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Title: Future Dreams
Character: Zeke Tyler, Casey Connor
Word Count: 300
Prompt: pessimistic, Yahtzee 2022, card 2, fill 4
Finished: 19.05.2022

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„Hey, what's wrong? I've heard you made it into the photo competition with three pics. One should think you are overly happy about that.“

Casey sighed. „Yes, it's great, but I have had a quick glance at some of the other works. Students from art college with much more experience than me.

I'm afraid it was pretty naive to raise my hopes so high and to think I would have a chance to win the full scholarship for a photoschool in New York or San Fransisco.“

„Zeke smirked. „I guess Mr. Brown wouldn't have suggested to give it a try if he doesn't believe in your talent.“

„He is just a much too nice teacher to ruin my dreams.“

„And you are much too pessimistic at the moment.“

„It's more realistic. Time to think about an alternate plan. The city college in Akron sounds not so bad.“

Zeke rolled his eyes. „This is a horrible idea. As if you already have given up before the competition has even started. I think your photos are unique, and there is no need to give up hope so early.“

„Says the guy who knows nothing about art. But the jury is built out of famous experts.“

„I know you. And I know you will regret it one day if you stop fighting for your dreams now. When these so-called experts don't notice your talent, fuck them! Keep going your way, and your time will come.“

Casey kept quiet for a moment, then he smiled. „Thank you. You are a good friend.“

Zeke shrugged. „This was long overdue, I guess. Without your encouragement, I would probably have quit school quite a while ago, and for sure, I would not be thinking about it to go to college.“

Title: Flowers of the Lady
Character: Rosie Hüttinger, Samwise Gamgee
Word Count: 207
Prompt: rose
Finished: 19.05.2022

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Rosie took in the smell of the roses, starting to bloom. Sam loved them with all his heart; well, he loved all flowers and plants in his garden, but she knew the roses were special to him. Sometimes she felt a tiny pang of jealousy when she caught him sitting near the bed on the little bench, lost in thoughts. Like right now.

She knew his thoughts were wandering back to long-gone times. Frodo and the other fellows; their dangerous journey. Which had led them into the woods of Lothlorien. Where he had met her – Lady Galadriel. Only rarely he talked about her; her beauty, her wiseness. And his eyes would sparkle in a unique way she couldn't understand.

The seed for the most beautiful flowers Sam had gotten from her, flowers no one in the Shire had ever seen before. Roses, white and red, Sam called them the Flowers of the Lady.

As if he could sense her presence, the hobbit suddenly turned around and waved to her. Smiling warmly, in a way, he only smiled at her and his beloved children. And Rosie's heart calmed down again. Lady Galadriel might be a forever-lasting memory, but she was the woman he shared his life with.