Tagged by @eriquin with the word SYMPTOM
Rules: You will be given a word. For Each letter in that word, share a snippet from a WIP, then tag some friends with a new word.
Since I'm editing the final(-ish) draft of Ancient Hearts Emergence currently, we'll pull from that while I edit! I'm going to go to the end of the paragraph, starting from whatever sentence starts with the related letter.
S
She focused on the feeling, skin on skin, heat to heat, felt the magic building under the surface, and let it in, let him in.
Y
“You don’t trust carnie engineering?” They came around a corner, through a fog of bugs congregating around the funnel cake truck’s too-bright lights. He pointed to the closest ride, with a sign that proclaimed it to be the Gravitron. “You’re telling me you wouldn’t ride that thing?”
M
Madison wasn’t sure how she’d gotten so lucky. He leaned in, whispering into her ear, “Or maybe you’re looking to lose?”
P
Putter and ball connected just right, she knew it immediately; a dull thunk, the rustling of cheap astroturf, bumping off the edge and flying right between the blades, just like her lola showed her. She followed close behind, casually of course; silently, Nick was on her heels, ducking around the giant miniature building just in time to watch her ball arch gracefully up the embankment. Hanging for just a second, it dropped back down and plunked right into the hole, circling a couple times before settling into place.
T
The smile she gave him, so big it crinkled up her eyes and showed her gums, mouth full of half-chewed grape, that was maybe his favorite smile in the world.
O
Or maybe it was the–
M
"My twin senses tell me Vida’s hatching a plan and that’s never good.” He nodded and allowed her to lead.
and tagging... @sentinelofstories @regaliasonata @lordkingsmith @augment-techs and anyone who sees this and wants to play along
Your word is DISPATCH
