Flash Freewrite #002 — It was rather his conduct

Vness Rising
1 min readMar 2, 2021

It was rather his conduct, his behaviour that rankled her. The way he slouched against the wall, hands in his pockets instead of standing up straight and looking her in the eye. His denim jeans sagged, revealing the waistband of his pants — something she hated but they were all doing it now.

“teenager” by adropp is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

She wondered if he was high or his eyes were half-lidded because he didn’t want to engage.

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Vness Rising

Published author, playwright, editor, journalist. I write on race, culture, relationships with some flash fiction thrown in.