Gemotions

The passive-aggressive phrasing was the worst part. “Perhaps you could be mindful…?” His teeth ground together. He'd lived here for twenty years, and this was the first complaint he'd received.

He took his collection of model trains out of storage. He spent the entire afternoon constructing a sprawling track that would travel the length of the garden.

The chugging, the whistles, the clickety-clack of the wheels on the rails – these were the sounds that now filled the quiet evening air.