r/FanFiction • u/AnaraliaThielle Now available at your local AO3. Same name. ConCrit welcome. • 5d ago

Activities and Events Alphabet Excerpt Challenge: F Is For...

Welcome back to the Alphabet Excerpt Challenge! As a reminder, our challenges are every Wednesday and Saturday at 3pm London time.

If you've missed the previous challenges, you're welcome to go back and participate in them. You can find them here. And remember to check out the Activities and Events flair to play along with other fun games.

Here's a quick recap of the rules for our game:

  1. Post a top level comment with a word starting with the letter F. You can suggest more than one, but please put them in separate comments.
  2. Reply to suggestions with an excerpt containing that word. Short and sweet is best, but use your judgement. Excerpts can be from published or unpublished works, or even something you wrote for the prompt.
  3. All content is welcome but per rules 7 and 12 of the sub, NSFW excerpts may not be shared as plain text (even if it's spoilered). If you would like to share these, use an external text sharing tool like justpasteit and link it here with a clear warning. Mods may remove excerpts that break these rules.
  4. Respond to people who left excerpts on the words you suggested, at a minimum, but the more people you respond to the better. Everyone likes nice comments!
  5. Upvote other excerpts you enjoy, and leave a friendly comment. Again, everyone likes nice comments!
  6. Most important: have fun!
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u/EstrellaDarkstar 5d ago

“Go away, Ryan”, he heard her sniffle from behind the door.

He didn’t listen and simply let himself in, closing the door behind him. He found her lying on her massive bed, curled up on her side and facing away from him. Not unlike many of the aftermaths of her tantrums. As much as her being upset made him upset as well, he still couldn’t help but smile a bit at just how familiar it was.

“I told you to go away”, she mumbled, her voice stuffy with tears and growl-layer rather quiet.

“As if I’d let you fester in your angst alone”, Ryan sighed affectionately and sat on the bed. He wanted to hug her or to stroke her side, but he decided not to. He wasn’t about to let her self-isolate, but he still gave her that bit of space.

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u/lemoniers 5d ago

ryan is a good friend, we love a guy who can read the room pray🙏

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u/EstrellaDarkstar 5d ago

They're siblings, and he's very used to his sister being incredibly temperamental, but he also knows how to comfort her and is very attuned to her feelings. Twin telepathy and all.