Writing Prompt

If my brother had not been so stubborn, none of this would’ve happened!

It all started roughly a week ago... An ordinary day, one might say... But for me and my brother, it was FAR from ordinary...

At around 11pm at night last Friday, I recieved a text message from my bro. It read:

“Hey, Greg, I want to to show u something. If ur still awake, come over!”

I was curious, so I decided to head ove...

If my brother had not been stubborn, none of this would have happened. If he had just handed over that chicken we would be out tending to our failing crops and braving the cold in clothes as thin as my hairline. Instead, here we are, locked up with no windows to let in a breeze and one square meal of gruel to keep us nourished.

Maybe prison isn’t so bad....

If my brother had not been so stubborn, none of this would have happened. I told him to give back the cap but he was adamant that it had always been him. I had never seen him wear a cap before, he had never shown any inclination of supporting the Metz in his life. I didn’t even know if they were Baseball or Basketball.

Never have I ever seen a split so severe in my family. It was shaking the very...

If my brother had not been so stubborn, none of this would have happened.

I love him very much. He is always looking for his “perfect woman”. She is always just around the corner which is possible in a place like London. Calling him picky would be an insult to picky people. He should just have a painting done from his imagination because no woman who looks like his dream woman would even giv...

We were stood in front of our mother wearing our Sunday best, not that you would have known, mind, since droplets of mud were slowly drip-dripping on the marble in the foyer. With each splatter came a small twitch in our mother’s left eyelid just below her brow, appearing only at my brother’s tomfoolery and my being dragged into it. She was staring at us angrily and yet utterly speechless with her...

If my brother had not been so stubborn, none of this would have happened.

We’re opposites, me and him. I’m easygoing and not altogether much concerned about particulars. His steadfast sense of fairness is matched only by his asinine obstinance.

I should have known he’d make a scene about the room.

Weddings are enough to make the most even-keeled people froth at the mouth. Alex is not even-ke...

“If my brother had not been so stubborn, none of this would have happened,” he says as tears well in his eyes. He takes a breath to steady himself and continues: “And I’ve never been more grateful for his bullheadedness in my life!” He, and everyone else in the church, laughs.

Dean will never forget that epic night when his brother, Danny, had forced him to go to Chrissy Carlisle’s party. He’d j...

It happened last Friday night at Franks. We were having a couple beers. I told him, “Don’t be an idiot, use a condom.” He took a deep breath. It reeked of alcohol. He reached for something in his back pocket, “Here is $20. Don’t wait up.” Next thing I remember after that is waking up to a familiar voice, “You know how long you’ve gone last night?” Before I could answer, “Oh wait don’t tell me. You...

If my brother had not been so stubborn, none of this would have happened. But here I sat, on the eldest’s throne, where I had always wanted to be - but for not much longer. Here I was, but Marius was dead and it was his own fault. But I was getting the blame for it.

In my youth, I concocted a plan to get rid of my brother for good, so the throne would be mine. I knew I was willing to go to any ex...

If my brother had not been so stubborn, none of this would have happened. On Sunday, my brother and I went to the market. Kids aren’t really allowed there so we were sneaking around. That’s when the Mayor walked in. My brother was looking at something, staring really, and I told him that we needed to go. That’s when he got stubborn. He wanted whatever it was he was looking at, and I couldn’t get h...