mini commentfic collection [in the comments]
...for all the stuff from the one-sentence writing meme at the other journal (so far). yeah, they sort of didn't end up being one-sentence..
various fandoms, pairings, etc, etc.
various fandoms, pairings, etc, etc.
He runs a finger along the spine of Ulysses. He can read it under twenty minutes and has done so, thrice now, but he smiles at the thought of it in conjunction with remembering the last time he'd seen his mother. She'd told him she'd met James Joyce at a tea shop the previous week and that he was quite the conversationalist, would you believe it dear? Spencer had smiled and reached for Dubliners on her bedside shelf, had said, "let me read to you, just one story," when she'd batted his hand away and then clutched it tight.
"Don't be silly. I want to hear your stories. My boy, the superhero. So tell me all about it."
And as far as Diana Reid went, it was not exactly a bad day.
Today, she's asleep when he comes in, with Anna Karenina spread open across her chest.
He lifts it gently, careful not to wake her. He's never entirely gotten used to reading out loud, especially at this pace, but he lowers his voice and begins at the start:
"All happy families are alike; each ( ... )
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