Hey! I see you!
Yeah.
I mean, I’ve seen you around on his face, but we never get a chance to talk.
Yeah. [long pause] What’s there to talk about?
You’re new, aren’t you?
Yeah.
I love your shade of blue.
Am I supposed to say I love your boring brown? [pause] ’cause I don’t.
Good for you! I hate insincerity. My brown IS incredibly boring, I agree. I’m intended for practicality.
Aren’t all glasses practical?
Well, he takes me off and shoves me in his pocket. His shirt pocket. His jacket pocket. His jeans pocket. Sometimes, he even sticks me in his back pocket and sits on me! I have to withstand all that.
Yeah.
You get a fun color. You get those cute little nose pads.
I suppose.
Once, when he was putting in his garden, I fell out of his shirt pocket into the dirt. My ‘boring brown’ blended right in. He didn’t find me for three days.
Really?
Yes! You would have been spotted right away! But I got peed on by a rabbit, crawled over by bugs, and even had a slug traverse my lenses. He left a slug slime trail!
Ew.
Yeah — you’re pretty lucky.
Why are we here?
My guy is in that bed. They said something about a heart attack and threw me over here.
Where’s my guy?
He’s sitting there beside him. He took his glasses off because he was crying and set you here.
Where are we?
The ICU.
Ah, the Unicorn Challenge. You know the drill, right? No more than 250 words. Use the photo as a prompt.
Hot Dogs and Marmalade 
What a brilliant twist! And the story itself was uber creative
what a lovely story …. And so well told . I really like that you chose such a clever perspective 💜
Oh dear, seems the boring browns are out of a job!
You are such a talented writer. This post packs a punch.
Excellent story telling
Sally this is such a sad tale!! I hope the glasses are soon reunited to their owners!!!
I certainly didn’t expect to end up in the ICU – excellent twist.
And a great take on the prompt, with hidden information to build the portraits of the human characters behind the glasses.
A great write, Sally.
PS I hope you sleep well tonight!
‘sharp-angle close’ (to your story) much?
lol
loved the dialogue, perfect ending(ish)
My word… good story, but I wouldn’t go back to that place!
So well crafted, Sally! 💞