tigriswolf | Entries tagged with title: l

Title: The old hope is hardest to be lost
Fandom: Avengers movieverse
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Warnings: post-Avengers 2 & Cap3; insecurity issues
Pairings: Steve/Bucky
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 615
Point of view: third
Prompt: Any, Any, "No weapons, no friends, no hope. Take all that away and what's left?"

( He spent 25 years as a little guy and then 3 as Captain America, so when the pulse of light hits him and he's suddenly a foot shorter and wheezing, it doesn't even faze him. It's everybody else that freaks out. )

Title: the glory and the freshness of a dream
Fandom: Political Animals
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Wordsworth
Warnings: post-series; talk of suicidal ideation
Pairings: mentions of canon couples
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 685
Point of view: third
Prompt: Political Animals, TJ/+any or gen, learning to be happy again
Note: Okay, so I figured the show was set in May/June/July, somewhere in there, right? TJ tried to kill himself six months before the premiere, and that was in December. So: Juneish or Julyish

( He's got a BA in Political Science because he thought he'd be going into the family business. He spent almost five years nearly totally clean, and he was doing so good - but he was utterly miserable the whole time, forcing himself through the motions because he wanted to be good, to make them all proud. )

Title: Lazarus smiled the smile of the dead
Fandom: Political Animals
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Anne Sexton
Warnings: pre-series
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 250
Point of view: third
Prompt: Political Animals, TJ + Doug, Doug read his journal once when they were kids
Note: Yes, that is a nod to Kings.

( TJ used to write these stories and he never wanted anybody to see them. )

Title: They say before you start a war, you better know what you're fighting for
Fandom: Avengers movieverse
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from "Angel with a Shotgun"
Warnings: talk of animal cruelty and violence/death
Pairings: Natasha/Clint
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 815
Point of view: third
Prompt: MCU, Clint/Natasha, Angel with a Shotgun

( The few friendlies at SHIELD used to talk about Clint Barton's penchant for strays. )

Title: Climb into my arms with blood on your clothes
Fandom: Avengers movieverse
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from "A Glow"
Warnings: violence/death/torture; post-WS
Pairings: Steve/Bucky leanings, for sure
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 740
Point of view: third
Prompt: MCU, Steve/+Bucky, Okkervil River - A Glow

( Once upon a time, there were too little boys who grew up hungry and grew up mean. )

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. )

Title: my fingers burning with thorns
Fandom: Supernatural
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Komunyakaa
Warnings: AUish? Preseries; creepy
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 320
Point of view: third
Prompt: SPN, Dean/Author's choice, Devil May Cry

( Hey, Dean, Mama says. )

Title: stars that shoot along the sky shine brightest as they fall from high
Fandom: Avengers movieverse
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Lord Byron
Warnings: spoilers for Avengers movie; Odin’s A+ parenting; written prior to Thor 2
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 545
Point of view: third
Prompt: MCU, Thor + Loki,

And like a blind hammer
That destroys what it can't see
Tear down the walls of progress
And spit on our ancestry

( He looks at Thor and he sees a golden future - and when he looks at himself, he sees nothing at all. )

Title: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Fandom: Inception/Hunger Games
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: AU; character death; mentions of violence
Pairings: Arthur/Eames
Rating: PG13
Wordcount: 980
Point of view: third
Prompt: Author's choice, author's choice, Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose

( The other tribute from District 8 was a little girl named Rosalie. )

Title: lips as red
Fandom: fairy tales (Sleeping Beauty/Snow White)
Disclaimer: mostly my characters? They’re open domain now, right?
Warnings: modern-day AU
Pairings: Sleeping Beauty/Snow White
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 875
Point of view: third
Prompt: any, any,

I remember the face but I can't recall the name
Now I wonder how whatshername has been.

(Green Day, Whatshername)

( It’s just like magic. )

Title: she’ll dye her dress, she’ll dye it red
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from a folk song
Warnings: AU; mentions of death/destruction
Pairings: Methos/Kronos
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 710
Point of view: third
Prompt: Highlander, always female Methos, the oldest Immortal

( She never tells the truth of her age. )

Title: the dream was marvelous but the terror was great
Fandom: White Collar/Inception/RED
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Gilgamesh
Warnings: pre-canon for all three; mentions of blood/injury
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 410
Point of view: third
Prompt: any. any. First time in real trouble

( Arthur is out of contact due to some sort of military hullaballoo, and Neal really doesn't want to call his dad. )

Title: crying wolf
Fandom: Teen Wolf
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: mentions of violence/torture/cold-blooded and calculated murder
Pairings: a smidge of implied Stiles/Peter Hale
Rating: PG13
Wordcount: 710
Pint of view: third
Prompt: any, any, "Your enemies are precious to you. They teach you what your friends cannot."
Note: the alpha pack is not a thing. My headcanon, until canon states otherwise, is that Stiles' birthname is Allandros.

( Peter Hale taught Stiles a lot. Gerard Argent taught him even more. )

Title: a child's forgotten mornings when he walked with his mother through the parables of sunlight
Fandom: Teen Wolf
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Dylan Thomas
Warnings: mentions of death due to cancer/degenerative illness; implied violence
Pairings: mentions of Sheriff/Mama Stilinski
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 260
Point of view: third
Prompt: any, any, "Hope is faith holding out its hand in the dark." George Iles

( Every week for months, Stiles shows up at crime scenes and acts guilty. )

Title: like the sea in a jar
Fandom: White Collar/Leverage
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Anne Sexton
Warnings: AU for both fandoms, but not a lot. Just taking advantage of two characters with the same last name; mentions of violence; timelines that don't really mesh but I'm handwaving; implied unfaithfulness
Pairings: Eliot/Neal, mentions of Neal/Kate, Peter/Elizabeth, maybe some implied Peter/Neal
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 1080
Point of view: third
Prompt: White Collar/Burn Notice or Chuck or Leverage, any, Peter hates it when Neal's old friend comes to town

( The first time Peter sees him, Neal has just said goodbye, kissed him, and waved as he walked away. )

Title: I've heard the breathless beat of angels' wings when the bullets fly and the sabers swing
Fandom: Supernatural/Highlander/mythology
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from John Popper
Warnings: spoilers for SN season 5
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 305
Point of view: third
Prompt: any, any/any,

So many things that I wanted to say
Forever left untold
I still remember the tears that you shed
Over someone else (HAMMERFALL, "The Fallen One")

( They meet up every few hundred years, beside a stream or in a tavern or walking down a road that doesn't exist. )

Title: The world shall burn
Fandom: Avengers movieverse/Highlander
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Milton
Warnings: future!fic for Highlander; post-Avengers; primordial!Methos; very Loki friendly as he's my favorite
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 415
Point of view: third
Prompt: Any, any, "Life is pain, [Highness]. Anyone who says differently is selling something." (Westley in The Princess Bride)

( He finds the boy in a cage. )

Title: a good man
Fandom: Avengers movieverse
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: temporary character death; violence/bullying
Pairings: implied Bucky/Steve
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 435
Point of view: third
Prompt: Avengers, Steve Rogers, The noblest question in the world is What good may I do in it?

( Jim Barnes was barely ten, but he was already gorgeous. )

Title: lightning strike
Fandom: Leverage/Greek mythology
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: minor language
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 155
Point of view: third
Prompt: Leverage, Eliot, "It's a very particular type of [insert storm characteristic here. Lightning? Thunder?]"

( Lightning flashes and Eliot flinches. )

Title: what you are in the dark
Fandom: Amazing Spider-Man (2012)/Avengers movieverse
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: future!fic; implied character death; dark; AUish
Pairings: Peter/Gwen
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 385
Point of view: third
Prompt: Author's choice, author's choice, I'll weep all night, with stars I'll fight / The fray shall well become me.

( When he falls, it's hard. )

Title: on butterfly wings
Fandom: Kings
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: spoilers for everything
Pairings: implied Jack/David
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 230
Point of view: third
Prompt: Kings, Jack Benjamin, once and future king

( He dreams of being king; of course he does. )

Title: thou be once there, thou mayst never more come here
Fandom: Avengers movieverse
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: AU during the film
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 330
Point of view: third
Prompt: The Avengers, Loki & team, What if, when Thor asked Loki on the top of Stark Tower to 'stop the nonsense', he tried to halt the Chitauri invasion?

( He looks at his brother. )

Title: a beautiful face without a name
Fandom: White Collar
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: AUish
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 280
Point of view: third
Prompt: any, any, "truth" is in how and what you choose to present

( Neal Caffrey is a gentleman thief. )

Title: legends
Fandom: Highlander/mythology
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: none
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 150
Point of view: third
Prompt: any, any, a brief history of time

( The sun rises in the morning as a tiny little planet spins 'round, and the sun sets as the planet turns away. )

Title: untitled
Fandom: Original
Warnings: shifters&vampires; territoriality
Pairings: het and slash
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 1030
Point of view: third
Prompt: Any canon with supernatural critters (except TrueBlood), any,
You can't hide from your demons
Feel 'em all lurkin' around
You're running scared 'cause y'know they're out there
They're waitin' for the sun to go down. "Bones", Little Big Town
Note: So, this is in a fantasy world with shifters&vampires&humans all living together, and humans sorta know about the others, but they never really talk about it, and the shifters&vampires police each other so there's no war with humanity. *hands* I don't even know, honestly. It just... happened.

( There’s a new kid at school. )

Title: pragmatism
Fandom: Highlander
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: discussion of cold-blooded murder
Pairings: implied Methos/Duncan
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 220
Point of view: third
Prompt: Highlander, Methos/Duncan, provoked

( There is no one, in any life, that Methos would die for. )

Title: a handprint on my heart
Fandom: Glee/surprise crossover
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Wicked
Warnings: mentions of assault, bullying
Pairings: Kurt/Blaine
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 250
Point of view: third
Prompt: any, any, I feel we've met before, even though I know it's not true

( When Blaine remembers, he turns to look at Kurt. )

Title: let me lay down my gun
Note: title and prompt from "'Til the Last Shot's Fired"
Originalish, depressing, 80 words
Prompt: any, any,

Say a prayer for peace for every fallen son
Set my spirit free, let me lay down my gun
Sweet Mother Mary I'm so tired
But I can't come home 'til the last shot's fired

( Soldiers die. )

Title: obedience
Fandom: Merlin (BBC)
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: none
Rating: PG
Pairings: none
Wordcount: 27
Point of view: third
Prompt: Merlin BBC, any, chain of command

( Merlin’s obedient. )

Title: gunpowder
Original, PG, character death, gen
Prompt: Any, any, lotta boot left to fill

( Six feet down. )

Title: you just might be the one I've been waiting for my whole life
Fandom: Glee
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Lady Antebellum
Warnings: takes place during Original Song
Pairings: Kurt/Blaine
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 115
Point of view: third
Prompt: Any, any, Just a Kiss (Lady Antebellum)

( When Blaine realizes. )

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Title: brothers
Fandom: Political Animals
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 42
Point of view: third
Prompt: Political Animals, Anyone other than TJ, Trying to fix him

( When they were little, Tommy fell out of a tree. )

Title: goodness is no name, and happiness no dream
Fandom: White Collar/Inception(/Rock n Rolla)
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Byron
Warnings: mentions of bad things happening to children; some violence; AU for Neal's backstory; possibly a threesome
Pairings: Arthur/Eames (+ Neal)
Rating: PG13
Point of view: third
Wordcount: 850
Prompt: any, any, Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one.

( Neal Caffrey can blend in anywhere. )

Title: break, blow, burn, and make me new
Fandom: Avengers movieverse
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Donne
Warnings: post-film
Pairings: Loki/Clint
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 330
Point of view: third
Prompt: any, any, "This hurts less than anything else I've done, so this is what I'm going to do."

( Clint Barton has made an artform out of being betrayed. )

Title: lost the world and was content to lose it
Fandom: Avengers movieverse
Disclaimer: not my characters; Samuel Johnson
Warnings: post-film
Pairings: pre-Loki/Clint, post-Coulson/Clint
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 425
Point of view: third
Prompt: any, any,
When they're broken, and lost everything
They're so much easier to lead. (Disturbed; Enough)

( Reclaiming his raptor is easy. All Loki has to do is sit back and wait. )

Title: Tomorrow I will be sweet God
Fandom: Avengers movieverse
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Sylvia Plath
Warnings: character death
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 365
Point of view: third
Prompt: Any, Any, ghosts in the wires, and dead men's fingers on the keys

( Tony Stark dies a hero. )

Title: The stars will not get tired
Fandom: Avengers movieverse
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Anne Sexton
Warnings: takes place during the film
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 120
Point of view: third
Prompt: sky

( The stars are different. )

Title: Let my eyes see the sun until they are dazzled with looking
Fandom: Avengers movieverse
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Gilgamesh
Warnings: post-film
Pairings: implied Steve/Bucky, maybe
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 230
Point of view: third
Prompt: fallen

( Natasha is the one to bring him in. )

Title: we held on to each other, like brother to brother
Fandom: Avengers movieverse
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Billy Joel
Warnings: post-film
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 260
Point of view: third
Prompt: far

( Thor is not a wordsmith. He is not as clever as Loki; few are. But he has never believed himself to be a fool. )

Title: at least I’m flying free
Fandom: Avengers movieverse
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Wicked
Warnings: a smidge AUish for Natasha’s backstory
Pairings: possibly implied Black Widow/Hawkeye, Winter Soldier/Black Widow
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 405
Point of view: third
Prompt: rush

( Hawkeye was sent to kill her, and he had a clear shot. )

Title: where my dreams slice me into pieces
Fandom: Avengers movieverse
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Anne Sexton
Warnings: post-film
Pairings: Loki/Clint
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 490
Point of view: third

( Clint watches him from a safe distance and knows Loki isn’t broken. He isn’t even beaten. )

Title: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Shelley
Fandom: Avengers movieverse/Norse mythology
Warnings: post-apocalyptic, movie spoilers; AUish – all I know about Thanos I learned from wikipedia
Pairings: gennish
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 405
Point of view: third
Prompt: In the movie Tony says "And, Loki, he's a full-tilt diva... he wants flowers, he wants parades, he wants a... monument built to the sky with his name plastered..." and I was immediately reminded of the poem Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley.

I would like something involving Loki based on this part of the poem:

"Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare,
The lone and level sands stretch far away."

Perhaps involving the ruins of Jotenheim?

( After, all he has is time. )

Title: let it burn while I cry
Fandom: Avatar the Last Airbender
Disclaimer: not my characters; title a misquote from Adele; one idea borrowed from Vathara's 'Embers'
Warnings: AUish
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 245
Point of view: third
Prompt: Avatar: The Last Airbender, Zuko, I set fire to the rain

( He stands in the rain, breathing slowly and surely. )

Title: Summer sun was on their wings, winter in their cry
Fandom: White Collar/Inception
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Rachel Field
Warnings: AU for both fandoms; dark; mentions of child abuse and non-con
Pairings: Arthur/Eames
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 560
Point of view: third
Prompt: White Collar, Neal, they really shouldn't underestimate him

( Peter trusts him with confidential information, his house, his dog, his wife, and his life. )

Title: If you want, I'll tell you, but nothing I say will be enough
Fandom: Highlander
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Carolyn Forche
Warnings: Methos being vague
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 165
Point of view: third
Prompt: Highlander, Methos, "While I can honestly say that I told you the truth, but I may have told you not all of it."

( Death doesn't change, no matter how many eons pass. )

Title: I shall remember you with love
Fandom: Supernatural
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Edna St. Vincent Millay
Warnings: AU during Hammer of the Gods
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 240
Point of view: third
Prompt: Supernatural, Gabriel, when he sees that the pagans have a real chance of killing Lucifer, he knows on which side he stands … because it will always be his family and its his big brother they're talking about

( Gabriel meets Dean Winchester's eyes, as Kali and Baldur and all the rest talk about killing his big brother. Then he looks at Sam. )

Title: run red
Fandom: Sherlock (BBC)
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: AU for The Great Game
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 42
Point of view: third
Prompt: Sherlock (BBC), John +/ Sherlock, war

( The streets will run red with blood. )

Title: daisies and roses
Fandom: Greek myth
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: none
Pairings: Hades/Demeter
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 70
Point of view: third
Prompt: Greek myth, Hades/Demeter, summer days

( When they were young, Hades and Demeter went walking through a meadow. )

Title: Let us possess one world, each hath one, and is one
Fandom: Inception
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Donne
Warnings: implied murder/torture/violence; dark; AUish
Pairings: unrequited Ariadne/Arthur; Arthur/Eames
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 390
Point of view: third
Prompt: Inception, Arthur/Eames & Arthur/Ariadne, when he told her "it's not you, it's me", he didn't mean it as a cheesy breakup line

( In another world, Arthur could easily love Ariadne. )

Title: once, there were tigers
Fandom: Supernatural
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: takes place in season 4
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 405
Point of view: third
Prompt: Supernatural, Castiel + Dean + Sam, The first time Castiel was on earth his vessel was a CaspianTiger, and he became very fond of the species. Castiel is crushed when Sam tells him they went extinct.

( They all died, Cas. )

Title: in the deep dark
Fandom: Supernatural
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: creepy as Hell; partly takes place in Hell
Pairings: implied Alistair/Dean, maybe
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 90
Point of view: third
Prompt: Supernatural, Lucifer/Sam or Alistair/Dean, don't fret, precious, I'm here...

( He doesn't remember Hell. )

Title: the length of a life
Fandom: Highlander
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: primordial!Methos
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 145
Pointofview: first
Prompt: Highlander, Methos,

There is no meaning to our world.
There is no meaning to those of us living there.
We meaningless beings ponder the world,
Though realization of the meaninglessness itself means nothing.

( Live five hundred years, kid, and you'll learn how short life is. )

Title: the only glimpse we are permitted of eternity
Fandom: Highlander
Disclaimer: not my characters; the painting mentioned is The Horse Fair by Rosa Bonheur; title from Helen Keller
Warnings: future!fic
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 425
Point of view: third
Prompt: Any, any, a whiter shade of pale
Note: I have seen The Horse Fair in person. It is amazing. I want it for my own wall.

( Ben had never ridden a horse. )

Title: all I ever wanted (and more)
Fandom: Charmed
Disclaimer: the kids are mine
Warnings: changed future!fic
Pairings: Chris/Bianca
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 160
Pointofview: third
Prompt: Charmed, Chris, kids of his own make him appreciate his mother's patience.

( When Pippa and Matty's game of orb-and-seek ends up on the Golden Gate Bridge, Chris hangs onto his temper with clenched fingers and tersely orders them to their rooms. Th )

Title: look down, look down, sweet Jesus doesn't care
Fandom: Supernatural
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Les Miserables
Warnings: depressing; mentions of character death; spoilers for the beginning of season 7
Pairings: implied Dean/Castiel
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 205
Point of view: third
Prompt: Supernatural, Dean/Cas, he put that bottle to his head and pulled the trigger / and finally drank away [his] memory / life is short, but this time it was bigger / than the strength he had to get up off his knees

( Drinking does nothing to dull the pain, or regret, or fury. But it's all Dean can do. )

Title: a hacker, a hitter, and a thief
Fandom: Leverage
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: AU; mentions of child abuse, character death, violence, and torture
Pairings: implied Eliot/Parker/Hardison
Rating: PG
Wordcount:
Point of view: third
Prompt: Leverage; Parker, Eliot, and Hardison (or threesome!); they're the villains of this story.

( Alec is a world-renowned hacker. Parker is considered one of the best thieves. And Eliot? He's the nightmare young hitters get warned about, the one few ever believe. )

Title: fire and ice
Fandom: X-Men
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: AU for X2
Pairings: implied Pyro/Iceman
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 65
Point of view: third
Prompt: X-Men, Pyro/Iceman, both are with Magneto

( John doesn't say the words. )

Title: I see your loving look wherever I go
Fandom: Animorphs
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Mona Van Duyn
Warnings: post-war
Pairings: unrequited Marco/Rachel; Rachel/Tobias
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 210
Point of view: third
Prompt: Animorphs, one-sided Marco/Rachel, once upon a time she crossed the lunchroom and wordlessly handed him her packet of gummy bears the first day he returned to school after his mom's boating accident- the first time he sees them in the candy aisle after their Warrior Princess dies, he almost breaks down in the store

( Seven months and he still turns at every flash of blonde from the corner of his eye. )

Title: the death which one day will deprive you of me
Fandom: Highlander/White Collar
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Lord Byron
Warnings: character death; future!fic
Pairings: Peter/Elizabeth
Rating: PG13
Wordcount: 240
Pointofview: third
Prompt: White Collar, Neal[/any], five years in the wrong, I am assured, my name to you is just another word

( Neal's phone is dangling from his fingers. )

Title: His grave is thick with voices
Fandom: Under the Red Hood
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Warnings: post-Under the Red Hood; torture
Pairings: none
Rating: PG13
Wordcount: 65
Pointofview: third
Prompt: DCU, Jason, Jay had accepted that Bruce will never kill the Joker. But it's still all going to end.

( Jason gives Bruce a month. )

Title: die not, poor Death
Fandom: Highlander
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Donne
Warnings: future!fic
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 125
Pointofview: third
Prompt: Highlander, Duncan/Methos, the last one standing. . .There can be only one. . .

( Live. Grow stronger. Fight another day. )

Title: let him never die
Fandom: Highlander
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: future!fic; AUish
Pairings: implied past-Methos/Duncan
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 95
Pointofview: third
Prompt: Highlander, Methos, changing identities

( Adam Pierson dies on a balmy spring day. )

Title: let it burn
Fandom: originalish
Warnings: apocalyptic
Notes: semi-inspired by X-Men First Class fanfiction

( burn it down )

Title: our better part remains
Fandom: Sherlock (BBC)
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Milton
Warnings: character death; implied torture
Pairings: implied John/Sherlock
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 195
Point of view: third
Prompt: The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him. -Numbers 35:19

( Sherlock dies alone. )

Title: sometimes, you just gotta move
Fandom: Winnie the Pooh
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: fluffy
Pairings: implied Rabbit/Tigger?
Rating: G
Wordcount: 42
Point of view: third
Prompt: Winnie the Pooh, Tigger/Rabbit, arguement

( Read more... )

Title: shared blood, shared curse
Fandom: Supernatural
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: takes place in Hell; post season 5
Pairings: non-con Meg/Adam
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 42
Point of view: third
Prompt: Supernatural; Meg/Adam; she's always had a thing for Winchesters.

( Read more... )

Title: love notes
Fandom: Sherlock (BBC)
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: takes place after Great Game
Pairings: implied John/Sherlock
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 42
Point of view: third
Prompt: Sherlock (BBC), Sherlock/John, these are the ways I show my devotion
Note: In case it's unclear: odd numbers are John, even are Sherlock.

( texts are fun )

Title: Until the moss had reached our lips and covered up our names
Fandom: Highlander
Disclaimer: not my characters; quotes from "Comes a Horseman"; title from Dickinson
Warnings: post-series
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 235
Point of view: third
Prompt: Any, any, I've been through a thousand yesterdays / not every step I can retrace

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Title: your dream moves summers inside my mind
Fandom: Inception
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Anne Sexton
Warnings: somewhat abstract; quite weird
Pairings: implied Arthur/Eames
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 175
Point of view: third
Prompt: Author's Choice, Author's Choice, Woke up, fell out of bed/Dragged a comb across my head/Found my way downstairs and drank a cup/And looking up I noticed I was late/Found my coat and grabbed my hat/Made the bus in seconds flat/Found my way upstairs and had a smoke/And somebody spoke and I went into a dream (A Day In A Life)

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Title: For now you are here, you are mine
Fandom: Highlander
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Sandra Cisneros
Warnings: future!fic
Pairings: a smidge of implied Methos/Duncan
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 360
Point of view: third
Prompt: Highlander, Methos, college applications

( Read more... )

Title: like the blood her hand first knew
Fandom: NCIS
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Adrienne Rich
Warnings: AU; spoilers for up to season 6
Pairings: Hints of Gibbs/Tony, possibly some Abby/McGee, and a smidge of light Tony/Palmer
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 380
Point of view: third
Prompt: NCIS, Tony/Ziva, Ziva is Gibbs' quirky right-hand "man" and Tony is the former assassin who's just joined the team
Note: I asked if it was okay to write a slash fill. The prompter said yes.
Another note: I never say it in the story, but Ziva's mom came to the US when she was pregnant and when she was eighteen, Ziva enlisted. As for what happened to Tony... *smirks*

( No one is entirely sure how Tony DiNozzo ended up on the team. )

Title: more things in Heaven and Earth
Fandom: Leverage
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: none
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 42
Point of view: third
Prompt: Leverage, Parker, "What is sexting?"

( Few things horrify Eliot Spencer. )

Title: warrior ascendant
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: AU for Prophecy Girl; character death
Pairings: mentions of Angel/Buffy and Xander/Buffy
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 200
Point of view: third
Prompt: Buffy, ensemble, what if Xander was the slayer?

( Knowledge floods him, along with adrenaline and a slow, simmering rage. )

Title: shaken and scarred
Fandom: Inception
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: crackish
Pairings: Eames/Arthur
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 80
Point of view: third
Prompt: Inception, Arthur/Eames + Dom, "Hypothetically speaking, if someone had ... let's say, shagged your pointman silly on that sofa right there... How would this someone go about tactfully disclosing that information?"

( Eames doesn't care about overshare or TMI. )

Title: like fireflies and stars
Fandom: Firefly
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: pre-BDM; AU
Pairings: Zoe/Wash, shades of Mal/Simon
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 460
Point of view: third
Prompt: Firefly, ensemble, Simon is also a telepath but went undetected, There's only so much trauma one mind can experience - but what about two?

( Even when River sleeps, her mind is never quiet. )

Title: the best laid plans
Fandom: Supernatural
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: AU; pre-series; spoilers for everything aired
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 200
Point of view: third
Prompt: Supernatural, Sam/Dean, the YED bled into Dean's mouth not Sam's

( He swings by four years early. His little spitfire is just too tantalizing to stay away from. )

Title: I found ten kinds of wild flowers growing
Fandom: RED/White Collar/Inception
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Sara Teasdale
Warnings: AU
Pairings: Arthur/Eames, Peter/Neal/Elizabeth
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 650
Point of view: third
Prompt: White Collar/Inception/Red, Arthur/Eames + Neal/Peter/Elizabeth, Neal and Arthur have always been female, Frank's children have always surprised him

( One of Frank's daughters became a criminal. The other ended up in some research program that sounded shadier every time he looked it up. )

Title: I wanted to believe you would win the war in your head
Fandom: Inception
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Johnette Napolitano
Warnings: character death
Pairings: implied Eames/Arthur
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 150
Point of view: third
Prompt: Any, any, I wanted to believe/ as you raised your glass to your last stand... (Suicide Note by Johnette Napolitano)

( A year ago today. )

Title: the children green and golden follow him out of grace
Fandom: RED/White Collar/Inception
Disclaimer: only the kids are mine
Warnings: future!fic
Pairings: Arthur/Eames, Peter/El/Neal
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 385
Point of view: third
Prompt: RED/White Collar/Inception, Neal and Arthur as Frank's fraternal twins, Frank looks after his grandchildren
Note: in this 'verse

( When they were kids, Frank would've sworn nobody could ever be more trouble than his boys. )

Title: may my heart's truth still be sung
Fandom: Highlander/White Collar
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Dylan Thomas
Warnings: AU
Pairings: pre-Neal/Peter
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 200
Point of view: third
Prompt: Highlander/White Collar, Neal, Methos, Peter, somehow regaining Peter's trust has been harder than it was with Methos

( It wasn't like the bullet did much damage, and he played it off as it not having even hit him. There's no reason for Peter to be so angry. )

Title: the ninth life
Fandom: DCU
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: fluffy?
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 295
Point of view: third
Prompt: DCU, Jason Todd & any, Jason has a lot in common with the stray so he grudgingly lets it stay.

( The cat is a tawny red, with a ripped ear and a kinked tail. )

Title: let me see the light of the sun
Fandom: Supernatural
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Gilgamesh
Warnings: AU
Pairings: pre-Dean/Castiel
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 135
Point of view: third
Prompt: Supernatural, Dean + Castiel, Dean tells Castiel he needs to pick a date for his birthday

( Castiel considers carefully, pondering all the days he has existed. )

Title: I would name the stars for you
Fandom: Inception
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Richard Siken
Warnings: fluffy
Pairings: Eames/Arthur
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 160
Point of view: third
Prompt: Inception, Eames/Arthur, Eames has no idea when Arthur's birthday is, but that doesn't stop him from getting him a gift anyway.

( Eames has done the most thorough background check imaginable, and he knows many things about Arthur no one else in the world does, but he still lacks the date on which Arthur decided to grace the world with his presence. )

Title: another year gone
Fandom: Highlander
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: depressing
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 100
Point of view: third
Prompt: Any, Any, He doesn't know when his birthday changed from a celebration of surviving another year into a reminder that he was still, unfortunately, alive.

( another year )

Title: dreamers have no place in war
Fandom: Inception
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: slightly dark
Pairings: Arthur/Ariadne
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 285
Point of view: third
Prompt: Inception, Ariadne/Arthur, she's not used to having enemies

( People have always been fond of Ariadne. She's tiny and cute, and she knows it. Most days, she even likes it. )

Title: Your kisses turbulent, unspent to warm me
Fandom: Inception
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Georgia Douglas Johnson
Warnings: takes place after movie; character death
Pairings: Arthur/Eames
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 385
Point of view: third
Prompt: Author's Choice, Author's Choice, 'I want to die while you love me' (Poem by Georgia Douglas Johnson)

( Eames lives with a ferocity Arthur can't help but admire. )

Title: Of Ground, or Air, or Ought
Fandom: Inception
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Dickinson
Warnings: AU; crackish
Pairings: Arthur/Eames
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 260
Point of view: third
Prompt: Inception, Arthur/Eames, Superhero AU

( pigtail-pulling on the playground )

Title: lain sleepless with rage
Fandom: Supernatural
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Adrienne Rich
Warnings: AUish; takes place during Mystery Spot; spoilers for season 5
Pairings: shades of Michael/Gabriel and Lucifer/Michael
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 135
Point of view: third
Prompt: Supernatural, Gabriel/Michael, Mystery Spot was not about Sam. It was about Gabriel trying to kill Dean in order to make a fucking point and Michael reviving him every goddammed morning.

( Older brothers always ruin things. )

Title: in my mind's graveyard, I am laying flowers at your unmarked feet
Fandom: Leverage/Supernatural
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Betsy Sholl
Warnings: spoilers for season 6; bitter AU
Pairings: past-Dean/Eliot; past-Dean/Lisa
Rating: PG13
Wordcount: 560
Point of view: third
Prompt: Leverage/Supernatural, Team Leverage + Dean, AU after 5x22, Dean leaves Lisa's almost right away in spite of his promise to Sam, and the Leverage crew finds itself with an extra Hitter.

( There's nothing supernatural about it. No angels or demons or hellpits swallowing baby brothers. Just douchebags he can break all to pieces, and it feels so good. They just point him in the right direction and get out of his way, and he doesn't have to make decisions or ask questions. Just his fists, and knives, and every now and then a gun, because Eliot still hates them, but sometimes it's the only way out. )

Title: Better an ignis fatuus than no ilume at all
Fandom: Glee
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Dickinson
Warnings: spoilers for Rumours; future!fic
Pairings: pre-Sam/Kurt, Blaine/Kurt
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 450
Point of view: third
Prompt: serenity

( Dad goes back to his old job over the summer. )

Title: curtain call
Fandom: Glee
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: suicidal thoughts—let’s say Kurt never transferred
Pairings: none
Rating: PG13
Wordcount: 390
Point of view: first
Notes: these are lyrics I wrote that Kurt might sing, should the situation ever get too dire

( I thought about it again this morning )

Title: live while you can the merciful illusion
Fandom: Glee
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from C. Day Lewis
Warnings: AUish; homophobic language; takes place immediately after Never Been Kissed
Pairings: one-sided Karofsky/Kurt, pre-Blaine/Kurt
Rating: PG13
Wordcount: 290
Point of view: third
Prompt: yesterday

( Dave spends the day in bed, bundled in his comforter, convincing himself the world isn’t ending. )

Title: Kurt’s Song
Fandom: Glee
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: suicidal thoughts—let’s say Kurt never transferred
Pairings: none
Rating: PG13
Wordcount: 440
Point of view: first
Notes: these are lyrics I wrote that Kurt might sing, should the situation ever get too dire

( I'm not crying )

Title: stab the bird—could you catch her last refrain?
Fandom: Glee
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Dickinson
Warnings: AU before prom; somewhat sad
Pairings: could’ve been Puck/Kurt; Blaine/Kurt
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 575
Point of view: third
Prompt: clue

( Kurt vanishes between lunch and math. [Puck refuses to believe this is how Kurt’s story ends.] )

screaming loud enough to turn back the wind

i'm awake, and i'm young, and i'm alive

comment_fic 942-946: Avengers & Poltical Animals

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

comment_fic 840-845: SN, Avengers movieverse, Inception/Hunger Games, fairy tales, HL

comment_fic 806 - 810: WC/Inception/RED, Teen Wolf, WC/Leverage, SN/HL/myth

fic_promptly 6-10: Avengers/HL, Avengers, Leverage/myth, Spider-Man/Avengers, Kings

fic_promptly 1-5: Avengers, WC, HL/myth, original, HL

comment_fic drabbles 761-765: Glee/crossover, original, Merlin, Glee

comment_fic 726-730: Political Animals, Inception/WC/RocknRolla, Avengers

Avengers drabbles - PG, gen/het/slash, AU and canon, during/post film

comment_fic 661-665: Avatar the Last Airbender, Inception/WC, HL, SN, Sherlock

comment_fic 651-655: Greek myth, Inception, SN, HL

comment_fic 641-645: HL, Charmed, SN, Leverage, X-Men

comment_fic 631-635: Animorphs, WC/HL, DCU, HL

drabbles: original and Sherlock

comment_fic 611-615: Pooh Bear, SN, Sherlock, HL, Inception

comment_fic 606-610: HL, NCIS, Leverage, BtVS, Inception

comment_fic 596-600: Firefly, SN, WC/Inception/RED, Inception,

comment_fic 581-585: HL/WC, DCU, SN, Inception, HL

comment_fic 566-570: Inception, Supernatural, Supernatural/Leverage

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