LOCKDOWN | STEAMY | FICTION
Thyra’s Bubble Buddy
Lockdown caught Thyra by surprise, but it’s not all bad.
Thyra slumped at her window, staring out into the empty street below.
Another lockdown. Just after she’d moved to a new place, for a new job, that she now wouldn’t be able to start for who knew how long.
Movement caught her eye below. A couple hugging each other. Did they live together? Or were they amongst the lucky ones who had a bubble buddy? Thyra wished she knew someone close enough to be a bubble buddy with. Someone who she had permission to catch up with on a regular basis to protect against the depressing effects of loneliness.
Last lockdown she’d been living at home with her family; a boisterous group of 6 which meant there was little time for peace and quiet, and though at the time she’d missed being able to escape the noise, now she longed for it.
A curtain moved in a window of an apartment across the street, and Thyra glanced up to see a man sitting at his window, also watching the couple below with longing.
Was he lonely, too?
She watched him for a while, but he didn’t glance her way, and in the end she moved away from the window.
