vignettes

[marycatelli]

This week's prompt is:
hapless 😢

Anyone can join, with a 50-word creative fiction vignette in the comments. Your vignette does not have to include the prompt term. Any (G or PG) definition of the word can be used.

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[starshipcat.livejournal.com]

Cather Hargreaves looked from one to the other miner. "I trust you have an explanation for this."

The moments that followed gave new meaning to the old saying "the silence was deafening." Even the steady hum of the ventilation fans was a poor distraction from the awkwardness that hung in that little volume of pressurized space.

[marycatelli]

Someone did something stupid.