joeislove's 100-word story for June 11, 2025

joeislove wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on June 11, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

He's always out there, just staring at the sky. He never talks about what happened that night, but you can feel the pain emanating from him in waves. It's painful just walking near him, feeling the intense loneliness. I tried to get him to open up about it once. Brought a sixer of High Life out and we split it. He just kept his eyes on the sky and barely said anything. He did say that "they" would be returning, but it might take a while for them to realize they'd left him behind. I have never seen him blink.

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