Return of the 'Short Affair' Challenge

[jantojones]

So.....

It's been a while.

Things are a little quiet around these parts and I would like to try and pick things up again. I may be peeing into the wind, but I have to try.

I know that many people haven't written for a while, and can't find the inclination to do so, and I figured 'How about a challenge?'. For the short Affair you only need to write between 300 — 1000 words, based on prompts comprising of 2 words and one colour. (You can use one or both of the words, but you must use the colour.)

So, how about it? Are you for the challenge? For those of us who haven't been around, I'm sure our boys have missed us. Well, maybe not Illya....

Anyway, you'll find everything you need to know below. There's no official time limit on it, but I was thinking of posting another prompt in a couple of weeks.

Have at it!

(Cross posted to LiveJournal)

 -Prompt Word 1 -  Beach

-Prompt Word 2 – Hold

-Prompt Colour -  Grey/Gray


Choose to use one of the prompt words, or to use both in your story (not forgetting the colour element), remembering to state which combination of prompts you are using.

Challenge Rules

-Your story can be built around one or both of the prompt words plus the colour. I.E.- Word 1/Colour, Word 2/Colour, or Word 1/Word 2/Colour.

-Word Count - must be between 300 and 1000.

-All stories should be headed with ‘Short Affair’ Challenge and your title.

-Please state at the top of your post which prompt combination you are using.

-Tags - please use short_affair, gen, gen-mature or het.

-Section VII is a Gen community, so stories should be appropriate, i.e. nothing explicit or overly-graphic. However, there is the Gen-Mature tag for anything containing violence, torture or mild Het. The Map Room should be used for Het stories, but again, nothing overly graphic.