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[treatmelikeasmut]

Day 16 - Ballad

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You hated these stupid, stuffy galas. There were too many people you were forced to smile at. Too much small talk to make. And you always got separated from your date - always - it never failed.

You’d lost sight of him sometime ago. Forcibly pulled apart by wealthy investors. Last you’d seen, he’d found Jayce and was carefully tucked away in a corner.

Finally, you were alone. The small orchestra began playing a ballad.

“Finally, I have found you again,” sighed Viktor’s voice, an arm wrapping your waist.

You chuckled. “They’re worse than vultures.”

“Care for a dance?”

“With you? Always.”

[heartofafiend]

Day 16 - Ballad

(●´艸｀)ヾ (reposting)

The vinyl was looping the notes from the old ballad he put on. Like a broken record it echoed through the room. 

It was going for so long that your brain imprinted the portion that was looped “never ending l… never ending l… never”.

Love gooddamit, never ending love. 

The recorder gave out a click when the needle left the black surface. Moment before you would opt into shooting it down, quite literally. 

“Why didn’t you stop it, kitten?”

You curled around a pillow looking at him, steam following him from the bathroom. Too sore to move. 

“I wonder why.”

[themadlu]

Drabble May Challenge Day 16: Ballad

I'm a little late but was at a friend's hen do, so I'm still happy I managed to jot this down!

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Reka loosened her grip on the screwdriver when she turned her head to the back of her van.Slava sat with the crisscrossed legs and thrown-back head of a child in wonder. Reka knew that stargazing hasn't replaced the scheming and planning. And yet, the traitorous wish was there, zapping through her like lighting on a sunny day.I want to see him like this more often. "What," Slava called, without turning. "Are you enjoying the view? Want a portrait?""Shut it," Reka's cheeks grew as hot as the stigrmetal chip she held. "Want to write me a ballad, perhaps?"

[mokaisathome]

Drabble Challenge — Day 16: Ballad

On AO3

   The soft notes of the ballad that spilled out from Kalim’s headphones – Jamil’s headphones actually, but he lent them to him – were the only sounds in the room, echoing through the air as Jamil silently walked toward the bed.

   The loose music scores underneath Kalim’s head were stained with drool and ink splashes, making them hard to read – Kalim’s neat handwriting was his only saving grace at school but even that seemed to have gone out of the window as he fell asleep with his pen in hand. With a sigh, he cleaned up and put Kalim to bed properly.

[mistressofherdomain]

Drabble Challenge 2025 Day 16 Prompt: Ballad

Mabel walked silently towards the barn, the sound of the guitar luring her closer.  She didn’t want to disturb Cooper, she knew he used this time to clear his head.

Approaching the boxwood tree, she could see him sitting on the rock beyond, handsome in the moonlight.  

The song changed, a ballad she recognized as one he’d written for her when they’d dated. He’d spotted her.

She joined him on the rock, leaning her head on his shoulder as his beautiful voice washed over her.

Flawed as he was, no one had ever filled her heart with love like Cooper.