It was cold and icy morning when a pair walked hand in hand on the city pavement, arm in arm, fingers locked. The woman, Sarah, and the guy, Jack, had been together for seven years now and they loved one another so much; they were high school sweethearts. They enjoyed spending time together, laughing and simply being happy, Sarah laughed at what Jack had said, her breath forming tiny clouds in the chill. The smell of wet road and car fumes filled the air but they didn't realize, they cared only for one another. He held her hands firmly so that he might look and hold on to her, the two stood in silence beside the road giving no heed to the world, because of this Sarrah had crossed the curb.
They lingered there for an instant, hearing the ghostly wail of distant horns and speeding cars. The wind blew Sarah's scarf against him, and she swatted at him on the shoulder due to his jokes, her eyes creasing with laughter. And then the screeching tires and a honking horn blasting them out of their lovely moment. The truck was bearing down directly for them, and they had not had a chance to respond before she was hit, the blow suddenly and brutal.
The man there, wide-eyed and ghostlike pale, his now bloody hands still clutching her now severed hands. Sirens wailed and stunned bystanders gasped and talked in the background, but he barely noticed anything outside the cold and shatteriness inside. The road was a normal one once that was so full of happiness and joy like Jack but it was cold now he stood there forever changed by what had happened.
The reason I wrote this story was because when I was thinking of ideas it reminded me of an event that happened in a show that I once watched called “The Boys”. In the scene a couple was together when all of a sudden the female partner was killed on accident by a superhero that has super speed when he accidentally ran through her. After remembering that scene I decided I wanted to go with this kind of story but of course with my own kind of story and not just copy everything that happened. I wasn't able to come up with a better idea in my head so I went along with it and decided to really just take the idea of the incident that happened and make my own kind of story around it.
An idea or universal theme that I kind of decided to go with is how when people are in relationships and not only romantic relationships but also other kinds of relationships as well sometimes, some people seem to get so involved into the relationship and so focused on it they become side tracked and don't focus and pay attention to the other things around them or other things in their lives. After becoming so focused on only that one thing they lose track of other things and can even have negative effects on the things around them and themselves. This doesn't just apply to the specific scenario i wrote about, it can apply to say someone who becomes so fixated on work and doesn't focus on the other things in life like say their family, their friends, or even themself. After becoming so focused on that one thing and not paying attention or mind to the other things their other relationships can fall apart and ruin things, ultimately making them worse off.