LJI - Season 9 - Week 2 - The Missing Stair

[malruniel11]

Jonathan passed it off as a running joke. At parties and dinner nights with friends he would call Crystal, "my not-so-graceful ballerina," as he squeezed her tight or sloppily gave her a kiss on the cheek. Crystal kept her eyes down and flushed a bit and brushed off her apparent clumsiness with the same old line, "I kept climbing, but there were

Comments

[kehlen]

Nasty situation :(

[malruniel11]

Yuppers. Thankfully this is a fictional situation inspired by two bad falls I had. Mine where honest-to-goodness falls, though, no abuse involved, I promise!

[kehlen]

That's good to hear. Falling, well, even just slipping and landing on your bum on a flight of stairs is bad enough.

[malruniel11]

Quite so. Thankfully it's fictional.

[i_will_not_say]

What a terrible situation for Crystal to be in! I could see why she'd resort to such desperate measures. :/

[malruniel11]

I hope that if I were ever in my character's shoes, if I couldn't find the strength to walk away, then I'd find the strength to do what she's about to do.

[kecharasmoon]

GO CRYSTAL!

[malruniel11]

She's kinda bad ass now that she's standing up for herself!

[bleodswean]

Really fantastic use of the topic.

[malruniel11]

Thank you!