The Risk of Taking Irkutsk

55-word story inspired by one too many games of Risk. Fifty-Five Fiction contest entry.

"You always win!" she scowled, snatching two more soldiers from the board.

"I got lucky," he replied as he occupied her country.

"I'd like a nuclear roll," she pressured. "With that, I'd annihilate your whole continent."

"But, Sugar," he said, "the game would end so quickly..."

"No," she countered, "you'll feel this one for weeks."