in a ditch, nibbling on their rations and temporarily just enjoying the quiet. Quiet was rare these days.

"I wish I could just have a salad or something" Eric broke the silence as he ate the familiarly bland war rations. "Or fresh meat over an open fire" he continued. Archie couldn't help but agree. An onlooker may assume they were ungrateful, but the truth was that they had been eating this bland shit for years. Any sort of flavor was rare.

"Well, we're bound to get discharged eventually" Archie reasoned. Eric nodded. "When we're both out, we should meet up" the ginger suggested. "We can find you a nice salad or whatever you'd like, and maybe we could even go roller skating, just the two of us"

Eric smiled as he envisioned this future. The promise of a better tomorrow. But, just then, a grenade landed next to them, and they had to swiftly run away from the eruption of heat and explosive.

The peaceful moment had ended, and it was back to the regular chaos. However, they both had a sense of hope as they fled the ditch.

It would be good