A Life Well Lived

Law & Order SVU: "Heartfelt Passages" [17x23]

Season 17 Finale aired today 10 years ago on May 25, 2016

backing away

begging / babbling incoherently

clenching eyes

cracking knuckles

crossing arms defensively

crying

defensive / aggressive behavior

fidgeting

fight / flight / freeze / fawn response

flinching

heart pounding

hyperventilating 

“i can't do this.”

“oh my god!”

pulling hair

racing thoughts

screaming

self soothing motions (rubbing arms, wringing hands, …)

shaking voice

shivering / trembling

sweating

“what the fuck!”

wide eyes, observing everything

Got drugged, hit over the head, exhausted or just had a bit too much to drink? Doesn't always need to end up predictable! Have it lead into your character's next adventure!

on the floor of their room, with no idea how they got there

back home in their bed... and someone is sitting next to the bed

in a cage

in a random side alley with a cat or rat sniffing them

in the middle of the woods, with no further information on where they are

tied up in a dungeon

in an extremely expensive hotel that they definitely would not be able to afford

on a bench at a bus station with commuters giving awkward side glances and a random woman offering aspirin

on a dirty mattress in a typical, creepy basement with a single lightbulb and a genuinely nice guy who lives there and just sucks at interior design

in a freshly dug grave

at a human sacrifice... but as sacrifice or attendant?

in a well, with locals in the process of trying to fish them out

to rhythmic beeping of a heart monitor in a hospital room

When character is angry:

Snapped

Spat

Snarled

Hissed

Barked

...or sad:

Choked

Mumbled

Managed

Croaked

Murmured

...or if they're feeling nervous:

Stammered

Babbled

Rambled

Muttered

Squeaked

...and even when flirting:

Coaxed

Purred

Teased

Hummed

When character is angry:

Snapped

Spat

Snarled

Hissed

Barked

...or sad:

Choked

Mumbled

Managed

Croaked

Murmured

...or if they're feeling nervous:

Stammered

Babbled

Rambled

Muttered

Squeaked

...and even when flirting:

Coaxed

Purred

Teased

Hummed

feel free to use:)

“i give you ten minutes until you realize i’m literally right.” “i give you two until you stop talking.” “…….. alright.”

“i am just so fond of you.” “i am quite great, aren’t i?” “never mind.”

i just <3333 when they’re verrrry diff ages as well! like a stern elderly woman and a twenty something who get along well

“i failed the test.” “same…” “TWINNN!!?!?”

being apart and thinking of them everywhere

^ like that cute doll reminds me of them, and this food reminds me of them

that late night call just cause they’re bored

one character is literally insane and does the most random and unserious things and the other is just like yeah haha normal day around these parts

“you are the bane of my existence.” “and you love me still.” “….. and i love you still.”

the vows if one of them gets married, and them just both sobbing

^^ also when they’re best friends with their best friends s/o as well… let’s let the “they can’t be just friends trope” go!

long hugs, melting into each other

comparing hand sizes

burying face in their stomach when laying down

several kisses in quick succession

hugs from behind

huddling up on a cold day

rolling in bed until they are slotted together

tickling

nose / cheek / forehead kisses

stealing their hat and putting it on

forehead to forehead

smothering them with their own body

carrying them around their apartment

head resting on their shoulder

climbing in their lap

checking them out when they change even after years together

holding hands in a stressful moment

slapping their ass in passing

tucking their hair back

casual brushes while passing them

massages

kissing the palm on their hand and then nuzzling into it

playing with the other's fingers

lifting them and setting them on the counter to have better kiss reachability

burying face in the crook of their neck

playing with their hair

spooning

removing their make up and hair products for them after a hard day

jumping in their arms upon reunion

(Happy Valentine’s guys!!! Enjoy writing from these and tag me pls!!! :) 💗💗)

By @me-writes-prompts

“I love you too.”

“I don’t.”

“Right.”

“Everyone does, sweetheart. Tell me something new.”

“Do you really, though?” 🤨

“I love you too, but you really need to put that knife down.” 

“I have to go.”

“...oh.”

“Oh, so now you love me? Not even a moment ago you hated me.” 

“You think you do, but you don’t. You don’t love me.” 

“So what? What about it? You’ve told me that a million times, and it all comes down to you wanting to believe that you can still love someone.” 

“Do you, now? I love me too <3”

“You should love yourself first, sweetheart.” oooooooh

“I know.”

“It’s okay, you’ll think better of it in no time.”

“So did they, and they still left me.”

"And here I thought we were enemies."

"You're choking me."

“Awww, that’s cute.”

“You what?”

“…”

“Interesting. So as I was saying…”

“Thought you’d never say it.”

“Let’s get married.”

“I love you so much more<3”

“Don’t be dramatic. Nothing’s going to happen. Take your medicine now.”

Celebrity prompts:

Intimacy isn't always just the spicy stuff! Here's a few ways to show it through your characters in a few, simple ways...

Kissing their S/O's hand, knuckles, wrist...bonus points for eye contact!

Speaking of which...eyes. Glances across the room, prolonged eye contact, staring at each other

Tending to the other's wounds/ injuries

Knowing the other's tiny habits

Reaching out to the other when in pain, trouble, ect

Whispering jokes to each other

Carefully wiping off a stain from their clothes or face

Taking care of each other when sick or hurt

Hand over the heart/ ear over the heart just to hear it beat

Pressing their thumb over the pulse point for the same thing

Tracing scars, tattoos, birth marks, freckles

Giving the other something tiny that means a lot, a picture, a shiny rock, a flower

In fantasy settings, helping the other put on/ take off armor...trusting the other to know where daggers, knives, poisons are hidden

Telling each other secrets/ thoughts they've told nobody before

Tucking back the other's hair

Putting a piece of jewelry on the other or letting them borrow clothes

Keeping each other warm in the cold

In cases with chronic illness, letting the other care for/ know symptoms

Brushing, braiding hair, applying skincare, etc.

Nightmare comfort

Wiping away tears

Proximity- sitting near each other, sticking close, standing beside each other while doing a task such as cooking, laundry, painting...

“…”

“…what?”

“What? Are you serious? Right now of all places, you really think it’s the time to just blurt something like that out? You fucking-, urghh….”

“Wait, what?”

“…oh.”

“Cut the bullshit, what do you really want? Because you should damn well know by now that kind of talk doesn’t work on me.”

“Excuse me?” *fucking clutching my pearls*

“Oh, no…”

“No, please don’t. Please don’t do this.”

“Please stop saying that.”

“Just don’t.”

slap them.

“I hate you.”

“I hate you.” (affectionately)

“No you don’t. I know you may think you do, but you don’t, not really.”

“Okay.”

“…okay…”

“Oh, okay…. uh…. look, I care about you too, so much, but just not like that. I’m really sorry.”

“Alright. Tell me again when you finally mean it.”

“Tell me again when we make it out of here alive.”

“Ah, sure you do.”

“I thought I was always just a friend in your eyes…”

“Since when?”

“I had no idea… why did you never tell me before?”

“I’m sorry, I can’t… I want to, but I can’t…”

just kiss them instead of finding the words.

kiss them as soon as they confess and thereby shut up whatever else they wanted to say.

“Took you long enough.”

“I love you.”

“I love you too.”

“I love you more.”

“Ditto.”

“I know.”

start tearing up.

start full on crying.

start crying happy tears.

start crying angry/confused/frustrated tears.

“Shut up.”

“Shut up.” (affectionately)

“Seriously?” (hello early seasons of grey’s anatomy with all of the seriously’s ♡)

“Say it again.”

“Oh my god, it all makes so much sense now!”

start giggling uncontrollably.

start laughing uncontrollably.

George once said he went to Brackley on a bank holiday without his pass and had to call Marcus to let him in, but found out Marcus was on holiday in Rome.