Rules: Share the first lines of 10 of your latest fics, and tag others.
Someone Ordinary (Homestuck, complete)
Someone ordinary stands in front of a hat display at the Braj Stop. It just so happens that today, January 30th, 1997, is this cool dude’s birthday. Though it was 22 years ago he was given life, it is only today that he will find his purpose.
2. Chasing Euphoria (Ted Lasso, complete)
LISA: Connie, you’re arguably the biggest name in drag in British history.
CONNIE: I’d argue that, sure.
LISA: Drag can be a contentious issue lately. What do you say to critics who think that men dressing up as women is, well, obscene?
CONNIE: I ask them what it is about wearing a dress that they think is inappropriate, or degrading, or inherently sexual. Because I don’t feel any of those things when I put on a dress, and I don’t think you do either. I’m not mocking women here, I’m loving them. This is an act of love. Clothes are just pieces of fabric, but they’re also the way we communicate ourselves to the world, so they’re fucking important.
3. Knight and Cox (All For The Game, complete)
Neil answered the door, which was why Allison was able to merrily push her way past him into their dorm holding a DVD case in both hands and swaying her hips as if modelling it on a late night infomercial.
4. Queen (All For The Game, complete)
‘Wymack,’ Kevin said, when David opened the door.
‘You okay?’ David asked levelly, checking him up and down for obvious blood. ‘Shouldn’t you be at your secret night practice?’
‘This is more important,’ Kevin said. ‘Do you know a good tattoo artist?’
5. Indisposed (The Last Binding, complete)
Alan tried to enter the townhouse with much the same casual swagger as he always did. Makepeace, who never hesitated opening the door fully for him anymore, paused with the door bracketing his tall frame.
6. Support (All For The Game, complete)
‘Nicky,’ Andrew said abruptly. ‘Come for a car ride.’
Nicky met Neil’s eyes, but he still didn’t know how to reliably read Neil’s expressions. His best guess was that Neil knew Andrew would have asked him if he wanted him and didn’t have the capacity to feel offended by not being invited along. Nicky went back to his bedroom for his shoes, and before he knew it he was in the passenger seat of the Mas.
It was only the second time they’d been alone since Easthaven.
7. Safety (All For The Game, complete)
Neil was trying very hard to be a normal person. Since his father’s death, he no longer had any excuse to not be a normal person. Being an orphan suited Neil just fine, and meant that he could finally move on.
8. Tease (All For The Game, complete)
Jean had fallen into this strange and wonderful space that could be called home without meaning to, without really knowing what was happening, with plenty of hesitation but without much effort on his part. One day he was told he was going to play for the Trojans, and he accepted this. He was shown where he would live, and he accepted this. He was told to help Cat cook and was given clothes to wear, and he accepted this.
9. Stranded in Burnley (Ted Lasso, complete)
When you’re a Premier League football club, you get accustomed to a certain standard of travel. Unfortunately, there are times when things just cock up and there’s nothing you can do about it.
10. Sunrise (All For The Game, complete)
Kevin woke up to the sound of his mother’s raised voice. Riko was still sleeping, in Kevin’s bed because he was the guest. When Kevin visited him in America he didn’t get the bed there either, but his ma didn’t know that. Kevin eased himself quietly off the camp bed and snuck to the hallway so he could hear.
Thank you for the tag @arquiving! I tag @caracalliope @liesmyth and @allbrodennis, as well as anyone else who would like to do it!