[meme] first lines, last lines
Stolen from snickfic and as it's my first time - I'm only doing those on ao3 (and excluding Noona)
[first lines]First Lines
1. She watches them splash blood in the hallway like forgotten warriors in a war long gone cold; because there was a victor (maybe) or a winning side (doubtful) and only the old ones come out to lick their wounds and break them open (just one last time). with capes and stuff
2. It could’ve gone any other way. blurring the lines
3. I know what it's like to not be wanted. i don't want to name you tonight, let's just stay faceless in the dark
4. Spike takes Dawn on a roadtrip. hearing, seeing (ch 01)
5. "But I've seen the future remember? Last Slayer in the world - has a crazy twin brother? We did this part already!" shadow girls
6. The knock comes too soon. She's still staring down at her shirt in her hand. you're here, too?
7. She can sometimes still feel the earth fall away under her feet and there's nothing but water and water and water everywhere. and they say I'm the prickly one
8. It's like lather, rinse, repeat the way you always find each other. patterns in the sand
9. The nights are long. let's keep count; one plus one is three
10. It starts like this, in puns and silences and old jokes and forgotten lines. irregular heartbeats
11. They say High School is the best time of your life. smile, the end is nigh
12. “I only know how to break them, not how to keep them.” “Come on, that's the easy part.” how to break hearts and lose your own
13. There were three things in her life that Dawn was angry about for all the wrong reasons. being feeling, angry human
14. She kept checking her phone and email, wishing someone would make contact, before reminding herself for the last time (she swears) that there's no one on the other end. years away and nowhere to go
15. She will sometimes dream up the perfect boyfriend when she is safe between her covers and the lights are all off and her white noise machine is set to low and her to-do list for today is complete and the to-do list for tomorrow is expertly color-coded and her nightly facial regime is done and the day is over so she lets herself sink between the sheets and paint a man in the sky like clouds. hold still, the painting isn't done
16. how dare you (she whispers in a still, small voice.) smoke and flame
17. we are wild, we are children of the dust, we are incomplete In my Thirteenth year, I met a girl and made her a Queen
18. They told me in the morning that you were dead and I think I waited to scream until then. through the looking glass
19. No, Mom! I want it to be shorter! just like you
20. She's the very last one they expect to run away. running away isn't as hard as they say
[last lines]Last Lines
1. Anyway, she's already gone. with capes and stuff
2. Because some day you’re going to walk into battle with my heart and I’ll never stop waiting. blurring the lines ch01
3. I want you. Is the one thing they'll never say. i don't want to name you tonight, let's just stay faceless in the dark
4. So I'm the fucking hero now. Betcha wish you could stop me, huh sis? hearing, seeing (ch 01)
5. This is where the dreaming begins. Somewhere between your world and mine. shadow girls
6. Because adulthood is sitting on the counter eating cookies with her sisters and laughing because they survived and so they can. you're here, too?
7. This is her peace. and they say I'm the prickly one
8. Hi hunny. How was your day? What did you do? patterns in the sand
9. And she doesn't say, I'm sorry. let's keep count; one plus one is three
10. Where nothing is safe at all. (It's the only way to run forward and they both know it.) irregular heartbeats
11. Welcome to Neptune. smile, the end is nigh
12. He learned how to protect his heart. How to guard it. How to make demands for it. How to treasure it the way he treasured the people he gave his heart recklessly to. Too bad Kim Jaejoong never learned that lesson for himself. how to break hearts and lose your own
13. This is what she thinks makes her so human, in the end. The moments when she wishes she weren't. being feeling, angry human
14. Time works like this: with your lips on mine in a crowded college party and we are just two girls with beers in our hand and lights in our eyes and devils on our shoulders. years away and nowhere to go
15. "My skin will be so happy," and he smiles. hold still, the painting isn't done
16. Here's the truth: only a beast can carry the burden of a beastly shadow. Did you really think this would end any other way? smoke and flame
17. The Doctor only laughed joyfully, her hair falling like a curtain, Don't you see yet, girl? I'm going to be the death of you. In my Thirteenth year, I met a girl and made her a Queen
18. The shadows can’t scare her anymore. through the looking glass
19. (I got your bruises and your armor, too.) just like you
20. And it's never the reason that keeps you from coming back. running away isn't as hard as they say
So I decided to do 20 because I thought that was a good number, right? This is everything I have written in 2014!!! and this is the moment where I probably should say something profound about my writing, but all I can really focus on is HOW MUCH OMG. (And I didn't even include Noona!)
[first lines]First Lines
1. She watches them splash blood in the hallway like forgotten warriors in a war long gone cold; because there was a victor (maybe) or a winning side (doubtful) and only the old ones come out to lick their wounds and break them open (just one last time). with capes and stuff
2. It could’ve gone any other way. blurring the lines
3. I know what it's like to not be wanted. i don't want to name you tonight, let's just stay faceless in the dark
4. Spike takes Dawn on a roadtrip. hearing, seeing (ch 01)
5. "But I've seen the future remember? Last Slayer in the world - has a crazy twin brother? We did this part already!" shadow girls
6. The knock comes too soon. She's still staring down at her shirt in her hand. you're here, too?
7. She can sometimes still feel the earth fall away under her feet and there's nothing but water and water and water everywhere. and they say I'm the prickly one
8. It's like lather, rinse, repeat the way you always find each other. patterns in the sand
9. The nights are long. let's keep count; one plus one is three
10. It starts like this, in puns and silences and old jokes and forgotten lines. irregular heartbeats
11. They say High School is the best time of your life. smile, the end is nigh
12. “I only know how to break them, not how to keep them.” “Come on, that's the easy part.” how to break hearts and lose your own
13. There were three things in her life that Dawn was angry about for all the wrong reasons. being feeling, angry human
14. She kept checking her phone and email, wishing someone would make contact, before reminding herself for the last time (she swears) that there's no one on the other end. years away and nowhere to go
15. She will sometimes dream up the perfect boyfriend when she is safe between her covers and the lights are all off and her white noise machine is set to low and her to-do list for today is complete and the to-do list for tomorrow is expertly color-coded and her nightly facial regime is done and the day is over so she lets herself sink between the sheets and paint a man in the sky like clouds. hold still, the painting isn't done
16. how dare you (she whispers in a still, small voice.) smoke and flame
17. we are wild, we are children of the dust, we are incomplete In my Thirteenth year, I met a girl and made her a Queen
18. They told me in the morning that you were dead and I think I waited to scream until then. through the looking glass
19. No, Mom! I want it to be shorter! just like you
20. She's the very last one they expect to run away. running away isn't as hard as they say
[last lines]Last Lines
1. Anyway, she's already gone. with capes and stuff
2. Because some day you’re going to walk into battle with my heart and I’ll never stop waiting. blurring the lines ch01
3. I want you. Is the one thing they'll never say. i don't want to name you tonight, let's just stay faceless in the dark
4. So I'm the fucking hero now. Betcha wish you could stop me, huh sis? hearing, seeing (ch 01)
5. This is where the dreaming begins. Somewhere between your world and mine. shadow girls
6. Because adulthood is sitting on the counter eating cookies with her sisters and laughing because they survived and so they can. you're here, too?
7. This is her peace. and they say I'm the prickly one
8. Hi hunny. How was your day? What did you do? patterns in the sand
9. And she doesn't say, I'm sorry. let's keep count; one plus one is three
10. Where nothing is safe at all. (It's the only way to run forward and they both know it.) irregular heartbeats
11. Welcome to Neptune. smile, the end is nigh
12. He learned how to protect his heart. How to guard it. How to make demands for it. How to treasure it the way he treasured the people he gave his heart recklessly to. Too bad Kim Jaejoong never learned that lesson for himself. how to break hearts and lose your own
13. This is what she thinks makes her so human, in the end. The moments when she wishes she weren't. being feeling, angry human
14. Time works like this: with your lips on mine in a crowded college party and we are just two girls with beers in our hand and lights in our eyes and devils on our shoulders. years away and nowhere to go
15. "My skin will be so happy," and he smiles. hold still, the painting isn't done
16. Here's the truth: only a beast can carry the burden of a beastly shadow. Did you really think this would end any other way? smoke and flame
17. The Doctor only laughed joyfully, her hair falling like a curtain, Don't you see yet, girl? I'm going to be the death of you. In my Thirteenth year, I met a girl and made her a Queen
18. The shadows can’t scare her anymore. through the looking glass
19. (I got your bruises and your armor, too.) just like you
20. And it's never the reason that keeps you from coming back. running away isn't as hard as they say
So I decided to do 20 because I thought that was a good number, right? This is everything I have written in 2014!!! and this is the moment where I probably should say something profound about my writing, but all I can really focus on is HOW MUCH OMG. (And I didn't even include Noona!)