Starter Stories

“... Someone else can do the presentation.”

“I’m not afraid of most things anymore which is equal parts bravery and apathy. I don’t feel pain either. It might be a sign that I’m dying.”

“In my heart, I am an outside creature. But also, I have a recurring nightmare of that bed trying to eat me.”

“Come on, you know I’ve never once gotten along with anyone in my age group. I need to stay around children so that I can pretend I’m not incredibly behind in both life goals and intelligence.”

“Death really does just follow you around. It’s never your fault, but wherever you go someone dies.”

“I mean, your actions definitely helped people see you as one of them, but you’re really not wrong about the pathetic blue eyes thing. It was kind of baffling to watch.”

“No, I think it’s straight up mental illness. I think getting hit by a train might resolve it, but I’m not going to try.”

“I don’t know much about children, but I think most children of that age are able to remember events that occurred a week or two earlier. I think this might be due to the brain injury.”

“I’m alive right now because of you. I’ve been alive for years because of you. I can’t understate how much I appreciate that. I’m not most people. Thank you.”

"Better you don’t know. You’re not a very good liar."

“Everyone I asked about you said that you weren’t a ‘stuck up bitch’. Those were their actual words, I’m literally quoting them. They said it unprompted too. I asked if they knew you and that was their immediate response. All of them. I don’t know what’s going on there.”

“You’re the only person who’s ever tried to pull me out of danger, even if you were the danger. Sometimes, it’s nice to be cared about, I guess. Even if it means I have to hurt myself to get you to care.”

“And you… have you consummated that marriage? How does that work?”

“I’m trying to become someone who deserves the second chance you shouldn’t have given me, but you didn’t need me to be around while I did it. I would have made myself scarce if I’d known you were coming this way.”

“Someone who really hates you. I was saved by someone who, it turns out, really likes me for some reason. We’re friends now.”

“I’ll leave it up to you. Call it a test.”

“Seeing you with your loved ones makes me miss my family for the first time in years. It seems you truly can be nostalgic for anything. Those freaks tried to sell me.”