comment_fic 925-929: original, Avengers, HL

Title: I am queen of all my sins forgotten
Original, PG, character death
800 words; title from Anne Sexton
Prompt: Fairy tale, the King and his Daughter, It will scare you to your very soul. Angel Heart


( Once upon a time, there was a princess. )

Title: the hour of the ghost
Fandom: Avengers movieverse
Disclaimer: not my characters (except for Kat); title from Anne Sexton
Warnings: post-WS
Pairings: Steve/OFC, Steve/Bucky
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 390
Point of view: third
Prompt: Any, any, I woke up next to him/her wishing they were you



( Her name's Kat. She's got unnaturally blonde hair, green eyes, a tattoo on her shoulder that peeks from under her dress. Natasha bought them tickets to a ballet, and Steve takes Kat to a nice place after, and they talk about -- well, history, for her. Three years ago for him. )

Title: shadowborn
Fandom: Highlander
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: none
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 100
Prompt: any, any, A fool can be crowned a King


( Only fools want to wear the crown and sit on the throne. )

Title: shadows eternal
Original/mythology
Gen, PG, 195 words
Prompt: Any, any, queen of the damned


( Once, she had been loved. )

Title: I shall be telling this with a sigh somewhere ages and ages hence
Fandom: Avengers movieverse
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: post-Winter Soldier; talk of torture/violence
Pairings: gen with Steve/Bucky leanings
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 215
Point of view: third
Prompt: any, any, "The Road Not Taken" -Robert Frost


( Bucky’s slouched on the other side of the booth, in a hoodie and gloves, one hand still wrapped around his soda even though it’s mostly just melting ice, now. )