This post is submitted to Friday Fictioneers.
Total word count 100.
I purchased the storage unit as a temporary place to put my belongings while I moved into my future wife’s house. What I liked most was that it had a lightbulb inside.
It took a week to move everything I had. For the following few weeks I visited for an hour or two just to be myself. My own little furnished room.
It was a little over two months after the wedding I began to spend more time there.
This evening I am reading todays New York Times. I turn the light out at 10 wondering how things could have been.
Oh Danny Boy! 
DJ–you doing OK? It has been forever!
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No problem here. Just have lost interest at the moment. Reading a lot but not writing. I think about publishing a lot I just haven’t taken any action. Perhaps your nudge will help. How are you doing during this COVID-19 situation? Pretty much been at home here in Ocala. Few trips to the store and an occasional take out order.
Take Care.
BY THE WAY …I’ve a adopted a dog and yet the cats get along with her just fine. Her name is Belle and she is a 5 year old Black Mouth Cur (I had to google that) and just a pleasure to be with. We take long walks and she is just fine on a leash except when she sees a squirrel and rabbit and then it’s game, set and match. She weights 75 pounds and when she sees one of those critters you better hang on.
Danny
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Ha! Good to hear from you, Danny. I retired in February–in the nick of time b/c I would not have done well on Zoom. I had a hard enough time staying ‘alert’ in regular meetings. Zoom would have been a whole nother ballgame. As long as Belle has been accepted by the cats, whew! All is well. I still have my 3 indoor and the 3 outdoor/neighborhood cats. Beaches opened here in the Panhandle and people are nuts. I’m staying home. Glad you are well. I miss my ‘regulars.’ Take care of you and the critters. Lois
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Oh, so sad. A situation and a lot of character shown in few words.
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ouch, the story bit me right at the end. Great take on the prompt.
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Thanks!
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There is a fine line between the man cave and the dog house. Nice illustration of it, Danny.
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Indeed it is a very fine line.
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Two months! A marriage made in Heaven.
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🙂
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A great place to escape to now and again, but I’m not sure I like it to be home!
Here’s my tale!
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Methinks marriage was not the best choice for him…
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Methinks you are correct.
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🙂
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How unutterably sad. It sure didn’t take long for the marriage to fall apart.
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Was not meant to be I guess,
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Guess he needed his own space. Sad one, DJ.
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Not a good place to be for his sanity.
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As the line says “the love turns frogs into princes, marriage turns them slowly back again”. Nicely done
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Sadly, I quite like the idea of a little man cave to myself, surrounded by my stuff and some peace and quiet!
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I think everyone needs a little time now and then to reflect on life. Thanks Iain.
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Oh dear, his man cave has become a little more permanent.
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Not sure that is a good thing.
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