September 27, 2026 · daily scene
The Playlist
Given circumstances
- Character
- Driver
- Setting
- Your car, pulled over on the shoulder, hazards blinking, highway stretching ahead.
- The moment before
- A song came on. One you haven't heard in five years. You had to pull over.
- Scene partner
- The person in your passenger seat, phone connected to your stereo
Direction
You're trying to sound casual. It's not working and you both know it.
Script
You still have this playlist.
PASSENGERYeah. I don't really update it.
This was the first song you ever sent me. I was in the library, headphones on, and I listened to it four times before I texted you back.
PASSENGERI remember.
Do you remember what you said? You said the chorus made you think of me.
(beat)
I kept waiting for you to say something. At the wedding, at the airport, the night before you moved.
I couldn't.
But you can put it in a playlist and pretend that doesn't mean anything?
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