The Writing on the Wall

The problem with him was that he couldn't say no to salespeople. The spiel always reeled him in. 

WILL

Like the guy at the wedding expo. Say it with skywriting, he’d said. It’ll have her weak at the knees, he'd said. 

YOU

And the thing is, he wasn't wrong. Carol was going to faint when she saw this. 

TELLMEHOWTO

See, on the plus side, he'd definitely learnt a new skill. So that was good. But… let’s get real - this was a bit of a bind any way you cut it. And he was cutting it very, very close indeed. Stupid salesguy.

Looking out past the drooping head of the pilot, he put the finishing flourish on the final word.

LAND

(NYCMidnight 2021 Microfiction100 Round 1 - 11th Place)