magisternihil's 100-word story for July 30, 2025

magisternihil wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on July 30, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

“This is me hiking the Appalachian Trail last year,” said Brad. “Ignore the chick in the pictures. She’s unimportant,” he chuckled. Gina feigned interest. She had been feigning a lot of interest on this date, so far. She wondered if it could be a career path. “Looks like a lovely view,” she said. It was at that unfortunate moment he swiped and revealed himself posing, sweaty and shirtless after a workout. “Well if you like that—“ She slapped the button on the counter ending the simulation. Gina sighed. If the real dating world was anything like this, count her out.

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