Her eyes widen greedily as she pops the golden clasp to the heart-shaped velvet box and licks her lips. Inside the teeth are lined up in that same heart-shaped formation. Waiting to be plucked. Her finger glides over them, until she picks one, her thumb and forefinger taking it and lifting it to her lips before she pops it into her mouth.

Most people only know the feeling of a loose tooth when t...

Eloise was swinging up and down, her little feet kicking up into the air each time she went higher. Her mother watched from the bench facing the playground, her hand placed on her handbag.

“This seat taken?” A male voice interrupted the focus the mother had, she barely reacts however and instead just glances at him as he sits. “So, you’ve been here a while. How’re you acclimating?”

“Acclimatin...

She grit her teeth together, her arms moving almost of their own accord as the water splashed around her. There was no ache, no thought as to tiredness just adrenaline thrumming through her veins forcing her to keep moving....

Ingrid tapped her finger tapped at the glass divider - strong enough to withstand the conditions should there be a breach in the hull of the spaceship. On the other side her co-pilot Dana had arranged samples from a recent touchdown on an otherwise unremarkable planet.

“Good harvest?” Ingrid questioned, keeping her helmet on. There were a few checks she needed to make, Dana was her last port of ...