Prompt 25- Chair
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A single chair in the pineapple house happened to be made from a lifeboat. Not only that, but it acted like a metaphorical one for SpongeBob SquarePants and his pet snail, Gary.
For instance, whenever Gary was inflicted by insomnia late one night- or was just bored whilst his master was at work, he would curl up in the armchair with some tea and his favourite books, and he instantly felt comforted by its rubbery hold.
And whenever SpongeBob suffered a –very rare- bad day, he would take refuge in the chair- and was instantly asleep in his dinghy sanctuary.
But what made the chair special was that if Gary and SpongeBob were suffering a hard time together, they would sit- either side by side, or with Gary in his master's lap- and the unlikely pair would just sit in silence, each comforted by warmth and physical contact from the other.
To SpongeBob's friends, it was just a chair of no significant value, and was meant as a momentary port from aching feet.
But to a sponge and his snail, it was their safe haven, their harbour from the storms of life's negatives- and somewhere where they could be close to each other, without the need of conversation passing between them.