This is the follow up part of the scene I posted to the Fiction with Friction blog on Friday. If you didn’t read that one, you can find it here.
(Archives are on the website, if you want to read the offerings of past weeks)
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Up in Flames – Part 2
(c) 2008 by Maura Anderson
Jim twisted together the fuses of two mortars, dropped them into their launch tubes and lit them. He trotted back toward the patio, a huge smile on his face.
Ka-bang!
A rapid series of booms lit up the now dark sky with the colorful mortar flowers. Too bad Noah didn’t want to take his eyes of his sexy neighbor to look up. The sparks between them were hotter than anything he’d bought on the res. He was almost eager for the fireworks to be done so they could move to something even more explosive—a change from his usual desire to make the pyrotechnics last as long as possible.
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