Five-Minute fiction - 23:17-23:22
Ill be quite frank with you, I dont actually care, Hawthorne said as he shut the door and the lock clicked over.
Youre just being a big baby! Amanda yelled. She banged against the glass viewport that was pointed at head height in the door but the thick plastic-like glass absorbed the impact of her blows and disseminated the sound into near nothingness.
She watched helpless as Hawthorne crossed to the wall of space-suits each hanging on their individual racks and pulled one down. He slipped the suit on easily with the practiced movements of one accustomed to the motions and she banged harder at the glass as he slipped the helmet over his head and his face was lost from sight.
Her legs trembled as he turned and strode toward the airlock door and she felt her feet began to slide. She crashed to her knees the hard metal floor stinging the soft flesh of her knees but she didnt care. Tears streamed down her face and she wiped at them furiously in an attempt to
Ill be quite frank with you, I dont actually care, Hawthorne said as he shut the door and the lock clicked over.
Youre just being a big baby! Amanda yelled. She banged against the glass viewport that was pointed at head height in the door but the thick plastic-like glass absorbed the impact of her blows and disseminated the sound into near nothingness.
She watched helpless as Hawthorne crossed to the wall of space-suits each hanging on their individual racks and pulled one down. He slipped the suit on easily with the practiced movements of one accustomed to the motions and she banged harder at the glass as he slipped the helmet over his head and his face was lost from sight.
Her legs trembled as he turned and strode toward the airlock door and she felt her feet began to slide. She crashed to her knees the hard metal floor stinging the soft flesh of her knees but she didnt care. Tears streamed down her face and she wiped at them furiously in an attempt to