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Post the first line from your 25 most recent fanfics and try to find a pattern.
1.) He finds Zoe and Lex sitting at Café Diem, and he slides into the booth next to Zoe. -- 'Big Wheels' (Jack, Lexie, Zoe; for ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif)
eureka_tag)
2.) “I need Carter.” -- 'Never Enough' (Jack/Nathan, Nathan/Allison; for eureka_tag)
3.) Allison sighs, curling in closer to his chest, stroking her hand up and down it softly. -- 'Torn' (Jack/Nathan, Nathan/Allison, Jack/Nathan/Allison; for eureka_tag)
4.) Jo messes with him sometimes; that’s just how they are, the two of them. -- 'Flashbang' (Jack, Jo, Jack/Nathan, Jack/Allison, Henry/Kim; for eureka_tag)
5.) Nathan watches in a mix of fascination and trepidation as a set of invisible hands glide over him, deftly unbuttoning his shirt and caressing his chest, making broad strokes up and down in familiar patterns. -- 'Blind Spot' (Jack/Nathan; for svmadelyn's kink/cliche challenge)
6.) He fingers the sharp corners of the paper bird as he contemplates it. -- 'Paper Cranes' (Jack/Nathan)
7.) Mac looks up as soon as he hears the door click shut. -- 'By Request' (Mac/Stella/Danny)
8.) "Murr." -- 'Alarm Clock' (Jack Abernathy, Boo; written for scarletts_awry)
9.) She sits on the sill of the open window, flicking the tip of her tail as she quietly watches the man moving around inside. -- 'Light Feet' (Mac; written for stellaluna_)
10.) The tinny scrape of an empty can being nudged against the floor is just enough to get his attention, and he looks over to find a pair of blue eyes staring up at him expectantly. -- 'Dinner' (written for stellaluna_)
11.) Abernathy's breath, stinging sour with the smell of whiskey, coils into Mac's nose and burns like it does going down. -- 'Build That Wall' (Mac/Jack Abernathy)
12.) Flack sidles up to Stella at the dark bar and slides a hand possessively along her shoulders while he leans against the bar next to her. -- 'Change of Plans' (Stella/Flack)
13.) Mac arches his neck, eyes closed in pleasure as Stella licks him slowly. 'Momentary Respite' (Mac/Stella)
14.) "That boy of yours is a pistol, Chicago." -- 'Unwanted Truths' (Mac, Jack)
15.) Mac throws the blankets off with disgust, sighing heavily as he levers himself off the bed and heads toward the bathroom, stripping and tossing his sweats in the hamper on the way. -- 'Necessity' (Mac)
16.) Mac picks up the stiletto, caressing and wielding the deadly blade with reverent care. -- 'Fascination' (Mac/Danny; written for coclaim100)
17.) Abernathy locks the flimsy motel door and leans on it, watching Mac move silently and stiffly toward the bed. -- 'Path of Least Resistance' (Mac/Jack Abernathy)
18.) Home tonight is Stella’s apartment, but Mac finds that as of late, as cliché and horrid as it sounds, he doesn’t much care whose home it is as long as both of them are there with him. -- Three Parts Human, Two Parts Water' (Mac/Stella/Danny; written for svmadelyn's kinkclicheporn challenge)
19.) Danny's hand creeps up the side of Mac's leg, and Mac shifts in his seat, trying not to squirm. -- 'Gridlock' (Mac/Danny)
20.) Abernathy sprawls in a chair, half-reading a dusty and worse-for-wear paperback. -- 'Workout' (Mac/Jack Abernathy)
21.) Her hands are warm and soft, and he likes it when she runs her fingers through his hair and cups his face in her hand. -- 'Another 50 Sentences' (Stella/Flack; written for 1sentence)
22.) Mac tenses, looking back and forth from the door to Danny's hand over and over. -- 'Blood Ties' (Mac/Stella, Mac/Danny, Mac/Stella/Danny; written for coclaim100)
23.) Stella stirs as the cold creeps into her skin, and reaches for the familiar heat that usually radiates from Mac as he sleeps. -- 'Insomnia' (Mac/Stella; written for wandering_sag)
24.) You're shocked-- not so much about what you just saw, but that he never told you. -- 'Five Variations on a Theme' (Various Pairings -- CSI:NY)
25.) Danny goes to leave the lab, intent on getting the loose ends from the Dobson case tied up and himself on the next train home. -- 'Shadowbox' (Mac/Danny)
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Well, that took a hell of a lot longer than I expected... ah, well.
Patterns:
I use proper names a lot. (Danny, Mac, Stella, Abernathy, Flack, 'Chicago', Nathan, Jo, Carter, Allison, Lexi, Zoe.)
They tend to have an action of some sort -- someone doing something.
I've written a bit more Eureka than I thought, despite all of the curveballs they're throwing at us this season.
I write for people and challenges a lot.
I'm diverse in my pairings and characters -- I don't stick to ONLY one pairing or character, although I may favor one over the others. (Mac, Jack Carter.)
