first impressions matter a collection of meet cutes and meet uglys from yours truly. (add a βswapβ to swap the sender/receiver in the prompt (or just do it manually).)
ankle, sender twists their ankle and stumbles forward, coincidentally falling into receiver's arms.
bark, a dog barks loudly, making sender jump and send their phone flying into receiver's face.
chips, sender and receiver both reach for the last bag of chips in the grocery store, their fingers touching by accident.
drink, sender chokes on their drink and ends up spitting it out all over receiver as they walk past.
emergency, in the middle of an awkward blind date, sender pretends to be receiver's friend and helps them get out of the date by faking an emergency.
french, sender pretends they can only speak french to get out of giving a stranger directions. receiver is a witness.
gift, sender is about to get scammed into overpaying for something before receiver steps in to help (and haggle).
hair, sender gets something they're wearing caught in receiver's hair and ends up yanking a chunk of it out when attempting to separate.
ice, sender is ice skating for the first time and skates uncontrollably in receiver's direction.
jail, sender and receiver are both thrown into the same holding cell at a police station.
kid, sender loses a child that they're caring for, only to end up finding them in receiver's company.
lock, sender crashes their ex's wedding, and receiver, a bridesmaid / groomsman, locks them both in the bathroom to prevent sender making a scene.
match, sender and receiver both end up being sat at the same table in a full restaurant.
nauseous, sender is drunk, and while receiver is attempting to help them, ends up throwing up all over receiver's shoes.
oops, sender is carrying a bag full of groceries that ends up breaking. receiver helps them pick their groceries back up.
plug, receiver walks into the bathroom to find sender stuffing tissues up their nose in an attempt to plug up a nosebleed.
quarter, sender doesn't have enough coins for the vending machine, so they stick their hand up the flap and gets their arm stuck just as receiver approaches.
rain, sender and receiver both get stuck under the same awning when seeking shelter from sudden rain.
shh, sender and receiver are both sitting beside each other at the movies. sender keeps whispering to themself every few minutes.
tooth, sender accidentally bites down too hard on their food, resulting in a tooth falling out and skittering across the floor to land at receiver's feet.
undone, the laces on sender's shoes ends up coming undone and they trip and fall, bringing receiver down with them and into the fountain beside them.
vacation, there's a problem with the booking of sender and receiver's hotel rooms and they end up having to share one. thankfully there are two beds.
woods, sender and receiver bump into each other in the woods. one of them is holding a shovel.
x-rated, in a bookstore, sender accidentally drops a few of the erotic books they were planning on purchasing on the floor, which receiver picks up.
yawn, sender, who is dressed down and has not yet slept, bumps into receiver, who is dressed up and just woken up, in line for coffee.
zap, sender calls out to receiver to ask for directions, but as it's late receiver mistakes sender for a creep and tases them.




















