First Lines Meme

[transemacabre]

Via caia_comica. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to write a drabble or ficlet with the same first line (from any of the above) and leave it in my comments here.

Robert Reynolds has never had to crawl into a bottle to find a demon. But sometimes it helps. (Mass Hypnosis)

The first time it happened he tried to blame it on something: the heat of the moment, he was feeling vulnerable, a stress reaction, they were both so lonely. (After the Affair)

Elijah Bradley had never been a Boy Scout, but he knew about being prepared. (Worst Case Scenario)

The bar was too dark, too stuffy, and too loud. (Dark Horse Bet)

Robbie finds the letters in the oddest places. (Love Letters)

They meet on the rooftops, in one of those seedy back-alleys that one can always find if one turns the right (wrong) corner in New York City. (Collision Course)

It was a normal morning in the Folding Castle, a warm morning that promised to be muggy, and most of the Thunderbolts were downstairs in the kitchen for breakfast. (Thunderbolts: The Reality TV Show)

Tony Stark is only human. (Only Human)

It was the fifth Sunday in February, and the clocks were striking thirteen. (Nonsuch World)

Comments

[caiusmajor.livejournal.com]

Tony Stark is only human.

Technically speaking, so is Steve Rogers. But then, techically speaking--and Tony has done and witnessed tests that demonstrated this empirically--Steve is human physical perfection.

Not as smart as Tony, certainly, and most of the time he can more than make up the difference: even the early Iron Man armor was more than a match for a single, albeit perfect, man.

Most of the time.

But out of the armor, when Tony was Tony, mere human (brilliant and wealthy though he may be), and Steve was Steve (technically perfect in every way, except, possibly, for brains)--that was another matter.

Sparring with Captain America was always an *excellent* way to feal humility.

Along with a certain other perfectly human emotion that Steve--almost always the perfect *gentleman* as well--pretended not to notice.

Perfectly *handsome* that he was, Steve no doubt regarded it as a perfectly normal human response to sparring--since it certainly was to sparring with *him*.

[harmonyangel.livejournal.com]

I think I have some kind of Steve/Tony radar that allows me to find anything that's written about the pairing instantaneously.

That, right there? Is an awesome little ficlet. And exactly how I imagine their sparring goes. ;)

[caiusmajor.livejournal.com]

Hee! I'm glad you found. And glad you enjoyed. And yes, probably so--although I'm also quite sure that Cap *does* get similar reactions in the majority of the folks he spars with. Which, um, would be most of the Marvel U. :D

[harmonyangel.livejournal.com]

I was just talking to someone today about how Steve is pretty much the character that everyone in the Marvel U is in love with. His closest female equivalent, I think, is Jean Grey.

This might explain why they're both currently dead. *frowl*

[tavella.livejournal.com]

Well, he's so amazingly *sane* and unneurotic. Which is more than you can say for most other superheroes. And infallibly decent and kind, and y'know, hot with the perfect body. And he even has (in the hands of his better writers) a very dry sense of humor.

This was lovely!

[transemacabre.livejournal.com]

YAYZ. <3 <3 <3

[caiusmajor.livejournal.com]

:D! <3 to you too!

[skalja.livejournal.com]

... Oh my!

[crimsonquills.livejournal.com]

I forget how I found this, but I'm so glad I did! I don't have much coherent to say, alas, except that I really, really enjoyed this little ficlet. And that the last line is beyond perfection. *g*

[tmelange.livejournal.com]

Wonderful! Bravo!