100 words for a good cause

The unutterably lovely Caroline Smailes, author extraordinaire, has come up with a great idea to get people writing and supporting a worthy charity at the same time. Details are at Caroline's site here, but essentially it's a flash fiction competition in which the winners get published in an ebook and the money raised goes to support One in Four, a registered charity which provides support and resources to people who have experienced sexual abuse and sexual violence.


All stories should be no longer than 100 words and inspired by a song that's on YouTube, so here's my humble submission. Wish me luck!

She looked up at me as we lay in the field, the sun warm on my back and the sweet smell of dry grass enveloping us. She'd just said the magic word, her cheeks flushed and her eyes bright with the risk she'd taken.


"I love you."


I looked down at her, at the way she bit her bottom lip, at her hair strewn in a fan of silken ebony. I could practically hear her heart thudding in her chest. Did I love her back? I leant down and we melted into kiss that shook the world.


'Course I did.

Inspired by "Fields of Gold" by Sting