The Trial ; D.M

𝗪𝗮𝗿 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘅-𝗗𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗘𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿, 𝗗𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗼 𝗠𝗮𝗹𝗳𝗼𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗽𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟯𝟬𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁, 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗪𝗶𝘇𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗮𝗿. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗺𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗿 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗹𝗳𝗼𝘆 𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀.

𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗴𝗼 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝟰.

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"Do I really bother you?"

She rolls her eyes and slaps the newspaper down onto the table, eyes pinning him.

"Oh no! Is it obvious?" she asks, sarcastically. Dramatic, as if it's the end of the world that he'd know.

Again, he laughs. Nods.

"Like a fly bothers a spider," she continues, taking a sip of her tea.

"Careful," he grins. "I don't think your analogy there is quite correct. You see spiders tend to like flies."

He stands up, takes another bite of his half eaten toast and walks towards the archway that she's sitting nearest to. He's behind her when he leans over slightly and mutters,

"They even eat them."

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cover art by me :)