Daily story, July 22, 2025

Oliver turned the shower right round to shame. It wasn’t pleasant, but it was enough to get him to the office. He thought about twisting the valve the other way, to joy or excitement or self-belief, like he used to, but it had been broken for months. That end barely gave a trickle. So he slumped under the water, and thought about how pathetic it was that he couldn’t fix his own shower.