WIP Meme
Post a snippet of your current WIPs without context!
1. When I was eighteen, I left home.
Not like in the stories, where I would have left on a quest, or perhaps thrown out by my parents. Instead, I left with my parents' blessing, and the sure and certain knowledge that should I need it, I could always come home.
2. Melanie waited as long as she could.
3. It's just. She can trust him. He's had her bound nearly head to toe and she's never once felt less than safe. He's had her bent over, blindfolded and helpless, and she's felt only cherished, and protected.
4. Summer had rules for everything-how to sit and stand and speak and be silent-and while another girl her age might have chafed at such stricture, she loved it. It made her feel so much more comfortable, so much more stable when she might have been all asea. And there were no rules for this.
5. Joy is nothing at all like Amanda expected.
6. Water soaked Bruce's heavy curls and dragged them out flat against his skull. He was pretty sure he looked like a wet dog, which made Tony's current oiled-up-male-model look even more unfair.
7. Ivy showed up late and breathless, her hair a mess of flyaways and her cheeks red. They'd been together for long enough that Gina was used to this.
8. Leon watched him move, idly wondering what it would be like if this was a true threesome-but it wasn't, and apparently there were rules. Well, of course there were. He folded his hands over one knee and tried to look attentive.
9. She went back to the palace eventually, drawn by the warm candlelight in all the windows. A great party was going on inside, people in beautiful dresses going back and forth, and she touched the bundle at her waist, wistfully. Once upon a time that could have been her, when she was still her father's only beloved daughter. She could have been in that palace, warm and safe...
10. Father came to visit, and because Mother was still asleep, he squatted down in the dust in front of the house and helped Ivy hold his sword, the short gladius that he wore at his right hip. It was heavier than she expected, the ridged grip hard in her hands.
11. Aaron dropped off his history textbook and picked up his math book, slammed his locker door shut and jumped about a foot when his sister popped up right in front of him. Ivy didn't laugh at him, which was his first clue that something was off.
12. Joy had no real idea what being a financial analyst actually entailed, but whatever it was, it was clearly driving Amanda nuts. She loved her job, as she had been repeating for the past fifteen minutes-she loved it very much, but some days she just wanted to strangle everyone with their twisted spreadsheets and their inability to provide the answers she needed and their ridiculous questions that made her bring work home. Or so she said.
13. Zack kissed his way down her stomach, little fluttery kisses that made her giggle. He paused, just under her navel, planted an open-mouth kiss there, dragged his tongue across her skin.
14. "Selkie women love their children as much any other mother. It's just that it's not always about love."
15. They're all laughing when they finally get back, tumbling out of the cab in a giggling heap, Zack snickering helplessly as he struggles to unlock the door. He's probably a little bit drunk, and Felipe knows that he's more than a little tipsy himself, but Summer's laughing just as much as the two of them and she hasn't had anything stronger than cranberry juice all night.
16. Six days after Olivia came to Gina, a man turned up on her doorstep at an unfashionably early hour of the morning.
17. Charlotte felt sorry for him, which was where the problem started.
18. Jack got home at two in the morning, way past his curfew, reeking of alcohol and moving in a loose way that told Christopher he hadn't just had a beer spilled on him.
19. Seb looked up from the textbook he'd been studiously reading, and met a pair of cool brown eyes. The girl, unfairly pretty for a twelve-year-old, was looking him up and down as if he was something she'd scraped off the bottom of her shoe, which-wonderful. His first day in a new school in a new country, for God's sake, and the first person he met was the class bully.
20. When Lauren was a little girl, everything seemed perfect.
Well, not perfect. Nothing was perfect except heaven.
21. I have this little sister Ivy. She is small and very funny.
22. She found a clinic somewhere in Arizona that accepted walk-ins, in the first town she found after rolling to an exhausted stop off interstate 66. It was there, sitting in a chilly room with the smell of antiseptic, that she had her suspicions confirmed.
23. Okay, so, the thing is. He's an asshole. He's aware.
24. Zack hit the maternity ward at a run and found Summer arguing with a nurse.
25. Someday her kids were going to have to do all their own cooking. She was pretty sure that Ethan, at least, was going to starve.
26. "Oh my God," Christian blurted, and ducked behind Jude's shoulder.
27. "You're late," Lars called, as Ivy hurried into the empty store ten minutes after her shift started.
28. Felipe grinned behind his coffee mug. He'd just won five dollars off himself. "You want to talk about the baby."
29. They nodded, very pleased with their wisdom, and took off in a flurry of feathers.
30. "Morning," Joy replied, yawning. She pressed a kiss to Chloe's shoulder. "Sleep well?"
31. One little girl with hair as dark as Lily's was pale, reaching out wonderingly to touch a strand floating in the water. Her eyes, Lily remembered, were a strange color, blue with a pearly sheen to them, the color of water in an ocean that Lily had never seen.
32. "I'm going to get you out," Anna tells Delia, and punctuates it with a kiss.
33. Her life could probably best be summarized as "not good enough."
34. Clara picked out Mr. Kendall for herself the day he took up residence in lodgings just across the road.
Eesh. Next month's goal, cut down on WIPs by ten percent.
This entry is crossposted at http://bookblather.dreamwidth.org/283261.html. Please comment over there if possible.
1. When I was eighteen, I left home.
Not like in the stories, where I would have left on a quest, or perhaps thrown out by my parents. Instead, I left with my parents' blessing, and the sure and certain knowledge that should I need it, I could always come home.
2. Melanie waited as long as she could.
3. It's just. She can trust him. He's had her bound nearly head to toe and she's never once felt less than safe. He's had her bent over, blindfolded and helpless, and she's felt only cherished, and protected.
4. Summer had rules for everything-how to sit and stand and speak and be silent-and while another girl her age might have chafed at such stricture, she loved it. It made her feel so much more comfortable, so much more stable when she might have been all asea. And there were no rules for this.
5. Joy is nothing at all like Amanda expected.
6. Water soaked Bruce's heavy curls and dragged them out flat against his skull. He was pretty sure he looked like a wet dog, which made Tony's current oiled-up-male-model look even more unfair.
7. Ivy showed up late and breathless, her hair a mess of flyaways and her cheeks red. They'd been together for long enough that Gina was used to this.
8. Leon watched him move, idly wondering what it would be like if this was a true threesome-but it wasn't, and apparently there were rules. Well, of course there were. He folded his hands over one knee and tried to look attentive.
9. She went back to the palace eventually, drawn by the warm candlelight in all the windows. A great party was going on inside, people in beautiful dresses going back and forth, and she touched the bundle at her waist, wistfully. Once upon a time that could have been her, when she was still her father's only beloved daughter. She could have been in that palace, warm and safe...
10. Father came to visit, and because Mother was still asleep, he squatted down in the dust in front of the house and helped Ivy hold his sword, the short gladius that he wore at his right hip. It was heavier than she expected, the ridged grip hard in her hands.
11. Aaron dropped off his history textbook and picked up his math book, slammed his locker door shut and jumped about a foot when his sister popped up right in front of him. Ivy didn't laugh at him, which was his first clue that something was off.
12. Joy had no real idea what being a financial analyst actually entailed, but whatever it was, it was clearly driving Amanda nuts. She loved her job, as she had been repeating for the past fifteen minutes-she loved it very much, but some days she just wanted to strangle everyone with their twisted spreadsheets and their inability to provide the answers she needed and their ridiculous questions that made her bring work home. Or so she said.
13. Zack kissed his way down her stomach, little fluttery kisses that made her giggle. He paused, just under her navel, planted an open-mouth kiss there, dragged his tongue across her skin.
14. "Selkie women love their children as much any other mother. It's just that it's not always about love."
15. They're all laughing when they finally get back, tumbling out of the cab in a giggling heap, Zack snickering helplessly as he struggles to unlock the door. He's probably a little bit drunk, and Felipe knows that he's more than a little tipsy himself, but Summer's laughing just as much as the two of them and she hasn't had anything stronger than cranberry juice all night.
16. Six days after Olivia came to Gina, a man turned up on her doorstep at an unfashionably early hour of the morning.
17. Charlotte felt sorry for him, which was where the problem started.
18. Jack got home at two in the morning, way past his curfew, reeking of alcohol and moving in a loose way that told Christopher he hadn't just had a beer spilled on him.
19. Seb looked up from the textbook he'd been studiously reading, and met a pair of cool brown eyes. The girl, unfairly pretty for a twelve-year-old, was looking him up and down as if he was something she'd scraped off the bottom of her shoe, which-wonderful. His first day in a new school in a new country, for God's sake, and the first person he met was the class bully.
20. When Lauren was a little girl, everything seemed perfect.
Well, not perfect. Nothing was perfect except heaven.
21. I have this little sister Ivy. She is small and very funny.
22. She found a clinic somewhere in Arizona that accepted walk-ins, in the first town she found after rolling to an exhausted stop off interstate 66. It was there, sitting in a chilly room with the smell of antiseptic, that she had her suspicions confirmed.
23. Okay, so, the thing is. He's an asshole. He's aware.
24. Zack hit the maternity ward at a run and found Summer arguing with a nurse.
25. Someday her kids were going to have to do all their own cooking. She was pretty sure that Ethan, at least, was going to starve.
26. "Oh my God," Christian blurted, and ducked behind Jude's shoulder.
27. "You're late," Lars called, as Ivy hurried into the empty store ten minutes after her shift started.
28. Felipe grinned behind his coffee mug. He'd just won five dollars off himself. "You want to talk about the baby."
29. They nodded, very pleased with their wisdom, and took off in a flurry of feathers.
30. "Morning," Joy replied, yawning. She pressed a kiss to Chloe's shoulder. "Sleep well?"
31. One little girl with hair as dark as Lily's was pale, reaching out wonderingly to touch a strand floating in the water. Her eyes, Lily remembered, were a strange color, blue with a pearly sheen to them, the color of water in an ocean that Lily had never seen.
32. "I'm going to get you out," Anna tells Delia, and punctuates it with a kiss.
33. Her life could probably best be summarized as "not good enough."
34. Clara picked out Mr. Kendall for herself the day he took up residence in lodgings just across the road.
Eesh. Next month's goal, cut down on WIPs by ten percent.
This entry is crossposted at http://bookblather.dreamwidth.org/283261.html. Please comment over there if possible.