comment_fic 856-860: HP, Hobbit, myth, HL

Title: Ask me to help you find the wind
Fandom: Harry Potter
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Anderson
Warnings: child abuse, AU, victim blaming by the victim
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 410
Point of view: third
Prompt: Harry Potter, Dudley + Harry, they grew up as best friends, with Dudley trying to help Harry everytime his parents were abusive of him.



( When the letter comes, Harry hands it off to Dudley; his parents don't notice, so later that afternoon, they hide in Dudley's room to read it together. )

Title: with lonely steps to tread the unfounded deep
Fandom: The Hobbit movieverse
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Milton
Warnings: mentions of character death, a mother's grief, mourning
Pairing: mostly gen
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 330
Point of view: third
Prompt: Any, Any, Sworn


( She stands at the top of the mountain, staring out at the world. )

Title: let me praise men for eating the apple
Fandom: Greek mythology
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Plath or Levertov or Sexton
Warnings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 100
Point of view: third
Prompt: Greek Myth, Artemis + Athena, sisters


( They go running in the moonlight. )

Title: the reclining dragon
Fandom: Highlander
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: outside pov; future!fic
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 390
Point of view: third
Prompt: author's choice, any, garyuu or garyou (Japanese) - unrecognized genius; an exceptional person hidden among the masses (literally "a reclining dragon")


( This kid - Adamson? Addison? Something that starts with an A - has to question everything. )

Title: the sum of damages done to them
Fandom: Highlander
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Adrienne Rich
Warnings: mentions of minor character death
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 80
Point of view: third
Prompt: any, any, 3 mistakes they've made and the 1 thing everyone except them thinks was a mistake


( Okay, so drinking eighteen barrels of beer and defacing the pyramid was a mistake. )