JKWriter's 100-word story for December 15, 2025

JKWriter wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on December 15, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

She stood there...just looking at the ball sitting on the floor while the air crackled with the deafening sounds of the crowd screaming and yelling. The thunderous clapping and foot stomping made the entire gymnasium shake. All she could do was stand there and stare at the basketball that had been left behind after the final basket. It was the only thing keeping her from succumbing to sensorial overload and melting down into a frantic puddle in the middle of the bleacher she was sitting on. This was the painful plight of an undiagnosed autistic person in the eighties.

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