Microfantasy Monday — Travel

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Step­ping through the secu­rity clear­ance point, she scans the crowd for his face, des­per­a­tion etched on her fea­tures. Near the point of exhaus­tion, she pushes her­self for­ward, know­ing that each moment brings her closer to his arms. She checks the bag­gage area –still no sign of him. A sob wells up deep within her chest and threat­en­ing to over­whelm her. Tears begin to leak from the cor­ners of her eyes and her shoul­ders sag with defeat.

Strong arms encir­cle her waist from behind. Drop­ping her lug­gage with a clat­ter, she spins in his embrace, every ordeal of the last 24 hours fad­ing beneath the touch of his lips to hers…

Micro­fan­tasy Mon­day is the brain­child of the Swel­ter­ing Celt.