I Don't Feel Like Talking So I Write.

Writing Prompt: Three Things

in the garden of monsters, a hundred sweet promises, those who dwell in darkness

milk of the siren ~

Falling Stars Observed from the Balloon, illustration by Albert Tissandier for the second edition of James Glaisher's Travels in the Air, 1871

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afkir | fall 2024

NPC/Third Party Sentences

These are either prompts for a drabble, or a starter if sender’s muse wants to ‘overhear’ receiver’s muse answering these! feel free to specify the NPC if that floats your boat, otherwise they’ll just be a random NPC (a shopkeeper, a mutual friend, the bus driver, etc).

Said by a third party (an NPC): 

[ABOUT SENDER] -> “I’d be careful around them, if I were you.”

[ABOUT SENDER] -> “I can’t remember the last time I saw them this happy.”

[ABOUT SENDER] -> “How did you meet them?”

[ABOUT SENDER] -> “You should try to patch things up.”

[ABOUT SENDER] -> “Maybe they stood you up.” 

[ABOUT SENDER] -> “They’re pushy.”

[ABOUT SENDER] -> “They’re greedy.”

[ABOUT SENDER] -> “Do you think you could put in a good word for me?”

[ABOUT SENDER] -> “Are you in love with them?”

[ABOUT SENDER] -> “Are you two dating?”

[ABOUT SENDER] -> “Hey, doesn’t [name] live/work in that building?” (that just collapsed etc?)

[ABOUT SENDER] -> “They’re kind, but they’re pretty naive.”

[ABOUT SENDER] -> “I didn’t think you’d stick around for them.”

[ABOUT SENDER] -> “Are you here for [name]?”

[ABOUT SENDER] -> “You’re listed as [name]’s emergency contact, is that right?”

[ABOUT SENDER] -> “Have you heard from [name] today? They didn’t come in to work/therapy/etc.”

[ABOUT SENDER] -> “Are you going to hurt them?”

[ABOUT SENDER] -> “They think they’re safe with you. Are they right?”

[ABOUT SENDER] -> “Do you know who they are? Like, who they really are?”

[ABOUT SENDER] -> “Don’t you know what they did?”

[ABOUT SENDER] -> “Aren’t you scared of them?”

[ABOUT SENDER] -> “You should stay away from them.”

[ABOUT SENDER] -> “Well, they’re not here, are they?”

[ABOUT SENDER] -> “You should see this. There’s a news article about them.”

strolling thru the streets of bali, may 2023

"𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡?" 𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙩𝙨

may or may not be based on my life lmaooo | tag me if you use any :)

"You never text first."

"Don't you wanna be something more than whatever...this is?"

"When are you going to be serious about this?"

"You say you want to talk to me, but you never call back."

"It feels like I'm the only one fighting for whatever we have."

"Why should I hold onto this?"

"You say you love me, but you said that to [insert pronoun] last week."

"Figure out what you want first before you come running back to me."

"You can't just come back to me whenever you get bored."

"I don't wanna be the second option anymore."

"Why do I have to beg just to see you?"

"It's like you don't wanna be with me."

"I'm not just something to pass the time with."

"Why does it feel like I'm wasting my time waiting for you?"

also if anyone treats you like this leave them right fucking now (a kind suggestion from someone who means well 😭)