Our words this week from https://mindlovemisery.wordpress.com/2025/08/25/mlmm-monday-wordle-439/ are
try, hover, once, pretend, cold, alone, practice, honey, primate, security, dense, forbid,

Laura hovered in the background and practiced what to say before she faced the crowd. There was security in an isolated environment; her promise to go to the party, a regret when she said yes. Spending the evening pretending to be social was like wading through oil so dense, it clung to her clothes.

Forbidden to find courage, but she yearned to be alone in her soft pyjamas watching re-runs of Honey; I Shrunk the Kid.

‘You okay?’ her work friend asked.

‘I have a cold.’

‘You’ll be fine. Steve’s over there, talk to him.’

‘That primate! Sorry, not my type.’

She looked at the carpet, her honesty a flaw she hoped would lessen with age.

‘Look, I will be alright once I get home.’