Prose Challenge of the Week #20: Write a three sentence story about desire. The winner will be chosen based on a number of criteria, this includes: fire, form, and creative edge. Number of reads, bookmarks, and shares will also be taken into consideration. The winner will receive $100. When sharing to Twitter, please use the hashtag #ProseChallenge

Flint-struck.

Sable streams of smoke confirm- you are still smoldering. I scuff my feet and search for words, but the fire in your cheeks and voice incinerates me at the speed of kindling.

In the time it takes me to sketch a line of defense and draw a breath, your napalm inquisition fizzles out, neutered now into ambivalence - or apathy - between the smears of my erasure and the growing distance from the question mark.