Prompt #242

That was a long, long time ago. Just a few years after you were born.

Prompt #241

A promise made in fear

A promise broken in anger

Prompt #240

The moon is falling

The sun rises

Stars watch from afar

as they collide in a flash

Prompt #239

Remember all the bad things that never happened

Prompt #238

“That sounds terrible!”

“It wasn’t as bad if you focused on a song or poem. My preference was mentally reciting The Highwayman to the tune of ABBA’s Waterloo.”

Prompt #237

Everything that has happened in the last year can be traced to one moment, one decision, one person.

Prompt #236

I could never be with anyone else

Prompt #235

Better never than late

Prompt #234

Someone, somehow, just boarded our vessel.

Prompt #233

They had an odd bearing, like they knew—without a shadow of a doubt—no harm would come to them.

It would be fascinating to test that.

Prompt #232

Well,that was excessive.

Messy hair, smudged makeup, wrinkled clothes, chipped nail varnish, stained fingertips, chapped lips, mix-match socks, annotated books, clashing aesthetics, dried flowers, scribbled handwriting, voice cracks, bruises, acne, body hair, early mornings, late nights, unmade beds, loud music, soft touches

Very much in the mood to go to a bookstore carrying a warm drink in a stryrofoam cup whilst it’s raining outside

‘You’re a staff member at this roller-rink I go to often and the only way I’ve gotten your attention before was by falling on the rink so I decided to purposely fall and I guess that a dislocated ankle is a bit over the top, but at least I got your number’ au

(submitted by @sroka)

‘We’re both fairly new farmers in town, but I’m working at a thriving farm on great land with a lot of servants and outside help and you’ve inherited a really bad farm overrun with weeds and rocks, and I was just coming by to say hello, but you’re really charming and I feel sorta bad for you now, you wanna work together?’ au

(submitted by @lakeofrage27​)

‘I can’t believe you’re arguing with me about not warning you about the taste of my blood, look, mate, maybe if you asked before jumping on people’s necks I might have told you I was a werewolf, and then you wouldn’t look at me like that’ au

‘I’m casting actors for an opera, and have some very good choices, but you come in with a voice of an angel that just blew all others away, honestly, I think I’m in love, especially because I’m pretty sure you’re a siren, but you know what, I don’t care, we’re going to have a hit with you here’ au

‘I was taking a stroll on the beach when I first saw you and I had to stop and look again because is that a fish tail? Are you– are you for real? I can’t believe I just met a mermaid, I can’t believe they exist! What are you doing out of the water– shit, your fin is broken! Okay, my car is parked nearby, I should be able to take you to… a hospital? Veterinarian? My place? You know what, we’ll figure it out on our way there’ au

‘Usually I think humans are suckers because I can just shut them up with a word using my siren voice when they annoy me, but the things you say sound funny instead of annoying for some reaosn, I think I’ll keep you around’ au

‘It’s kind of an unspoken rule for us mermaids to not reveal outselves to humans, but I’ve been watching you work as a life guard on my beach for a while and, you know, I think it’s about time I try this “drowning” thing you humans do that always brings you into the water’ au