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SWS The Meme

SIX WORD STORIES MEME
tell a story in six words

1. Post your top level comment with a six word story prompt (or more than one!)
2. Other people respond
3. ???
4. Profit

DO NOT LEAVE YOUR TOP LEVEL COMMENT BLANK

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"Take a long, slow breath, dove."
[Ignores the pixie stealing his scone.]
"I'm partial to tea, not coffee."
[Goes for a morning beach run.]
"It looks worse than it is."
[Picking up a new patient chart.]

[Basic gist: Largely faction-neutral Orion mercenary in her mid thirties, can be adapted into most any Star Trek timeline point for ease of RP, flirty, easy to get along with, but extremely observant. Pilot, mercenary, ship captain. Also comes in various Starfleet AU flavors as desired.]

1) "I always smiled in file photos"

2) Sorry, my communicator died, what's up?

3) [Raising the rifle, she took the shot]

A: I was once a good man.
B: It's not personal; I need blood.
C: From Nobel Prize to prison cell.
D: Well, I didn't see that coming.

Edited 2026-02-19 21:29 (UTC)

1: Offering sauce spoon: "Here, taste this."
2: [Playing arm candy at some gala]
3: Busy cafe: "Is this seat taken?"

(hi! How you would you feel about Gabreel maybe knowing Jack from his time in the service and they're reconnecting?)

[I'm 90% canon-blind, but I'm absolutely down for that!]

(50 year old senior attending at the ER, widower. He's also former Army, missing his lower right leg. The rest we can tap dance out :)

[Works for me! Gabe's 30-mumble, got out with way less injury than that, but regular therapy & getting into a new job have helped with that whole deal.]

You don't have to ask me twice. This is the legendary King recipe?

He laughed warmly, "Yeah it is, the one with three different so-called 'secret' ingredients." One brow lifted, smile tilting into place, not quite a challenge on its own, and the challenge in his tone with the follow-up was mostly a tease, "Curious to see if you can figure them out."

Most people could get one, sometimes two, but the combination of fennel seed -added with the rest of the spices- a Parmesan rind -left over from grating the cheese fresh for topping- and the drippings from the meatballs -also made fresh- was what gave it the full depth of flavor and were hard to distinguish all together.

1: [He's peoplewatching, subtly testing new gestures]
2: "'It's an easy one' you said!"
3: "Forging the wife is too risky."

1: Quiet day in. Sketching old memories.
2: "It'll always hurt, sorry to say."
3: Toasts: "Here's to surviving another day"

1: Apparently alone = singing in the shower
2: Stabbed after finally breaking jacket in
3: Train station, people watching, awaiting contact.

1: [He's taking notes, circling the scene]
2: [On phone] "Dead Boy Detective Agency"
3: [Multiple books open on the desk]

1: "Prolonged deaths are always the worst."
2: No plans? Time for weapons maintenance
3: Insomnia? Time to bake a cake.

1: On the phone: "We've been made."
2: [Mission board time, thumbtacks and string]
3: text: Getting the band back together.

1: "He's the brains, I'm the brawn."
2: "Charles Rowland, I'm here to help."
3: "We're the Dead Boy Detective Agency."

1. Immortal, learned love terribly too late.
2. Centuries passed; grief stayed perfectly awake.
3. He asked my age. I smiled.
4. Eternity taught patience. Love taught pain.
5. Immortality promised wonder; delivered endless sadness.

1. "I hear those dogs loved him."
2. "I made these just for you."
3. "Would you like to come too?"
4. "I feel like I'm a burden."
5. "Don't worry, I have your back!"

1. Rough shift. Give me a minute.
2. Lost it to marauding clowns.
3. Yeah I have a cat now.
4. Can't. SWAT call. Will text later.
5. That's because he's full of shit.

1. Fresh sheets and a weighted blanket.
2. I stole your pajamas. Not sorry.
3. Why does this make you mad?

Edited 2026-02-20 00:44 (UTC)

01. "You, me, and bottomless brunch tomorrow?"

02. [ There's an empty seat beside him. ]

03. "Love this song. Turn it up."

04. [ It's cold. Here, take his scarf. ]

05. "Oh." [ He frowns. ] "Didn't see that."

1. Why do humans rig their games?
2. Retail lines aren't for the weak.
3. Sometimes bad guys do good things.

01. How come Wordle is never "ghoul?"

02. That seems like a bad idea.

03. { Gives you a little head bonk. }

04. { Trips. There goes his hot chocolate. }

1. How do I keep him happy?
2. May I have this dance, ser?
3. The thunder is terribly loud tonight.

1. Are you a communist or fascist?
2. Mr. Evrart's helping me find gun.
3. Don't think this was an accident.
4. Why do you abandon me now!?
5. I'm sorry I'm a terrible cop.

1. "You've gotta be fucking kidding me."
2. He hears screaming in the Blight.
3. "I'm not supposed to be bleeding."
4. He cooks with a patient hand.
5. "Two minutes to convince me. Go."

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SWS The Meme

Rowan O'Cleary | OC | OTA

Delia Battista ✨ Star Trek OC ✨OTA, 21+ for any shipping or smut

Dr. Michael Morbius | Marvel 616 | OTA

Gabreel King + OC + OTA

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Eames + Inception + OTA

Joe | The Old Guard | OTA

Nile + The Old Guard + OTA

Edwin Payne - Dead Boy Detectives - OTA (M/M for romantic/smut but anything goes for platonic)

Nicky | The Old Guard | OTA

Arthur | Inception | OTA

Charles - Dead Boy Detectives - OTA

phyre | bloodlines 2 | ota

Agnès Claudel | Trails (Daybreak + Beyond the Horizon) | OTA

Jack Abbott - The Pitt - ota

Belphegor | Obey Me! | OTA

cliff harris | oc

The General / Mr. Villain's Day Off / OTA

rain ▽ ghost

Floris Baratheon | House of the Dragon

[NAME IS A SPOILER] | Disco Elysium | OTA

Grier "Rook" Thorne | Dragon Age: The Veilguard | OTA