my first lines

[wisdomeagle]

So. Here they are. Sixty-odd first lines of fanfic. Almost all the 'Gate stuff in here is online somewhere; almost none of the Buffy stuff is (because it's not finished.) So here are some teasers for things yet to come.

Do as you like with these: put them in drabbles, put them in ficlets, put them in novels. Change the names, leave the names, edit them, what have you. Post the drabbles here, there, everywhere. Guess where they came from. Marvel at their inanity. Ignore them. Up to you.

These are in alphabetical order and, as a unit, rated R.

• "Everyone turn away. I want no witnesses."


• "I think we're in love," said Daniel, sort of shyly, hitching up his jeans and adjusting his glasses unconsciously, falling into step a pace or two behind Sam.


• "This buddy of mine, this pal, this chum, this ex-lover, has-"


• "Coffee beans," said Daniel, staring at the coffee paraphernalia on the briefing room table.


• "I wish we'd thought to bring porn," said Sheppard, for perhaps the fifth time that evening.


• "It doesn't work, does it, Sam?"


• "Leave me the fuck alone!" he said.


• "Quantum mirrors are almost always a bad idea," Daniel said.


• "Well, this is... awkward," says Colonel O'Neill.


• "You want to what?"


• "We know you've been on secret missions before."


• A year after Sha're died, Kasuf summoned Daniel to Abydos to perform the second rituals of passing.


• Braca was good.


• Buffy's fiancé is all with the jealous.


• Cassie's dog runs across Sam's scraggly backyard.


• Daniel woke up and blinked.


• Daniel's first night back at the SGC, Jonas stayed in his quarters and read.


• Daniel's hand on an artifact.


• He had prepared very carefully, outlined the lecture meticulously, practiced in front of Sarah, her eyes flashing with criticisms and passion.
<-- the first line of the first fanfic I ever didn't finish!

• He had said he wanted time apart.


• He stumbled up the last steps, which was allowed, as he was out of sight now.


• He was in England for six months and received one letter.


• He's screaming for me, I can hear him, it's too late, he's gone, he's calling my name.


• I've already decided.


• In public, they were the most affirming team imaginable.


• It began like a fairy tale, with a beautiful princess (Sam supposed that was Sha're) and with a wicked enchanter (and Sam supposed that was Ra), and a handsome prince (and anyone with eyes could see that that was Daniel).


• Jack leaned back on the couch with a sigh.


• Jack ran a finger down Daniel's chest to his navel.


• Janet kissed Sam.


• Joss thinks Aly fell in love with Alexis while they were filming three-fourteen.


• Lieutenant Braca wasn't used to the feeling of cold.


• Lily and James were supposed to grow old together, not him and Sirius.


• Major Carter suggested that they hitch a ride with the man in the oxcart when he offered it.


• My name is Kristy Thomas.


• On January 16, 1945, Ernest Littlefield died in a lab accident.


• On the plane to Los Angeles, they didn't say a word.


• Once upon a time, there was a cute little purple person with a long purple tail.


• Oz was lying in bed with a girl named Sondra, his arm draped over her stomach, and he was drawing little circles on her belly, lazy-like.


• Patience.


• Sam could be subtle, Daniel realized; the first time she drove him home, she talked about a differential equation for a full ten minutes.


• Sara.


• Scientist.


• Shit.


• Sunnydale was a strange place, Tara decided.


• Tara woke up before Willow did that morning.


• The first time Sam kissed Rosie, he was thinking about Frodo.


• They were all drunk.


• This time, Angel realized the blood was spiked.


• Three mornings earlier, before leaving for work, they'd eaten chocolate coffee beans together, lying on Daniel's oversized bed, stark naked, cuddling together for warmth.


• Three... two... one.


• Time passes.


• Trance skipped through the Andromeda, very happy and purple.


• Trance smiled.


• We were asleep.


• Wesley checked this prophecy.


• When did we become family?


• When Ke'ra kissed him he could see her face in front of him, always just a few inches from him, her lips far away, receding into the distance, her kisses shadows on his lips.


• When Wistful came home from work, she was very tired.


• Willow came back from L.A., her hair tied back in a tight knot, still sobbing, and collapsed into Tara's arms.


• Willow curled up at the foot of her bed, perusing a spellbook Tara had left behind.


• Willow frowned at the collection of stones in front of her.

Conclusion: Okay, so obviously I like to begin my fics with good, strong, declarative sentences. Most of which contain the main characters' names. Some of which could serve as summaries for the entire fic. And obviously, my fic is very, very Daniel-centric, Willow-centric, Tara-centric, and Sam-centric.