“Don’t worry. Trust me. I can do this.” His own words now echoed in his ears, taunting him with the prospect of failure. His confidence had weak lungs apparently; blustering at the bottom, it had begun to gasp the higher he got. Here at the top, his bravado had entirely expired in a pathetic asthmatic wheeze.
He looked down.
Down, down, down, and down some more.
He cursed his knocking knees and cursed the cheering crowds more. Supporters and deriders; many had come to watch him soar, but more had come to watch him fall.
“Fuck it.”
He leaped.
Friday Fictioneers
Word count: 100
Thanks to Rochelle (our host) and Sandra (our photographer this week).
Next week: Back to our regular blogging schedule!
Uncertain Tales 
Loved the way you anthropomorphous way you chose to describe the protag’s confidence and bravado. It somehow helped me connect with him, despite the fact that I’ve never hang-glided or bungee jumped. Nice work, as always.
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Hope that first step off was not his last?
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Uh oh 🙂
I liked the way you portrayed his confidence and bravado.
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Dear KT,
I liked ‘down, down, down and down some more.’ Good use of repetition to give the reader the sense of how high the cliff is. I was hoping that he was bungee jumping and not just committing suicide before an audience.
Good news that you’ll be back full swing this week. 😉
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thanks Rochelle – Glad to be back :).
I’m looking forward to getting into the ConCrit Crowd (CCC?), I think I need something like that to get renewed motivation into progressing my writing.
Cheers
KT
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I agree with CCC (I like that) but, as I cautioned this week, criticism for the sake of crit is not necessary.
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A good point – CCC can be a great tool, but nitpicking simply to say something isn’t helpful.
I’ll do my best to walk on the right side of the line 🙂
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As one who hates heights, your imagery had me holding my breathe! Well done.
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