Challenge
Scribble, Scramble; Dribble, Drabble, Drabble.
Write me a drabble on any topic. Drabbles are very short stories with precisely 100 words or less. Their purpose is to test a writer's ability to be brief with their writing while still expressing interesting ideas/themes.
Palais des Ducs et des États de Bourgogne
Steam drifted up off of her cup of coffee. Crowds passed her by, diverging into their separate paths and turns towards their respective intended destinations. Her knuckles were white, her face paler--he was late. He was never late. At an adjacent table, a man with a well-waxed mustache and circular sunglasses lit a Marlboro red, and croaked a couple words to his partner. Her coffee was refilled. The square's traffic had started to thin out; black crows and the directionless began to make up a larger and larger proportion of its occupancy. She remained seated, shaking and staring dead ahead.
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