Hello! A couple of people in the Ghost Hunt fandom (narukietyam and peacegirl731) recently did this type of prompts, and I really wanted to try it out.
The best thing about these drabbles are you don't need to know the song to enjoy them. Each drabble only contains what the song made me feel and think at the time – I bet if you did the same song it would come out completely different. Oh, and I use 'drabble' loosely here – the word counts vary from each one.
The concept: put your mp3 player on shuffle, and write whatever comes to mind, whether it flows with the song or not. When the song stops, so do you!
It was kind of exhilarating, because you have to come up with something and write quickly! I'm a type of person who normally has trouble putting the thoughts on paper, and this didn't allow me to analyze every word.
The story is marked as complete since each drabble is in its own right, but let me know if you want me to continue through reviews, favs, or follows. :-)
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Mai –
Mai had to wonder why, of all the men in the world, she had to yearn for the one who could care less about being a hero.
But then, he was always there when she was in trouble, like when a ceiling was falling on her, or when she tumbled into the sewer. He didn't have to be there. But he had been. He certainly wasn't a knight in shining armor, but he was her savior, in his own way.
Holding Out for a Hero – Bonnie Tyler
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2.
Gene –
It was an accident, not moving on. He knew it would be in his best interest to help his brother find his body, to find closure. But he couldn't help Noll find his killer, so what was closure, anyway?
But closure became the excuse, and it was breaking Gene's heart that he finally had to let go of the girl, and she would never know who he had really been.
Because of this girl, passing on didn't seem so important now.
He wanted to stay with her, even if it meant avoiding his own salvation. He had always told himself he didn't believe in heaven and hell, anyway.
But if heaven was being by this girl's side…
…Hell was leaving it.
Bat out of Hell – Meatloaf
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3.
Mai –
When I was fifteen, I was hired into the strange job of ghost hunting. I ended up spending a year with a boss just a year older than me, who I knew from the very beginning I was falling for.
But it ended like a movie scene, the boy asking me if I loved him – or his dead brother.
My heart shattered as he smiled, his brother's face identical to it.
Telluride – Tim McGraw
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4.
Caution: Possible Spoilers for White Heart series
Noll –
Noll gave the companion of the female client a fleeting glance. What did this man think this was, a mystery novel? Noll knew why he was here. The man – obviously an undercover cop – was holding Noll suspect in Gene's death. How inconvenient. The psychics-versus-the-police was an old game indeed. Either they believed in the paranormal, or they didn't. There was no in between.
Games without Frontiers – Peter Gabriel
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5.
Noll –
Why are you still here? Noll thought, watching Mai speak to the client. Haven't I hurt you enough?
She goaded him into at least looking at the potential case, and he took the papers from her hands. Snatched them, actually.
Her grin was wicked. She hadn't changed.
Or maybe she had. There was an air of confidence about her now. She had grown into a woman in the time since he had left.
I'm not saying I'm sorry, Noll thought.
But maybe, one day, we'll make it.
Closer to the Edge - 30 Seconds to Mars
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6.
Noll –
The other research groups looked at the SPR in distain.
Noll ignored them. The most aggravating part of this case was he was certain someone, at any moment, was going to pull the illusion he was maintaining, gasping, "The real Oliver Davis!"
He really needed to have a talk with Madoka.
You're Going Down – Sick Puppies