Writing Prompt #440: Ears.

Ears.

Writing Prompt #439: Goading Atlas

Someone really, really tired is given a task to accomplish.

When a man is exhausted, when he's hungry, when he needs comfort and rest and sustenance, and instead he's given indifference and orders and delays and not the food or rest he'd expected at all, that's when you see the strength of his soul. That's when you find what kind of mettle he is.

God bless heroes.

Writing Prompt #438: Permission

Someone gives someone permission to do something small and mundane.

Ask a question? Stir their tea? Change to a different chair?

Is this a power move, or an increase in intimacy, or someone being clueless?

Why does the recipient feel like they need permission? Or do they care about the permission given at all?

Writing Prompt #437: Required Reeling

Someone is ordered to daydream about something.

Writing Prompt #436: Childifying

Yesterday, a little boy saw me troubled and asked me what was wrong. He was small, and sincere, and not old enough to have learned to be awkward when people are sad. So I told him.

"All the grown-ups in my life are giving me advice, and I want them to be wrong, because their advice sounds like it'll hurt. But grown-ups are so smart, and they're usually right, you know?"

My problem, broken down to seven-year-old level, seemed a whole lot easier to deal with.

Make your character explain their problems to a child.

Maybe, like me, they'll get some adorable advice to fix everything.

Writing Prompt #435: Moniker

Someone receives a nickname from a stranger.

Writing Prompt #434: Lovecraftian Moment

Someone is using a force or a power that they do not fully understand.