Line of a story for a character

[Karn Maeshalanadae]

Not really sure if there's anything like this, but in this thread, I thought of using the ideas from the first line and final line threads for this.

The only catch? You need to focus and describe a character as vividly as possible with that single line.




His heart burned with the desire he felt for her, yet was broken with the knowledge she would never return it.

 

[Talysia]

Interesting idea - I hope I'm on the right tracks.

Events in the past had reduced her confidence to tatters, and sometimes it seemed as though a door shutting too loudly would make her shatter like glass.

 

[Karn Maeshalanadae]

Sounds good there. It's an opening line, and yet describes the character very well.

Closing lines are also acceptable.




He replayed the whole situation in his mind, his eyes echoing the anguish and fear he had felt in the last three days, and his agony and regret at what he had to do to survive them.

 

[Talysia]

Ok then, how about:

His lips curved up in an arrogant smile, daring his enemy to pull the trigger, and not even flinching when they did.

 

[Peter Graham]

It isn't easy to save the world from being destroyed by Kloxotian Vengeance Droids when your armour is a Harris tweed three-piece and your weapon is a furled umbrella, but Lord Runcible knew that if a fellow lets his sartorial standards slip just because there's a bit of a crisis on, there's not really that much worth saving in the first place.

 

[chrispenycate]

The end of her tail still trailed out of the main doors as she sat down, tied a spare tablecloth round her neck as a serviette, and studied the wine list.

 

[Hilarious Joke]

In a crisis, he would freak, run out, come back, do as much as he could, and feel guilty afterwards.