Title: Johnny 100

Author: vashsunglasses

Rating: M

Fandom: Johnny the Homicidal Maniac

Challenge: Fanfic100 at LiveJournal

Summary: 100 drabbles following the word prompts from the Ultimate Fanfic Challenge at fanfic100 group at LiveJournal.

Disclaimer: This is just for fun and to help get my writing mojo back. Everything is written with only the highest respect for Jhonen Vasquez and none of it is written with the intent of profit.


Prompt 001: Beginnings

The first scent he ever knew was the tangy, metallic, burn-in-the-back-of-your-nose scent of blood. In the beginning, as his tiny fetal hands made tiny fetal fists, it was his favorite scent of all.

Comfort in the dim reddish tint of the womb and the misshapen clotted twin of the placenta. In the beginning, as his tiny fetal feet kicked against the bounds that restrained him, it was his favorite scent of all.

Later on, in his childhood, his mother hissed as she dug around little Johnny's mouth to remove the latest in a long line of little copper flavored pennies.