Writing prompt(?): Write something about a character from the perspective of a different character. Try using a style of writing you imagine they would have instead of using your own.
posting this within minutes of finishing so i don't wimp out /hj
i tried to use a more "Andrey" writing style, but don't ask me to explain my thought process for it, idk how well it even worked lskgjdlkgjsld
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Andrey laid in his hammock that night, wide awake. He didn’t know why, but he couldn’t stop thinking about his conversation with Atkinson earlier that day. The kid looked a bit happier after hearing Andrey’s story, but Andrey couldn’t help wondering…
Did he do the right thing?
Atkinson reminded Andrey so much of his younger self. Eager, innocent, maybe a little too lovestruck. Would a younger Andrey need to hear about the years to come? Would he even listen?
For Atkinson’s sake, Andrey hoped so. He didn’t want to see Atkinson lose himself to pain and anger like he did all those years ago. He hoped something he said helped Atkinson in some way.
But did it even matter?
Atkinson wasn’t Andrey. He had no – what was the word? – guarantee that Atkinson would react the same way if his girl left. If she even left in the first place. Andrey had no proof but Atkinson’s own worries. What if he made Atkinson worry for no reason?
Well, he tried, and that had to be enough. He could only hope that Atkinson would avoid the years of what-ifs, self-pitying, and bitterness that he fought through. If there was any way to help the kid avoid those same mistakes, Andrey owed it to his younger self to try.
