Cheater's 100-word story for May 9, 2025

Cheater wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on May 9, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

Sunlight spilled across the table like liquid gold, catching the edges of polished glass, dancing in tiny reflections. A hush of conversation drifted around, soft and contented, as though the day itself had exhaled. The hum of the street faded behind a curtain of warmth and stillness. A hand brushed linen, fingers tracing absent patterns while waiting. Across the table, laughter glinted in someone's eyes—quiet, unspoken joy. In that suspended moment, time folded inward, like breath held in anticipation. The world outside blurred, softened. Inside this capsule of calm, everything felt possible. The ordinary transformed into something tender, enduring.

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