Quickie, inspired by last Monday's historic moment...

I swear it's just 100 words.


"I've been waiting for this..."

Those lips were close enough to brush his skin with each whispered word, and his own faintly curved up. His eyes were stuck on the screen above, like looking at a giant mirror, and he watched himself – and him, older, smaller – in disbelief. Almost disbelief. That arm around him, that chest against him and that breathing on him, it was all real. It was happening.

He was in hell, frozen over.

"Thank you."

He searched for eyes that stayed focused on the mat, then turned away completely. Not a new beginning, just closure.

Just...the end.