#cheaks

rules: share the first line of your last ten published works or as many as you are able and see if there are any patterns!

I was tagged by the lovely @cool-thymus <333 Thank you! First lines are always something I struggle with; I tend to start writing in the middle of the piece, and work my way outward, so it'll be interesting to see if there's a pattern.

Gravedirt and Butterflies

Tim shivers. He’s never liked the cold, and it’s certainly no better when it’s accompanied by the hostile smog of the Gotham night.

Effigy

The funeral is... quiet. It’s a dreary affair, culminating not in a casket lowered to the ground but in a name etched into lifeless stone.

Recompense and Its Many Forms

She's dead. It’s all Obito can think. She’s dead. Dead, and Kakashi’s the one who killed her .

A Proper Burial

“I—” Minato-sensei stops, turns to Kakashi. His expression is sympathetic, restrained devastation and grief. It makes Kakashi feel small, like he’s a little kid again and he just found his father, just felt his world shatter for the first time.

Looks like a Dream, We're Half Asleep

Mitsuba used to get nightmares, back when he was alive.

Is It Really a Love Confession if It's Not Vaguely Unsettling?

“I think I might be in love with you.”

The Good Stuff

The replacement gasps, strange and childish, when he spots Jason. Shit.

What Are You, a Chicken?

Obito shifts uncomfortably. He can feel Kakashi's glare on him.

Hey Wouldn't It Be Mortifying if We Both Survived This?

Obito dodges the falling debris, risks a glance at the cave behind them— Kakashi's laying face down on the ground, unmoving.

Factors of Identity

Namikaze Minato has always known he was going to be a shinobi.

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Hm. Straight--rather abruptly--into the action, it seems. I suppose it makes sense; I really enjoy dropping suddenly into a scene--like coming up for air and feeling the world rush back in, in motion. If that makes any sense at all lol. ,