Soberish For October Novels & Stories

Lucian Moretti – POV The adjacent room was soundproofed, equipped with a single speaker that fed audio from my study and a one-way mirror made of polished obsidian. From my side, it was a window. From hers, a dark, impenetrable wall. A perfect metaphor.

Things she'd taken for granted before all this. "Where are we going?" "You'll see." Clipped. Controlled. He still wouldn't look at her. She turned back to the window. Swallowed against the tightness in her throat. Twenty minutes crawled by like hours. Then the buildings began to thin. The road curved, following the coastline, and the smell hit her through the air vents, salt and seaweed. The ocean. Her chest expanded with the breath she took. The car slowed into an empty parking lot overlooking the beach. Moonlight painted the water in silvers and grays, the waves coming in steady and eternal. The beach stretched in both directions, utterly deserted.

Those wounds on his lips will torture him in pain whenever he tries to laugh and smile. He was done healing himself before, but now, he would start again. The most painful and fearful start for him. I held his hand and weakly smiled at him, "Vico, you're here again. How unlucky, isn't it? Don't wake up while you're here." My hand was held tighter on his hand while I was biting my lips to stifle my sobs, "If that cream ceiling was the one that welcomed your eyes, you're going back to your old self. This time, you might want to end everything for real..."

It looked like that there’s a young man confessing his feeling of love to the apple of his eyes. “Wow! It’s really beautiful!” Qeiza spontaneously admired the charms of the sparks on the night sky. The moon—which was still shrouded in clouds—actually increased the charms of the newly released fireworks. All of sudden Dae Hyun’s face with his intoxicating smile incarnated in the center of the beautiful circle of the sparks. “God!” Qeiza blessed and blinked fast. She was rubbing her eyes with unbelievable feeling. She might need to see a doctor. Lately she’s been frequently hallucinating.

Tomorrow my problems are all going to disappear. Thank you Carmel for being so dumb, if only you knew that Octavia was going to go down for your stupid. ################

^DEPRESSED^ I still hear you voice I still feel your presence I remember our first kiss The times made me laugh and smile But they’re all gone including you My once perfect love Is now a figment of my imagination All the promises of love are gone Indeed there is no such thing as happy ever after Each night Each day Whenever I close my eyes I still see your beautiful smile I hear your heavenly laughter But when I open my eyes I realize it’s all in my head How could you move on While I live in the past

"Don't! Don't make noises, and Don't panic,'' I warned them. We stood back to back in an attacking position. I was the oldest one here. All three of us were omegas. And I couldn't even shift properly. I wasn't even sure if I could use the pack link or not. " June, Cathy, try to use the pack link and ask for help." "I'm trying already. Seems like we are not in the range anymore," Cathy said. June was already terrified. She was almost trembling. Cathy was on the verge of crying as well. "We can't make it like this," I told them. "You two need to listen and calm down." But nothing was helping. They were getting more and more panicked. The appearances were becoming visible quickly.

ASHER * * Whenever I go through a bad break-up, there's usually three things that comes in mind to do. 1) Crash out. Just cry and listen to Olivia Rodrigo and ghost everyone for weeks 2) Drink till stupor. 3) Fuck I took the third option. Now there's something called Sober sex, you fuck the closest person around when you're sad, depressed or angry. I don't want to crash out, and I don't want to drink... sex is the only option left.

After reading for some time he turned and frowned to see the cover page. "October breeze'. Is this the title." he asked in amusement. I nodded enthusiastically. "And may I know what this means." he questioned, cocking an eyebrow. I smiled and took his hand in mine. "Do you know what the speciality of October is?" I asked. "Of course. In that month na, we both got married." he replied excitedly with shining eyes. "Ya the special day of our life and this October signifies our marriage day and breeze....it refers to you Rohan." I said looking at him lovingly.

“So, you like to follow orders, then?” “Pays the bills.” I say, swaying slightly. I need to learn how to hold my drinks. He holds me by the waist to keep me from falling and I suddenly feel warm. “You are drunk.” “Not drunk, just tipsy.” “Okay.” He said, leaning back into his chair, ‘You are tipsy on the job, why is that?” “Number one, it’s my birthday and number two, I have four minutes, no, scratch that.” I said, looking at my watch, “I have two minutes left of this shift, so make your order.”