Original Stories Fan Fiction ❯ Snippets ❯ An Englishman in the City ( Chapter 1 )

The city was noisy, too noisy. All of the engines of the vehicles that pass by, the chattering of people as they walk and talk to each other, even the barking of dogs and the meowing of cats and chirping of birds can be too much. But when you’ve lived in this city for such a long time, it becomes a part of you and you just blend into the city life, working, sleeping, eating, doing all the mundane things that everyone in this city does. This was a noisy, busy city, but it was also boring. A little too boring? Perhaps. 

He let out a soft sigh as he sat in the back of the cab with his brown trench coat hanging off his arm. He heard the soft pitter patter of rain as the drops of water hit the roof of the car, sliding down the windows and the car itself.