"Sour Grapes" for the Short Affair Challenge

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Challenge: The Short Affair

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-Prompt Word 1 - Trap

-Prompt Word 2 – Elderly

-Prompt Colour – Brown

Author: mrua7

Title: Sour Grapes

Word count: 725

Comments

[laurose8.livejournal.com]

A nice and believable little episode, with them both solid. The old man, too, is well done. And a good non-Thrushy jailor.

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I thought it would be a change of pace for THRUSH not to be involved.

ABC chapter N will be posting in about a half hour. "D

[jantojones.livejournal.com]

The Old Man has a way of knowing all, so he's bound to find out. I enjoyed the way a tiny insignificant act could ended up having a detrimental effect on Illya.

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I didn't want him to make a rookie mistake with a Thrushie involved. So an innocent mistake and getting arrested for it seemed to work. And the old man apologized on top of it for things getting out of hand...which helped.