Microfantasy Monday

So, I decided I'd try my hand at this Microfantasy Monday thing I keep hearing about. Not sure that I'll have much luck but here goes...

This week the theme is Thunder. OH, don't forget to stop by and visit Sweltering Celt at her blog.


The night is so dark, the clouds have rolled in from the mountains, and covered the moon. Standing in the bedroom looking out the french doors I watched the rainfall, praying the storm would pass. Ever since I was a child I hated thunderstorms. The lights had flashed several times the last hour, thankfully my cell phone was maintaining signal.

"Babydoll? Are you ok lover" You asked. The wind was picking up, whipping the trees around in a mad dance of dark figures, like Imps offering up Thanks to the Gods. While I knew you were just trying to distract me, the tension in the air tonight wasn't going to let me relax and stop my pacing.

"Mmm-hmmm, fine babe. Why do you ask?"

"You're very quiet tonight lover," the concern in his voice brought me back momentarily.

"It's just the storm love. I'll be fine when it ends." Once more I started pacing the length of the house, from the kitchen to the bedroom, and back again.

"You know once we're together, you'll love storms."

I laughed knowing that he had been saying that for the last several months, I'd yet to believe him, and with there being no end to our separation in sight, I wasn't holding out much hope. "You know if you say that often enough lover I may actually start to believe it."

"Oh, what would help you believe it Babydoll?" he said in that soft soothing voice that always brings me to my knees. I stopped my pacing and fell into the recliner outside the bedroom door. There was something odd in your voice.

I put my head against the wall and sighed deeply, "You here, now Sir." There was a long pause then before I whispered, "I need you." Those three words, the ones that mean more to us both than I love you. They held a much deeper meaning, one we would never admit to anyone outside us.

"I know Babydoll," he laughed, "all in due time." There was a flash of lightning then and the lights went out. I gasped in surprise and curled my legs up in the chair wrapping my free hand around them, my cheek on my knees. "K? Can you do me a favor?"

"Yes Sir"

The house was dark, and the only sound was the rain falling. Splattering the house, falling harder as the minutes went on. "Alright Babydoll, I want you to go to the door, open it, step outside, and tell me what you see?"

"Are you CRAZY!? It's pouring out there, Babe." What was he thinking?? sighing deeply again, "Which door, Sir?" I knew I couldn't say no to him.

"How about the bedroom?" Of course the bedroom. French doors, that open out on to a patio in serious need of repair. Slowly, stretching my legs, and easing up from the chair I made my way to the bedroom door. Not really wanting to, but not seeing any other option.


I walked up to the door, hesitating as I opened the door and let the cool air blow over me. "Let me know when you are outside, lover." He instructed.

I counted to 3, before stepping out into the rain. Amazingly it wasn't coming down that hard after all. "OK Sir, I'm outside. Now what?"

Just then a flash of lightning crossed the sky lighting up the dark road in front of my house, and the black SUV that wasn't supposed to be there. And him....standing in the rain, a smile on his face, he'd done it.......






I wasn't afraid anymore