Romance Writing Prompts

Nancy slams the apartment’s door as she enters. A far cry from her usually peppy persona.

“I think Fran wants to break up.”

I look up from my spot on the couch.

“Did she say that?”

“Through…implications.”

I roll my eyes, returning to the commercial break.

Nancy pauses the TV, causing me to groan.

“I’m not your personal love guru.”

“I’ll give you five bucks if you just shush and listen.”

...

(Thanks for suggesting this Just Another Teenage Girl! This is draft #43)

Love is a _strange _word.

It means something different

Every time you say it

A truth, a lie

A way to say goodbye.

Love is a _terrifying _word.

You can’t say it without commitment

Without a promise

That you’ll stay

Night and day

Love is a _funny _word.

You don’t know what it means

Until you have truly lost it

Remembering, ...

In my dreams, I often meet the soul of that who I’m meant to be with. My soulmate, if you will

I’m not sure if he’s here, or ever will be here. But he’s there when I close my eyes and when I need it the most

It’s always the same place; in a sort of library, with multiple levels, hallways that go on forever, and stairs that seem to lead to nowhere. Candles adorn the corners, and there doesn’t see...

The pitter patter of my heart grows louder as I stare into her eyes. My mask slowly starting to peel from my face as I dangle over the edge of the bridge just barely holding onto her, my love. The rain pours down heavily, the drops of water streaming over us. My eyes flick down towards our hands where my grip is strong, but slipping.

Her fearful eyes look into mine as she holds on for dear life. ...

I forgot to pick up milk,

Maybe I left the door unlocked.

Forgot to have your oil change done,

And get your Michelin’s swapped;

Forgot to take the garbage out

And turn the Netflix off.

Forgot your needs from me have changed

Since the days that blue jeans were enough

But I remembered you in Edmonton

Winnipeg, Sault St. Marie

Remembered you down the I-95,

To highway 1, through The Keys....

She understood it. The deep rooted mistrust he had for her. She didn’t even blame him for admitting it out loud and to her face. But something still pricked her heart as the words projected from his mouth.

Lila took a sharp breath, her deep brown eyes staring at him consciously, ready to flick away if he turned to face her. She knew he wouldn’t though. Caleb hadn’t looked at her in the face for a...

Please, let me go

In this early morning haze,

Amongst the sweet dew drops,

In this serene springtime phase.

Let me run from your grip,

And trip over my own feet,

If they represented our love,

They’d highlight my defeat....

I swell

Your perfume wafts by

I follow the trail

Like a cartoon character following its pie

It's eye

So sweet as I crane my neck

Your hair like ivy

and skin like ivory

and smile sending me

Straight up my spine

a stroke of lightning

and I am undone by your voice

the clerk seems so too

Not knowing the work to be done by you

The things I was just put through

and At night I will dream

To be loved by ...

There is no need to worry about where I will wander, for I will not walk this earth without you.

Be it up in the mountains where we are close to the sky, the stars and the moon within our grasp; surrounded by the open air, the frosty breath of altitude, amidst the grandeur of Aurora herself, but if I cannot turn to see your smile, nothing else is worth looking at.

If it is between seeing your ...

For a brief moment in time, I had forgotten anyone cared about me at all. The beat of my heart in my own chest sounded unfamiliar. I couldn’t recognize my eyes in the mirror no matter how hard I stared. This brief moment was brief only in the span of our vast universe. In actuality, it lasted years, with only intervals of relief. I lived like a mammal confined to rough seas, breaking the surface t...

The messenger owl arrived before dawn, his white plumage a frightful warning against the vast darkness of the desert sky.

— The Temple has taken the Keep. Serscei and I escaped, but Daedren and Ralyei are being held captive. The Viper is on your trail. —

The message was short, and unsigned — but Aella would recognize that bold and decisive handwriting anywhere. Cairen.

Her brother and his partne...

Arms wrapped around

your body

twice

Hands on my hips

you smell nice

warm like vanilla

musky like weed

lips on my neck

like nectar i feed

Laying on your mattress

full sized

bed

dreams of you

swirling my head

eyes flutter open

yours are still closed

closer to you

is closer to home

Eyes like an ocean

Open

Vast

Well reassuring

how long we can last

is this forever

or is it just now

i don’t want to r...