My heavy breath echoed in the otherwise silent hall. My legs felt as if somebody replaced them with lead. I finally brought myself to a stop, just to regain my breath. I removed my round glasses from my face. I cleaned the dirty, broken lenses only to get a glimpse of my weary face. My short black hair looked as if a cow licked it and someone tried to hide it with my bubblegum coloured hairpins. My blue eyes were watery and looked as if I could cry at any moment. My face was red with exhaustion.I hastily put my glasses back on my nose and continued down the run down hall. The wooden floors begun to creak under my weight, a new wave of fear...
My heavy breath echoed in the otherwise silent hall. My legs felt as if somebody replaced them with lead. I finally brought myself to a stop, just to regain my breath. I removed my round glasses from my face. I cleaned the dirty, broken lenses only to get a glimpse of my weary face. My short black hair looked as if a cow licked it and someone tried to hide it with my bubblegum coloured hairpins. My blue eyes were watery and looked as if I could cry at any moment. My face was red with exhaustion.I hastily put my glasses back on my nose and continued down the run down hall. The wooden floors begun to creak under my weight, a new wave of fear...
Occasionally, They Smoked (SwissMano) by eyesocketsandsuits, literature
Literature
Occasionally, They Smoked (SwissMano)
They smoked, occasionally. Never anything formal, at the back of whatever building had been decided for the World Meeting. Only a few would gather at the back, some for a quick puff, others for a more stress-reducing break. Switzerland didn’t smoke. He muttered this under his breath when he would join them, leaning against the building, watching the smoke trails wistfully. Romano would sit on the curb, head turned to watch Switzerland breathe in the second hand smoke. It was cold this time of year in England. The smokers huddled around the door of the office building, bumming smokes off of one another and chatting in whatever language was ...