OKAY now that I answered this privately once and had to ask the lovely @perringcentral to send my own answer back to me so I can publish it, here’s another writer ask thing ok x)

ooOOOOOoooooooo thank you! ♥♥♥♥♥ 

36. Post a snippet

NNnynnyyyyynynnyyyyy okay, this is from Vale, obviously, my most prized WIP and I’m a good writer. This is a scene from after Vale almost gets Cephas killed and she goes back to the team’s headquarters to say goodbye before winter cause winters are a big deal in this story.

           “I killed Talbot,” I laugh awkwardly as that’s the only other thing I can think of right now. Cephas shakes even more, like a newborn bunny. “Uh, Mason’s not giving us the book cause she wanted her alive so… I also killed a whole bunch of other people too so… someone call the undertaker when spring comes around, am I right?”

           “Stop,” Cephas says voicelessly and squeezes his eyes shut.

           “I’ll be off now so… I’ll check in when I can but you know… I’m just a snowflake in the w-…”

           “Where would you go?” Cephas asks through a layer of phlegm in his throat, breathing through his mouth as his eyes water up. “What are you going to do?”

           “People love hiring me in the winter,” I laugh again. This is actually the truth. “It’s my favourite season, I don’t have to put on disguises to track people down, no need to con my way through scenes of bullshit, I just figure out where someone lives and pop them through the window. Easy cash.”

           “You’re hurt, stay here,” Morlene offers and Lourdes is nodding vigorously by her side.

           “Nah,” I take a step back towards the door. “Alright, so… there’s firewood, there’s food, Cephas, I assume you’re staying for winter? Is it okay that he recovers here? You have enough food to last all four of you?”

           “Of course,” Morlene nods. “You should stay, Vale.”

           “Cool,” I throw up a thumb and put my hand on the handle. “I wish you all a lovely winter, don’t be naughty and I’ll see you soon.”

           “Vale.”

           “You guys fucking love my name today,” I scoff but before I could dodge the incoming attack, Cephas is limping towards me with his right arm squeezed against his side, and uses the left to wrap it around me and pull me in for an embrace.

           Without a doubt I’m not doing well at the moment but some of what’s happening is coming through. I put my right arm around Cephas’ back where I feel the layers of bandage helping his wound to heal and tap it lightly. He buries his head into my shoulder and breathes loudly. Surely he’s not crying….. right?

           “Alright now, I know what you’re doing,” I say, quietly. “You stay here, heal up, yeah? Help out Morlene when you’re able. I’ll be around before spring.”

           “It wasn’t your fault.”

           “Don’t even start,” I say and push him away gently. From up closer he looks way more horrific, with every little vein around his eyes pale blue. I pat his face twice then open the door behind me. “Stay warm, everybody. Except you, Lourdes.”

           “Fuck you.”

54. Favorite first line/opening you’ve written?

Because I suck at beginnings (lol whoever says endings are hard cause anyone can write an opening clearly never had to write an opening) I only remember the one for July 14th cause I rewrote it like a hundred times.

“Don’t go where the trees are sparse.”

And then she goes where the trees are sparse and she gets trapped in a magical train station with a bunch of other kids where a bad train comes to take them away from time to time, it’s fun.