screaming loud enough to turn back the wind

Title: Something good, something bad, bit of both
Fandom: Guardians of the Galaxy; title from the movie
Disclaimer: some of the characters are mine, but not any of the ones you recognize
Warnings: Hogwarts AU, references to violence, bullying, prejudice
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 3140
Point of view: third
Prompt: Harry Potter crossover with the Guardians all arriving to Hogwarts and getting sorted. What houses are they in and how do they interact with each other?

Note: this takes place 10 years post-Deathly Hallows except no one from the books shows up. *shrugs*

Another note: as ever, there may be more coming in this 'verse.



The day Peter got his letter, Ma told him, “I always knew there was somethin’ special about you, baby.” He thought it was a prank until the scary witch came to explain things, but Ma believed from the beginning.

Title: I’m the lie living for you
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Evanescence; some dialogue taken directly from the film
Warnings: AU, violence
Pairings: pre-Brian/Dom, Brian/Mia, Letty/Dom
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 7475
Point of view: third

Note: I know it’s spelled O’Conner but I hate that spelling. I also made up last names for the characters without them in the films.

Another note: I have begun a continuation into the second film, where things go way AU.


The thing Brian O’Connor does best is lie, and he lies to himself the best of all.

Title: My whole world fits inside a moment
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Roseanne Cash
Warnings: violence, systemic and institutional abuse, magical realism, war, AU, torture
Pairings: Steve/Bucky, George Barnes/Winifred Barnes, Joseph Rogers/Sarah Rogers
Rating: PG13
Wordcount: 6300
Point of view: third
Prompt: MCU, Steve/Bucky, people with magic are hated and mocked but they are useful to armies and powerful groups
Note: I think I’m using period terms correctly, that aren’t okay now (and weren’t then, actually). No offense meant.
Another note: I’ve borrowed Tamora Pierce’s Tortall magic.



When James Buchanan Barnes was born, every dog in Shelby, Indiana, howled for five minutes.

Title: I have been where you are before (and I have felt the pain of losing who you are)
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: AU before Avengers; references, of course, to violence/abuse/torture, and also child abuse; possibly AUish for Bruce and the Hulk’s relationship? I dunno.
Pairings: past Betty/Bruce, possibly pre-Bruce/ex-Winter Soldier
Rating: PG
Wordcount: WIP
Point of view: third
Prompt: MCU, Bruce Banner (and Hulk) + or / any, the Hulk is not often calm enough to cuddle, but when he is, the cuddling is epic.


He finds the guy in an abandoned shack in Cambodia, toting enough weapons it makes the Other Guy sit up and take notice, but they can both tell the guy’s barely alive.

Title: i'll be a hurricane when i grow up
Fandom: DCU animated
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: references to violence
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 160
Point of view: third
Prompt: DCU, Jason Todd/+any, i'll be a hurricane when i grow up, an ugly thunder. i'll be a forest fire about to flood over an empire.


( When he was a kid, Jason just wanted to be a hero. )



Title: soul-loss
Fandom: Highlander
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: daemon AU
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount:105
Point of view: third
Prompt: Highlander the Series, any, an Immortal recalls their first death--when they realized that they'd come back to life...but their daemon hadn't.



( He says 5000 years. )



Title: pining
Fandom: DCU animated
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: daemon AU
Pairings: pre-Wally/Bruce
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 55
Point of view: third
Prompt: Justice League Cartoon, Wally West/Bruce Wayne, daemon AU: Bruce has a panther, Wally has a dog



( Bruce’s daemon has advice. )


Untitled
Original, gen, pg, 85 words
Prompt: any, any, courage is always easier to muster up in daylight


( At night, she forgets. )





Title: freedom tastes like peppermint hot cocoa
Fandom: Marvel movies
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: adorableness
Pairings: Steve/Bucky
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 195
Point of view: third
Prompt: MCU, any/any, one person in the couple likes to text the other all day long with every little detail of what's happening that day, even if it's not important


( Now that he remembers, Bucky loves texting Steve <i>all the time</i>. )

Title: I got my finger on the trigger (but I don’t know who to trust)
Fandom: Marvel movies
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Bruce Springsteen
Warnings: modern-day AU; References to violence/death; implied child abuse
Pairings: Steve Rogers/Bucky Barnes
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 1860
Point of view: third
Prompt: any, any/any, I want to carve our initials in the bark of everyone who ever hurt you.



To be completely and totally honest, Steve never set out to become a criminal.

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. )

I want to write something heartbreaking and terrible. Prompts?

Title: there in the distance, not the promised land
Fandom: Marvel movies
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Richard Siken
Warnings: Violence/torture/death -- basically, if it happens in the Winter Soldier's canon backstory, it's referenced here
Pairings: Steve/Bucky
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 1290
Point of view: third
Prompt: Author’s choice, any, It’s not a miracle we needed


( When he was a boy, Arnim Zola read Frankenstein. )