Hey so I've been writing some REALLY FAST FICTION! I wanted to simply churn out some stuff without spending too much time on it, just for fun. I found a big ol' list of one word writing prompts and I've been winging through the list for a few days now. I'll probably post one a day till I get bored of writing them, cause they're really short and easy to do. All around it's a great writing exercise that I highly recommend. If you want the list, either for your personal use or to see what's coming up next, you can find it at towriteprompts dot tumblr dot com slash onewordprompts. The first word on the list is:
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Bullet
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A high pitched sound pierced his eardrums. He never heard the gunshot even though he saw the black barrel whip toward him and flash white. It was odd; he didn't wonder why a stranger was shooting at him in a grocery store, or why his ears were ringing, or why he was still holding onto the carton of soymilk when his other hand had dropped the bag of apples the moment the stranger pulled an oversized gun from his winter jacket. There they were, eight wobbly green apples on the grungy tile by the wall of gatorade, still rolling away. What he wondered was: where's all the blood?
He prodded his chest looking for the hole while Robin and Starfire wrestled the man easily to the ground.
Nice save, Raven! The words floated at him like they were filtering through a tin can phone line. Cyborg clapped him on the shoulder.
"What?" He was starting to hear again but he didn't understand what he was hearing. Nothing hurt. No blood. Had the shooter really missed at such close range? He'd been less than five feet away and the aim had seemed so true. No way. There was just no way.
"You're lucky she was here, man, or you'd be a goner." Cyborg pointed at the wall behind him and Beast Boy turned to see a ragged bullet hole where it had torn through the drywall behind a shelf of Coca Cola.
Raven, who he noticed now was breathing rather heavily, attempted to calm herself. "It was a reflex," she stated. Now he understood. She must have opened a portal in front of him, so swiftly that he hadn't even seen her do it, ensuring the bullet would sail straight through him into the wall on the other side. Amazing. Absolutely amazing! She was incredible! He should be a dead man but Raven had saved him with her remarkable cleverness and you know what? Screw this, screw that, screw everything. He'd had enough of this waiting game. He could have died just now and then what would this delicate chess-like tiptoey lovegame have won him for all his patience? Nothing! So screw it!
Raven's adrenaline morphed into fear. "Why are you looking at me like that?"
Without another thought Beast Boy dropped the milk and yanked her towards him for the kind of full-on, nothing coy about it, no mistaking his intentions kind of kiss that saving his life deserved. Everything felt right in that moment when she finally relaxed. When he pulled away she murmured, "Why did you do that?" But the way she glanced at the others (who were standing stock still and jaw-dropped) made him sure she really meant: Why did you do that in front of everyone we know?
Beast Boy followed her gaze. Yep. Everyone was staring, their eyes demanding the answer to Raven's question. "Uh… It was a reflex?"
Raven groaned but he was inwardly patting himself on the back. Nice save, Beast Boy.
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Idk why a stranger was shooting at them in a grocery store. Could be for many reasons. My theory is it's a crazed criminal who was recently released from prison, bent on revenge. The stranger probably shot at Beast Boy first because of all the horrific puns he made at the time of the capture.