🍎 ｡:*• ─ IT’S CHRISTMAS TIME !     ›    ( a symbol meme for muses who want to do something special and fun together this christmas / holiday season. )

i am so normal about taylor swift music. anyway, here are some prompts from the bonus tracks of midnights! feel free to change pronouns/etc as you see fit as always

• “i vowed not to cry anymore.”
• “i called off the troops.”
• “i really thought i’d lost you.”
• “we can plant a memory garden.”
• “it was war, it wasn’t fair.”
• “we will never go back.”
• “i will always be yours.”
• “i vowed i would always be yours.”
• “every single thing i touch becomes sick with sadness.”
• “you were bigger than the whole sky.”
• “i’ve got a lot to pine about.”
• “i’ve got a lot to live without.”
• “did some force take you because i didn’t pray?”
• “it’s not meant to be.”
• “your ex-friend’s sister met someone at a club and he kissed her.”
• “did you see the photos?”
• “i’m so in love that i might stop breathing.”
• “no, i didn’t see the news.”
• “romance is not dead if you keep it just yours.”
• “i wanna brainwash you into loving me forever.”
• “we were somewhere else, in an alleyway drinking champagne.”
• “i didn’t know you were keeping count.”
• “do you really wanna know where i was april 29th?”
• “i’d pay you if you’d just know me.”
• “you know there’s many different ways that you can kill the one you love?”
• “do i really have to tell you how he brought me back to life?”
• “do i really have to chart the constellations in his eyes?”
• “we were supposed to be just friends.”
• “maybe i’ll see you out some weekend.”
• “i think there’s been a glitch.”
• “i’m not even sorry.”
• “i thought we had no chance.”
• “i damn sure never would’ve danced with the devil.”
• “the god’s honest truth is that the pain was heaven.”
• “now that i’m grown, i’m scared of ghosts.”
• “if you never touched me, i would’ve gone along with the righteous.”
• “if i never blushed, then they could’ve never whispered about this.”
• “you made me feel important.”
• “you’re a crisis of my faith.”
• “i miss who i used to be.”
• “i regret you all the time.”
• “i fight with you in my sleep.”
• “the wound won’t close.”
• “if clarity’s in death, then why won’t this die?”
• “if you don’t recognize yourself, that means you did it right.”
• “never take advice from someone who’s falling apart.”
• “you don’t have to answer just ‘cause they asked you.”
• “when you aim at the devil, make sure you don’t miss.”
• “i prefer hiding in plain sight.”
• “you wouldn’t take my word for it if you knew who was talking.”
• “you should find another guiding light.”

• ❝ are you really playing christmas music already? it’s barely november! ❞
• ❝ come on, get in the spirit! dance with me. ❞ 
• ❝ if we’re having turkey for thanksgiving dinner, i’m not eating. the bird always looks at me funny and i’m not eating stuffing that’s been stuffed up a butt. ❞ 
• ❝ are you going to come sledding with us? it’ll be fun! ❞
• ❝ we can put up the christmas lights tonight! ❞
• ❝ i don’t want to be a grinch, but untangling lights isn’t exactly my favorite pastime. ❞
• ❝ let’s wear matching ugly christmas sweaters to the party! ❞ 
• ❝ do you think this eggnog is spiked? ❞ 
• ❝ don’t tell anyone, but, i spiked the eggnog. ❞ 
• ❝ you’re who i want to kiss at midnight on new year’s eve. ❞
• ❝ pucker up! you got caught under the mistletoe. ❞
• ❝ i didn’t know what to get you. i hope you like it. ❞ 
• ❝ you got me [insert gift here]? i love it. ❞
• ❝ please tell me that’s not a puppy yipping from the box… ❞
• ❝ isn’t it a little cliche to get engaged on christmas? ❞ 
• ❝ we always watch grandma got run over by a reindeer. it’s tradition! ❞
• ❝ i was sucking on this candy cane and accidentally made a weapon… ❞
• ❝ did you remember to get carrots to leave out for the reindeer? ❞
• ❝ i loved christmas as a kid, but i haven’t felt the magic in a long time… ❞
• ❝ do you want to bake cookies with me? ❞

• [ SKATES ] for sender and receiver to go ice skating.
• [ COCOA ] for sender and receiver to get hot chocolate at a winter festival.
• [ FESTIVAL ] for sender and receiver to go to a winter carnival. 
• [ ICE ] for receiver to slip on some ice while walking with sender. 
• [ FROSTY ] for sender and receiver to build a snowman.
• [ ANGEL ] for sender and receiver to make snow angels.
• [ MISTLETOE ] for sender and receiver to find themselves under the mistletoe.
• [ TREE ] for sender and receiver to decorate the christmas tree. 
• [ PRESENTS ] for receiver to open a present from sender. (bonus points for saying what the present is.) 
• [ GRINCH ] for receiver’s reaction to sender not being in the holiday spirit. 
• [ KITCHEN ] for sender and receiver to make a mess in the kitchen while cooking the holiday feast.
• [ MIDNIGHT ] for sender to kiss receiver at midnight on new year’s eve. 
• [ TIMES SQUARE ] for sender and receiver to watch the ball drop.

LAVENDER HAZE

• "Meet me at midnight."
• "You don't ever say too much."
• "You don't really read into my melancholia."
• "You handled it beautifully."
• "All this shit is new to me."
• "I feel the lavender haze creeping up on me."
• "I'm damned if I do give a damn what people say."
• "I just wanna stay in that lavender haze."
• "All they keep asking me is if I'm gonna be your bride."
• "The only kinda girl they see is a one night or a wife."
• "I find it dizzying."
• "You weren't even listening."
• "Talk your talk and go viral."
• "I just need this love spiral."
• "Get it off your chest."
• "Get it off my desk."
• "I just wanna stay."

MAROON

• "We lost track of time again."
• "You were my closest friend."
• "How'd we end up on the floor anyway?"
• "I see you every day now."
• "I chose you."
• "So scarlet, it was maroon."
• "How the hell did we lose sight of us again?"
• "Ain't that the way shit always ends?"
• "Carnations you had thought were roses, that's us."
• "I feel you, no matter what."
• "I lost you."
• "Looked up at the sky and it was maroon."
• "I wake with your memory over me."
• "That's a real fuckin' legacy to leave."

ANTI-HERO

• "I have this thing where I get older, but just never wiser."
• "Midnights become my afternoons."
• "My depression works the graveyard shift."
• "All of the people I've ghosted stand there in the room."
• "I should not be left to my own devices."
• "They come with prices and vices."
• "I end up in crisis."
• "Tale as old as time."
• "I wake up screaming from dreaming."
• "I'm the problem."
• "I'll stare directly at the sun but never in the mirror."
• "It must be exhausting always rooting for the anti-hero."
• "I'm a monster on the hill."
• "Pierced through the heart, but never killed."
• "Did you hear my covert narcissism I disguise as altruism?"
• "I've realized all this time."
• "Life will lose all its meaning."
• "She's laughing up at us from hell!"
• "It's me, I'm the problem, it's me."

SNOW ON THE BEACH

• "I saw flecks of what could've been lights."
• "It might just have been you."
• "Life is emotionally abusive."
• "Time can't stop me quite like you did."
• "My flight was awful, thanks for asking."
• "It's like snow at the beach."
• "Weird but fuckin' beautiful."
• "This scene feels like what I once saw on a screen."
• "I've never seen someone lit from within."
• "To hide that would be so dishonest."
• "It's fine to fake it 'til you make it."
• "I can't speak, afraid to jinx it."
• "I don't even dare to wish it."
• "Your eyes are flying saucers from another planet."
• "Can this be a real thing, can it?"
• "It's comin' down."

YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN, KID

• "Summer went away, still the yearning stays."
• "I play it cool with the best of them."
• "He's gonna notice me."
• "We're the best of friends anyway."
• "You're smoking with your boys."
• "I didn't choose this town."
• "I dream of getting out."
• "There's just one who could make me stay all my days."
• "I waited ages to see you there."
• "I search the party of better bodies, just to learn that you never cared."
• "You're on your own, kid."
• "You always have been."
• "I picked the petals, he loves me not."
• "Something different bloomed."
• "I'll run away."
• "I called a taxi to take me there."
• "My dreams aren't rare."
• "I gave my blood, sweat, and tears for this."
• "The jokes weren't funny."
• "I took the money."
• "My friends from home don't know what to say."
• "I saw something they can't take away."
• "There were pages turned with the bridges burned."
• "Everything you lose is a step you take."
• "You've got no reason to be afraid."
• "Yeah, you can face this."
• "You're on your own, kid. You always have been."

MIDNIGHT RAIN

• "He wanted it comfortable, I wanted that pain."
• "He wanted a bride, I was making my own name."
• "He stayed the same."
• "All of me changed like midnight."
• "My town was a wasteland."
• "But for some, it was paradise."
• "My boy was a montage."
• "I broke his heart 'cause he was nice."
• "He was sunshine, I was midnight rain."
• "But for him, it's every day."
• "All the love we unravel."
• "The life I gave away."
• "I guess sometimes we all get just what we wanted."
• "He never thinks of me except for when I'm on TV."
• "I guess sometimes we all get some kind of haunted."
• "I never think of him except on midnights like this."

QUESTION...?

• "I remember."
• "We had one thing goin' on."
• "I swear that it was somethin'."
• I don't remember who I was before you."
• "You painted all my nights a color I've searched for since."
• "One thing after another."
• "Fuckin' situations, circumstances, miscommunications."
• "I just may like some explanations."
• "Can I ask you a question?
• "Did you ever have someone kiss you in a crowded room?"
• "Then what did you do?"
• "Did you lеave her house in the middle of the night?"
• "Did you wish you'd put up more of a fight?"
• "She said it was too much."
• "Do you wish you could still touch her?"
• "It's just a question."
• "Did you realize out of time?"
• "She was on your mind with some dickhead guy."
• "It was one drink after another."
• "Fuckin' politics and gender roles."
• "You're not sure and I don't know."
• "I just may like to have a conversation."
• "Does it feel like everything's just like second best after that meteor strike?"
• "What's that that I heard?"
• "That you're still with her?"
• "That's nice, I'm sure that's what's suitable."

as requested by a powerfully patient and endlessly lovely nonnie!! there will be more lists like this, because frankly, parenthood is a whole theme park of roller coasters with unique challenges and milestones in each of them! but these are for parents who have recently become parents to a newborn! i also have requests for prompts based on foster families and adopted children, but i'd like to do my own research before i dive too deeply into those, because obviously the rules vary from country to country, but i digress! i sincerely hope you all enjoy these! unclench your jaw, drink some water, roll back your shoulders! DO NOT ADD TO THIS LIST PLEASE!!

• " if you waken that baby, so help me god, there won't be a corner of the universe that will protect you from my wrath. "
• " do you wanna hold him/her/them? here, it's okay! just support the neck like... yeah, there you go! you got it! "
• " no, no, it's okay, i'm not going anywhere. the baby spit up on everything i own except this sparkly little number, so i'm waiting for the washing cycle to end until i can change out of this! come on in. "
• " i don't think i've had a full night's sleep since the baby came along. "
• " i'm gonna train this kid, night and day, until they say my name before yours. that's my goal. my name is gonna be their first word. "
• " i love my baby. more than i ever dreamed possible! but they've kept me awake since the second they were born! i seriously need a nap... could you keep an eye on them until i wake up? just twenty minutes, i promise you! "
• " it kinda feels like every single person in the world suddenly has a PhD in parenting to make me feel incompetent with. "
• " i think our sweet angel's gonna be a rock star with that set of lungs! "
• " we need a new babysitter. preferably one who won't read rosemary's baby to our newborn. "
• " god, they're so precious when they're asleep... can you believe we're that kid's parents?! "
• " how can something so tiny go through a billion diapers every single day?! "
• " they smiled at me today! actually smiled, i swear! that baby is a genius! and no, it wasn't trapped gas, before you say it. "
• " that darling child ripped a fistful of my hair out today, so if you see a bald spot, now you know why it's there. "
• " shh... shh, honey, it's okay. the baby woke up, but i'm handling it. you just go back to sleep now, okay? "
• " i was thinking... if, for whatever reason, i'm not able to take care of the baby, i was wondering if you might be okay with being their legal guardian? "
• " so pre-schools aren't only super competitive, they've also got some insanely high standards now, too! one of them won't even let me bring my car in unless it's completely emission-free! "
• " the baby has a remarkably dark sense of humour. they only seem to laugh when i stub my damn toe on the crib at 4 in the morning. "
• " we had a somewhat violent reaction at the diaper station this morning. so that meant i had to bathe and change the little cherub twice in ten minutes, and then go take another shower and find new clothes unscathed by infant vandals again. "
• " he/she/they have your eyes. and your batshit insane sleep schedule. "
• " you know what really pisses me off? when people act as though new parents have it easy. like a newborn is the easiest thing in the world to handle. i'd like to see them make coffee, change a diaper and fold a onesie one-handed! "
• " isn't it so crazy that this tiny little human, who can't even hold their own head up yet, might be like, a president or something one day? "
• " i'm really sorry, i know we had plans tonight, but i literally just got the baby to sleep and all i wanna do is lie down and eat the leftovers of a bag of potato chips until i fall asleep. i haven't showered all week, i can't remember the last time i wore clean clothes, and... it's just not gonna work out tonight. "
• " i figured you wouldn't have much time to cook, what with the baby and all. so i decided i'd bring a lasagna and some groceries over to you, and i can keep an eye on the little one while you take a nice hot shower and eat your dinner in peace! "
• " hey... relax. i promise you, the babysitter can handle it for a few hours! and if they need you, they've got your phone number, right? so just... take a night off. sit back. enjoy yourself. the baby is fine, i promise you! "
• " you know, if you guys wanted a date night, i could mind the baby for you? "
• " i swear, this baby is the freaking jackpot of excuses to not attend all those events! all the times i wanted to throw sharon's awful hummus at her face during those dinner parties, and now i don't even have to go anymore, all because of this beautiful, wonderful little baby! "
• " i mean, sure, sometimes i'm crying 24/7 and i don't know what the hell i'm doing! but then i'll tickle the baby's little foot and they'll laugh for thirty minutes, and it just makes me so insanely, immeasurably happy! "
• " what do you think? will we try for baby number two? make this little angel a big brother/sister/sibling? "
• " i need a night out. please. i'm begging you. i cannot sing another single note of baby shark! please, even a trip to the grocery store would do! "
• " god, couldn't you just sit and watch them sleep forever? "
• " oh god, he/she/they're crying! the baby's crying! oh man, is that a hungry cry or a diaper cry?! talk to me, little baby! "
• " i cannot believe we just paid four figures for a cradle when the baby won't even sleep unless they're in our arms... "
• " you know, that little baby is so freaking lucky to have you as their mom/dad/parent. "
• " a-actually, maybe you better keep holding them. i mean, what if i hurt them by accident? or what if i scare them? babies don't like me, they never have! "
• " you know, i always thought newborn babies looked like potatoes. but this kid is pretty darn cute! "
• " i believe congratulations are in order. where's the new addition? "
• " i never realized how expensive diapers were until now... "
• " mm... honey, the baby... the baby's crying. wake up, baby, go help the baby... "
• " nice try, but i got the baby the last time. it's your turn now. probably a diaper change, too, by the sound of it. "
• " how can someone so tiny drink so much freaking milk?! "
• " i wish people would quit acting like parenting experts every single time they see me. believe it or not, i do know what i'm doing! "
• " some stranger on the bus decided to let me know i was a terrible mother/father/parent for not choosing to raise the baby on a vegan diet. "
• " did you think of any baby names yet? or is this sweet little angel still anonymous? "
• " i'm thinking we should decorate the nursery while the baby's still napping. i got the paint in my car; what do you think? "
• " this baby is officially more extroverted than me! every single person we met in the park, this socializing star was waving and smiling at them like crazy! "
• " oh my god, remember that little blanket you gave us when the baby was born? yeah! they refuse to go to sleep without it now, it's the cutest thing ever! "
• " oh, i took the most adorable photo of the baby yesterday while they were sleeping! wanna see? "
• " i don't think you need to worry about your parenting skills. 'cause that little baby in there is the happiest, luckiest kid in the whole world just by having you in their life. they might not know it yet. but they are. "
• " well, according to the principal at the last pre-school, we should have been booking placements before the baby was even conceived. "
• " i wonder what kind of life this baby will grow up to live? "
• " you're such a natural with the baby! he/she/they love you so much already; look how they're gazing up at you! "
• " i'm so sorry, but we're gonna have to leave early; the bottle leaked all over my bag, and it's feeding time now, so it's either leave early or unleash a screaming infant on you! "
• " would you mind holding the baby for a minute while i go grab my stuff? "
• " don't judge, but we were out of clean onesies, so i dressed the baby in that huge old t-shirt you got at that concert five years ago. if i'm being honest, it suits them! "
• " listen. i know i complain and i struggle. i honestly think my mistakes outnumber my triumphs, as far as parenting is concerned. but i have never loved anything nor anyone nearly as much as i love this baby. never. "

Franz Kafka // Sylvia Plath

• thank you for agreeing to help.
• sorry, it’s just that i get very nervous when someone else is driving.
• i sense tension…
• there’s a reason i keep this door closed.
• i can’t believe you would do this to me!
• there’s nothing reassuring about what you just said.
• i thought we’d be safe here.
• thanks for looking out for me.
• i’m right here.
• thinking about it makes me sick.
• i’m not asking.
• c’mon, i’ll drive you home.
• there’s something i’ve been meaning to tell you.
• hey, you owe me this favour.
• i want to be there when you get what’s coming to you.
• you’re too good for this world.
• i’ll be okay, i’m always okay.
• sorry about last night.
• do you remember we used to do that in school?
• i need your help.
• you have no idea how much this means to me.
• how long have you been standing there?
• we have to stop meeting like this.
• there’s someone in the house!
• you’re beautiful.
• very few people understand me, but you do.
• i’m sorry.
• get out of my way.
• i saw it as clearly as i see you standing there now.
• if you leave now, you lose everything.
• please stop talking.
• i make my goddamn choices myself, based on what i know.
• don’t upset your father, not now.
• you’re gonna get us killed someday.
• i don’t feel good.
• do you ever think we should just stop doing this?
• i think you should stay the night.
• who’s side are you on?
• believe it or not, i am grateful.
• i’m not supposed to talk to strangers.
• you have to leave right now, you aren’t safe here.
• i don’t think this is a good idea.
• you’re not dead yet.
• i wish you told me sooner.
• are you kidding me?
• you must be mad, coming here like this.
• i don’t know how i can repay you.
• you embarrassed me this evening.
• don’t act so surprised.
• there’s something i need to get off my chest.
• tell me what’s bothering you.
• everything is always about you!
• midnight, on the bridge. come alone.
• you stand there and accuse me, but where were you at the time?
• i knew you wouldn’t be able to see it through.
• i need more time to think.
• you need me.
• i’ve forgotten what it’s like to feel young.
• you’re okay, you’re okay.
• i don’t remember my childhood.
• if we both stick to the story, they can’t prove anything.
• i’ve been checking you out.
• you look tired.
• this must be hard for you.
• never underestimate me again.
• you got a package for me?
• i think you’re right.
• my hands are clean in all of this.
• we really need a better excuse to see each other.
• i’m ready to try again.
• where i go and what i do is none of your business!
• i never thought i’d see you again.
• my work is my life.
• we never should’ve kissed—that was our first mistake.
• i feel very alone.
• you are loved, don’t ever forget that.
• i’m not gonna make it.
• i don’t think i could live alone again.
• when i was younger, i saw something i shouldn’t have.
• i don’t want to have a baby.
• stay the night, you deserve the rest.
• you look ridiculous in that thing.
• quick, hide behind the sofa!
• hurry! they’re pulling up in the driveway!
• i haven’t had a good breakdown in months, perhaps i’m due.
• you’re impossible to ignore.
• if you get me his phone, i might reconsider.
• i’m afraid you’d look at me differently, now that you know.
• i can’t trust you anymore.
• hope is a silent killer, one day you’ll find that out for yourself.
• i miss moments like this more than anything.
• you can’t keep treating me this way!
• sorry, i haven’t checked my phone all day.
• my head is killing me.
• just do as i say, and no one gets hurt.
• you woke me up.
• i didn’t mean to make you upset.
• i can’t believe you’re just gonna give up like that!
• just breathe.
• i’m in the mood for pizza, what do you think?
• if this is going to work, you’re going to have to trust me.
• i’m not a big fan of the dark.
• i could kill you!
• you should’ve listened to me.
• there’s always going to be someone who wants to knock you down.
• it’s not fair!
• so you had a bad day, there’s always tomorrow.
• be nice to me, it’s my birthday.
• you didn’t have to walk me home.
• i would appreciate it if we didn’t discuss personal matters right now.
• there’s no need to be callous and cruel.
• this is for your own good.
• i could kiss you.
• i’m in the middle of something, this better be urgent!