Flip a Coin
“Just listen to my side…”
“No,” Carly said, disgusted. “There are ways to resolve disputes. What you did wasn’t one of them.”
“But he…”
“I know what Rory did. You dead-named him—on Instagram.
“Carly…”
“This situation is a two-headed coin, Josh. No matter how it falls, you aren’t right.”
"coin flip" by frankieleon is licensed under CC BY 2.0
Here’s the prompt from @fix_friday that led to this story:
Think about the existence of two sides for a minute. There are two sides to a coin, two sides to an argument, two sides to a story…the list could go on and on.
This week, try to write a fifty-word story that incorporates “two sides” somehow.
I thought about the idea that there are two sides to every story. Sometimes, though, the sides don’t carry equal weight. For me, any kind of abuse is a deal breaker.