#johnnygage

Rules: List the first lines of your last 20 stories (if you have less than 20, just list them all!). See if there are any patterns. Choose your favorite opening line.

Tagged by @johnnys-green-pen

So uh, I only have 3 published fics currently. And one is an ongoing rewrite of one of those. I’ve written so much in the last year but yet I have almost nothing to show for it, as most things I’ve started haven’t exactly been finished for whatever reason. Soooo guess I’ll include some of the unfinished stuff too, because who knows, maybe I’ll finish some of them one day.

99.9% of what I write is Emergency related, albeit. . . weird.

1) Save Me from the Dark

Scarlett Raven Black sat numbly in her dimly lit bedroom pondering her existence.

2) Any Other Day

John Gage laid shivering in a treatment room at the ER of Rampart General Hospital.

3) Save Me from the Dark (Rewrite)

Scarlett Black gazed wistfully out the window, taking in the relatively boring cityscape.

4) One Breath Apart (Tentative title)

Johnny was dead. Or at least he thought he was.

5) Untitled

"Have you noticed Gage has been extra weird today?" Chet asked aloud to the room of his coworkers as he reached for another balloon to blow up.

6) Untitled

As consciousness slowly returned to him, unfortunately so did the pain.

7) Untitled

John Gage woke from his third nightmare that night.

8) Untitled (Dropped)

There was a loud yell as once again Chet performed another prank on Johnny.

I also recently started a Grey’s Anatomy oneshot that I wanted to finish before S17xE8 because it’s based off a brief clip from the promo. But procrastination is one of my best talents so didn’t finish in time, then got unmotivated. Oops.

1) Where the Shadow Ends (Tentative title)

Sitting in the comfortable sand of the beach, Meredith stared out towards the crashing waves of the ocean in front of her.

Conclusions: First and foremost, I really have a thing for Johnny whump (and sometimes beyond just whump. . .). I also like starting my fics with “x character felt this way” or “x character did this thing”, and I almost never start fics with dialogue. I’ve tried to sorta change it up at points, but ultimately it’s just what I’m comfy with so maybe that’s fine.

Favorite: Just going by first lines, Untitled #6. Have I ever mentioned I love me some good whump? In terms of whooole fics, definitely the ongoing rewrite of Save Me from the Dark. Pretty much everyone knows by now, but the original fic was always intended to be more of a parody on common fandom tropes and mess with the very idea of the typical “Johnny falls in love with the perfect Mary-Sue OC and they live happily ever after” fics. The rewrite is a more serious take on that premise, adding more backstory, better(ish) pacing, and canon characters (hopefully) acting more true to their canon personalities. It’s still going to be weird, though.