2025 February Flash Fiction Challenge: Day 18

For today’s prompt, write about a daydream.

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Here’s my attempt at a story about a daydream:

Designing Her Future

On slow nights, Lilah doodled on blank receipt paper fed through the printer. She imagined that she would design one day, hired to create their reusable shopping bags, cozy cottagecore florals, silly alpacas in woolen hats, and fancy filagree fonts. For now, she was stuck behind the counter, cashier extraordinaire.