tigriswolf | Entries tagged with actor: jeffrey dean morgan

Title: endless (and the rain keeps on)
Fandom: Highlander
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: talk of the apocalypse and civil war
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 285
Point of view: third
Prompt: any, any,

Oh simple thing, where have you gone?
I'm getting old and I need someone to rely on

( In a thousand years, after the end has come and gone, still, he will be there standing. )

Title: A cold wind's whispering
Fandom: Teen Wolf
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from The Civil Wars
Warnings: AU during season 2; major character death; violence; an epic backstory I barely go into; I haven't seen any of season 3
Pairings: Peter/Stiles, Mama Stilinski/Sheriff, mentions of Allison/Scott, onesided Peter/Mama Stilinski
Rating: PG13
Wordcount: 1805
Point of view: third
Prompt: Any, any,

Don't you fret my dear
It'll all be over soon
I'll be waiting here
For you
(Kingdom Come, The Civil Wars)

( The wolf growls and growls, but the boy never stops smiling. )

Title: garden-born
Original, gen, PG
150 words
Prompt: Any, any, sometimes, people are worse than demons

( the serpent and the sin )

Title: out of the sun
Fandom: Highlander
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: pre-apocalyptic; AU
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 280
Prompt: Highlander, Methos, Like most things it started in a bar

( Like most things, it started in a bar. )

Title: and this is just right
Disclaimer: my characters in a world that is not
Warnings: creepy; mentions of blood and violence
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 210
Point of view: third
Prompt: Supernatural, any demon, picking out a meatsuit

( Mustn't be too old, or too short, or too pretty, or too hideous. )

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: This is the way
Fandom: Teen Wolf
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Eliot
Warnings: future!fic, mentions of character death
Pairings: Derek/Stiles
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 515
Point of view: third
Prompt: Teen Wolf, Derek/Stiles,

He's pulling his weapon to his side
Loading it full of his goodbyes
Holding an enemy across the line

( Wolves don't mate for life, no matter what Scott says. )

Title: You can make anything of yourself, you know
Fandom: Teen Wolf
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Kevin Young
Warnings: violence; language; future!fic (ish)
Pairings: none
Rating: PG13
Wordcount: 865
Point of view: third
Prompt: Teen Wolf/any vampire fandom, Stiles +/ any, His first time meeting a vampire doesn't end how he pictured it.

( A nest of vampires tries to move into Beacon Hills. )

Title: dark and unnatural
Fandom: Supernatural
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Practical Magic
Warnings: AU; dark
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 280
Point of view: third
Prompt: Supernatural, Sam, What opened its eyes, when the demon brought Sam Winchester back to life?

( What’s dead should stay dead. )

Title: offering
Fandom: Avengers movieverse
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: future!fic; AU
Pairings: Thanos/Death
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 300
Point of view: third
Prompt: The Avengers, Loki & Thanos, "Our bodies are ours to break, ours to throw into rivers, ours to light on fire, ours to launch into the depths of space."

( What have you to offer? )

Title: off the beaten path
Fandom: Teen Wolf
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: character death; AU
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 550
Point of view: third
Prompt: Any, any,

Run boy run! This world is not made for you
Run boy run! They're trying to catch you
Run boy run! Running is a victory
Run boy run! Beauty lays behind the hills (Woodkid, "Run, Boy, Run")

( Dad dies on the last day of October, in a stupidly simple domestic gone wrong. )

Title: by the pale light of the blooded moon
Fandom: Supernatural/Highlander/Arthurian legend
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: takes place season 2/early season 3 of Supernatural; AUish for Supernatural
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 320
Point of view: third
Prompt: Supernatural, any hunter(s) + any supernatural creature, "Burn me? That's your answer... Burn anything you're afraid of. Burn anything you can't control."

( He laughs, softly at first, but it rises, cold and sharp as a knife. )

Title: the death of faith
Fandom: Supernatural
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: pre-series
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 38
Point of view: third
Prompt: Supernatural, Dean, I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was 4 years old

( The Christmas after the fire, all Dean asked Santa for was Mommy. )

Title: code-switching
Fandom: Avengers movieverse
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: AUish
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 105
Point of view: third
Prompt: MCU, Loki +/ Thor, they play the hero-villain game very often and in every new world, they switch

( heya )

Title: and beats high mountain down
Fandom: Highlander
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from The Hobbit by Tolkien.
Warnings: implied character death
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 75
Point of view: third
Prompt: Highlander, Methos,
Deathwish without a prayer
End of hope
End of love
End of time
The rest is silence

( In the end, there is one. )

Title: mask undone
Fandom: White Collar
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: future!fic; AU
Pairings: Peter/Elizabeth
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 190
Point of view: third
Prompt: any, any,
You can fall for chains of silver, you can fall for chains of gold,
You can fall for pretty strangers and the promises they hold.

( Neal is a thief. )

Title: one day
Fandom: Glee
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: bullying/violence; pre-series
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 100
Point of view: third
Prompt: Glee, Kurt + bullies, "Mean" (Taylor Swift)

( Someday I'll be living in a big ol' city and all you're ever gonna be is mean )

Title: Xander's type
Fandom: Supernatural/Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: AU for both series; post-BtVS and I know nothing of the comics
Pairings: pre-Jo/Xander
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 85
Point of view: third
Prompt: Buffy/Supernatural, Xander/Jo, the need to fight evil things.

( Xander's type is girls not even half his size who can kick his ass. )

Title: moonbright
Fandom: Harry Potter
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: AU pre-series
Pairings: Remus/Sirius, James/Lily
Rating: PG(13)
Wordcount: 515
Point of view: third
Prompt: Harry Potter, Remus/Sirius, Remus was the Potters' secret-keeper

( He takes the secret and he runs. )

Title: dessert
Fandom: Glee
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: fluff; future!fic
Pairings: Kurt/Blaine
Rating: PG
Wordcount:100
Point of view: third
Prompt: Any, any, comfort food
Note: if I'd been allowed more than a hundred words, they'd have been turned into serial killers.

( Kurt's mom used to make chocolate cupcakes that she'd ice with a peanut butter glaze. )

Title: daring the sea
Fandom: Percy Jackson and the Olympians movieverse
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Anne Sexton
Warnings: future!fic AU; movieverse
Pairings: Luke/Percy
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 220
Point of view: third
Prompt: Percy Jackson & the Olympians (movieverse or AU), Luke/Percy (&others), when he said "I'd turn to the dark side for you," he never dreamed he'd ever be faced with the choice

( Percy is given a choice. )

Crossposts: http://tigriswolf.livejournal.com/561225.html

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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 . )

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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. )

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Title: These times are past—our joys are gone
Fandom: Supernatural
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Byron
Warnings: AU after season 3; spoilers for up to season 6
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 515
Point of view: third
Prompt: Supernatural, Gabriel +or/ Sam, After Broward County and realizing Sam wasn't going to accept his lesson, Gabriel decides to go and help Sam when Dean goes to Hell.

( He waits until the kid buries Dean. )

Title: This is the end of everything
Fandom: Avengers movieverse
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Sylvia Plath
Warnings: AU during film; character death
Pairings: implied Loki/Clint
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 510
Point of view: third
Prompt: Any, any(/any), almost doesn't count

( Clint almost didn't take the shot. )

Title: Three roads led to that death
Fandom: Norse mythology
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Anne Sexton
Warnings: mentions of violence
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 375
Point of view: third
Prompt: Any, Any, Wolves In The Walls

( There was nothing to be done for Nari; he was too far gone. )

Title: They killed once an inglorious man
Fandom: Merlin
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Donne
Warnings: AU; character death
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 265
Point of view: third
Prompt: Merlin, Merlin and other characters, Uther has the young wizard executed and his death has dire consequences.

( A spark is lit. )

Title: had you twenty lives for sale
Fandom: Supernatural
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: future!fic; AUish; character death
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 130
Point of view: third
Prompt: Supernatural, Sam or Dean, one of them dies, but they've both died and come back to life so many times that the other never stops waiting

( Dean goes down, hits his head on the ground, and doesn't get up. )

Title: one angel in another’s hell
Fandom: Supernatural/Avengers movieverse
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Shakespeare
Warnings: spoilers for Avengers; future!fic for Supernatural; possibly AUish for Clint’s backstory; character death; mentions of violence and child abuse; mentions of substance abuse
Pairings: unrequited Clint/Coulson
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 1005
Point of view: third
Prompt: Supernatural / Avengers Movie, Crowley & Hawkeye, “We both know that you will go to hell, when you are done up here.”

( They’re all dead except for Clint, standing in front of a demon, moon high in the sky at midnight. )

Title: Mother, I'm frightened of this thunder and lightning
Fandom: Supernatural/Avengers movieverse
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Leonard Cohen
Warnings: future!fic for Avengers movieverse; AU mishmash for Supernatural (I've seen maybe five minutes of season 7); I gleefully resurrected a dead Supernatural character
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 1040
Point of view: third
Prompt: Avengers/Supernatural, Loki+Crowley, "I can give you the world. All it will cost is your soul."

( He finds the godling perched on a mountaintop, gazing out across the horizon. Everyone who's anyone in their business had felt him the moment he materialized in their speck of the cosmos. The amount of chaos coiled in him is breathtaking. Crowley is truly envious of the brat. )

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Title: there but for the grace
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: post-season 7
Pairings: mentions of Buffy/Angel, Buffy/Xander, a smidge of maybe implied Xander/Jesse
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 130
Point of view: third
Prompt: BtVS, Xander, He played God when he told Buffy that lie in Becoming.

( Sometimes, he wishes he could regret it. )

Title: freezing persons, recollect the snow—first chill, then stupor, then the letting go
Fandom: Supernatural
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Dickinson
Warnings: pre-series AU; character death
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 65
Point of view: third
Prompt: Supernatural, Any,
In the sweetest child there's a vicious streak
In the strongest man there's a child so weak
In the whole wide world there's no magic place
So you might as well rise, put on your bravest face

( He's on his knees, hands on his belly, bleeding out. )

Title: we'll never be as bright as we are now
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: reincarnation!fic; modern-day
Pairings: Arthur/Merlin
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 105
Point of view: third
Prompt: Merlin, Arthur/Merlin, Gold Forever lyrics by The Wanted
Cause we're
Butterflies, butterflies..we were meant to fly,
You and I, you and I..colors in the sky,
We could rule the world someday, somehow
But we'll never be as bright as we are now.
We're standing in a light that won't fade,
Tomorrow's coming but this won't change,
Cause some days stay gold forever.
The memory of being here with you,
Is one I'm gonna take my life through,
Cause some days stay gold forever.

( He remembers while standing in the rain. )

Title: the tongue, a sapphire of ash
Fandom: Avengers movieverse
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Sylvia Plath
Warnings: AUish for the movie
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 375
Point of view: third
Prompt: Any, any (no incest please), If you're going to be stupid, you'd better be tough.

( Thor is the strongest warrior in Asgard. )

Title: when death comes with its hood we won't be polite
Fandom: Angel the Series/Leverage
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Anne Sexton
Warnings: takes place during AtS finale and pre-Leverage
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 90
Point of view: third
Prompt: Angel, Lindsey/author's choice, trust.

( When it all comes down to it, all you can count on is family. )

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Title: take the sky, and everything else
Fandom: Supernatural/Norse mythology
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Rebecca Wolff
Warnings: AU for SN; spoilers for season 6; inaccurate Norse mythology
Pairings: Loki/John Winchester, implied Dean/Castiel
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 285
Point of view: third
Prompt: Supernatural/Norse Myth, Gabriel/John, the fate of Gabriel/Loki's children

( They can only help one of them - the wolf, bound in magical chains. )

Title: These children of the sun
Fandom: Chuck/Inception/White Collar
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from John Clare
Warnings: AU for White Collar; mentions of character death
Pairings: Arthur/Eames, past Bryce/Chuck, implied Neal/Peter
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 450
Point of view: third
Prompt: Chuck/Inception/White Collar, Chuck + Arthur, (Arthur and Bryce!Neal are brothers) Arthur doesn't know anything about Chuck except that Bryce/Neal fell in love with him in college, he's a spy like Arthur's brother, and he was there when Bryce/Neal died. Arthur tracks him down but their meeting doesn't go like Arthur expected.

( Arthur gives out his notice responsibly before disappearing: he lets everyone know he'll be out of contact for at least a month, and won't even be accepting calls for emergencies. He's taking personal time, and will not be bothered, and that includes Eames. )

Title: each dewdrop mirrored a star, his riding star, his universe while on the moonlit flowers at his side Pegasus grazed
Fandom: White Collar/Percy Jackson movieverse
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from C. Day-Lewis.
Warnings: AU for both
Pairings: Neal!Percy/Luke
Rating: PG13
Wordcount: 560
Point of view: third
Prompt: White Collar/Percy Jackson, Neal(Percy)+All, If you didn't already know who Percy's father was, you'd swear he was actually the son of Hermes, instead he's just a criminal.

( Luke laughs about it every time he visits. )

Title: rend me and redeem
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: AU during season 5; character death
Pairings: Dean/Castiel
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 215
Point of view: third
Prompt: Supernatural, Dean/Castiel,
You know the way Jesus
rips open his shirt
to show us his heart, all flaming and thorny,
the way he points to it.
He wants to save me
but we disagree from what.
My version of hell
is someone ripping open his shirt
and saying, Look what I did for you.
(Nick Flynn, "Emptying Town")

( Gabriel finds him. He says it's an ex-angel thing, and he puts a gentle hand on Castiel's skull. )

Title: The blossoms we wear in our hats are the growth of two thousand years
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Whitman
Warnings: AU; mentions of violence and character death
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 655
Point of view: third
Prompt: Highlander, Adam Pierson/Methos + MacLeod, Adam is a young immortal who just couldn't resist nodding when Mac asked if he was Methos

( Adam Pierson is not his name. )

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Title: it’s the war not us that’s moving
Fandom: X-Men movieverse/Supernatural
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Adrienne Rich
Warnings: pre-series for Supernatural
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 570
Point of view: third
Prompt: Sam's power is a mutant power, not a demon power.

( When Dean figures it out, he looks at Sam with wide eyes, mind a complete blank until Sam begs, “Don’t tell Dad.” )

Title: He Who Is Like God
Fandom: Supernatural
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: AU at the end of season 6
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 190
Point of view: third
Prompt: Supernatural, Dean/Cas

Nobody said it was easy
It's such a shame for us to part
Nobody said it was easy
No one ever said it would be this hard
Oh take me back to the start
-"The Scientist", Coldplay

( Castiel holds his head high, wings spread, hearing the voices inside him that make him Like God. )

Title: I share creation, Kings can do no more
Fandom: Highlander
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: none
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 185
Point of view: third
Prompt: Highlander, Methos + Richie, compared to him he's a newborn infant

( Richie is young, and he has young problems. )

Title: how can saplings bloom when covered deep in snow?
Fandom: Batman: Under the Red Hood
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Bertold Brecht
Warnings: implied child abuse/non-con
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 235
Point of view: third
Prompt: DCU, Jason Todd + Alfred Pennyworth, Jason was never a kid. Only Alfred ever seemed to realize that.

( Sometimes Jason wakes up shaking in the middle of the night, sure the door just opened and he'll feel the bed dip any moment now. )

Title: where the future becomes present
Fandom: Harry Potter
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Whitman
Warnings: AU for whole thing
Pairings: maybe a smidge of Tom Riddle/Harry Potter implied
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 250
Point of view: third
Prompt: Harry Potter, Tom Riddle, if Albus Dumbledore would have given him the DADA job

( Professor Riddle is Harry's favorite. )

Title: brothers and battles
Fandom: Avengers movierse
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: AU for Thor film; semi-crack
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 195
Point of view: third
Prompt: Avengers, Thor, people notice that Thor has a Trickster as brother

( When Thor is banished after attacking the jötnar, Loki follows him. )

Title: the eternal student
Fandom: Highlander
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: Methos musings
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 150
Point of view: third
Prompt: Highlander, Methos, he's a survivor because he's a student, because he likes learning new things

( Methos has never been static. )

Title: heir of lightning
Fandom: Highlander
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: future!fic; implied primordial!Methos
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 375
Point of view: third
Prompt: Author's choice; author's choice;

Words scribbled on the underside of an old envelope,
becoming everything inside.
Ink spilled on paper, but in a deeper sense,
several sentences blurred by tears
represented more sentiment,
more that was meaningful and real,
than the years that led to this crossroads.
I heard the door close -
not slamming, but slinking shut
in an unfortunate and unhappy desire to be undetected,
as if secrecy could lessen the pain.
(The Crüxshadows, "Fortress (Eyes to Heaven)")

( Live. Grow stronger. Fight another day. )

Title: before the beginning and after the end
Fandom: Supernatural
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: AUish
Pairings: Castiel/Dean
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 155
Point of view: third
Prompt: Supernatural, Dean/Castiel (+any),

Now I know this is strange to hear from the mouth of God
It was something like a scene from mars
In a struggle between loves and lies
The angel kept his face covered for to keep his word
And while I spoke something left from my life
Forget about the past
Be at rest I'll make things right
And while I held you at best you nearly died
Forget about the past
And I'll try to make things right

( In his dreams, Dean does not turn away. )

Title: When the fox hears the rabbit scream
Fandom: Inception
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Hannibal
Warnings: dark; maybe a bit AUish?
Pairings: Arthur/Eames
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 655
Point of view: third
Prompt: Any, any/any,

Tryin' to live and love
With a heart that can't be broken
Is like tryin' to see the light
With eyes that can't be opened
Yeah, we both carry baggage
We picked up on our way
So if you love me, do it gently
And I will do the same
(Glass, Thompson Square)

( By the time he meets the man who will be Eames, at the ancient age of twenty-one, the man who will be Arthur has killed nearly fifty men. )

Title: this is my day and I, for this I will not pay
Fandom: White Collar
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Adrienne Rich
Warnings: AU for Neal's backstory; violence
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 400
Point of view: third
Prompt: White Collar, Neal + Peter, Neal may trust him, but he hardly ever lets him see behind the mask.

( Neal is angry all the time. )

Title: strike the match
Fandom: Harry Potter
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: AU for book 4
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 370
Point of view: third
Prompt: any, any, firestorm

( Being an elemental is even rarer than being a parselmouth. Isn't Harry so lucky to be both? )

Title: an angel and a god, sharing a peanut butter cup
Fandom: Thor/Supernatural
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: AUish for SN; spoilers for Thor
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 240
Point of view: third
Prompt: Thor (2011)/Supernatural, Loki + Gabriel, "So you are the one who has been using my name."

( Gabriel knows what to do with people having family problems. )

Title: wolves make the best shepherds
Fandom: Highlander
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: primordial!Methos; AUish
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 360
Point of view: third
Prompt: Highlander, Methos, sometimes bad guys make the best good guys

( Methos is not the villain of this story. )

Title: if not victory
Fandom: Supernatural
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Milton
Warnings: spoilers for up to season 5; language
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 155
Point of view: third
Prompt: Supernatural, Michael, since it's him who is working 24/7 you better don't dare to tell him not use his father's name in vain. Cursing God is the only joy left in Michael's pitiful life

( Once, Michael had been strong, and great, and beautiful. )

Title: My bones hold a stillness
Fandom: Highlander
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Sylvia Plath
Warnings: Methos rambling
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 200
Point of view: third
Prompt: Highlander, Methos, I have prayed to so many gods, it simply god boring after a while. So I became one myself

( Methos died and opened his eyes, and he knew then that he was a god. )

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: the children green and golden follow him out of grace
Fandom: White Collar/RED/Inception
Disclaimer: only one character is mine; title from Dylan Thomas
Warnings: mentions of violence and torture
Pairings: Eames/Arthur
Rating: PG13
Wordcount: 230
Point of view: third
Prompt: Any, any, I/He/She/They knew I/He/She/They was/were going to die...
Note: in this verse

( Louie knows he's going to die. If the CIA dad doesn't get him, that brother with the knives and damned FBI in his pocket sure will. )

Title: though a sword should take away my breath
Fandom: Highlander
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Ovid
Warnings: AU; darkish
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 270
Pointofview: third
Prompt: Highlander, Methos (+Any), That "Game" thing never caught on.

( In the end, there will be only one. )

Title: Your song echoes clear down the years whose sun has set
Fandom: Supernatural
Disclaimer: only one character is mine; title from Olga Levertoff
Warnings: future!fic; character death; AUish
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 260
Point of view: third
Prompt: Any, any, "No grave upon the earth shall clip in it a pair so famous."

( When Deanna Braedon goes looking for her great-grandfather's grave (she knows exactly where Grandma Lisa is), she doesn't find anything. )

Title: the waters of death are deep
Fandom: Highlander
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Gilgamesh
Warnings: none
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 90
Point of view: third
Prompt: Highlander, Methos /& Duncan, to bring to maturity or a state fit for use

( MacLeod is the kind to burn brightly and then burn out. )

Title: snapshot
Fandom: Harry Potter
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: future!fic; implied character death; AU
Pairings: none stated
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 140
Point of view: third
Prompt: Harry Potter, Any, It's more cruel when the pictures move.

( He prefers muggle pictures. )

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. )

Multiple fandoms, multiple pairings/gen, all PGish.

( three sentence ficlets )

screaming loud enough to turn back the wind

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

comment_fic 826-830: HL, TW, original, SN

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

comment_fic 801-805: Teen Wolf, SN, Avengers

comment_fic 786-790: HL/SN, SN, Avengers HL, WC

comment_fic 766-770: Glee, BtVS/SN, HP, Percy Jackson

comment_fic 756-760: Avengers, SN/Percy Jackson, Inception, SN, Glee

comment_fic 746-750: original, SN, Criminal Minds, HL/Avengers

comment_fic 736-740: SN, Avengers, Norse myth, Merlin

comment_fic: one angel in another's hell - SN/Avengers, PG, gennish

Avengers/SN - gen, PG, post-film, AU

comment_fic 696-700: BtVS, SN, Merlin, Avengers, AtS/Leverage

comment_fic 691-695: SN/myth, Inception/WC/Chuck, WC/Percy Jackson, SN, HL

X-Men/Supernatural, gen, PG

comment_fic 686-690: SN, HL, DCU, HP, Avengers

comment_fic 681-685: HL, SN, Inception, WC

comment_fic 666-670: HP, Thor/SN, HL, SN

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

comment_fic 656-660: Inception/WC/RED, HL, SN, HP

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

three sentence ficlets

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