Mind Blind Blooper Reels (Patreon)
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Note: I'm currently writing the alternative date scenes for Buttons who don't trigger the intervention, so all the bloopers are from romantic scenarios.
“Let go of the handlebar!” Glitch yells over the rollercoaster’s roar.
You think about what Glitch said earlier, about transforming fear into freedom. Then you recall that video clip you saw the other day where a carnival ride overturned and killed two clowns, and your hands tighten around the rail. Not today, Gravity.
* * * *
“Make no mistake, you’re lucky.” Sally tosses her curls over her shoulder in shampoo-commercial fashion with a teasing smile. She gestures to her body, hands lingering over her hips. “Because I am fine.”
* * * *
There are few things more awkward than surrogate courting your best friend on behalf of your brother who’s trapped in your head.
You and Sally exchange a look, and both of you simultaneously crack up.
“No way Nicholas told you to say that,” Sally gasps out between giggles.
“He really did,” you insist.
It sounded better in my head! Nick protests. He pauses then adds, Your head?
* * * *
You lean in closer to Kim, your eyelids fluttering closed. This is it. The moment you’ve been longing for since he first stepped into the classroom and knocked Glitch flat on her ass.
“Wiseman.” Kim’s voice is wryly amused. “What the hell are you doing?”
* * * *
Gray’s thumb grazes your bottom lip.
“Darlin’,” he drawls in an atrocious fake Texan accent, “you ain’t got no idea of ‘bout my dreams.”
* * * *
Gray’s thumb grazes your bottom lip.
“Darlin’,” he drawls in an atrocious faux Texan accent, “that ain’t a pistol in my pocket.” Immediately, his face flushes beet red, and he lets go of your chin as if burned. “I am so sorry! I don’t know why I said that.”