Writing Prompt

It looked exactly like Nathan apart from the mole just under his left eye. He had always said that he wanted to get it surgically removed, I thought that was a bit extreme, it was a tiny thing. It was something you wouldn’t have noticed but I did because I saw it every day since we had started school together.

“Who are you and where’s Nathan?" I asked, my voice trembling.

Whoever, whatever this i...

I turned to the man and asked, “Excuse me, did you see a guy sitting here... looks a lot like you?”

“No.”

“I don’t mean to bother you, but...”

“Then don’t”

I didn’t know how to respond to that, so I turned back around in my seat.

The clock read 2:30, but I wasn’t sure if that was the time or when the clock stopped working. I looked at my wrist, and saw the discoloration on that denoted where my...

It was somebody I’ve never met. I don’t know how I could tell it was not him, but I knew for a fact it wasn’t. He wasn’t sounding like himself. He had lost all hope. The boy who used to believe in heaven and light and benevolence believed no more. It was scaring me more than the creature we were running from. He seemed to have no motivation. I drug him into an old shop to hide and tried to slap hi...

He blinked and I looked away, I didn’t want him to know what I was thinking.

“Are you suspicious of me?” he asked jokingly. I laughed nervously to keep up the pretense. A pretense that was failing.

“No, of course not, I know it’s you... It’s just...”

His eyebrow raised. His right eyebrow. Usually it’s his left. He waited for me to finish.

“...you can’t be too careful.”

“I understand that you’...

There was a banging somewhere in the distance, rattling my brain. I crawled out of bed and I knew straight away things were not right. Everything felt strange, familiar but unfamiliar at the same time, like I’d dreamt about the items in my flat but now I couldn’t quit touch the dream, leaving everything blurry.

I stumbled around an unfamiliar room, looking for something to cover my bare skin. I ...

“Kevin.” I reached out and shook his shoulder. “Kevin did you hear me?”

“Hmm?” His eyes snapped to mine. “What?”

“You spaced out there. You okay?”

“Yeah I’m fine.” He smiled and patted me on the shoulder. “Class is about to start. See you around.”

“Yeah...” I watched him job off. Something was strange ever since he got back from his camping trip he didn’t seem to be the talkative person I knew...