Rules: List the first lines of your last 20 stories. See if there are any patterns. Choose your favorite opening line. Then tag 10 authors!
@windona BITCH I'VE GOT, LIKE, FIVE STORIES AND YOU GONNA TAG ME IN THIS? Now I gotta dig through all my trash for something to post.
Salvage Operation/Reconstruction: Ace wasn’t sure how long he’d been searching for Luffy, but by the time he’d found him at the cliffs that sat at the base of Mount Corvo, the sun had just finished hitting its peak and was beginning to make its descent.
stormy weather: Law stared at the blank screen, expression frozen in a twisted smile.
Untitled AceLaw fic: The most irritating part of traveling the Grand Line as a doctor was that everyone for some reason expected him to be an expert in every related field.
Landlocked Blues: Law watched impassively as the Straw Hats and the Kid Pirates loaded their boats. ((rough rough draft))
Bounty hunter fic: Alabasta wasn’t an easy place to live. (??? also, the roughest of rough drafts)
A New Hope, from the ghost lights series: Izuku waits every day after school at Gran Torino’s flat.
search/i've got something in my eye, from the ghost lights series: “I don’t know what you want from me. You probably know more than I do,” Bakugo gritted out.
fucker's got it out for me: Bakugo will acknowledge, on some level, he’s made more than a few mistakes in life--and he’s pretty sure this fuckass vigilante has made it his personal mission to witness every single one/as many as he possibly can.
Bakugo Fucking Dies: Bakugo has always been the worst roommate. He breaks your stuff, throws things everywhere, ruins your electronics, and constantly leaves angry messages on the mirror. Not much has changed since he died.
salad days, from the Cold War Kids series: Gabriel was always braced for the rough transition between schools.
untitled mcgenji murder roadtrip: Once regarded as one of the most powerful families of Japan, the Shimada name no longer carries any weight.
someone to hold you to close: He’s being watched.
Untitled work, from the Professional Misconduct series: The Korcari Wilds had been a wretched experience.
Roads Less Traveled from the Professional Misconduct series: It had been almost fortnight since Aveline had managed to fight her way tooth and nail out of the massacre that took place at Ostagar.
Hetairae (?): Even though it was warm enough indoors that he could almost feel himself beginning to sweat, Hawke felt mildly chilly.
F5, can’t remember the title: As far as his criminal history went, Wally was pretty simple.
F4, The Sting: Wally woke up early in the morning.
F3, Network: Wally wasn’t really sure what he expected out of another encounter with Robin.
F2, Marathon: There were maybe a little over two hundred students in the auditorium, which was probably an average size for an introductory course to psychology.
F1, The New Kid on the Block: There was an outsider trespassing in Central.
I was trying so desperately hard to find work and push Fedora Verse off the list because that story just fills me up with so much anxiety now, but I ended up just rounding it off to a perfect 20 instead. Was nice, if a little embarrassing, to see the progress I've made over 7 years of writing at least. But jesus christ I have to write more. If this list had been any shorter, I would've been posting, like, my high school Naruto fanfiction and facing the reality of my writing history. I'm just not strong enough. Not tagging anyone because this is just plain hurtful, but if anyone's interested in this meme, go for it!
