cool and cracktastic bits

It starts in a gondola, with an emotionally traumatised misanthrope. The antagonist is someone who lives in the moment and the plot involves elements like heroes and villains united by a common enemy and unresolved sexual tension between friends and enemies.

or:
It begins with an alien character trying to understand humans in a graveyard. This person meets someone who appreciates life's small things and together they encounter shifting identities and learning about living and being alive together. The story winds up in a quiet and dusty museum and features unexpected darkness. The overall narrative has a sense of the numinous.

i've read this manga recently, i swear:
The story involves boundaries breaking down. Romance blossoms between a boy in a shirt with a collar loose enough to show his collarbones and someone with command presence, while difficulties they encounter include kidnappings, cloaks, and carriages and brushing someone's long hair to calm them.

and for the *poing*:
The hero of this story is a quietly competent man who has a uniform. On the way to the story's conclusion the hero encounters someone who smiles - awkwardly - for the first time. This person has a collar. Plot elements include breaking down and screaming and old friends who know each other very well.

telophase has made a cool bits story generator.

if you like that one, maybe you'd also enjoy helping rachelmanija make a cracktastic bits generator.