Keep It Down, You Two!! |work| File
Then, from downstairs—louder this time, the word sharp as a snapped ruler:
Leo pulled the other earbud out. “That’s the saddest thing I’ve ever heard.” keep it down, you two!!
Here’s an interesting, vivid piece built around that line, suitable for flash fiction or a character scene. Then, from downstairs—louder this time, the word sharp
And for a long moment, the only sound in the room was the hum of the streetlight outside—trying, and failing, to be louder than the silence they’d learned to live in. from downstairs—louder this time