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I'm a writer currently based in London, after having spent most of the last twenty years meandering around the world teaching or doing science of one sort or another. I've lived in a number of countries in Asia and Africa, though I remain incorrigibly English.

Please visit my website, Cockburn's Eclectics, which has links to all of my stories, including several available for free.
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First Date Awkward

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Tim smiled at Maria. Maria smiled back.





Good start, thought Tim, but one of us needs to say something before our faces start hurting.





“Have you ever had a date at opposite ends of a park bench before?” he asked.





“No,” said Maria.





Tim waited for her to say more.





Maria kept smiling.





“So this is your first first socially distanced date as well?” asked Tim.





Maria’s smile twitched

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