#ii:hth

[sarah-sandwich-writes]

During the Blip, when Rose Hill was on the brink of blinking off the map, Harley Keener donned his homemade Iron Man armor and began stealing whatever his hometown needed to survive. They called him a hero, even when he pointed out that stealing ain't exactly hero work. Now, five years after the blipped have returned, things are still dire. He can't slow down. He can't take a day off. And he can't let anyone know how close he is to slipping and bringing all of Rose Hill down with him.

It all unravels when Harley nabs a charity donation from under Spider-Man's nose and the hunt for the Iron Impostor begins.

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[sarah-sandwich]

James says no more writing tonight even though I'm so so so close to finishing it 😭

Please sir 🥺 may I have my notebook 🥺

[sarah-sandwich-writes]

Finished the epilogue 💪👏🙌

Next steps:

Break into chapters

Fix timeline issues

Final full read-through + line edits

Post chapter one

GET READY

[sarah-sandwich-writes]

Acrostic WIP Tag Game #2

Rules: You will be given a word, and you must share 1 sentence from your WIP(s) that starts with each letter in that word!

Thanks for tagging me @writinglittlebeasts! I do so love these things ^.^

My word is NOWHERE and, again, I'll be pulling from a mix of wips and didn't follow the one sentence rule ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

N - another time, a different place (I have loved you before)

Never before has he been more grateful for his baby face. Nobody in the history of ever has wanted to ask a teenage boy for relationship advice.

O - Iron Impostor/Hometown Hero

“Oh fuck off, it’s practically noon and it’s hotter’n the devil’s ballsack out there. When you’re finished waterin’ your suit I got a list of shit needin’ your attention as long as one of Georgia’s poems.”

W - Violet, like these delights

What good would she have been to Nash today? None. He'd still be locked in the bathroom in a full panic attack and she'd be all the way in fucking Florida.

H - Violet, like these delights

"He's coming back. He's not mad at you. He wants to keep you safe and he's scared that he can't and he's frustrated that you won't let him swaddle you in bubble wrap and hide you under his bed." Nash exhales slowly. "I know."

E - Violet, like these delights

"Exactly." She puts the cigarette between her lips and inhales. "Friends are the ones you gotta watch the most. Once you start doing things for 'em, they'll get you laboring 'til you're dead. Gotta set boundaries or they use you up without even noticing. Quid pro quo or bust." "Well, you make friendship sound delightful, but whatever. What do you want?"

R - Iron Impostor/Hometown Hero

“Remember,” he says into the open comm, “at the first sign of trouble, we bail. The score isn’t worth it if we don’t all come home with it.”

E - Iron Impostor/Hometown Hero

Even if people listen, what good will public outrage do? The public don't get to decide whose crimes are justified. They don't get to decide where the government's money goes. It would be too easy for those in charge to put on a good show of listening, wait for the spotlight to fade, and then ruthlessly stomp out the rabble-rousers. I.e. everyone Harley loves and has sold his soul to protect.

Tagging: @butchcas-steele @writer-or-whatever @sheps-shepherd @wildswrites @zerolostwalks and anyone else who wants to play!

Your word is DITHER.

[sarah-sandwich-writes]

Acrostic WIP Tag Game #1

Rules: You will be given a word, and you must share 1 sentence from your WIP(s) that starts with each letter in that word!

Thanks for tagging me @butchcas-steele! I looooove these games (but I'm bad at following the rules one sentence is never enough lol)

My word is BARNS and I'll be sharing from a mix of WIPs.

B - Violet, like these delights

Butterflies and a visceral need to deflect with a joke and move on war within Jo. She's deeply flattered, but also embarrassed by Yara's frankness. In public, nonetheless. At work.

A - Iron Impostor/Hometown Hero

A warm wave of sausage-spiced air hits him in the face. The lights are off in the dining room, waiting for the first customer of the day to stop in and have need of them. Everything is a limited resource now, and no one’s keen on wasting what little they have.

R - Iron Impostor/Hometown Hero

Rose Hill has always been a small, close knit community tucked in the hills a good half-hour of hairpin mountain turns away from the nearest highway, but since the Blip, the population has plummeted. They don’t have enough bodies to occupy all of the available real estate, let alone keep it up.

N - another time, a different place (I have loved you before)

Not exactly traditional, but Peter imagines it would have been better than Harley sitting alone in an empty room the first Christmas after losing his family.

S - Violet, like these delights

She stuffs her hands in her windbreaker and eyes Jo. "Did I by chance overhear you just now laying the ole Southern thanks for the concern but fuck off on poor Henric?"

Tagging: @myarmsaretoolong @writinglittlebeasts @theawkwardwriter2810 and anybody else who wants to play! Your word is MINCE.

[sarah-sandwich-writes]

WIP Acrostic Tag Game

I was tagged by @sheps-shepherd and of course took a week to do it and then went completely overboard and completed it for two of my wips. Sorry not sorry!

The first is OG fantasy and it's what I was working on this morning. Of Woolen Hollow:

W - When we arrive back at our little campsite, Ham's tail thumps the earth but he doesn't look away from the herd as they wander nearby, searching the pine-needle strewn dirt for grass and weeds to mow down into nothing.

A - A creak outside his door is his only warning before the doorknob turns.

N - No apologies necessary because they have a cause greater than personal pleasure and it takes precedence over everything else.

D - "Did you think you were different just because you go around in that silly costume?”

E - "Everyone thought I was losing my touch, but I got you in the end you little puke."

R - Run, run, run. Pros: If he screws this up, he’ll finally find out where the city’s missing population is. Cons: If he screws this up, he’ll be one of them.

And this is from Iron Impostor/Hometown Hero, my Harley-centric fic where parkner doesn't happen. I realized after finishing this for oWH that it was only fair to repay parkner with... the closest I've got right now which is Harley lol Also the rough draft for this is DONE I just need to edit it up and start posting but I've been hella burnt out so it just hasn't happened. Soon? Hopefully?

W - “We’re scavengers livin’ on crumbs! You think you’re all hot shit because you get to steal and think it makes you heroes. Well I just think you’re shit!” And with that he hawks a wad of spit onto Harley’s boot.

A - Abbie swallows thickly. "He was holding them off so we could get away."

N - "No, I just…" [Peter] takes in Harley like he's something new. Or unexpected. "I didn't think you'd come back once you had them."

It stings even though it shouldn't. He's given Peter no reason to think anything different. He had to have his arm twisted into every moment of heroism before, so why would this one be any different? "The plan hasn't changed," Harley says eventually. "Two idiots in, four idiots out. I was short an idiot."

D - "Don't stop fighting, but please, let me go."

He holds his wrists out to the nearest agent. "My name is Harley Keener. I think you're lookin' for me."

E - "Enough," [Mama] says. There's no heat in it this time. No bite. She sounds sad. She sits up but doesn't look him in the eye as she takes his hand in both of hers. "Please, baby, you're not hearing me."

R - Rag over his finger, [Harley] traces the ring around the extinguished light in the center of the chest plate. Then he flicks his rag clean. "[Tony] didn't say much—I think he knew how jealous I was—but he mentioned you a few times when he remembered to call. High schooler, like me. Projects you were working on. How fucking fast you picked things up. How frustrating it was that you didn't see your potential as clearly as he did." Harley's upper lip peels into a bitter smile. "I hated you for being there while I was stuck here."

Tagging: @shipskicksandgiggles @writer-or-whatever @wildswrites and anyone else who wants to play! Your word is HEIST. Good luck!

[sarah-sandwich-writes]

Anyway I forgot I haven't typed up the end of not sm4 iron imposter (home town hero) and for a month now thought I was letting the finished draft sit before I do a final read through.

Not the case!!!

19 pages front and back 😮‍💨 I guess I know what I'm doing today.