screaming loud enough to turn back the wind

Title: butterflies bleeding
Fandom: Harry Potter
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: post-Deathly Hallows, AU
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 235
Point of view: third
Prompt: Any, any, "Screw the timeline, I wanna go kill butterflies."


( The thing about becoming the Master of Death is that it is unprecedented in all the ages of existence, and had Death foreseen anyone actually being able to do so, would not have played that game with those foolish brothers. )


Title: brothers
Fandom: Marvel movies
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: ignores Age of Ultron & Civil War, as i've not seen either
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 300
Point of view: third
Prompt: MCU, Thor / Loki, Thor is dying and no one wants to be the one, who tells Loki


( Thor’s sick and won’t be getting better. )



Untitled
Prompt: Author's choice (please no Supernatural), author's choice, Tears come not from the brain but from the heart (Leonardo da Vinci)

Written July 3, 2016

( if we’d but a moment )



Title: faded
Prompt: Any, Any, we used to talk and hang around.
Written July 10, 2016

( We were friends before I knew how to make ‘em. )



Title: untitled
Fandom: One Direction RPF
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: AU, because H/L are actualfax soulmates
Pairings: post-Zayn Malik/Harry Styles
Rating: PG
Prompt: One Direction RPF, Zayn Malik/Harry Styles, the band needs to know about us


( Harry’s quiet, after Zayn leaves. )

Title: someone worth fighting for
Fandom: One Direction RPF
Disclaimer: they’re real people who belong to themselves
Warnings: references to forceful closeting
Pairings: Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 245
Point of view: third
Prompt: any - any - the fire within


( In the beginning, Louis listens and watches and remembers, and picks his battles very wisely. )



Title: subsist on the light
Fandom: Disney’s Sleeping Beauty
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Denise Levertov
Warnings: modern-day AU
Pairings: Phillip/Aurora, Stefan/Leah
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 660
Point of view: third
Prompts: Any (except supernatural), Any robot/any, how does a robot fall in love? ; any fairy tale, any, robot AU


( It is a long, protracted, absolutely perfect argument that finally allows her to attend university. )



Title: For the bird, and the bee, and the butterfly
Fandom: Leverage
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: references to violence/death
Pairings: Hardison/Eliot/Parker, Damien Moreau/Eliot, Sophie/Nate
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 745
Point of view: third
Prompts: Leverage, Hardison/Eliot/Parker, they let Eliot think that they don't know his secrets ; Any, any, if you knew what I kind of person I am, you wouldn't want me so desperately ; Leverage, Good Guy ensemble (Eliot Spencer/Parker/Alec Hardison), Sophie figured it out long before Nate did.


( Eliot thinks he’s a horrible person. )






Title: untitled
Fandom: Charmed/Harry Potter
Warnings: Harry Potter’s timeline has been moved back about 12 years; Charmed’s is canon. Canon child abuse/neglect.
Pairings: canon
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 495
Point of view: third
Prompt: Charmed/Harry Potter, Harry Potter, Harry's rescued as a child by one or more of the Halliwell's (Grams, Patty, the Sisters).

( There’s a witch in trouble, so Leo orbs them over. )



Title: blood, singing
Fandom: The Black Jewels series
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: pre-series
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 85
Point of view: third
Prompt: Black Jewels series. Jaenelle Angelline + any of the kindred. Meeting new friends.


( They don’t recognize her at first. )

Title: just a chance
Fandom: Animorphs
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: post-54
Pairings: Rachel/Tobias
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 255
Point of view: third
Prompt: Animorphs, Tobias, advice for his past self



( His past self is so young. )


Title: now we say goodnight from our own separate sides
Fandom: Chuck/White Collar
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from “Brothers on a Hotel Bed”
Warnings: AU for Bryce and Neal’s backstories, implied child abuse
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 175
Point of view: third
Prompt: White Collar/Chuck, Neal + Bryce, two brothers on a hotel bed



( They’d planned to return to each other. )




Title: The Abyss Staring Back
Fandom: Sherlock
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: pre-season 3
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 100
Point of view: third
Prompt: Sherlock BBC, Sherlock + Jim or Sherlock/Jim, we're alike, you and i



( There’s a ghost. )





Title: shadows
Fandom: Dark Angel
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: references to canon character death
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 115
Point of view: third
Prompt: Dark Angel, Max +/ Alec (+Ben), she thought she was seeing a ghost



( She stares at him sometimes, seeing her brother. )





Title: Legendary
Fandom: Leverage
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 150
Point of view: third
Prompt: Prompt: Leverage, Sophie, Sophie's favorite myth or legend and why she likes it



( There is a story that hasn’t been told yet. )

Title: of thieves and hoards
Fandom: Leverage
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: none
Pairings: Sophie/Nate
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 290
Point of view: third
Prompt: any. any supernatural character. Passing as human.


Prequel to this



( Fixing breakfast for the team helps remind Eliot he’s human. )



Title: I wrote you a song with the words you spoke
Fandom: RPF/Stargate Atlantis
Disclaimer: the fictional characters aren’t mine and all the real people belong to themselves; title from “Where Do Broken Hearts Go?”
Warnings: future!fic for SGA; AU for One Direction (obviously); references to genocide, the wraith eating people, and Louis’ entire family dying
Pairings: Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 285
Point of view: third
Prompt: any. any. The last of their kind.

In this ‘verse

( He is the last. )





Title: could’ves
Fandom: DCU animated
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: references to underaged kissing; violence
Pairings: unrequited(?) Jason/Bruce
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 200
Point of view: third
Prompt: DCU, Bruce Wayne/Jason Todd, Maybe I would have been /Something you'd be good at /Maybe you would have been /Something I'd be good at

( He’s always Batman, but Jason thinks he prefers it when Bruce isn’t wearing the cowl. )




Title: untitled
Fandom: Tortall – Protector of the Small
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: none
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 135
Prompt: Tortall, Kel/any, sweet, sweet kisses


( Tobe doesn't remember his mother kissing him, so he assumes she didn't. )



Title: in vino veritas
Fandom: Leverage
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: references to child abuse, substance abuse
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 225
Point of view: third
Prompt: Leverage, Eliot+any, He always stops after two beers

( He knows what the team thinks. )

Title: Meanwhile, I keep dancing
Fandom: Animorphs
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Hillel
Warnings: future!fic; AUish, according to the wiki
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 280
Point of view: third
Prompt: Animorphs, Rachel, sometimes it's okay not to be brave.

( Rachel’s little sisters remember. )




Title: first meeting
Fandom: Supernatural
Disclaimer: Sam, Jessica, and ‘Brady’ aren’t mine
Warnings: spoilers through season 5
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 155
Prompt: Supernatural, Sam/Jessica, first meeting


( Studying on campus. )



Title: Uncomfortable
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: references to violence
Pairings: Buffy/Angel
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 170
Point of view: third
Prompt: BtVS, Xander and Buffy, his lie erected a bridge between them that neither could cross and only he knew about.


( It’s uncomfortable, when Buffy comes back. )



Title: historical figures
Fandom: Highlander
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: none
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 195
Point of view: third
Prompt: any, any/any, meeting your favourite historical figure isn't all it's cracked up to be



( What would you really say? )


Title: untitled
Fandom: Leverage
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: future!fic
Pairings: Nate/Sophie
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 175
Prompt: Any, Any, funeral


( She’s attended her own funeral multiple times. )

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)")

Remix pov of this

( Selena is nineteen years old when the man who makes her head shiver first wanders into her family’s café. )




Title: untitled
Fandom: Highlander
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 145
Point of view: third
Prompt: Highlander, Methos, stuck in a plane for 12 hours with an unknown immortal somewhere behind him


( The trick is to not react. )





Title: Once (it was enough)
Fandom: Animorphs
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: references to violence and canon character death
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 175
Point of view: third
Prompt: Animorphs, Rachel, needing bigger and bigger hits of adrenaline

( Once… it was enough. )





Title: crimson cloth
Fandom: Glee
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: references to violence; takes place in season 3
Pairings: Kurt/Blaine
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 175
Prompt: Glee, Kurt/Blaine - his new shirt stained red; from a distance, his boyfriend can't tell if it's slushie or blood

( Blaine's turning away from his locker and out the corner of his eye, he sees a flash of red. )





Title: I am not a smile
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Disclaimer: the ones you recognize aren’t mine; title from Sylvia Plath
Warnings: references to violence, death, and abuse; takes place post season 7 and ignores the comics
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 685
Point of view: third
Prompts: BTVS, Buffy, she used to be scared of the dark; Any, any, "If the world ends today I sure as all Hell am eating cheesecake for breakfast."

( She isn't a Slayer, this girl, or a Potential. )

Title: The Worst Thing
Written: January 15, 2016
Prompt: any. any horror stories


( survival is perhaps not the worst thing. )



Title: lioness
Fandom: Harry Potter
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: AU, character death
Pairings: Lily/James
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 333
Point of view: third
Prompt: Harry Potter. any. One of Harry's parents survived.
Note: There may be more coming; if so, it’ll just be drabbles with no overarching plot.


( She mistranslated part of the ritual. )



Title: i could lie
Prompt: Any, Any/Any, If I lied and said what you want to hear, would you still leave me or would the lies make everything alright?
Written January 22, 2016

( I could tell you a thousand pretty things. )



Title: they share the same blood and the same blows
Fandom: Harry Potter
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Anne Sexton
Warnings: AU during book 5
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 265
Point of view: third
Prompt: Harry Potter, Harry Potter/Tom Riddle, Hidden secrets


( Why are you their hero? )



Title: Don't choose to live by the book
Fandom: Highlander
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: AU during season 5
Pairings: Kronos/Methos
Rating: PG13
Wordcount: 370
Point of view: third
Prompt: any, any,

I am your darkest side the one you keep in shadows too far to hide
Deep in your heart you can't deny
All of your fears keeping me alive
Waiting here for you to arrive
Don't choose to live by the book
Let's live by the hook
("Live by the Hook" from Finding Neverland)


( For three thousand years, Kronos has waited. )

Title: begin again
Fandom: Highlander
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: violence/death
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 430
Point of view: third
Prompt: any, any/any, "Your definition of emergency and mine are vastly different."

( Once you've lived through the collapse of Rome, most things pale in comparison. )



Title: the rumors of my death
Fandom: Leverage
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: violence/death
Pairings: Parker/Hardison/Eliot
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 390
Point of view: third
Prompt: Leverage, ensemble, "I thought they'd killed you. I lost my temper."


( They send the video three days after they take Hardison. )





Title: power (the dark lord knows not)
Fandom: Harry Potter
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: AUish, death/violence, dark
Pairings: none
Rating: 365
Point of view: third
Prompt: Any, any, "He'll kill you, and then he'll go to work on you."


( The second worst thing that ever happened in the world was that Harry Potter held all three Deathly Hallows at the same time, and that he walked to his death, knowingly and with acceptance. )



Title: The Worst of Us
Fandom: Highlander
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: references to violence/death
Pairings: none stated
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 130
Point of view: third
Prompt: any, any +/ any, The Worst of Us

( Which of the four was the worst? )




Title: snail mail
Written: November 23, 2015
Prompt: any. any. The empty house stands in silence.


( I checked the mail today. )

Title: hope
Fandom: Supernatural
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: pre-pilot
Pairings: John/Mary
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 100
Point of view: third
Prompt: Supernatural, John & Mary (Dean), they each had different expectations for their first born son


( hope is the most painful thing of all )





Title: ever after
Fandom: Harry Potter
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: ignores epilogue; future!fic; references to canon child endangerment and abuse
Pairings: Neville Longbottom/Luna Lovegood
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 235
Point of view: third
Prompt: Harry Potter, Neville Longbottom/Luna Lovegood, 'accidental garden manpain'

( She thinks, sometimes, that she wouldn't mind lighting the extended Longbottom family on fire. )




Title: born to shine
Fandom: One Direction RPF
Disclaimer: they’re real people so they belong to themselves; title from Smash Cast
Warnings: takes place in both 2010 and 2015
Rating: PG
Pairings: Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson
Wordcount: 500
Point of view: third
Prompt: any, any +/ any

There are some in this world who have strength on their own
Never broken or in need of repair
But there are some born to shine who can't do it alone
So protect them and take special care
Take care
(Don't Forget Me by Smash Cast)


( there are some born to shine who can’t do it alone )



Title: Jeanne d'Arc
Originalish - RPF
Prompt: Historical RPF. any before the 20th century. If they'd been alive now.


( Joanna doesn't tell anyone when she begins to hear the voice. )



Title: the radio turns on, playing love songs
Fandom: One Direction RPF
Disclaimer: they’re real people so they belong to themselves; title & prompt from Gloria Trevi's 'Ángel de la Guarda'.
Warnings: MAJOR CHARACTER DEATH and mourning/grief
Pairings: Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 260
Point of view: third
Prompt: any. any.


Strange things happen when you're home alone.
You hear my voice, saying, 'hey love'
And in the shower, someone soaps up your back,
and the radio turns on, playing love songs.


( He doesn’t sing anymore. )

Title: after the end
Fandom: Animorphs
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: references to death
Pairings: canon
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 130
Prompt: Animorphs, any, so busy trying to survive that they never stopped to wonder what would happen if they did

( They disappear from the public eye as quickly as they can. )




Title: trinity
Fandom: Kings
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: post-canon, references to violence
Pairings: Jack/David, David/Michelle, Saul/Rose
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 290
Point of view: third
Prompt: Kings, Jack/+David, three possible futures


( There is a king, sitting on a throne. )


Title: Remembrance
Fandom: Marvel movies
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: character death; ignores AoU
Pairings: none stated
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 350
Point of view: third
Prompt: Any superhero/s, any fandom. What a statue to our greatness, what a story all will tell; They'll remember us forever, they'll remember where we fell.


( It’s a story they all know, everyone who lives in Brooklyn. )



Title: cyclic
Fandom: Highlander
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: references to violence/death
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 215
Point of view: third
Prompt: any. any. They say he's a god. He does not contradict them.


( To be perfectly honest, Methos misses the day of god-kings. )



Title: to the victor
Fandom: Harry Potter
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: darkish, AUish, ignores epilogue
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 375
Point of view: third
Prompt: Harry Potter, Harry Potter, someday they'll sing about his great deeds


( What does history remember? )