(998 words)<br /><br />For <span class="username-with-symbol u"><a class="u premium username" href="https://obsydiandreamer.deviantart.com">ObsydianDreamer</a><span class="user-symbol premium" data-quicktip-text="Premium Member" data-show-tooltip="1" data-gruser-type="premium"></span></span> &amp; <span class="username-with-symbol u"><a class="u super group username" href="https://crliterature.deviantart.com">CRLiterature</a><span class="user-symbol super group" data-quicktip-text="Super Group" data-show-tooltip="1" data-gruser-type="super group" data-clickthrough="http://groups.deviantart.com"></span></span>'s&nbsp;<a href="https://obsydiandreamer.deviantart.com/journal/Flash-Fiction-Competition-Last-Round-541041895">Flash Fiction Competition - Last Round!</a>&nbsp; Prompt was "Breaking the Fourth Wall", less than 1000 words. &nbsp;I started with the kernel of "character interrupts a dramatic scene to argue with the author", and I'm not sure how I ended up in this particular genre, but even with the deliberately-kitschy names, I like how it turned out. &nbsp;<img src="https://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/smile.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":)" data-embed-type="emoticon" data-embed-id="391" title=":) (Smile)"/><br /><br />Edit: Apparently my brain really likes happy endings, I <a href="https://ypplejax.deviantart.com/art/SWFF-Destiny-and-Swan-542300352">did a thing</a>, essentially by accident.