first/last lines meme

the past couple weeks have been mentally exhausting and spiritually draining etc etc but i tried using this past weekend to recover and then i have most of this week off so i'm looking forward to doing some writing. it's really easy to get into a cycle of "i feel bad so it's hard for me to write, but not writing makes me feel bad, but when i feel bad i can't write" (ad infinitum). so when i saw tempural post this writers meme it sounded like a great idea to do it myself. i'm good enough, i'm smart enough, and doggone it, people like my writing. so if you've also been having a hard time, consider giving this a try!

Rules: go through your last 5 posted fics and share the first and last line. No context.

1: surface reading

first: Bumblebee got there just too late.

last: He had bigger things to worry about at the moment.

2: the hands of other men

first: Maurice had heard of Father Wilhelm Burnell before.

last: “I’ve heard of you.”

3: wartime is no time to grieve

first: Enrico Maxwell was dead.

last: There was nothing God could do now that would be worse than this night.

4: chapter two of "Malis Avibus": Love in Suffering

first: West of Versailles the land was gripped by plague, bubonic fingers digging deep even into fortified towns like Loudun.

last: They were neglecting their duties in their unseemly excitement, Sister Bakura thought as they watched the young ladies too busy giggling over Loudun’s most notorious priest to give any thought to their devotions.

5: anybody else's touch

first: Amelda wasn’t sure how he’d ended up here under Kaiba’s boot.

last: The certainty helped him hold his head high on his way out past all the employees’ knowing eyes.