The Rules:

Someone posts a quote of the opening lines of a fanfic. Whoever correctly guesses it first, posts their answer, and a new quote. Lather, rinse, repeat goofy

I don't think we've played this game for several years, so there's lots of fresh stories to work with. So here's mine, to get things started. smile

Quote
"Hindsight--." HG Wells looked down at the hat in his hands, turning it slightly as he struggled for words. "It really is nearly perfect."

The silence that followed this remark felt awkward, so Wells bowed his head in deference and tried again to explain. "It seemed so simple. Alter one little detail, speed up the process, just a bit, and you can effect a change for the better. So that's what I did."
PJ

"You told me you weren't like other men," she said, shaking her head at him when the storm of laughter had passed.
He grinned at her - a goofy, Clark Kent kind of a grin. "I have a gift for understatement."
"You can say that again," she told him.
"I have a...."
"Oh, shut up."

--Stardust, Caroline K