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RE: In that moment: a 50-word short story
Well, that was the complete opposite of your other 50 word :)
Very uplifting and hopeful!
(I think this kind of marriage-proposal-asking only works good in stories; in a real small plane like I went up in a couple weeks ago...it's absurdly loud inside the cockpit; you can't hear the person next to you).
Maybe it's a luxury plane and it's silent as a sleeping kitten though. :)
He turned the engine off. They are gliding, unmotorized, like birds, hearing only the wind. I had only 50 words to get that idea across, along with her glorious mood and his proposal. Thank goodness for comment ability, so we can explain ourselves when we don’t succeed at squeezing it all inside the 50-word limit!
You're right; I have no idea how much noise in a plane is wind versus engine; I would probably not have the guts to ask the pilot to turn off the engine. Unless he did it himself. Because he wanted to propose to me.
I was inspired by a scene in The Crown. Otherwise I wouldn't even have known it's possible, and not deadly. They turned off the engine of their little Cessna or whatever it is, and came in for a landing just fine. And they were chit chatting the whole time! :-)
Dang, ok, you got me! :) Although I could see it taking a tragic twist...
"Yes, I'll marry you!"
The pilot smiles and goes to start the engine. It won't start. The ground rushes to meet them much like the new family she'll never have.
Hey, this story may actually connect up with my 50-word horror story! And here we thought the two stories were diametrically opposed. Silly us.
Oh...oh damn. You're right. I'm so sorry for killing off your characters, @jayna.
Well, all is fair in love and war!