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2017 AMAB/HBF Flash Fiction Contest | Short listed Story | Roughshod By Damilare Bello

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He remembers it this way – shoving his hands as far as possible and watching helplessly as they fail to find purchase. She'd uttered no sound through the descent, merely cutting through 12 feet of conditioned air like an ambitious swan that caught cold. No panic-induced falsetto. No frantic attempts. It was sudden and swift; a solemn acquiescence. And it was the suddenness that provoked him into panic, which provoked reactions – impulsive and unthinking – that led him here. But presently, with faculties yoked by fear, and a shifting focus, his reaction is least of his troubles. He cannot unravel the past minutes. Did she trip? Tipple over? Clarity eludes him. And being trapped in a gridlock doesn't help. He sighs. His mind is sacked by hysteria, enough for him to repeatedly run tremulous hands through his closely-cropped hair, enough to smack his forehead in reproof. His ecstatic grunts. Her bucking body. The horror of a beautifully yellow face transitioned