Monthly Prompt

Light from the early morning sunrise streamed through the apartment windows. A small brown Whiffling, standing on a dresser, held up a square of cloth to the light. “Which bandana today?” Siobhán asked, thumbing through a collection of napkin-sized bandanas perfect for her Whiffling frame. The bandanas were in a rainbow of colors and prints, all lovingly folded and without a wrinkle. “It’s so hard to choose, ...

Quick hands quickly buttoned up a heavy blue shirt, with pale green eyes squeezed shut above them on a pale pink face. A lightweight white lab coat, bright even in the dimness of the simple room, was slung on carelessly — and then carefully smoothed out, with a loving caress. A dark gray and red tie was knotted at the top of the button-up, and blue paper “booties” were tied over the feet. Finally, a pair of thick nitrile gloves hid the offending green lights ...