Contest: Twilight of Craigslist AD Contest (Part I)
Title: I Found Your Camera!
Rating: K
Word Count (minus A/N and header): 322
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I Found Your Camera! (your city)
Date: 2011-10-13, 10:35 AM EDT
Reply to: notastalker (at) craigslist (dot) com
I couldn't help but notice you. You were sitting alone at The Ugly Mug last Friday afternoon, reading Jane Austen and sipping coffee. The barista tried to flirt with you and dropped off a free biscotti, but you left it untouched, as though whatever Lizzie Bennett was up to was far more interesting than the chocolate.
Two tables over the obnoxious salesman-type took a phone call, and you glanced down at your watch. I was tongue-tied and getting up up the courage to talk to you when you packed your bag and left. You were already out the door when I realized you had left something behind. I grabbed it, and chased after you, but you were already gone.
In the small black pouch I found a camera. I thought one of the pictures might lead me to you, so I looked at them. I hope you don't mind.
Most of the pics seem to be snapshots of friends and family, but there is one that I know is you. You're holding the camera at arm's length, snapping a shot of yourself mid-laugh, as though someone in the distance is hamming it up.
I can't tell you how so sorry I am that I missed you that day. If I had caught up to you, I would have told you that you have the most beautiful smile I have ever seen. I would have bought you another cup of coffee and walked you home, carrying your books like a smitten schoolboy.
I've spent a week looking for you and want to return your camera, if only to see that smile in person. E-mail me back. I'll buy you a cup of coffee. We'll sit at the same table this time, and you can tell me all about the pictures.
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