* // UNMOURNED

sentence starters for dancing until midnight, masquerade masks, wine-stained lips, the swirl of skirts, and brushing shoulders with nobility.

you can't keep avoiding the dance floor all night.

if no one else has claimed this one, may i?

just one song, please.

tell me something true before the night ends.

i promise not to step on your feet.

one dance - that's all i'm asking for.

you recognized me, didn't you?

if someone catches us out here, we'll be in trouble.

the wine is terrible.

you have quite captured the room's attention, you know.

you shouldn't be seen talking to me.

forgive the interruption, but you looked like you needed rescuing.

you seem so lonely for someone so surrounded by admirers...

have we met before? your eyes look so familiar.

i hear the host is using this to find a bride.

i've been looking for you all evening.

allow me the honor of dancing with you.

you have become exceedingly difficult to ignore.

i promise to return you to your friends before the gossip starts.

you always talk like the entire room belongs to you.

i've been working up the courage to ask you to dance all evening.

shall we pretend to not hate each other for one night?

i hate acting like i care about these events.

why do you host balls if you always go and sulk in the corner?

here, i got you another glass of champagne.

meet me in the hallway. make sure nobody follows you.

you're making an awful lot of enemies if you keep declining dances.

you could at least pretend to be enjoying the celebrations.

you're so unconcerned with appearances. it baffles me.

the terrace is certainly quieter than out here. join me?

you danced with everyone but me.

oh, it's raining - do you want to stay a little longer?

⠀⠀⠀⠀♥︎⠀⠀⠀⠀collection of dialogue from 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒏 story THE LITTLE MERMAID.⠀⠀adjust phrasing, add context,⠀&⠀change gendered language to your needs.⠀⠀part 1 / 2

⠀⠀❝⠀⠀When you get to be fifteen, you will be allowed to rise up out of the ocean and sit on the rocks in the moonlight.⠀⠀❞⠀⠀

⠀⠀❝⠀⠀Watch the great ships sailing by.⠀⠀❞⠀⠀

⠀⠀❝⠀⠀You'll see woods and towns, too.⠀⠀❞⠀⠀

⠀⠀❝⠀⠀Come, let me adorn you like your sisters.⠀⠀❞⠀⠀

⠀⠀❝⠀⠀You must put up with a good deal to keep up appearances.⠀⠀❞⠀⠀

⠀⠀❝⠀⠀If men aren't drowned, do they live on forever⠀.ᐣ⠀⠀❞⠀⠀

⠀⠀❝⠀⠀Don't they die, as we do down here in the sea⠀.ᐣ⠀⠀❞⠀⠀

⠀⠀❝⠀⠀They too must die, and their lifetimes are even shorter than ours.⠀⠀❞⠀⠀

⠀⠀❝⠀⠀We can live to be three hundred years old, but when we perish we turn into mere foam on the sea.⠀⠀❞⠀⠀

⠀⠀❝⠀⠀We haven't a grave down here among our dear ones.⠀⠀❞⠀⠀

⠀⠀❝⠀⠀We have no immortal soul, no life hereafter.⠀⠀❞⠀⠀

⠀⠀❝⠀⠀We are like the green seaweed - once cut down, it never grows again.⠀⠀❞⠀⠀

⠀⠀❝⠀⠀Human beings, on the contrary, have a soul which lives forever, long after their bodies have turned to clay.⠀⠀❞⠀⠀

⠀⠀❝⠀⠀It rises through thin air, up to the shining stars.⠀⠀❞⠀⠀

⠀⠀❝⠀⠀Just as we rise through the water to see the lands on earth, so men rise up to beautiful places unknown, which we shall never see.⠀⠀❞⠀⠀

⠀⠀❝⠀⠀Why weren't we given an immortal soul⠀.ᐣ⠀⠀❞⠀⠀

⠀⠀❝⠀⠀I would gladly give up my three hundred years if I could be a human being only for a day.⠀⠀❞⠀⠀

⠀⠀❝⠀⠀We fare much more happily and are much better off than the folk up there.⠀⠀❞⠀⠀

“ you don’t realize how deeply i love you. ”

“ i never wanna talk about my feelings again. ”

“ you think you’re a better kisser than me? a better cuddler than me? come over here and prove it nerd. ”

“ i found the person who makes my heart skip and my soul feel at home and that’s you. ”

“ *kisses you all over your face* skincare. ”

“ i've never been so needy in my god damn life. ”

“ i really want u to stay. ”

“ maybe its better to keep it inside. ”

“ i miss you, even in my sleep. ”

“ i miss being able to call you just to talk about silly random things, but it’s not my place anymore. ”

“ dont flirt with me if you arent obsessive and controlling. ”

“ if you only knew how much i'm into you. ”

“ nothing lasts forever so lets be nothing. ”

“ i wanna do what makes you happy. that's my goal, to keep you happy all the time. ”

“ even if you have nothing to say, just text me. i miss you. ”

“ like i just wanna sit and stare at you and take notes of how beautiful you are. and at the same time i wanna fuck you so hard. ”

“ was i something you really wanted? ”

“ fuck i love ur voice. ”

“ i want us, i want you, only you. ”

“ i don’t feel wanted anywhere. ”

“ i literally hate being away from you. ”

“ sorry i stare but you're so fucking pretty. ”

“ i wish i mattered to you as much as i did in the beginning. ”

“ i like clingy. i like attention. i like affection. i like double texts. i like random calls. i like paragraphs. ”

“ i’ll tell you if you ask. ”

“ i want to understand you in ways that nobody has ever even thought to try. ”

“ i wish i wasn’t so easy to forget. ”

“ i like you in a way that ruins everyone else for me. ”

“ i wanna be the reason you smile and slightly tilt your phone away from others when you read my messages. ”

“ that feeling that everyone secretly hates u but u just cant prove it. ”

“ fuck texting, i wanna be with you. ”

“ i'd worship you in ways that’d make even a god jealous. ”

“ my eyes were on you before I even knew your name. ”

“ i am just a broken machine and i do things that i don't really mean. ”

“ i lied. i do have jealousy issues. ”

“ imagine being someone’s first thought for everything. ”

“ feeling unloved changes you a lot. ”

“ so basically everyone hates me and wants me dead is the vibe im getting. ”

“ hey, so like in case there was any confusion, you're fucking mine. ”

“ i will spoil you. you are my priority. whatever you desire is my next task to do. ”