White Collar Single Sentence Challenge II is Now Opened

[elrhiarhodan]

Single Sentence Challenge Promptfest is BACK

Think you can’t write fanfic? Think again, because Sentence!Fest is a fun way to get your feet wet. Basically, the challenge is to tell a complete story using one sentence only.

Sounds easy, but perhaps it is not. How would you tell your story if you only had the space of one sentence? Would you use dialogue? Action? Emotion? Observation? Would it be haunting? Poetic? Sexy? Tragic?

The rules are simple: Tell a story using one sentence. It can be as long as you want it to be, but it must make sense (imaginary points will be deducted). It can be as short as you want it to be, but make those words count. Tell a story that will provoke the imagination of your readers – one they will demand to have the beginning, middle and end of from you – that is the ultimate goal. Here is an example:

Neal and Peter have the sex.

Here is a better one:

When Peter finally opened his eyes, it was to see his lover's rapt face as Neal rode him, the rising sun forming a perfect golden halo around his dark head; his savior, his angel.

Capice?

This particular ‘fest will operate like any other. Take a prompt, fill a prompt, leave a prompt. There are no limits – multiple folks can fill any and all prompts. Use them to craft a narrative if you like, but each entry must convey an entire scene within that narrative. All subject matter is fair game, so RPF/RPS is allowed. This fest is unlocked and opened to everyone who would like to write.

Cuz Sentencefest can be a little overwhelming, it will be co-moderated by myself, coffeethyme4me and rabidchild67 .

Prompts will be found in the first comments below - let the games begin.

Comments

Neal/Keller -- Booty Call

[attackfish.livejournal.com]

"So you're here to take me to the treasure," Keller smirked, "Is this what they call a booty call?" but Neal just smiled a smile full of teeth, "Your jokes just get less and less funny every second."

Kate - cut

Re: Neal/Keller -- Booty Call

[rabidchild67.livejournal.com]

So. Freaking. Perfect.

Mozzie – strut take II

[attackfish.livejournal.com]

They laughed at him, or ignored him, or yelled at him, everyone, but when he held his head high, and met their eyes, they stopped laughing.

Re: Mozzie – strut take II

[rabidchild67.livejournal.com]

Work the flip-flops, Moz!

For attackfish: Peter -- Shadows

[surreal-44.livejournal.com]

The shadows deepen lengthen until they meld with the growing darkness, a terrifying tapestry that makes eight-year-old Peter whimper and curl up tighter against the large pine, until at last his father, with a bright flashlight that dispels the darkness and returns the forest back into a welcoming place, comes and plucks him from the night and cradles him lovingly all the way home.

((I think I broke several grammatical rules there. Sorry! :-D ))

Re: For attackfish: Peter -- Shadows

[rabidchild67.livejournal.com]

Aww, I love wee!Peter! More, more!

Neal -- Holding Pattern

[surreal-44.livejournal.com]

It seemed like after he turned fifteen, his whole life was one big holding pattern; the con, the high, the trouble that followed, and then eventually the consequences -- and then one person came and saved him from himself, and pattern slowly but surely began to change.

Re: Neal -- Holding Pattern

[rabidchild67.livejournal.com]

You're on an aww-inducing roll, beebs! This was wonderful.

For amy1705fl: Moz/El -- alcohol

[surreal-44.livejournal.com]

It was never a good idea to let El and Moz drink together, Peter thought with good-natured chagrin as he entered his home and took in the glorious mess in the kitchen, and heard the giggling from the patio; but at least this time they'd left their clothes on (he hoped).

Re: For amy1705fl: Moz/El -- alcohol

[rabidchild67.livejournal.com]

Wheeee!!! Poor - Peter, not knowing what to find when he gets home.

For attackfish: Avery: pure

[surreal-44.livejournal.com]

The only thing that Avery was truly concerned about (never mind his tearful family or the victims) when he went to prison was that his comic books, pure and unblemished, would remain so until he could convince the parole board to let him out.

Re: For attackfish: Avery: pure

[attackfish.livejournal.com]

Cold little bastard

Peter - don't you ever say that again

[attackfish.livejournal.com]

"You know, coming to us for help means that trying to ive without the law failed you," said Peter helpfully, as Moz's face turned greenish purple.

Lauren Cruz - trace

Re: Peter - don't you ever say that again

[rabidchild67.livejournal.com]

I nominate this for best bit of dialogue ever.

Jones - nervous

[attackfish.livejournal.com]

The first time he held a gun, his hands shook so much he missed the target, and the paper silhouette lived to fight another day.

Adler - quiet

Re: Jones - nervous

[rabidchild67.livejournal.com]

This was really great. Paper silhouette - great touch.

For attackfish: Adler: Quiet

[surreal-44.livejournal.com]

Adler had never believed in an afterlife; such things had never troubled him, but now, deserted and alone in this quiet, endless stretch of blankness, he screamed -- but this world allowed him not even the comfort of his own voice, and the silence swallowed the sound.

Prompt: Peter -- hopeless

Re: For attackfish: Adler: Quiet

[rabidchild67.livejournal.com]

Wow - Adler's private hell = not being able to hear his own voice, which is clearly his favorite thing in the whole world. Nice.

Sara/Neal -- nooner

[lauracollared.livejournal.com]

They could pretend that it was because of their busy schedules and it was the only time they could fit in -- what with catching thieves (or sometimes being the thief) being quite time-consuming -- but in reality, Neal and Sara had frequent lunch dates because they each got deliciously aroused by the idea of sending the other back to the office with slightly unkempt clothing and hair, rosy cheeks, and -- most importantly -- that distinct, intoxicating smell and vibe of: Yes, I Just Had Sex.

Re: Sara/Neal -- nooner

[lauracollared.livejournal.com]

Oops, I don't know how to edit. Sorry!

Prompt: Neal -- daddy issues

Peter -- Cool down

[surreal-44.livejournal.com]

Elizabeth petted the dark hair back into some semblance of order and stroked Peter's hot face with a cool cloth in the desperate hope of bringing his temperature back down.

Re: Peter -- Cool down

[rabidchild67.livejournal.com]

Hurt/comfort for the win \o/

Neal/El - Peter and Sara watching.

[monkeyonthelam.livejournal.com]

(I modified the prompt, I hope that's okay. Also, blantant abuse of commas)

Peter watched as he two brown haired, blue eye lovers laid intertwined together on their bed glistening from their most recent love-making as he commented to Sara, who had fit in together to their little family that he often wondered what had taken them so long to invite her in, "They look so perfect together sometimes that I feel unworthy of their admiration and I wonder if I actually deserve any of ..", his words are halted as his partners on the bed had felt his insecurity from across the room and beckoned him and Sara to join them on the bed only communicating with their impossible blue eyes.

prompt: Matt/Tim (friendship or otherwise): goofball

Re: Neal/El - Peter and Sara watching.

[rabidchild67.livejournal.com]

This is very sweet.

June - Drill Sargent

[damietta.livejournal.com]

"Don't go in", yelled Mozzie to Peter as they both stood agape on the sidewalk of June's home watching Neal beat carpets along with the maids as the lady barked orders on spring cleaning day.

Prompt: Foreign Exchange

Re: June - Drill Sargent

[rabidchild67.livejournal.com]

OMG, that's hysterical!

Matt/Tim Goofball

[damietta.livejournal.com]

Keisha blared loudly over the speakers as Tim grinning looked over to watch Matty's unrestrained dancing thinking "what a wonderful goofball" not noticing the fans in the audience filming with their camera phones.

Re: Matt/Tim Goofball

[monkeyonthelam.livejournal.com]

omgiloveyou.

Keller - Bright Lights, Big City

[damietta.livejournal.com]

Night was the time Keller dreaded the most as it never failed he would dream of the bright lights and the big city which he would never see again and he let out a deep breath as the prison lights were shut down on day 3,037.

Prompt: Ebay gift card

Re: Keller - Bright Lights, Big City

[rabidchild67.livejournal.com]

Powerful. Keller rotting in hell - i likes.

Peter - Hopeless

[damietta.livejournal.com]

Peter would never admit it, but it galled him to the bone that he was hopeless in trying to separate the sheet of paper into two pieces.

Re: Peter - Hopeless

[surreal-44.livejournal.com]

Hehehehehehehehehehe. \o/

El/Sara -- Let me show you how it's done, honey

[monkeyonthelam.livejournal.com]

Sara rubbed her clit as she tried to focus on the porn she downloaded on to her laptop, for some reason she just couldn't get enough friction to give her the pleasure that she wanted, in fact, she was concentrating so hard that she didn't even notice her new girlfriend (or whatever, labels weren't important) walk into the room and sat on the couch next to her and it wasn't until she felt the other woman's fingers on top of her own and heard her whisper "Let me show you how it's done, honey" that she finally found her release.

Re: El/Sara -- Let me show you how it's done, honey

[monkeyonthelam.livejournal.com]

gah, I wish I had a paid account just so I could edit posts.

Diana - laugh

Peter - Did You Hear That?

[damietta.livejournal.com]

"Did you hear that?" Peter asked Neal as they sat in the Taurus taking their turn on the stakeout for their 100th mortgage fraud case and he turned just in time to see Neal taking out the earplugs.

Prompt: Matt - Childhood Photo

Re: Peter - Did You Hear That?

[rabidchild67.livejournal.com]

Ooo! What's next?

Diana - Cherry Red

[damietta.livejournal.com]

Diana was secretly thrilled that Neal always asked her opinion on his choice of tie and their friendship continued to deepen as he smiled at her today and put on the cherry red one.

Prompt: Moz: plastic wrap

Re: Diana - Cherry Red

[rabidchild67.livejournal.com]

I love Neal-Diana friendship fics, even sentencey ones.

Single User Restroom

[damietta.livejournal.com]

Neal panicked when he looked around just in time to see Satchmo chase the Westie into the open bathroom door near the fountain in Central Park and was desparately trying to separate them in the single user restroom when Peter came in and gave him a wicked smile.

Prompt: Tim/Matt False Start

Re: Single User Restroom

[rabidchild67.livejournal.com]

Satchmo, you DOG, you! Adorable, I must say.

Neal - Long Con

[damietta.livejournal.com]

Scott watched the lights of the Chrysler Building play on the ceiling as he continued to plot three more steps ahead in his quest to bring his father's killer to justice and he smiled Neal Caffrey's smile as he knew he was very close to bringing Hughes down.

Satchmo: Move it

Re: Neal - Long Con

[rabidchild67.livejournal.com]

Oh - a shocking conclusion! What's next, what's next, what's next?

Mozzie - seeing the bright side

[damietta.livejournal.com]

As he packed Lolana away (for the time being he told himself) Mozzie glanced at the Nutcracker tickets and knew it was worth it to have Elizabeth back in his life.

Prompt: Matt/Simon Forte

Re: Mozzie - seeing the bright side

[attackfish.livejournal.com]

Awwww!

Matt/Simon -- forte

[lauracollared.livejournal.com]

"Babe, woah... patience ... really isn't your forte... is it?...", Simon managed to grunt-breathe-pant out in the approximately ten seconds it took for Matt to pull him in from the hall, slam the bedroom door with his foot, pull down his pants (as he descended down to his own knees), grab his (barely-even-a-chance-to-get-hard) penis from his boxers, and pop the whole damn damn thing greedily into his mouth.

prompt: Peter/Neal -- You better believe it.

Re: Matt/Simon -- forte

[damietta.livejournal.com]

Perfect!

Matt/Simon - fort(e)

[monkeyonthelam.livejournal.com]

Matt watched as the boys brought all of the pillows they could find and brought them into their sitting room and was about to protest but instead he went to the linen closet, took out a bedsheet and addressed the boys, "you are going to need a roof if you are planning on building a fort" even though the boys were making a mess and he might have some explaining to do when Simon got home but decided that he needed to make sure his home at time counted because he always wished he had more.

Re: Matt/Simon - fort(e)

[damietta.livejournal.com]

Made me tear up. Building forts is a great memory as a kid (especially when Papa joins in!)

Neal - daddy issues

[attackfish.livejournal.com]

The adoption form had on it in heavy, black letters, "Have you ever been convicted of a felony?"

Diana/Christie lightning

Re: Neal - daddy issues

[damietta.livejournal.com]

Gah, you are a master at arrow through the heart!