screaming loud enough to turn back the wind

Can I volunteer my neighbors to be soylent green, or is that wrong?

Title: To sail beyond the sunset
Fandom: Avengers movieverse
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Tennyson
Warnings: AU after Avengers; AU before Cap2; mild language
Pairings: Bucky/Steve is my default but this could totally be gen, too
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 1450
Point of view: third
Prompt: Avengers, team, there's a "Meet the Avengers" day down at city hall. Shoot an arrow with Hawkeye, check out Iron Man's suit, get Captain America's signature! Basically the team dealing with kids/rabid fans. :)


( After the events in New York, there is a lot of damage control. )

4.0!!! Holy fuck, am I glad this semester is over. First 4.0 in grad school, too, due to Syntax my first semester, and Statistics last fall.

Title: in the after
Fandom: Animorphs
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: character death
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 100
Point of view: third
Prompt: Animorphs, Rachel, darkness


( It’s quiet, in the after. )



Title: tell me I was dreaming
Fandom: Animorphs
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: mentions of character death; grief
Pairings: Rachel/Tobias
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 100
Point of view: third
Prompt: Animorphs, Rachel, dust in the wind



( In his dreams, she flies. )



Title: there’s a bad moon on the rise
Fandom: Teen Wolf
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: AU
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 145
Point of view: third
Prompt: Teen Wolf, Derek/Stiles, Peter bit Stiles in the woods that day instead of Scott


( He gets home and falls onto his bed, bloody clothes and all. )




Title: I said yes for all the wrong reasons
Fandom: Teen Wolf
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: AU, character death
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 345
Point of view: third
Prompt: Teen Wolf, Stiles (+ anybody), Stiles lets Peter bite him to become a werewolf


( Do you want the bite? )




Title: I am frightened by the crowd for we are getting much too loud
Fandom: Biblical
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: possibly anachronistic phrasing
Pairings: one-sided Jesus/Judas
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 205
Point of view: third
Prompt: Jesus Christ: Superstar, Jesus/Judas, any


( In the beginning, it was just a bit of fun. )

Title: from the ashes, a fire
Fandom: Avengers movieverse
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Tolkien
Warnings: AU after The Dark World; implied violence/death
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 1320
Point of view: third
Prompt: MCU, Loki, "Mischief is a small thing, a toy i have used and discarded. This isn't mischief. This is mayhem."
Note: this started out a completely different fic and then got away from me.

( There once was a boy who played tricks because it was the only time anyone acknowledged him. )

So, ever since I saw The Epic Love Story of Captain America and Winter Soldier for the first time, I've been making up a story in my head where Winter Soldier is in NYC, heading back to his handlers at the end of a mission, and he comes across a pack of boys picking on a littler boy. Now, that doesn't bother Winter Soldier at all -- but it wakes up a voice in the back of his mind, and what happens is that WS actually kidnaps that kid because all he knows is that he has to protect him.

That kid is Peter Parker.

Today, at work, I finally began writing it -- and the power went out. I hadn't saved the document and I had to head to class before the power came back on, so I don't know if it's recoverable, but I recorded what I could remember on my way to class, and then I began trying to rewrite it with pen&paper, and I even jotted down various ideas of what needs to be fleshed out. But I had a very detailed timeline on the computer, and I know I have yet to remember everything that was on it, which is annoying.

In my head, the story is so epic, and it spans at least ten years (from when WS takes PP, to just after Cap2 ends), and there are so many things that'd need explanation.

Of course, the last time I planned a story this epic, it never got to be more than about 1000 words, but we'll see.

So, I have two papers due as final projects for two of my classes, both around 12 pages long. One is about Beauty and the Beast; I'm comparing various children's picture books, trying to analyze how the illustrations affect the perception of the story. I've chosen 8 versions. The problem is that I've only analyzed 4 of the books so far and what I have is already 15 pages (double-spaced, which I hate) long. *sigh* I think I know how to trim it down, but I still have to do the "academic" analysis of how books affect children/how kids read. It'll probably be total BS with a few generic quotes I found in articles. The "rough draft" is due next Wednesday, by email.

The second paper is a mini casestudy about gateway literature for adult learners, and I really have no idea what to do for the literature review. I haven't found anything completely applicable on the topic because, I think, no one's really written about it before. *sigh* The completed paper, with any appendices or works cited, is due April 22. So far, I have 2 pages of a draft, as well as my data (observations and an interview) and the three or so articles that I will BS into the literature review. (I'll also explain how I've been unable to find applicable data and why, which should be at least a paragraph.)

(When I explain what my grad school projects are (so much writing), my little sister is horrified. I've been saying I have a degree in bullshit since my BA is in English.)

And then there's my third class, which I have just completely given up investing energy in. I've spent the entire semester hating it, and I just don't have the drive to do that anymore. So I no longer care, either way.

This has been a very stressful semester.

DUDES!!! My mom made history. How awesome is that?

See, the thing is, I’ve basically had a headache since July. First I saw my neurologist, who sent me to my regular doctor, who sent me to my dentist, who sent me to a specialist. The specialist finally sent me to the orthodontist I had in middle school.

See, the thing is, the orthodontist just told me that my options are: permanent orthodontics, jaw surgery, or to keep doing what I’ve been doing. The specialist created a mouthpiece that corrects my bite and I wear it every night, and during the day when I feel I need to. What I’m doing right now is treating the symptom – which, yay, that’s great when everything’s awesome. That doesn’t help my stress headaches, or my migraines – just the headaches that are from the TMJ.

I had braces in middle school and wore the rubberbands 23 hours a day. I had a permanent retainer on the lower jaw; it was removed so I could have an MRI for my migraines and never put back. Did that lead to this current problem? Who the fuck knows.

So, permanent orthodontics, jaw surgery, or just keep treating the symptom. Because my bite is pretty terrible, even if the teeth themselves seem to be fine. According the specialist, I’m an “interesting case” and difficult to treat because my tongue is kinda big and my teeth are kinda small. Gotta love being the interesting case, right?

I’m just so tired of my head hurting.

Title: untitled
Fandom: Lord of the Rings
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: spoilers for Gollum’s plotline; takes place during The Hobbit
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Point of view: third
Wordcount: 100
Prompt: Lord of the Rings, Gollum, the dark under the dark

( The precious whispers, down in the deep dark, away from the grasping goblins and the booming king. )




Title: untitled
Fandom: Glee
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: Cooper exists
Pairings: Kurt/Blaine
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 39
Point of view: third
Prompt: Glee, Blaine, the 5 most important men in his life


( 5 men Blaine loves. )




Title: we shall thirst in Hades, in the blood of our children
Fandom: Supernatural
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Denise Levertov
Warnings: violent imagery
Pairings: none
Rating: PGish
Wordcount: 275
Point of view: third
Prompt: SPN, Torture-Master Dean, being this bad shouldn’t feel so damn good


( It was easy. That's what haunts him later, out of the Pit and in a (soft) bed, listening to his brother snore, angel brand aching on his shoulder. )




Title: we dance the best we know (2)
Fandom: Teen Wolf (TV)
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Kate Seredy
Warnings: Goes AU during Letharia Vulpina, and AUish for everything that came before.
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 545
Point of view: third
Prompt: Author's choice, author's choice, "Death plays dice with a knucklebone, and the Devil cheats at cards. Ain't nobody sayin' what game God's playin', but it's goin' the whole nine yards."

Previously


( Stiles is quiet, in the aftermath. )




Title: we dance the best we know (3)
Fandom: Teen Wolf (TV)
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Kate Seredy
Warnings: Goes AU during Letharia Vulpina, and AUish for everything that came before. Talk of death and violence.
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 985
Point of view: third
Prompt: Any, any,
Delicate in every way but one (the swordplay)
God knows we like archaic kinds of fun (the old way)
Chance is the only game I play with, baby
We let our battles choose us
- 'Glory and Gore' by Lorde


(  The next thing that comes to town is an alpha werewolf after Peter. )


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