Forced Proximity Ideas Novels & Stories

Too deliberate in its weight. They are not hiding anymore. The thought arrived cleanly. Whatever caution had characterized the evening's earlier movements was gone. They had made their assessment and now they were announcing themselves, which meant the assessment stage was finished and they had moved into something else. "They are forcing proximity," I said. "Yes," he said. "And proximity forces the choice." I looked at him. "I told you twenty minutes ago that I had already made the choice."