&. 𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐬 (𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬?) 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬.
( various dialogue prompts to send to your worst enemy (affectionate). feel free to change how you seem fit. )
❛ oh great, it's you again. ❜
❛ you? kill me? that's funny. ❜
❛ for being someone you hate, i'm sure on your mind a lot. ❜
❛ you're the last person i wanted to see, actually. ❜
❛ do us both a favor. stay away from me. ❜
❛ you really are an asshole, you know that? ❜
❛ i'm the asshole? what does that make you then? ❜
❛ sometimes i think you must hate me. ❜
❛ i thought you said you never wanted to see me again. ❜
❛ if you want me to go, then you have to tell me to leave. ❜
❛ well, someone's cranky today. ❜
❛ well, someone needs to shut the fuck up. ❜
❛ just stay out of my way. ❜
❛ of all the idiots in the world, i'm stuck with you. ❜
❛ what is it you want this time? ❜
❛ sometimes i wonder if you're in love with me. ❜
❛ do you honestly think this is easy for me? ❜
❛ why would i ever want to be friends with you? ❜
❛ can we please just talk? ❜
❛ there is nothing for us to talk about. ❜
❛ you can yell at me later. just let me help you. ❜
❛ touch me, and you're dead. ❜
❛ oh, so now you care? ❜
❛ there is something deeply wrong with you. ❜
❛ i know i'm the last person you probably want to see, but... ❜
❛ you don't think we could be friends, do you? ❜
❛ i'm tired of fighting against you. ❜
❛ don't pretend you give a shit about me. ❜
❛ you're an idiot, but... i trust you. ❜
❛ oh, don't be cute. ❜
❛ wait, did you just say that i'm cute? ❜
❛ we're not good for each other. ❜
❛ if i say yes, will you shut up? ❜
❛ don't you have to be stupid somewhere else? ❜
❛ maybe we should kiss just to break the tension. ❜
❛ i'm sorry i can't turn off my feelings as easily as you. ❜
❛ maybe there's a universe out there where we're friends. ❜
❛ how can you be so smart yet so dumb at the same time? ❜
❛ don't think this changes anything between us. ❜
❛ you look ridiculous in that outfit, by the way. ❜
❛ if you die, i'll kill you. ❜
❛ is that a challenge? ❜
❛ ah, so you're not heartless after all. ❜
❛ i don't think i've ever seen you smile. ❜
❛ you never cared about me, so why now? ❜
❛ why didn't you kill me when you had the chance? ❜
❛ i don't even remember why we started fighting. ❜
❛ i don't have time for distractions right now. ❜
❛ you're not as bad as everyone says you are. ❜
❛ enemies make the best lovers, you know. ❜
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I AM ALL THE THINGS THEY MIGHT HAVE SAID TO YOU.
a prompt based off of the crane wives 2015 album, " coyote stories, " dark themes present. adjust if needed!
KEEP YOU SAFE.
" when i was a child, my nerves went wild. "
" i watched my friends climb to the tops of the trees. "
" i never climbed at all. "
" i told myself, 'i'm not ready.' "
" my daddy always said nothing worth doing comes easy. "
" nothing worth doing comes easy. "
" time is not your friend, time is not your remedy. "
" time is not your friend. "
" no amount of waiting will make you brave. "
" no amount of waiting will keep you safe. "
" the more fears i collect, i gather them from all the people i meet. "
" their stories reveal regrets their smiles can't conceal. "
" i carry them with me. "
" what if the steps i take turn out to be mistakes ? "
" how can somebody like me learn to stay ? "
THE MOON WILL SING.
" tell me once again. "
" tell me once again i could have been anyone. "
" i could have been anyone, anyone else. "
" i could have been anyone before you made the choice for me. "
" my feet knew the path. "
" we walked in the dark, i never gave a single thought to where it might lead. "
" i never gave a single thought to where it might lead. "
" all those empty rooms, we could have been anywhere else. "
" instead, i made a bed with apathy. "
" my heart knew the weight. "
" my heart knew the weight of ten years worth of dust and neglect. "
" ten years of worth of dust and neglect. "
" we made our peace with weariness and let it be. "
" the moon will sing a song for me, i loved you like the sun. "
" the moon will sing a song for me. "
" i loved you like the sun. "
" bore the shadows that you made with no light of my own. "
" i shine only with the light you gave me. "
" we could have had anything else. "
" instead, you hoarded all that's left of me. "
" i want to feel the fire that you kept from me . "
" i could have been anyone. "
ALLIES OR ENEMIES.
" the words i speak are wildfires and weeds. "
" they spread like some awful damn disease. "
" i swear, i didn't mean what i said. "
" i swear, i didn't mean it. "
" you owe me ears for dripping eaves. "
" forget it all, you caught me in a moment weak. "
" forget it all. "
" you caught me in a moment weak. "
" sometimes i just can't help myself. "
" i can't help myself at all. "
" are we allies or enemies ? "
" this will be the death of me . "
" remember when i could tell you not to smile ? "
" remember when i could tell you not to smile when you were mad ? "
" you would always crack, and we'd both be laughing in the end. "
" we'd both be laughing in the end. "
" now you're not so quick to forget. "
" all is fair in love and war, but i can't fight with you anymore. "
" what happens now ? "
" do we have another go ? "
" do we bow out and take our separate roads ? "
" i'll admit i've had my doubts. "
" i want to be let in, not out. "
UNRAVELING.
" i once loved a tailor who took eager care of me. "
" sewed together my loose ends with stitches. "
" stitches neat and clean. "
" but now my love is gone. "
" and i am left unraveling. "
" i once loved a gardener with his dirt-smudged face and hands. "
" trimmed my weeds and gave me room to grow. "
" i am left here withering. "
" i once loved a carpenter who carved a smile for me. "
" sanded my rough edges, crafted new and lovely things. "
" i can't help fracturing. "
" i never knew that i needed you. "
" i once loved a man who kissed me once before he left. "
" tied me up in knots and said he'd soon return again. "
HARD SELL.
" i'm trying to make something of myself. "
" my better days, i go buy the hard sell. "
" but i feel like i'm working with barbed wire. "
" i really can't get a hold of many things. "
" i'm one deep breath away from a breakdown. "
" my nerves are wrecked and coming unwound. "
" the world is hostile. "
" i'm fragile and i need someone to kiss the cuts. "
" tell me to keep trying. "
" is it me ? is it really just me ? "
" does everybody have it together or are we all pretending ? "
" holding it together with one loose string. "
" i can't stop pulling. "
"i rip myself apart at the seams. "
" i find one weak spot and start unraveling. "
" hoping i can find a better me. "
" a fresh new start. "
" can we stop pretending now ? "
ROCKSLIDE.
" i can hear the rumblin', honey. "
" it's why the weather's got the mountain shakin' weak. "
" i know you want to plant your feet. "
" we best get a move on. "
" or the devil we will meet. "
" i feel the quakin' honey, i feel it deep."
" oh, i pray today my soul to keep. "
" drop dead sprint, my darling. "
" don't look back now. "
" honey, just try to breath. "
" that monster's coming. "
" that monster's coming and it don't care for you or me. "
" it don't care for you or me. "
" the angels we may someday see. "
METAPHOR.
" i've gotten good at leaning on metaphors."
" i've gotten good at living on someone else's page. "
" i cut my teeth on secondhand sentiments. "
" you can't trust a single thing i say. "
" i keep my closet free of skeletons. "
" i'm much better at digging graves. "
" i always dig up bones in your sympathy. "
" i can't trust a single thing you say. "
" don't look too hard, you won't like the scars he left. "
" i've gotten good at stretching the truth out of shape. "
" all these words are sweet and meaningless. "
THE HAND THAT FEEDS.
" i've seen good men spoiled. "
" chained to their jobs like hounds. "
" they work and sleep and work again. "
" in the darkest nights they howl. "
" their cries are a warning to everyone following. "
" no man should stand to work all of his days. "
" and have nothing at the end of them. "
" i got no money but the change that jingles in my pockets. "
" reminding me of how little i have. "
" as for time, i am powerless to stop it. "
" it keeps rambling on like a mad, wandering man. "
" my papa was a howlin' man. "
" my dear papa gave me lessons and regrets. "
" all that he'd gone would be for nothing if [i] followed in his steps. "
" my papa taught me how to howl. "
" how to bear my teeth and growl. "
" he taught me that the hand that feeds, deserves to be bitten when it beats. "
" he taught he how to break my chains. "
" money ain't worth a thing. "
" no man should get more of my time than me. "
" i may never be a rich man. "
" i may never be a rich man but i can make sure that i am free. "
" i can make sure that i am free. "
" as for time, it's mine. "
LITTLE SOLDIERS.
" on the broken backs of all the words we spared. "
" like little soldiers in the trenches. "
" it was a march we made towards ruin and despair. "
" but we held hands all the while. "
" i swear that i loved you. "
" i dragged you through every room inside our home. "
" but you still held me at night. "
"i swear that you loved me. "
" we didn't give up. "
" we didn't dare surrender. "
" it was an honest loss. "
" now the aftermath will ring with songs you've sung. "
" all of our words sent home in boxes. "
" i fought with tooth and nail. "
" i fought with tooth and nail before the flag had flown. "
" but you were already gone. "
" i'll swear that i loved you. "
SLEEPING GIANTS.
" i feel the mountains shifting under me. "
" sleeping giants are finally waking. "
" my pulse is clear, rushing in my ears. "
" i hear something calling me. "
" the moon is humming lovely melodies. "
" the forest echoes, the trees are crowing. "
OF EVERLONG.
" out of the ocean, over the harbor. "
" lay no sons and lay no daughters. "
" among the mountains of everlong, 'twas there i wrote me a sad song. "
" 'twas there i wrote me a sad song. "
" and if my lover will not heed it ? "
" take my voice and take my spirit. "
" leave me weakened and dig my hole. "
" only my lover, not i, can keep my soul. "
NEVER LONG AN ANCHOR.
" on some level i think i always understood. "
" these hands of mine were clumsy, not clever. "
" i tried to do the best that i could. "
" but try as i might, i couldn't bring myself to hold you. "
" it's a secret i keep tucked inside my chest. "
" with this heart of mine that's guilty, not remorseful."
" there is love that doesn't have a place to rest. "
" it would have buried you if it had settled on your shoulders. "
" a ship could never really love an anchor. "
" so i did the only thing that i could. "
" i severe the rope and set you sailing from my harbor. "
" there are times i still wonder about you. "
" you are someone i have loved. "
" but never known. "
" you are someone i have loved but never known. "
" you'll never see the reasons i had for keeping my claws away when they were close enough to hurt you. "
" they were close enough to hurt you. "
" i am selfish, i am broken, i am cruel. "
" i am all the things that they might have said to you. "
" do you ever think of me ? "
" do you ever think fo me and my two hands ?"
" and wonder they never soothed your fevers? "
" and wonder why they never held you gently? "
" and wonder why they never had the chance to lose you ? "
NEW DISCOVERY.
" i want to stand on the edge of the water. "
" see horizons stretch on forever. "
" i want to know that there are lands not yet touched by human hands."
" not yet touched by human hands. "
" i want to be the one to find them. "
" sometimes i feel like i'm lost in a desert. "
" every dune is the same as the other. "
" i see my footprints in the sand. "
" i know where i've been and these steps i take won't go to waste. "
" i'm moving towards something. "
" i want to believe there's something left for me. "
" a new discovery waiting for me. "
" i want to kindle a love that doesn't age. "
" even when all the years carve lines into your face. "
" tell me will i be surprised? "
" tell me will i be surprised when i think i've memorized every touch and every thought ? "
" i want you to prove me wrong. "
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THE SHOULDER TOUCH. ( A PROMPT LIST! )
i said i'd make them! i hope you enjoy these, and as always: DO NOT ADD, EDIT OR CLAIM THIS LIST AS YOUR OWN!
[ WAKEN ]: the sender touches the receiver's shoulder to waken them from a nap or sleep.
[ STILL ]: the sender places their hands on the visibly angry/upset receiver to try and restrain them.
[ STAY ]: the sender, noticing the receiver attempting to escape a meeting or a conversation, quietly rests a hand on their shoulder and pulls them back into their seat.
[ REST ]: the sender places a gentle but firm hand on a weakened/sick/injured receiver's shoulder to push them back into their bed to rest more.
[ PUNCH ]: the sender places a hand on the receiver to draw their attention away from another focus, and once they've turned around, the sender swings a punch at them in the moment of confusion.
[ PRIDE ]: the sender, having heard or seen the receiver successfully achieve a remarkable feat, places a hand on their shoulder to express their wordless pride in them.
[ HUG ]: the sender places their hands on the receiver's shoulders to yank them into a hug.
[ COMFORT ]: the sender, noticing a visibly upset receiver, solemnly moves to their side, and places a hand on their shoulder in an effort to comfort them.
[ SURPRISE ]: the sender, noticing an otherwise occupied receiver, moves forward silently and suddenly grabs their shoulder to startle them.
[ STUN ]: the sender, having been apart from the receiver for some time, makes an unexpected return and greets the unaware receiver with a hand on their shoulder.
[ TIDY ]: the sender reaches forward and lightly sweeps something from the receiver's shoulder.
[ WORRY ]: the sender grabs the receiver by the shoulders to take a good look at them for any sign of harm or injury.
[ ARM ]: the sender rests a hand on the receiver's shoulder, their arm draped around them in order to do so.
[ FOCUS ]: the sender, noticing the receiver has become distracted during a conversation, places a hand on their shoulder to redirect and focus their attention.
[ GOTCHA ]: the sender, noticing the receiver has unknowingly walked into the path of a source of danger, grabs them by the shoulder and hoists them back to safety.
[ PRAISE ]: the sender, having heard that the receiver has achieved great success in a task or accomplishment, gives them a proud pat and squeeze of the shoulder to convey their congratulations.
[ STEADY ]: the sender rests a hand on the shaken and panicked receiver's shoulder to steady and ground them.
[ CAUGHT ]: the sender plants a hand on the receiver's shoulder to stop them from fleeing a potential arrest or accusation.
[ DELIVER ]: the sender, about to deliver some bad news to the receiver, gently places a hand on the receiver's shoulder to stop them from running away from the bad news.
[ SHIELD ]: the sender catches hold of the receiver's shoulder and draws them back and away from a threat, pulling them behind them for their safety.
[ SOOTHE ]: the sender places their hands on the receiver's shoulders and begins to give them a massage.
[ LEVER ]: the sender, wanting to sit next to the receiver, places a hand on their shoulder to ease themselves to the space beside them.
[ HERE ]: the sender taps the receiver's shoulder to alert them to their presence.
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