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au_muses September prompt: Survivor
survivor || 325 words || t ( Read more... ) -
au_muses July prompt: Write about a habit you find hard to break.
comfort || 300 words || k+
Write about a habit you find hard to break.The front door opened. James' eyes stopped moving over the page of his book and he just stared straight ahead of himself, straining his ears to hear Greg's movements. The door slammed. A heavy thunk conjured a mental image of the other man tossing his backpack to the floor ( Read more... ) -
quotable_muse Prompt: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof guts quote
giving up || 385 words || t
"I've got the guts to die. What I want to know is, have you got the guts to live?" - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
( [spoilers for the season finale, kind of, i guess] ) -
au_muses April prompt: When in your life did you know that you were not alone?
funeral || 285 words || k+
When in your life did you know that you were not alone?It didn't matter that he was pushing forty and hadn't really lived with his parents since he was a teenager. Standing there at the edge of his mother's open grave, James Wilson felt like an orphan. He glanced around, searching for some comfort. For somebody who ( Read more... ) -
quotable_muse Application: Wizard of Oz quote
optimism || 615 words || k+
"After all, tomorrow is another day." - The Wizard of Oz
( His cell phone was turned off. So were all of the lights. The main office door was locked, along with the one leading out to the balcony. The desk phone lay on its side next to its cradle so any incoming calls would be forwarded directly to the voicemail inbox. It had been a horrendously long day so far and James Wilson had no desire to interact with other people for the rest of it. ) -
au_muses March prompts: Devotion; Where do you go...?
devotion || 455 words || k
Where do you go or what do you do when you want to get away from life's pressures?James suspected he looked like an idiot, tossing a baseball into the air, hitting it as far as he could and then having to go retrieve it himself so he could start the process over again. But then, he supposed it didn't really matter. If ( Read more... ) -
au_muses February prompt: Dr. Joyce quote
trust || 325 words || t
"The best proof of love is trust." - Joyce Brothers
"You're going to fuck her."
( It wasn't a question and the resigned certainty in Greg's voice made James' heart tighten in his chest. )
