#Either i start with dialogue or just meandering gdjggghjj

[kittlesandbugs]

First lines meme

Rules: post the first sentence of your last ten fics. If you haven't written ten fics, share as many first-sentences as you have.

Tagged by @thevikingwoman, gonna tag @sidestepping @gingerbreton @catastrofriend @ardellian @marshalortega @askweisswolf @the-rebel-archivist

Only FHR because I have one brand of brainrot hard enough for fic sbdjdjdkdkd. The last ten fics posted are not in the order written bc I had to sit on stuff for months for Retri spoiler LOL.

"That's a little unusual these days, isn't it?"   Ortega gestures to the weekly stack of police reports on the conference table, twice as thick as it normally is. "It's been quiet."

The return - Riley returns to Los Diablos (past Chargestep, Steel POV)

The scent of iron hits like a sledgehammer as you enter the derelict water treatment plant. The shiver that follows rattles bone and nerves and guts and them. A feeling, a longing, welling up inside from your stomach to your throat. They can't drool but if you could they would.

Blood on the floor - Argent finds a gruesome scene at Riley's base (Argentstep, Argent POV)

“No offense, but you look like shit.”

No rest for the wicked - Ortega tries to get to the bottom of why Riley isn't sleeping well (Chargestep, Riley POV)

“How does it feel?"

Empty graves - Argent and Riley pay a visit to Sidestep's grave (Argentstep, Riley POV)

Your breath hitches in your throat, pinched tight and sore. Eyes flick to Ortega, no longer struggling, just staring at you with fiery accusation and betrayal. To Argent, arms crossed and rigid, face unreadable in the reflected dancing candlelight as her gaze goes back and forth between you and Hollow Ground. To Hollow Ground, smug and superior in her upper hand, lips quirked in a too-similar smirk as she watches and waits for your answer.

Whose side? - Riley gets caught in the web of her own machinations between Argent and Ortega and Hollow Ground (Chargentstep, Riley POV)

“She’s not breathing!”

Breathe dammit - Ortega revives Riley after the wreck at the end of Retri (Chargestep, Ortega POV)

You’re both giggling as Argent leads you by the hand through the dark halls of the Rangers HQ, no trace of resistance at breaking and entering. Is it really breaking in though, if the security system lets you in like old friends at her whim? Legality in the eye of the beholder, as with most things in Los Diablos. 

Friendly sparring - Argent and Riley take advantage of HQ being empty at night to do a little sparring (Argentstep, Riley POV)

She looks ten years younger when she sleeps.

Unnamed ficlet - Ortega ruminates while Riley sleeps (Chargentstep, Ortega POV)

“Hey.  Riley?”

Naptime - Ortega really wants Riley to take a nap (Chargestep, Ortega POV)

She rests her forehead against yours as you lie facing each other on her bed. She’s unusually quiet today, both inside and out. Not looking at you, not really. More through you. You’ve gotten better at telling where her focus is with those pupil-less silver eyes. A stiff breath across your nose smells like chocolate eclairs. You feel her steeling herself for something. What though?

Soft kisses - Argent is a little insecure about her skin, Riley reassures (Argentstep, Riley POV)