Death doesn't happen to you, it happens to everyone around you. -—Johanna-centric, for callie/franceschis.

You're not a Stark; this isn't your house to protect; this isn't your duty; this isn't your house; you'll never be a Stark; you're not one of us—they're all one and the same and the words from Robb hurt the most. -— theon greyjoy, happy birthday susanna!

She's something of legend, really. -— The Next Generation.

Savages, savages, nothing more than evil—we must sound the drums of war. -— RomanCentric

Make a mistake, and the blood is on your hands. -— Mary, Queen of Scots

The room smells of stale smoke and second chances but she is a stupid, little girl. -— SansaJoffrey, for susanna and sharine

She will have to wake up every day (groggy eyes greeting the common room, feet trudging to the remains of the Grand Hall, a rote series of memorized steps) until she does not wake up. -— padma patil, and a study of scars

"You could come with me, if you'd like; there's all of time and space to see." -— isabellecentric, phineasisabelle drabble

He is not scared anymore; in real life, there is no victor. -― the Miller family, and a study in scars.

She is the last of the Benders now; gold-flecked eyes hiss with the promise of revenge -— Missy Bender, and stepping into the darkness.

But you are no girl on fire. -— ScorpiusLily

The day he is born, they ring the bells from sunrise to sunset. -— FinnickAnnie

The world keeps on falling. -— clovecentric, for nicole

You have two loves, Tara tells her one day, as though she's suddenly wiser than them all, one who shows you the world and breaks your heart, and one who's there to repiece it together once your first love is gone. -— abigailcentric, abigailsammy / happy birthday, abi!

"You don't look like a mess; you look really pretty, actually," David murmurs with that easy-going, charismatic smile that Sirena thinks made her fall in love with him in the first place; there's just something about him that feels like 'everything's going to be alright' -— sirenacentric, sirenadavid

Alicia dips a finger into the crystalline drink, which has tinges of minerals and something akin to water from a campsite, and smiles, the mellifluous liquid coating her cherry-painted lips. "I'm Alicia Rivera, your older brother's girlfriend." -— aliciacam, slight aliciaharris, for coppertone wars' twelve days of christmas challenge, level six, part one!

their sweaty palms are not the only things entangled within the steady heartbeats slipping away from each other, because something perfect like this was just waiting to turn into a dramatic episode of destruction and disaster -— ariacentric, ariajason; for coppertone wars' twelve days of christmas challenge, level five, part four!

a comatose cancer patient with a broken girl lying beside him doesn't look much like a fairytale ending, from afar - rosescorpius, for hpfc's fic exchange - for haley (lezonne)!

There's nothing wrong with being insane, she thinks - lunacentric, slight lunaneville - for coppertone wars' secret santa exchange, for lauren!

Happiness does not seem to be on the menu; hogwarts, and a girl who never grew up - for coppertone wars' twelve days of christmas challenge, level three, part one!