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(Originally Posted Wednesday 8-12-20)<\/p>\n

This one made me think of a Bonnie and Clyde kind of couple. Clich\u00e9 sure but Creativity Posts are also based on first impressions, that\u2019s the idea\/point of these writing exercise. So, first impression a criminal couple but how about we put a different spin on it?<\/p>\n

What if they\u2019re not criminals but the opposite. Maybe they\u2019re cops. Maybe they\u2019re both ex MPs (military police) I haven\u2019t done that before (and I\u2019m a huge Jack Reacher fan).<\/p>\n

So, maybe we start our story with them both getting out of the Army. They weren\u2019t in the same unit but knew of each other by reputation. Maybe she was a K-9 unit\/handler and they work on joint ops together. They kept in touch by private emails, below the radar sort of thing.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s into bikes big time. Likes riding them, building them, that sort of thing. She loves the beach\/ocean. The joke between them was always he was going to take her on a cross-county road trip on his bike. When it comes time to reup with the Army they both decided not to, for their own reasons, not related to each other. They each didn\u2019t know about the other.<\/p>\n

At this point they were only friends with some flirting not the sort of relationship that one gives up a career for. He\u2019s not a big destiny believing kind of guy but she is. When she found out he was leaving the Army too, she took it as a sign and showed up at his place for that bike ride. He\u2019s pretty spontaneous too so it works out well.<\/p>\n

They left the next day together and are traveling like nomads basically across America. They\u2019re falling more in love with each other every day. Eventually they want to get a small house on the beach, he\u2019ll have his own bike shop and she wants to continue her work with K-9 dogs. But until then they\u2019ll have to put up with their fair share of trouble on their road trip. Good thing they\u2019re both trained for it.<\/p>\n

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