rules: share the first lines of ten of your latest fanfics (or up to if you have less!) & tag 10 people. (or as many as you're in the mood to.)
tagged by @bilvaye and several others i can't remember specifics oops !
only using complete works bc i want to tyyyyy
saving mr tumnus (mattdrai, 1.2k)
Leon's surprised by two things when he finally gets to Matthew's Florida house.
2. tell me tomorrow i'll wait by the window for you (mattdrai, 1.2k)
"I can be there, if you want?" Leon says down the phone with full sincerity. It wouldn't be ideal, in the grand scheme of practices and sleep schedules, but he could make it work. Gladly, if Matthew wanted him to.
3. louder every moment (mattdrai, 1.2k)
Leon lets the sun beat down on him for a moment as he steps out of his rental. It's a stark difference from the December he just left behind in Edmonton.
4. france 2k27 🫣🌚 (mattdrai, bridgerchuk verse, 3.6k)
Matthew added Leon, Keith, Chantal, Sandra, Peter, Brady, Timmy, Aisling, Lena, Billie, Ciaran, Lily, Maddie, Xander, Taryn, Kim, and Niklas to a group
5. set your spirit free (mattdrai, bridgerchuk verse, 10.4k)
By the time he makes it into Davo's kitchen, Leon is grateful that the sounds of thumping techno mixed with children’s choirs that seem to make up the majority of festive mash-up ‘hits’ have given way to the gentle background sleigh bells that come with the more classic Christmas songs from his youth.
6. do re me (mattdrai, bridgerchuk verse, 1.5k)
7. doin' what comes naturally (mattdrai, bridgerchuk verse, 10.9k)
The trick to a good surprise is looking casual as it all unfolds. Matthew’s good at casual. Matthew’s so good at casual.
8. i get you and you get me (dasey, 2.4k)
Glimpses of ideas pass through her mind at speeds she can’t even follow, fully formed and over before she can even catch the beginning of them. It’s like words and feelings wrapping around and around themselves, messy and tangled and pulsating in equal measures and she can’t grab onto any of them. There’s nothing to focus on. Nothing to reason with. Nothing to latch on to and hitch a ride out of her own head on.
9. X. M. A. S. W. I. T. H. S. K. Y. E. (dasey, 6.5k)
There’s just enough time between morning skate and warm-up for Derek to go to the airport. It’ll be clos e, timing wise, and if he’s even a minute late for pre-game he’ll be penalised for it, but he knows it’s absolutely worth it.
10. Evacuate The Dancefloor (dasey, 2.9k)
The one thing Derek knows for certain the first time it happens is that he’s not as drunk as she thinks he is.
p sure all my mattdrai mutuals have already been tagged so looping in @betanoiz @grantairesbottle @wroteathingtoday for some fandom spreading <333
also ofc if u see this and want to do it just say i tagged you. i'll lie if you need me to !