comment_fic 1197 - 1101: Batman, myth, HP/Sherlock, fairy tale, HL

Title: tempered in blood
Fandom: DCU cartoon/Under the Red Hood film
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Beowulf
Warnings: references to violence; AU
Pairings: possibly unrequited Jason/Bruce
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 345
Point of view: third
Prompt: Batman comics, Bruce Wayne/Jason Todd or /Dick Grayson,

in the interest of poetry
and the cowboy movie
that's you and me
i'm back on the horse now
and i'm riding
i am striding so effortlessly
what i mean is
it's late
much too late for us

( Jason is still desperate for Bruce’s approval. )

Title: through the ages
Fandom: mythology
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 310
Point of view: third
Prompt: Any, any/any, time in a bottle



( For all that the gods fade away when their worshipers do, across all pantheons certain gods remain. )

Title: family
Fandom: Harry Potter/Sherlock (BBC)
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: pre- and post-canon
Pairings: canon
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 575
Prompt: Harry Potter/Sherlock, Hermione Granger + Jim Moriarty, cousins

( Jim's never had much use for his family, but he does remember one of his cousins fondly. )

Title: the lie that has always been my name
Fandom: fairy tale
Disclaimer: not my characters; Christine Heppermann
Warnings: somewhat darkish
Pairings: Cinderella/prince
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 305
Prompt: Any, Any, A Hard Knock Life (Annie)

( Never has Jocelyn understood why her 'family' hate her so, but she understands that Madam is trying to break her and she refuses. )

Title: pretense
Fandom: Highlander
Disclaimer: only Methos isn’t mine
Warnings: violence
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 565
Point of view: third
Prompt: any, any, goddamn right, you should be scared of me


( So far, Methos muses, hands in plain sight with the rest of the hostages, his life after Adam Pierson has not been that much fun. )

comment_fic 1102 - 1106: Merlin, BtVS, original, HL

Title: I cannot love but one
Fandom: Merlin (BBC)
Disclaimer: only Arthur and Merlin aren’t mine; title from Lord Byron
Warnings: references to bad things happening to children
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Point of view: third
Wordcount: WIP
Prompts: Merlin, Arthur Pendragon/Merlin, We were like gods at the dawning of the world, and our joy was so bright we could see nothing else but the other. ; any, any/any, there's death, rebirth and another meeting ; Merlin (BBC), Arthur/Merlin, the man who has the loyalty of a hurricane

He'd thought that Arthur, when he returned, would be as vibrant, as glorious, that figure of legend even he believes in now, a thousand years after he sent his king to the water.




Title: take time to catch your breath and choose your moment
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Dido
Warnings: AU during season 1; references to violence and canon character death
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 800
Point of view: third
Prompts: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Buffy Summers, after the Battle of Sunnydale she was given the doubble-edged gift of sending her mind back to any point in her past, with all her memories and current powers intact. ; Prompt: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Buffy Summers+Any, Psychological Warfare (Burn Notice)


( She coughs herself awake, wet and with aching ribs. Xander's crouched next to her, looking younger than she can remember, and Angel is lurking behind him. )

Title: Names Dripping with Blood
Written: March 15, 2015
Prompt: any, any, they used to shout my name, now they whisper it.



( Once, there was a princess beloved by all who knew her. )

Title: I cross so many brooks in the world
Fandom: Highlander
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Denise Levertov
Warnings: none
Rating: PG
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Point of view: third
Wordcount: 405
Prompt: Highlander, Duncan and Methos and Joe, old is a comparative term

Remix pov of this



( Old is all relative. )

Title: pretense
Fandom: Highlander
Disclaimer: only Methos isn’t mine
Warnings: violence
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 265
Point of view: third
Prompt: any, any, goddamn right, you should be scared of me

Remix pov of this

( When the men burst in shouting, waving guns around, Taylor lunged for Mikey and dragged him to the floor with her. )