Flash Fiction #200 – Blinded by the Light

Flash Fiction #200 – Blinded by the Light

Romance filled the air, yet not for him.

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Amid countless male fireflies, he adjusted his display to catch a female’s attention.

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After seven tiring days, a bioluminescent beauty signals interest.

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More suitors, blinded by her resplendence, vie for her affections, but she wants him.

He chases down her dimming glow.

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However, her embrace is anything but tender.

She splits him open and sucks him dry,

taking all that he has to offer.

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Plump, satisfied, and set for life,

she flies away,

leaving him an empty shell of his former self.