The Drabble My First Lines Meme

[darkhavens]

Here are twenty of my first lines. Drabble me a tale and I'll return the favour.


I didn't know I loved him... until I saw him like that.

Clem hates keeping secrets; they make him nervous.

Xander woke feeling sore... in odd places.

It lived under the mattress.

The rules are quite simple.

Cold sweat, fear of the monsters, and a twinge of wildly inappropriate, swiftly stifled, forever to be denied lust.

Xander stared blankly for a moment and then laughed.

I get home from work and she's all packed and ready to go.

"Spike, can I have a word with you in the kitchen, please?"

Every time they met, Giles' eyes went first to Xander's neck.

The first ring was a bracelet of bruises; a circlet of purples and greens that lingered for days.

"Tell me again what happened to your crypt, Spike."

It took him a while, but Xander finally found a way to break the pattern that was his love life.

Xander had been guilted into ferrying a book and a fractious vampire out to Angel in LA.

It was the silences that made him think.

Now the chip was history it would be so very simple to install himself as Master of Seattle.

"Xander, please tell me this is one of your lame-ass practical jokes."

Xander looked around at the various heaps of... things, that had somehow managed appear inside his //their// apartment in the short hours he'd been out.

The letter spent two days locked in the top right hand drawer of Xander's desk before Spike confronted him about it.

"I know you want everyone to know that you cooked."

Comments

[savoytruffle.livejournal.com]

Another only partially interesting class, another drabble...

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Every time they met, Giles' eyes ent first to Xander's neck. He would stare for a long moment at the twin scars that Xander no longer tried to hide. If it was dark and they were meeting at Giles' apartment, Giles would step aside, deliberately not inviting Xander in, forcing Xander to prove he could still enter on his own.

"He's not going to turn me!" Xander wanted to yell. "I'm still the same Xander. The claim hasn't changed anything."

But he'd told Giles the first part before. And the second part wasn't actually true. The claim had changed everything.

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Ooh, lovely! Claiming is one of my kinks. I just love the idea of something that permanent and meaningful.

Thanks!

[savoytruffle.livejournal.com]

you're welcome. missed a "w" there in the first line. sorry! i was typing it at school and there were these people hovering around me and i didn't really want them to read, so i was trying to type and post fast.

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Oh, don't worry about it. I knew it was supposed to be there. *g*

And I suddenly realised I forgot to offer you an S/X drabble in return. So, what's your pleasure?

[savoytruffle.livejournal.com]

well, who am i to refuse? hmm... the theme of my life right now is "long weekend" or "days off." how about something along those lines?

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Your drabble has been written and posted, finally!

You can find it here (http://www.livejournal.com/users/darkhavens/40567.html). Hope you enjoy.