magisternihil's 100-word story for June 25, 2025

magisternihil wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on June 25, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

I liked talking to Mallory. She was a nice person and a good friend, but she did this weird thing whenever you said goodbye. She would do that okay symbol with her hand and look at you through it. Everyone talked about it, but no one asked. Finally one day, after a chat in the park, she did it and I asked. She looked self-conscious at first, but then had me make the gesture and look at her through it. All I saw, for that moment, was her smiling face. “It’s a mental photograph,” she said, “so you always remember.”

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