magisternihil's 100-word story for September 2, 2025

magisternihil wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on September 2, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

There used to be a fallen tree here, back when this was a forest. They sat together on its knobby bark and talked about the future and what it could bring. He built the bench out of the tree, surprised her with it on her birthday, along with a ring. She made him a picnic there, a year or so later. Surprised him with a news from her doctor visit. He was glad then he made it big enough for more than two. So many years have passed. So many generations. The bench now sits forgotten. But the wood remembers.

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