screaming loud enough to turn back the wind

Title: a storm whereon they ride
Fandom: Glee
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Byron
Warnings: canon up until Never Been Kissed; serial killer AU; dark; death of canon characters and OCs; violence/bullying/homophobia; canon sexual assault; threat of rape; non-con; implied and actual bad things happening to animals; a few things from seasons 3&4 incorporated; a whole lot of implied kink; frequent outside pov; disturbing fluff; lots of discussion and thoughts of coldblooded murder; some pre-series stuff; lots of future!fic; a bit of gore; bad weather; talk of homicide/suicide; disturbing imagery; zombies; assumed domestic violence
Pairings: Kurt/Blaine, unwanted and unrequited Karofsky/Kurt; Kurt/Blaine/OMCs; unrequited Sebastian/Blaine; Kurt/OMC, Blaine/OMC; Burt/Carole; Finn/Rachel; Finn/OFC; unrequited Puck/Kurt; Zizes/Puck; Blaine’s mom/Blaine’s Dad; Cooper/OFC; Santana/Brittany; OCs/OCs; unrequited OFC/Kurt
Rating: R
Wordcount: 24470+ - WIP
Point of view: third
Prompts: vary by chapter


Klaine serial killer AU. Blaine's good at being adorable. Kurt's even better at appearing helpless.

(Be warned - mentions of thoughts of self-harm. I'm better now.)



Hey, y'all.

So, I think the last time I went this long without posting, I had fallen off a horse. This time, it only felt like it.

The day before I took the GRE, I received a comment on one of my fics. That comment really bothered me. My immediate reaction was to either grab a knife from the kitchen and slice up my arms or delete everything I've ever put on the internet.

Instead of doing either of those, I called my older sister and she talked me down.

The next day, I took the GRE and finished two hours early. My preliminary scores, so helpfully given by the computer, didn't bother me because I knew I'd kicked ass on the essay.

A couple weeks later, before getting my final scores or my acceptance to grad school, I learned that I'd applied to the wrong program: I applied as a non-degree applicant because it doesn't require the GRE, and I'd been told that my employers would pay for it, anyway.

Nope. The same lady who told me that informed me that I was mistaken. So, I had to reapply, pay the fee again, and the late fee, too, because it was after the deadline.

Then I got my GRE score: one point too low for anything but probation in a degree program - which means no financial aid, and no assistantship where my employers pay for almost all of it. And I got a three out of possible six on the essay, which made me wonder if I’m not as good a writer as I thought.

I realize that if this is the worst thing I ever have to deal with, I am a supremely lucky person. But October has been a bad month.

I haven’t really missed posting to LJ, either. I’ve been working on one fic for the past few weeks and updating it at Ao3 and ff.net, in-between freaking out about grad school and getting a second job. (And traveling three hours for a game that got cancelled. That was a fun day.) My favorite part of LJ, at the moment, are all my icons. I’m in a sort of funk, I think.

Anyway. Whether or not my employers pay for it, I am going to grad school next spring. I was accepted into the non-degree program and I have an upcoming appointment with someone to talk about classes. My excitement has waned due to all the drama, but once I get past that, I’m pretty sure I’ll be excited again.

So, yeah. The reason I didn’t post anything for most of the month was due to that comment; I’m not sure if it was to punish myself or prove that I could, and I’m not sure what that reviewer wanted to achieve except to make me feel horrible. If that was her aim, she hit it out the ballpark, and I’m glad my older sister answered the phone; my mom and little sister didn’t, and I was increasingly hysterical.

Next, I’ll post the header and link to the fic I’ve been working on. But I’m not sure if I’ll posting anything but links to Ao3 from now on.

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Title: three meetings
Fandom: Avengers movieverse
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: mentions of animal abuse, bullying, violence
Pairings: pre-Bucky/Steve
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 280
Point of view: third
Prompt: Captain America, Steve + Bucky, first meeting


( James Barnes and Steve Rogers met on a cold winter day, when Steve was about to get pummeled into the ground by a bunch of boys who'd been tormenting a three-legged dog and Jimmy (not Bucky, not for two more months) shoved his way to the middle of the confrontation and stared down the ringleader. )




Title: Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun
Fandom: Supernatural/Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from WH Auden
Warnings: a fair bit of crack? AU. Picks up towards the end of season 5.
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 495
Point of view: third
Prompt: Supernatural/Percy Jackson, Sam + Dean (+ Adam), Sam and Dean find out (or AU already knew) that they're sons of Hermes (bonus for Luke!Adam)



(  Mary Campbell's father was not Samuel Campbell. )



Title: how hard the wind was blowing that day
Fandom: Inception
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Ruark
Warnings: mentions of violence
Pairings: Arthur/Eames
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 360
Point of view: third
Prompt: any, any/any, you don't need to agree with your partner about the things you love when you simply coincide in the things you both hate



( In the beginning, Arthur was a soldier betrayed by his country and Eames was a thief betrayed by his employer. )



Title: writing is hard
Fandom: Supernatural
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: pre-series
Pairings: gen
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 100
Point of view: third
Prompt: Supernatural, Chuck, how he decided to be a writer.



( Chuck can't remember a time when he wasn't a writer. )





Title: Your candle burned out
Fandom: Glee
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Elton John
Warnings: character death/suicidal ideation; AU during season 3; a sociopathic, possessive fire elemental
Pairings: unrequited Karofsky/Kurt; Blaine/Kurt
Rating: PG13
Wordcount: 735
Point of view: third
Prompt: any, any, "I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next." (Gladiator)


(  Kurt and Dad are Dave's only visitors . )

Would someone please make me an icon of this picture? I really REALLY want it, and the computer is totally thwarting me. I've tried from two different computers.








ETA: has been taken care of! *bounces*

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Title: you'll escape in the final reel
Fandom: Highlander
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Jesus Christ, Superstar
Warnings: mentions of violence; character death
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 165
Point of view: third
Prompt: Highlander, Methos, the world was always ending but for a thousand years it happened at his command


( Each human believes their little speck of dust is the whole world  )



Title: a storm whereon they ride
Fandom: Glee
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Byron
Warnings: AU; dark; character death; violence/bullying; sexual assault; threat of rape
Pairings: Kurt/Blaine, unwanted and unrequited Karofsky/Kurt; Kurt/Blaine/OMCs
Rating: R
Wordcount: 925
Point of view: third
Prompt: Any, any, "I would butcher {the} whole world, if only you would love me!" (Quote from Gladiator.)


( It didn't start out like this. )




Title: sunlight in the broken places
Fandom: Glee
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: takes place in 2.6
Pairings: pre-Klaine
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 50
Point of view: third
Prompt: any, any, revealed in the light.



( Kurt is always ice and steel. )





Title: fruit from the rotten tree shall ever be rotten
Fandom: Greek myth
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: dub-con, incest
Pairings: Hades/Persephone, unrequited Hades/Demeter
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 50
Point of view: third
Prompt: Greek Myth, Hades/Demeter, stop haunting me



( Persephone has her mother's beauty and her father's temper. )



Title: my missing puzzle piece
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Katy Perry
Warnings: future!fic, fluff
Pairings: Kurt/Blaine
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 50
Point of view: third
Prompt: Any, any, our song


( Dad's playlist always repeats an old Katy Perry song before going to the next. )

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Title: much too far out all her life
Fandom: original
Warnings: suicide
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 380
Prompt: Any, any, not waving but drowning
Note: the title is an intentional misquote from "Not Waving, But Drowning" by Stevie Smith, which is also where the prompt came from. Also, shades of "Richard Corey" by Edwin Arlington Robinson.

( Helena Callows lived a charmed life. Everyone said so. )




Title: where the west wind goes
Fandom: originalish
Warnings: mentions of mythology and extinctions
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 180
Prompt: Any, any,

A world of made
is not a world of born


( There is a place, somewhere, out in the deepest dark, of magic. )




Title: Satan smitten with amazement fell
Fandom: Supernatural
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Milton
Warnings: AU early in season 5
Pairings: implied Lucifer/Michael
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 365
Point of view: third
Prompt: Supernatural, Gabriel+Lucifer, Gabriel offers his big brother some surprisingly helpful relationship advice

( Lucifer's eyes burn, and Gabriel can see the end of things in them, but his oldest brother's voice is so soft, so gentle. )


Title: in the wet mild wind they swing toward spring
Fandom: Criminal Minds
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Denise Levertov
Warnings: AU; blood and violence
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 245
Point of view: third
Prompt: Criminal Minds, Reid, trigger-happy


( In another world, Spencer controlled his temper, became both a doctor and a federal agent, and saved a lot of lives. )



Title: You drive an angel from your door
Fandom: Avengers/Highlander
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from William Blake
Warnings: post-Avengers; primordial!Methos; mentions of violence/gore
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 820
Point of view: third
Prompt: Avengers/Highlander, Odin + Methos, villains are those who oppose you
Note: Valföðr means father of the slain


( He is the All-Father, the most powerful warrior and sorcerer in nine realms. )

So, does anyone remember If you were coming in the Fall, I’d brush the Summer by? (I can’t believe it’s been over a year. Holy shit. Where does the time go?)

Well, I had this epic plan for that ‘verse, where I’d write a part from everyone’s pov. Unfortunately, I lost interest a couple hundred words into Tina’s part, despite coming up with an epic backstory for her.

I was rereading the whole thing tonight and realized that if I don’t feel compelled to finish it now, I probably never will. So just to complete the set, here’s what I have for Tina.

( notes and a few paragraphs )

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Title: heroes get remembered
Fandom: Highlander
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: future!fic
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 180
Point of view: third
Prompt: Highlander, Mythos, last man standing


( Legends never die. )



Title: we're bleeding and we're torn
Fandom: Glee
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Roseanne Cash
Warnings: suicidal ideation; mentions of violence
Pairings: Kurt/Blaine
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 230
Point of view: third
Prompt: any, any/any, death pact - two completely in love [people] make a pact that when one dies, the other will join them, if not b[y] dying with them from the same cause then by taking their own life


(  Once upon a time, Blaine Anderson thought about killing himself. )




Title: the hero of the invisible audience
Fandom: Harry Potter
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from James Humphrey
Warnings: future!fic
Pairings: mentions of het and slash
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 235
Point of view: third
Prompt: Any, any, the child of (any hero) turns out to be perfectly ordinary- and their parent(s) couldn't be prouder
Note: In my mind, Albus' husband is Scorpius Malfoy, but it's not stated in the drabble, so feel free to pick someone else if you like.


( Harry Potter had three children. )



Title: strown with these flowers we call suns
Fandom: Norse mythology
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Emerson
Warnings: well, they're Loki's kids. So everything that entails.
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 140
Point of view: third
Prompt: Any, any, listen: there's a hell of a good universe next door; let's go, e e cummings.

( Loki’s children and open doors. )


Title: then they came for me
Fandom: Glee
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: mentions of bullying; suicidal ideation; AUish for the end of season 3
Pairings: Kurt/Blaine
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 515
Point of view: second
Prompt: Any, any, Then they came for me - and there was no one left to speak for me.


(  Kurt Hummel had never been popular.  )

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So, evacuating 30,000 people in a timely, orderly manner? Is actually kinda hard.

Who knew.

So, I'm in the mood to write Blaine Anderson as a total badass. Any prompts for that? Give me all your complete AUs, or your canon moments that should've been different, or whatever.