WIP Wednesday
Heylo, lovelies. It's Wednesday and I felt like doing something a little different. So, a lot of the time, when I'm working on something, I start with dialogue. Right now, a lot of my WIPs are more like scripts than fleshed out fic. (And they're largely handwritten at the moment.) BUT! I thought it might be cool if I posted verbatim what is in my notebook so you can see how my brain ... works? Not sure that's the right word to use. lol Anyway, this is from a future chapter in Past is Prologue (sequel to Star Crossed Wires; pre-realization arc for the Breaker Box boys.) no pressure tags to @blackbirdofasgard @calif0rnication @aquaticmercy @voltageous-merlot
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Reader: *stirring drink, avoiding eye contact* What if there was a way you could, though? Eddie: Could what? Leave? R: *stomach drop at the thought of him leaving* Yeah. What if you weren't a thing. E: *scoffs* Right. And what if you weren't a human? R: It's well-documented that I am barely human on the best of days. E: *ponders ponderously* Those are two different questions. First you asked what if I could leave, then you changed it up to what if I were human. R: Yeah, I mean...is that even something you would want? I mean, flesh suits aren't exactly the most efficient systems. *gestures to self* E: I wouldn't leave. Not without you and Volt. R: *heart-eyed swoon; says something equally candy-heart worthy* E: Come on, don't get sappy on me. Mainly, I'd leave to see things you see...out there *gestures vaguely - thinky pause time* I've been working my whole life. To be able to just...stop? To walk away and do what I want at any time? Yeah. I'd try that. And if it was both of us--me and Volt?--*big eye contact* In a heartbeat. R: Do you think that's something Volt would want? E: *big laugh* Are you kidding? He'd jump at the chance to take you out. Do it all. See it all. It would be a thrill for him. R: *stirs drink more stirringly* You mean all that? You'd want to be human? E: Sure. I mean, it's all hypothetical, anyway. R: *no eye contact; stirring intensifies* E: Right? We're being hypothetical. R: *quietly makes eye contact* E: Sparks? ____ So yeah, that's what it's like in my head notebook before things hit the Google doc. Chapter 2 of Past is Prologue is coming Monday 7/13!













