First and last lines meme
Everyone did it, so it must be harmless :-) Though I haven't 20 stories yet it's already more stories in English than i have fan-stories in Russian. Let's see:
SENTINEL stories:
Clue-ookies
Jim was drifting from the depth of his sleep towards rich exotic scent that was filling air of the loft.
“Merry Christmas, smart cookie”.
On the back of the North Wind
He laid on his back in the hammock in the middle of nowhere. Soft breeze brushed his bare chest.
He slept and saw in his sleep North Star wrapped itself warm in North Wind, The Voice rocked to sleep in the hammock of Milky Way and promises were shining like beacon ahead.
Wow!
“Morning, sleepy head,” Jim began to lick Blair’s nipple.
“You know, I just love it!”
Make-believe
Looney lay on the cot and stared at the dirty ceiling.
The other guy sighed and said clearly and out loud, “May be there are just too many people around who believe in them. That’s all.”
Through the Lens - Darkly
He hates when people fuck each other behind the closed curtains.
He presses delete.
The green of perfection
“This is what?” Jim looked down at the intricately decorated Christmas tree standing on the coffee table and then back at Blair.
“I bet…” muttered Jim under his breath, desperately trying to hide his grin, “I bet I will, imp.”
Shipment
Something thwacked on the floor heavily.
Jim sighed contentedly himself, and then reached for their phones and put them on the floor, just to be on the safe side.
DREAM A LITTLE DREAM OF ME
The first time he saw them, the day was bright, sunny, cloudless.
Jim saw then - and his nightmares were chased away by the light in the kid's eyes.
While Waiting…
They hadn’t seen him and he took advantage of it shamelessly.
The door closed.
BETTER THAN YOU…
That was the last straw - no, really, thought Blair, you can be understanding, forgiving, compassionate, whatever, but when the only thing you hear the whole day is “Leave it here, I’ll do it” you have the right to voice your complaints.
“Oh, babe, I’ll listen to you even if you only sing one line, you’ll do it better than me, anyway.”
How to find black sweater in the pitch-black wardrobe
Soft. Hmmm. Wool. Stop - wool… with acrylic. Nic-ce. Sweater.
“I mean - now!”
The Breath of Woods
He wanders through the forest following the narrow path that waves amongst gigantic tree trunks.
The ground reverberates with the steps of destiny.
Passing-by
Blair followed the car with his eyes until it turned the corner.
He hoped.
Employment demon
“Excuse me? Ex-cuse me?!”
Neither man saw auburn lock twined around broken wooden doll on the floor and piece of fabric with bloody symbols, that dully blazed in the crack of dawn and smolder to ashes towards morning.
Free-flier
If he could just remember what this ship looked like. And sea…
“Wanna fly?”
NON-SENTINEL stories
STAND BY ME #1: COME IN (CAST YOUR SHADOW BEFORE) (Highlander)
Mack closed the book and stretched. That was it - pernicious influence of a sick mind - he began to read detectives and thrillers.
“Dar! Hey, boyo, I was afraid you couldn’t make it.” The skinny boy slapped the small one on the shoulder. “Great! Now we need to filch some clothes, money and … Paris is waiting! Let’s make Dawson glad!”
COOK-BOOK (HL originally in Russian)
"And what are you going to make?"
"So be it; if I ever decide to scare you with something from Roman cuisine, I'll make grape cookies according to Catus recipe. Extremely tasty! Firstly you should take siligo..."
She-voyeurs (HL originally in Russian)
"Wow! They are kissing!"
"That's right!"
DAYS. Somewhere, sometime (HL, originally in Russian)
There were days when they couldn't get enough of each other.
These days were definitely the ones when it was impossible to tear one away from the other.
On the issue of cockroaches (HL, originally in russian)
"Do you know that cockroach can live the whole month without a head?"
"Richie! You addressed the very person! So..."
not accessible by road (The fast and the furious)
Dominic Toretto wasn’t an easily surprised person.
Dom turned his back to the last lights of the outgoing day and smiled to the sound of Brian’s voice.
“Hi…”
Urgh, I'm tired of putting it together :-)
Don't know how to summarize it all, I know I like sometimes to write circular compositions - to tie first and last sentences (or at least thoughts) together; I like to draw a picture of the
locus in quo in the first and/or last sentences, sometimes; or just to put in a little philosophy :-) Nothing new or original :-)
SENTINEL stories:
Clue-ookies
Jim was drifting from the depth of his sleep towards rich exotic scent that was filling air of the loft.
“Merry Christmas, smart cookie”.
On the back of the North Wind
He laid on his back in the hammock in the middle of nowhere. Soft breeze brushed his bare chest.
He slept and saw in his sleep North Star wrapped itself warm in North Wind, The Voice rocked to sleep in the hammock of Milky Way and promises were shining like beacon ahead.
Wow!
“Morning, sleepy head,” Jim began to lick Blair’s nipple.
“You know, I just love it!”
Make-believe
Looney lay on the cot and stared at the dirty ceiling.
The other guy sighed and said clearly and out loud, “May be there are just too many people around who believe in them. That’s all.”
Through the Lens - Darkly
He hates when people fuck each other behind the closed curtains.
He presses delete.
The green of perfection
“This is what?” Jim looked down at the intricately decorated Christmas tree standing on the coffee table and then back at Blair.
“I bet…” muttered Jim under his breath, desperately trying to hide his grin, “I bet I will, imp.”
Shipment
Something thwacked on the floor heavily.
Jim sighed contentedly himself, and then reached for their phones and put them on the floor, just to be on the safe side.
DREAM A LITTLE DREAM OF ME
The first time he saw them, the day was bright, sunny, cloudless.
Jim saw then - and his nightmares were chased away by the light in the kid's eyes.
While Waiting…
They hadn’t seen him and he took advantage of it shamelessly.
The door closed.
BETTER THAN YOU…
That was the last straw - no, really, thought Blair, you can be understanding, forgiving, compassionate, whatever, but when the only thing you hear the whole day is “Leave it here, I’ll do it” you have the right to voice your complaints.
“Oh, babe, I’ll listen to you even if you only sing one line, you’ll do it better than me, anyway.”
How to find black sweater in the pitch-black wardrobe
Soft. Hmmm. Wool. Stop - wool… with acrylic. Nic-ce. Sweater.
“I mean - now!”
The Breath of Woods
He wanders through the forest following the narrow path that waves amongst gigantic tree trunks.
The ground reverberates with the steps of destiny.
Passing-by
Blair followed the car with his eyes until it turned the corner.
He hoped.
Employment demon
“Excuse me? Ex-cuse me?!”
Neither man saw auburn lock twined around broken wooden doll on the floor and piece of fabric with bloody symbols, that dully blazed in the crack of dawn and smolder to ashes towards morning.
Free-flier
If he could just remember what this ship looked like. And sea…
“Wanna fly?”
NON-SENTINEL stories
STAND BY ME #1: COME IN (CAST YOUR SHADOW BEFORE) (Highlander)
Mack closed the book and stretched. That was it - pernicious influence of a sick mind - he began to read detectives and thrillers.
“Dar! Hey, boyo, I was afraid you couldn’t make it.” The skinny boy slapped the small one on the shoulder. “Great! Now we need to filch some clothes, money and … Paris is waiting! Let’s make Dawson glad!”
COOK-BOOK (HL originally in Russian)
"And what are you going to make?"
"So be it; if I ever decide to scare you with something from Roman cuisine, I'll make grape cookies according to Catus recipe. Extremely tasty! Firstly you should take siligo..."
She-voyeurs (HL originally in Russian)
"Wow! They are kissing!"
"That's right!"
DAYS. Somewhere, sometime (HL, originally in Russian)
There were days when they couldn't get enough of each other.
These days were definitely the ones when it was impossible to tear one away from the other.
On the issue of cockroaches (HL, originally in russian)
"Do you know that cockroach can live the whole month without a head?"
"Richie! You addressed the very person! So..."
not accessible by road (The fast and the furious)
Dominic Toretto wasn’t an easily surprised person.
Dom turned his back to the last lights of the outgoing day and smiled to the sound of Brian’s voice.
“Hi…”
Urgh, I'm tired of putting it together :-)
Don't know how to summarize it all, I know I like sometimes to write circular compositions - to tie first and last sentences (or at least thoughts) together; I like to draw a picture of the
locus in quo in the first and/or last sentences, sometimes; or just to put in a little philosophy :-) Nothing new or original :-)