Disguises (#HalloweenChallenge)

sjw2014:

Day two of Der Erzahler’s Halloween challenge! Hope you enjoy this hot piece

Originally posted on Der Erzahler's Musings:

~ Disguises ~

Rewritten from a journal entry dated: 01 November 2013 – Hallowe’en

Some facts have been changed to protect the… innocent.

I can’t believe you’ve come. I sent the invitation for this masquerade party knowing you were recently heartbroken and that you definitely wouldn’t come as part of the band. The jungle drums work well in our little part of this city’s music scene. I admit, nostalgia and my own recent breakup were a tiny bit of motivation but so too was the friendship we’ve cultivated in the years between university and now.

So here you are and I know you even with the mask you wear. I watch you pause in the doorway of the hall, scanning the crowd. The presence that I’ve known since we were kids has mellowed, matured and become even more potent. I can see that in how so many heads both male…

View original 1,455 more words