STORY STARTER
Inspired by Maranda Quinn
Take a famous romantic quote, or lyric, and use it as the opening line to a horror story.
The line must be related to the story.
All I Ask Of You
“Say you’ll share with me one love, one lifetime”
He calmly hummed, hoisting up the unconscious girl in his arms to keep her from falling. The crisp taps of his footsteps drew closer and closer to getting to his destination. Nobody would’ve bat an eye thinking that there was anything wrong with the pair, it simply looked like a man carrying his drunk girlfriend home, unaware of their horrible error in judgement.
He trudged down a series of steps towards the door to his apartment, careful not to bump into anything and wake the woman, not before it was the right time.
“Lead me save me from my solitude,”
He muttered the tragic words while gently laying his precious cargo down onto the bed he had prepared for her. Grabbing rope from the nightstand, he tied her arms to the bed posts. As he goes to turn off the light, he can hear her subtle movements as she begins to stir.
“That’s all I ask of you.”
He flicks off the light switch and closes the door behind him with a smile.
Lyrics from “All I Ask of You” by Andrew Lloyd Webber