As the lightning flashed outside, and the rain came pouring down, the man in front of the television didn't mind it one bit. It wasn't that he particularly liked the doom and gloom, or the sudden storm that had come out of nowhere. But it suited his mood at the moment. Martin Burris hadn't had a good few days, to say the least. His cheating whore of a girlfriend had dumped him, he was behind on the rent (thanks to the above, as they'd been splitting it and barely getting by), and his hours at work had been cut. So he sat, blankly watching the television as he had been for the past few hours.
It was a small house; with drab carpeting, a dark couch. Downstairs was storage, the laundry room, and the furnace, all unfinished.
Life wasn't quite as fun at twenty eight as it had been at twenty seven. He didn't want to get on his exercise bike, didn't want to clean up his basement, didn't want to go on his computer, where he could still smell her perfume. Nor did he feel like drinking to numb the pain (at the very least, not yet). He just wanted to watch the news mindlessly, letting the pain sink in like an open wound, to get angrier and angrier with no outlet for it. She'd said he hadn't been forceful enough, hadn't been daring enough, hadn't taken enough chances with their relationship or been open about how he felt about her.
Well. If she thought so little of his love, then why bother with it? Fuming even more as he thought about it, Martin's hand tightened, as if she was there, as if he could take her, grab her, force her over the table and do the things she apparently wanted done to her. Another deep breath, as he knew that would never be the case, and probably wouldn't' be for a while. He was stuck here, alone, his neighbors all away for the long weekend, with family, friends, whatever.
And it wasn't as if someone was going to come knocking on his door in this weather, right?
It was a small house; with drab carpeting, a dark couch. Downstairs was storage, the laundry room, and the furnace, all unfinished.
Life wasn't quite as fun at twenty eight as it had been at twenty seven. He didn't want to get on his exercise bike, didn't want to clean up his basement, didn't want to go on his computer, where he could still smell her perfume. Nor did he feel like drinking to numb the pain (at the very least, not yet). He just wanted to watch the news mindlessly, letting the pain sink in like an open wound, to get angrier and angrier with no outlet for it. She'd said he hadn't been forceful enough, hadn't been daring enough, hadn't taken enough chances with their relationship or been open about how he felt about her.
Well. If she thought so little of his love, then why bother with it? Fuming even more as he thought about it, Martin's hand tightened, as if she was there, as if he could take her, grab her, force her over the table and do the things she apparently wanted done to her. Another deep breath, as he knew that would never be the case, and probably wouldn't' be for a while. He was stuck here, alone, his neighbors all away for the long weekend, with family, friends, whatever.
And it wasn't as if someone was going to come knocking on his door in this weather, right?