joeislove's 100-word story for August 27, 2025

joeislove wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on August 27, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

"Annnnnd blastoff!" Ryan was one of those guys. Couldn't just take drugs. Had to make a whole thing about it. During the come-up, he got on a space kick for some reason. Kept talking about screaming through the void. Made the rest of us want to scream into the void, if you know what I mean. When all I wanted to do was close my eyes and just drift in the void. But he has to make it a whole group activity, trying to make sure everyone else is having the same trip as him. He's not invited next time.

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