pmmartiste's 100-word story for April 21, 2025

pmmartiste wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on April 21, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

The sun’s setting was assured. We knew each day wound to an end from the beginning of our existence. We also have always known it at its very best came in the sharing of our sacred space. At a glance it appeared dead, beyond use or purpose, but to the clutch of us who daily gathered it mattered. It fully linked us. It provided us solid connection, and an unquestionable place of belonging. For here, we observed day’s end, chattered about our escapades of the day, and relished in the unique community we had built in this unlikely, desolate haven.

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