Welcome to the Spot Writers. This month’s prompt is ‘The door you locked is wide open.’
This story was written by Phil Yeats.
Last fall, he published The Souring Seas, the first volume in a
precautionary tale about the hazards of ignoring human-induced climate change.
The second volume, Building Houses of Cards, appeared in May 2022.
For information about these books, visit his website–https://alankemisterauthor.wordpress.com/
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Doors Locked and
Bolted
by Phil Yeats
The introverted young man never
mastered the university mating game. He tried, but never felt the compelling
desire that drove most of his classmates. He sought help in the university
health centre. They told him he couldn’t father a child or satisfy a woman. Their
confirmation of what he already suspected hardened his resolve. He locked his
door to traditional romantic entanglements.
Desperate for a solution to his life-altering
medical problem, he considered alternate lifestyles and transgender surgery,
but decided they weren’t for him. It left him with a bachelor’s life where he
sought fulfilment in other directions. Several years later, he had an
interesting career and productive side interests. None of them involved
emotional commitment to others.
He continued, content but not truly
happy until today, when he found her standing in the wide-open doorway to his deepest
secrets. The old friend from before he committed to his current path had
impeccable arguments for flinging open the door he’d so carefully locked and
bolted. He stared heavenward, hoping for arguments that might challenge her
irrefutable logic. None came to mind.
He took her hand, and they marched
into the future together. Two lonely souls seeking synergies. Could they
succeed? Or would theirs be a brief sojourn into companionship? Was he destined
to return to his lonely life, his career, and sterile outside interests? Only time
would tell.
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The Spot
Writers—Our Members:
Val Muller: http://www.valmuller.com/blog/
Catherine A.
MacKenzie: https://writingwicket.wordpress.com/wicker-chitter/
Phil Yeats: https://alankemisterauthor.wordpress.com/
Chiara De Giorgi: https://chiaradegiorgi.blogspot.com/
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