screaming loud enough to turn back the wind

Title: wreathed with sky
Fandom: Highlander
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Shana Abe
Warnings: references to violence/murder
Pairings: Kronos/Methos
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 375
Point of view: third
Prompt: any, any, someone unexpectedly turns into a were-bird


( If you live long enough, you tend to develop... abilities. )



Title: everybody knows the fight was fixed
Fandom: Highlander/Marvel movies
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Leonard Cohen
Warnings: spoilers for Cap2, ignores Avengers2
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 200
Point of view: third
Prompt: any. any. my way or the highway

( The SHIELD agent guarding the Winter Soldier tries to be an obstruction. He fails. )



Title: beyond the eastern hills
Fandom: Highlander
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: Violence/death/cannibalism
Pairings: none
Rating: PG13
Wordcount: 520
Point of view: first
Prompt: any. any. salt the earth


( There existed once a people beyond the eastern hills. )






Title: to my arms you are forever lost
Fandom: Harry Potter
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Margaret Sayers Peden
Warnings: child death, grief, covering it all up
Pairings: Petunia/Vernon
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 470
Point of view: third
Prompt: Harry Potter, any, the world where the Dursleys accidentally killed Harry Potter before he ever had the chance to go to Hogwarts


( Petunia's only consolation is that it was an accident. )




Title: Everyone was always to blame
Fandom: DCU animated
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Anne Sexton
Warnings: references to Jason’s backstory
Pairings: Jason Todd/Tim Drake
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 150
Point of view: third
Prompt: DCU, any/any, I warned you before that I could've told you I was mean. You were so sweet and I was lonely so I let you hold me.

( Razor blades and glass shards can't ever be soft, and this kid is so brilliant, so strong, Jason knows he’s got to have known better, but it's not like he ever warned him. )

Title: The snow drops its pieces of darkness
Fandom: Marvel movies
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Sylvia Plath
Warnings: AU; character death
Pairings: Steve/Bucky
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 610
Point of view: third
Prompt: any. any/any. Rima XI, Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer

"I am ardent, I am dark,
I am the essence of passion;
with yearning for pleasure, my soul is full;
is it me you're seeking?"
"No, it isn't you."

"My skin is pale, my plaits golden,
I can give you sweetness without end;
My treasure is in tenderness;
is it me you're calling?"
"No, it isn't you."

"I am delusion, an impossible thing,
a vain phantom of mist and light;
I am unbodied, I am impalpable;
I cannot love you."
"Oh come, please come...!"





( Bucky Barnes died when he fell from a train in late 1944. )



Title: in the dark room putting bones into place
Fandom: Marvel movies
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Anne Sexton
Warnings: violence
Pairings: Steve/Bucky
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 905
point of view: third
Prompt: MCU, Steve/Bucky, nobody realizes that Bucky is the only who really sees Steve's dark side


( Steve Rogers has always fought for the little guy, against bullies and tyranny and unfairness. Everyone knows that. )



Title: the greatest secret
Fandom: Highlander
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: none
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 175
Point of view: third
Highlander, Methos +/ Duncan, "I don't want to be the last. But I'm afraid I'll be."


( Here is the greatest of Methos’ uncountable secrets: he does not want to be the last. )



Title: to tame with kindness
Fandom: Marvel movies
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: AU during Avengers
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 370
Point of view: third
Prompt: MCU, Loki, this won't hurt a bit


( The mortal takes down half of Loki’s men before Loki steps in, placing a gentle hand to his cheek. )



Title: hypothetical
Fandom: Animorphs
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: references to Tobias' unhappy home life
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 95
Point of view: third
Prompt: Animorphs, any, speed dial



( Red-tailed hawks that live in the woods don't have cell-phones, obviously. )

Title: music you’ve never heard
Fandom: Political Animals/Highlander
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Anne Sexton
Warnings: references to addiction, panic, possibly implied past dub-con, suicidal implications
Pairings: past Methos/Kronos
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 2300
Prompts: any, any, sooner or later god's gonna cut you down ; any, any, Not all those who wander are lost ; any, any, "given the right motivation i probably could" ; any. any. one day at a time
Note: I don’t believe in that whole immortals-are-always-foundlings thing.


"You're lucky I was passing through," the man says as soon as TJ's awake.

Title: You were mine but I lent you out
Fandom: Marvel
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Anne Sexton
Warnings: references to violence and death
Pairings: implied post-Steve/Bucky
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 300
Point of view: third
Prompt: Any superhero universe or cop show. Any. Sometimes it doesn't pay to save the world.


( Three times now, he’s put the world ahead. )



Title: sings the tune without the words
Fandom: Smallville
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Emily Dickinson
Warnings: AU for Smallville
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 100
Point of view: third
Prompt: Superman: TAS, Superman/Lex Luthor, the thing with feathers


( If Clark had just told him... )




Title: nothing since you and me even feels like love
Fandom: Highlander
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from A Softer World
Warnings: references to violence
Pairings: Kronos/Methos
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 150
Point of view: third
Prompt: any, any, Our love was doomed, / a burning building, / a broken neck. / But nothing since / you and me / even feels like love.


( No matter where he searched, Kronos did not find Death. )



Title: young
Fandom: Shane
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: future!fic
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 190
Point of view: third
Prompt: any book. any. Looking back on younger days the view stretched on for miles/We charged into our future with laughter and smiles (Edwin McCain - Jesters, Dreamers, & Thieves)


( He knows that if Shane were still around, he'd suggest another way. )




Title: stone wreathed in starlight
Fandom: The Hobbit (Jackson films)
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: spoilers for the third movie
Pairings: Tauriel/Kili
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 160
Point of view: third
Prompt: any. any. To love you is to go mad/To love you is to lose myself (Kate Earl - Nobody)


( She leaves, after. )

Title: You could drown in those eyes, I said
Fandom: Highlander/Marvel movies/Leverage
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Richard Siken
Warnings: post-Cap2 and Highlander. talk of torture, brainwashing, dehumanization, and death. talk of violence against children. a mishmash of backstories for Clint. Post-finale for Leverage.
Pairings: past-Steve/Bucky, Methos/ex-Winter Soldier, (mostly?)unrequited Steve/ex-Winter Soldier, past Peggy Carter/Steve Rogers , past Methos/Kronos, Natasha/Clint, mentions of OC/OC, Eliot Spencer/Parker/Alec Hardison, Sophie Devereaux/Nate Ford
Rating: PG13
Wordcount: WIP
Point of view: third
Prompts: varies with each chapter


"And who might you be?" Methos asks the not-quite-mortal rummaging through his cabinets.

The man, who looks quite beat all to hell and worn down to nothing, long dark hair hanging dank past his shoulders, clothes fit only for burning, whirls to face him, throwing a knife as he spins. Methos, who saw the beginning of the motion as the man started to move, catches the blade and raises an eyebrow.

“That was rude,” he informs the man, who is staring at him in wonder.

Title: rebuild
Fandom: Highlander
Disclaimer: Methos isn’t mine
Warnings: post-apocalyptic
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 230
Point of view: third
Prompt: any. any. A smart guy once said that World War IV would be fought with sticks and stones. He was right.


( It seems like only yesterday... it is, of course. Air conditioning was his favorite thing, better even than the internet, but he survived for ages before they were invented. )





Title: identical (yet not)
Fandom: White Collar/Chuck
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: AUish
Rating: PG
Pairings: Peter/Neal, Case/Bryce
Wordcount: 165
Point of view: third
Prompt: White Collar/Chuck, Bryce/Casey and Peter/Neal, Bryce and Neal are twins but Casey hates Neal and Peter hates Bryce -- and they refuse to hide their dislike


( John hates Neal Caffrey because he is a lie. )





Title: the diary of before
Original, gen, PG
Wordcount: 145
Prompt: Any, any, pen and paper.

( I don't know who you are, or if you care, or if maybe you're me in 50 years and pulling out all the stupid stuff you wrote when you were young. )




Title: I solemnly swear
Fandom: Avengers movieverse
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: future!fic AUish
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 610
Point of view: third
Prompt: MCU, Tony + Loki, To the Avengers chagrin, a de-powered Loki is a dangerously creative Loki.


( Loki with magic meant there was some riddle to be solved and then everything would go back to normal. )



Title: new-growth
Fandom: Greek myth
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: um. spoilers for myths?
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 160
Point of view: third
Prompt: any, any, don't open that box


( What remains in the box is... )

Title: If I wrote you, you would know me, you would not write me again
Fandom: Avengers movieverse
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Dar Williams
Warnings: portrayal of a very unhealthy situation with maybe some implied dub-con; references to torture/brainwashing/dehumanization
Pairing: Steve/Bucky
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 400
Point of view: second
Prompt: any. any/any. telling a lie because the truth hurts more


( The truth is, you read a lot. You read things on the internet, a library's worth of books, and Steve's body language, Steve's face. You read his interactions with the others, who kept their distance from you in the beginning but have begun to treat you like you belong. Like you're Steve's. )


Untitled
Poem, gen, PG
Prompt: any, any, things I believed when I was five


( when I was five )



Title: untitled
Fandom: Highlander
Warnings: future!fic
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 305
Point of view: third
Prompt: any, any immortal, watching someone grow up


( He finds the child three months after he leaves the Highlander and all his judgments behind. )




Title: Even the gods were terrified at the flood
Fandom: Avengers movieverse
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Gilgamesh
Warnings: Talk of torture/brainwashing/dehumanization
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 435
Point of view: third
Prompt: Any, any, when you are worthless they will not expect you to rise.



( It is a weapon – but it is not mindless. )




Title: better to avenge dear ones
Fandom: Avengers movieverse
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Beowulf
Warnings: talk of violence/torture/death/brainwashing
Pairings: Steve/Bucky
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 575
Point of view: third
Prompt: MCU, Bucky/Steve, just because he's Bucky Barnes again doesn't mean he regrets what he's done.


( There are things he never says, here in this shiny future. )

Title: figures dancing gracefully across my memory
Fandom: Avengers movieverse
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: pre-canon through post-Avengers; implied bad things happening to children
Pairings: Natasha/Clint
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 450
Point of view: third
Prompt: MCU, Clint/Natasha, contrary to popular belief, he's the clean/neat one after the discipline of the military and she's the one who lives in organized chaos



( For a very long time, Natasha doesn’t have 'things.' )



Untitled
Original, PG,
Gen, 190 words
any, any, a messy end to an equally messy life.



( There is no retiring. )



Title: Twirling down time’s corridors I see your shadow dancing
Fandom: Avengers movieverse
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Olga Levertoff
Warnings: Spoilers for everything 'til WS. Memory issues, sadness, talk of violence.
Pairings: Clint/Natasha, a little implied Steve/Bucky, past-Natasha/Bucky if you read it as such
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 720
Point of view: third
Prompt: MCU, Clint/Natasha +/ Bucky, If Bucky was her Winter Soldier, then Clint was her summer soldier



( Once, she thinks, they danced. )



Title: expecting the unexpected
Fandom: Highlander/Supernatural
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: AU
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 355
Point of view: third
Prompt: Highlander/Supernatural, Methos & Castiel (& Jimmy), Jimmy was raised by Methos
Note: I figured a Jimmy raised by Methos wouldn't be all that good of a Christian, if he was a Christian at all. So no Amelia and no Claire, meaning Jimmy's the last possible vessel for Castiel.


( The first time the angel speaks to him, he listens, waits for the angel to leave, and then he calls Dad.  )



Title: what history knows
Fandom: Avengers movieverse
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: Talk of brainwashing/torture/violence/death/mayhem. Post-Cap2.
Pairings: Steve/Bucky
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 780
Point of view: third
Prompt: Any, any/any, Everyone Says I Love You [Revolution]


( History knows that Bucky Barnes loved Captain America. )

Title: the sunshine is a glorious birth
Fandom: Teen Wolf (TV)
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Wordsworth
Warnings: spoilers for up to the end of season 3; mentions of bad things; minor character death
Pairings: gen
Rating: PG
Wordcount:460
Point of view: third
Prompt: Teen Wolf, Talia + Derek, there's stranger who has her blood and tells her of a dark future


( She knows him immediately, through scent and through sight. )




Title: the miracle is coming back from the last war alive
Fandom: Avengers movieverse
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from James Humphrey
Warnings: post-Winter Soldier; talk of death/violence/torture
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 210
Point of view: third
Prompt: Any, any, Your mind is the scene of the crime. (Inception)


( He remembers falling. )





Title: When looking westward, I beheld a something
Fandom: Avengers movieverse
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Coleridge
Warnings: post-Winter Soldier; self-deprecating narration; AUish, mishmash backstory for both Clint&Natasha
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 475
Point of view: third
Prompt: MCU:Avengers (canon or AU), Hawkeye, "The story of a nobody who saved everybody." (The Lego Movie Tagline)



( Clint knows that he shouldn't be on <i>this</i> team -- the smartest men in the world, Captain America, an alien warrior prince, and Tasha, the most dangerous of them all.. )



Title: what monsters fear
Fandom: The Little Mermaid (Disney)
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: dark AU; implied very bad things
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 220
Point of view: third
Prompt: any, any, spirit of dark and lonely water


( There are things that sleep in the deep. )


Title: of choices
Fandom: Highlander
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: major character death
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 100
Point of view: third
Prompt: Highlander, Methos, dilemma


( It comes down to his life or another’s. )

Title: I would change for you but, babe, that doesn't mean I'm gonna be a better man
Fandom: Avengers movieverse
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from "Sleep All Summer"
Warnings: spoilers for Cap2
Pairings: gennish
Rating: PG
Wordcount:
Point of view: third
Prompt: MCU, Steve/Bucky, sleep all summer.


( Bucky Barnes died when he fell. )



Title: Sunlight on a broken column
Fandom: Highlander
Disclaimer: not my character; title from TS Eliot
Warnings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 95
Point of view: third
Prompt: Highlander, Mythos, I don't have the slightest clue when my birthday is


( Each of his identities has a different birthday, and a different way of celebrating it. )



Title: supplication of a dead man's hand
Fandom: Avengers movieverse
Disclaimer: not my characters; all quotes from the movies; title from TS Eliot
Warnings: spoilers for Cap2
Pairings: gennish with Steve/Bucky leanings
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 285
Point of view: third
Prompt: any, any, "don't go where I can't follow"



( He became a supersoldier, and he performed like a dancing monkey, and he thought he was 'doing his part' for the war, and he hated it. )


Title: all coming back to me now
Fandom: Avengers moveiverse
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from a song
Warnings: Spoilers for Cap2. All quotes from either it or First Avenger
Pairings: Definite Steve/Bucky leanings
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 180
Point of view: third
Prompt: any, any, it was lost long ago but it's all coming back to me now


( He does not remember Captain America. )




Title: slow to wake
Fandom: Harry Potter
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Ursula K. Le Guin
Warnings: AU for Half-Blood Prince
Rating: PG
Pairings: none
Wordcount: 380
Point of view: third
Prompt: Harry Potter, Draco (+/any), deny thy father and refuse thy name (Romeo and Juliet)
Note: The title is from this quote - The hunger of a dragon is slow to wake, but hard to sate.


( Father has told him all his life that Malfoys bow to no one. )