The man watched me, as I clung to the thin edge of metal, waves crashing a thousand feet below me, wind whipping at my body and making me hug the trailer tight. His face was unreadable, and he called out to me, "Well, girl? What is your choice?"

As I fall through the air,
You reach, but miss me
Screaming my name
And that this isn't fair.

I gritted my ( Read more... )

Stumbling through the door, I looked at the small room, caked in dirt and Shadows. But I wasn't here for them, and I walked across to the linen closet as they watched me with silent, shallow eyes. Gritting my teeth against the white hot pain in my side, I opened the door and grabbed a few pillowcases, stuffing them on my wound, the cool, crisp ( Read more... )

As the young teen walked down the street he listened to his music, rock fizzing down his bones and into the sidewalk. He could smell the faint scent of burning oil as his best friend flew past to try and beat him to her house and act like she'd been waiting a long time. Sighing, he fumbled in his jacket pocket with the box he'd dug out of his sock ( Read more... )

She pressed the oh-so-crinkly pages of her book to her chest, the front cover worn from years of reading it. Standing on her tippy-toes, the teen just managed to see inside the crowded bookshop, and sighed at the stupid author who was signing his novels today.
It wasn't even him that she wanted into the shop for. It was the new book by one of her ( Read more... )

I walked through the curtains and listened to the fans howling our names, screaming and jumping around the sweaty arena. Beside me, Sasuke shook his shock of raven hair, the bangs sweeping just past his eyes,alabaster skin practically glowing in the dim backstage lights.
He reached and grabbed a cloth, wiping the inevitable sweat from his forehead ( Read more... )

As the blonde walked down the deck of thier ship, he sighed, and puffed out a cloud of strong-smelling smoke, watching the waves lap at the wooden sides. The salt in the air soon overpowered the smoke and wiped it away, leaving him alone, staring at the horizon ( Read more... )

"Sanji! FOOOD!" The yell of my captain echoes through the galley of the Sunny, and I scowl, mixing the vegetables.

'Dumbass. I'm already cooking as fast as I can.'

"Hey," I hear from behind me, and a pair of warm lips come up and kiss my cheek, hands wrapping gently around my middle. I sigh and relax into the other's hold.

"What's wrong? Or are you ( Read more... )