20 First Lines Meme

[snogged]

I am hopping onto the band wagon (mostly because I'm really bored at work today).

Ganked from many on the flist:
Post the first lines from your last 20 stories. Do you see any patterns?

I'm also including chapters.



1. Angel pressed his hands against the stone wall of Wolfram and Hart’s basement.
( Corset Spike/Angel)

2. Willow pressed her palms against her abdomen and stared in the full-length mirror that had appeared in her bedroom a few months ago after mom came back from one of her conferences.
( Dancing in the Mirror Willow/Angel)

3. The low sound of applause echoed in Angelus’s ears before anything could happen between him and the woman he had so carefully tamed.
( Taming Her Heart Chapter 7 Vamp!Willow/Angelus)

4. Eliza Pepper had been five years old when she met her first snake.
( Venom Fatale Snake Bite from Dr. Horrible)

5. As she thought of the jobs she had been fired from, it was Lindsey McDonald’s cold, hard stare that was permanently etched in the back of her brain.
( Cold, Hard Stare Penny/Lindsey McDonald - Angel/Dr Horrible x-over)

6. “Do you know what I’ve done to little mudbloods like you, Miss Granger?”
( Sins Like Skeletons Hermione/Lucius) Please note: this is the first line I wrote. The actual first line is a song lyric.

7. Willow moved through the darkened streets of Sunnydale towards Spike's crypt.
( Payment Willow/Spike)

8. Angelus entered the drab, industrialized complex and grinned as several female vampires swooned as he walked by.
( Taming Her Heart Ch. 6 VampWillow/Angelus)

9. Boy goes to the bar.
( Not Your Average Fairy Tale Spike/Oz)

10. Willow sprinted out of the school, tears streaming freely down her cheeks.
( Viper's Kiss Willow/Angelus)

11. Angel narrowed his eyes for what felt like the 600th time today.
( Better At Saving The World Spike/Angel)

12. "Up against the wall, mate. Put your hands where I can see 'em!"
( Cop!Kink For Champions Spike/Angel)

13. Angel stood at the edge of the cliff, watching the waves crash against the sandbar.
( True Hollywood Romance Angel/Cordy)

14. One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor…
( Ten Rounds With Jose Cuervo Willow/Spike)

15. Angelus took one step towards Xander with a wicked gleam in his eyes.
( Taming Her Heart Ch. 5 Vamp!Willow/Angelus)

16. Lindsey had seen a lot of fucked up weird shit in his day but none of those things compared to the garish treat his eyes were currently taking in.
( Happy Birthday Lindsey Spike/Lindsey/Angel)

17. Under all that muscle and gang warfare attitude is a hopeless romantic willing to do anything to bring a smile to his girl’s face.
( Hopeless Romantic Fred/Gunn)

18.It was a scientific impossibility to have an intimate, fulfilling relationship with an incorporeal being.
( Statistical Impossibility Spike/Fred)

19.Monster truck rallies and American football games are not romantic.
( Should Have Known Giles/Jenny)

20. William stepped into the dimly lit room and his eyes fell upon two tavern wenches that had been tied together and were sitting on top of his bed.
( Dinner For Two William/Angelus)


I don't see anything stretching across all of these sentences but I do seem to have a fondness for walls and drinking :)