screaming loud enough to turn back the wind

Title: I wrote you a song with the words you spoke
Fandom: One Direction 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/13
Wordcount: 430
Point of view: third
Prompt: Any, any/any, do you remember the day we fell in love?

Follows this, where Louis is a runner in the Pegasus galaxy and Harry’s an Earthborn scientist in Atlantis.

( music across the water )




Title: so many words we’re not sayin’
Fandom: One Direction RPF
Disclaimer: um. they’re all real people so none of them belong to me? like at all. title from “Strong.”
Warnings: canon compliant AU in that some people can shapeshift into animals at will; a tiny bit of self-harm tendencies; some internalized self-hatred
Pairings: Louis Tomlinson/Harry Styles
Rating: PG/13
Wordcount: 610
Point of view: third person
Prompt: RPF, Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson, Valentine's Day tradition.

Note: follows this, which is a canon compliant shapeshifting AU I’ll never finish. This is a timestamp set in 2017.

( free at last. )


Title: love songs painted on skin
Disclaimer: they belong to themselves
Warnings: AU where 1D never happened
Pairings: Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 940
Point of view: third
Prompt: RPF, Louis Tomlinson/Harry Styles, 'Sometimes, your soulmate and the love of your life don’t end up being the same person. And that’s something I had to learn the hard way.’ Au


( Soulmarks are a private, personal thing. )




Untitled
Prompt: any, any, I Don't Feel It Anymore
Written: August 12, 2016

( I loved you once. )



Title: watching
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: pre-series
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 215
Point of view: third
Prompt: Highlander:the series, Methos, Four Horsemen

( One of Adam Pierson's friends has a question. )

Untitled
Prompt: Any, Any,

I took it all for granted
But how was I to know
That you'd be letting go

Now it cuts like a knife

Written: June 15, 2016


( I held you so tightly )



Title: love like a knife
Fandom: Highlander
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: references to violence
Pairings: Kronos/Methos
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 200
Point of view: third
Prompt: Any, Any, Our love is like a knife, it cuts both ways


( Methos knew, almost from the beginning, how it would end. )




Title: untitled
Fandom: DCU
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: mentions of canon character death
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 230
Point of view: third
Prompt: DCU, Dick Grayson, learning to fly


( He’s never not known the air. )



Title: untitled
Fandom: Animorphs
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: canon character death
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 125
Point of view: thrd
Prompt: Animorphs, Naomi & Rachel (post 53),

Well the hardest part,
Yeah it hurts so bad,
is when she spreads her wings,
but it'd be a selfish thing,
to try and hold her back,
but it don't work like that.

You just gotta watch it fly.
Stand there on the side line.
Wanna swallow up your pride.
Know it's gonna be alright.
Wishing when I close your eyes
like a kiss goodbye...
(Kiss Goodbye - Little Big Town)


( She misses her firstborn. )



Untitled
Selkie wife folktale
Warnings: references to dub-con at best, marital rape at worst; character death

Prompt: any fairytale, Prince Charming/any, "Hunter" by Dido

If you were a king up there on your throne
Would you be wise enough to let me go
For this queen you think you own
Wants to be a hunter again

Written June 17, 2016

( I’ll tell you a story. )

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: tempered in blood
Fandom: DCU cartoon/Under the Red Hood film
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Beowulf
Warnings: references to violence; AU
Pairings: possibly unrequited Jason/Bruce
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 345
Point of view: third
Prompt: Batman comics, Bruce Wayne/Jason Todd or /Dick Grayson,

in the interest of poetry
and the cowboy movie
that's you and me
i'm back on the horse now
and i'm riding
i am striding so effortlessly
what i mean is
it's late
much too late for us

( Jason is still desperate for Bruce’s approval. )



Title: through the ages
Fandom: mythology
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 310
Point of view: third
Prompt: Any, any/any, time in a bottle



( For all that the gods fade away when their worshipers do, across all pantheons certain gods remain. )



Title: family
Fandom: Harry Potter/Sherlock (BBC)
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: pre- and post-canon
Pairings: canon
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 575
Prompt: Harry Potter/Sherlock, Hermione Granger + Jim Moriarty, cousins

( Jim's never had much use for his family, but he does remember one of his cousins fondly. )



Title: the lie that has always been my name
Fandom: fairy tale
Disclaimer: not my characters; Christine Heppermann
Warnings: somewhat darkish
Pairings: Cinderella/prince
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 305
Prompt: Any, Any, A Hard Knock Life (Annie)

( Never has Jocelyn understood why her 'family' hate her so, but she understands that Madam is trying to break her and she refuses. )





Title: pretense
Fandom: Highlander
Disclaimer: only Methos isn’t mine
Warnings: violence
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 565
Point of view: third
Prompt: any, any, goddamn right, you should be scared of me


( So far, Methos muses, hands in plain sight with the rest of the hostages, his life after Adam Pierson has not been that much fun. )

Title: the opposite of indifference
Fandom: Harry Potter
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: AU during Deathly Hallows, implied child abuse of every kind
Pairings: none stated
Rating: PG/13
Wordcount: 375
Point of view: third
Prompt: Harry Potter, Harry Potter/Voldemort, obsession is far more powerful than mere love

( What is love? )


Title: the sun at our backs
Fandom: Highlander
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: AU during the Horsemen arc
Pairings: Methos/Kronos
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 130
Point of view: third
Prompt: any. any. A different choice.


( Three thousand years haven’t changed Kronos at all. )



Title: ancient history
Fandom: Highlander
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: references to bad things
Pairings: inferred Methos/Kronos from the pov of a very unobservant person
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 295
Point of view: third
Prompt: any, any rare pairing, Sometimes when two people love each other / [blank] / it's really unfortunate.

( Duncan researches the Horsemen, after. )




Title: They Do Not Speak of After
Written: November 26, 2015
Prompt: any, any, hidden princess

( They do not speak of after. )




Title: untitled
Original, gen
Prompt: any, any, this was a war they couldn't afford to lose, but they did


( They lose. )

Title: welcome home
Fandom: RPF
Disclaimer: they belong to themselves (or each other)
Warnings: takes place in 2010, during the Live Shows
Pairings: Louis Tomlinson/Harry Styles
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 285
Point of view: third
Prompt: Any, Any/Any Male,

I want to buy you flowers
It's such a shame you're a boy
But when you are not a girl
Nobody buys you flowers

I want to buy you flowers
And now I'm standing in the shop
I must confess I wonder
If you will like my flowers

( He's dreamed of finding his home in someone, of being that someone's home. )




Title: freedom’s flight
Written: October 28, 2015
Prompts: Greek mythology, releasing Pegasus ; Any, Feathers from Pegasus


( This is a story of a horse born of blood who danced across the sky. )



Title: Night
Written: October 28, 2015
Prompts: any. any. There are old tales of a yellow light in the sky. ; author's choice, any, I wanna see the sun blotted out from the sky (The Rolling Stones, "Paint It, Black") ; any, any, looking up to the clear night sky and seeing no stars

( We have forgotten how it felt when warmth fell down from the sky. )



Title: The Quiet Ending
Written: October 28, 2015 ; October 30, 2015
Original, PG
Prompt: any. any/any. I can't remember what brought us to this.
Note: After I showed my mom the first half, she wanted the other perspective.


( Sometimes, endings aren’t explosive. )




Title: paths diverged
Fandom: Highlander
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from a Robert Frost poem
Warnings: references to violence
Pairings: none stated
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 220
Point of view: third
Prompt: author's choice, any, what could've happened if Character A and Character B had never fought each other


( Methos dreams of might have been. )

Untitled
Fandom: Harry Potter
Disclaimer: only the narrator is mine
Warnings: ignores epilogue
Pairing: Draco/Luna
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 245
Point of view: third
Prompt: Any, any het pairing, a proposal from a third party’s point of view,


( just sitting in a park )



Untitled
Fandom: Disney’s Sleeping Beauty
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: genderswap AU
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 220
Point of view: third
Prompt: Fairy Tales, any, genderswap


( The prince is named Anatole. )




Title: I close my eyes and suck you in like fire
Fandom: Highlander
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Anne Sexton
Warnings: goes AU during season 3; the Horsemen being the Horsemen
Pairings: Methos/Kronos
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 640
Point of view: third
Prompt: Any, any, would you be an outlaw for my love?



( Every two hundred years since he escaped the well Methos so kindly trapped him in, Kronos tracks down each of his brothers. )




Title: I know it hurts, it was meant to
Fandom: Animorphs
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Fall Out Boy
Warnings: canon character death
Pairings: Rachel/Tobias
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 115
Point of view: third
Prompt: Animorphs, any, the gift of pain

( If it hurts, it means you’re alive. )



Title: end(less)
Fandom: Supernatural
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: goes AU during season 5 or 6
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 355
Point of view: third
Prompt: Supernatural, Dean Winchester, Death doesn't take no for an answer (Final Destination (2000)

( In the beginning, Death and Life were. )

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? )

Title: truths that wake, to perish never
Fandom: X-Men movies
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Wordsworth
Warnings: ignores Days of Future Past
Pairings: John Allerdyce/Bobby Drake
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 170
Point of view: third
Prompt: X-Men (movieverse), John Allerdyce/Bobby Drake, soulmates!AU where your soulmate's name appears on your wrist (or somewhere else on your body) when you turn 18.


( John's been with Magneto's crew for three months when Bobby wakes up with <i>Pyro</i> scrawled across the inside of his wrist. )


Title: you have not stood up to live
Fandom: Marvel movies
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: post-Cap2
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 140
Point of view: third
Prompt: any Whedonverse. any. when surviving is not enough


( He’s alive. That’s all that can be said, really. )



Title: the patience of eternity
Fandom: Highlander
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Sandra Cisneros
Warnings: references to bad things
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 275
Point of view: third
Prompt: Any, any/any, Monsters are even more scary when you've seen them afraid.


( Joe wonders, sometimes, about how Mac actually sees Methos. )



Title: He would make them die in the desert
Fandom: Highlander
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: references to violence, cannibalism; pre-Highlander
Pairings: Kronos/Methos
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 300
Point of view: third
Prompt: any. any/any. in love or hate, they burn the same


( He does not know his age when the god comes to him. )




Title: reset
Original, gen, 495 words
any, any, a literal reset button


( She's known the words longer than she's known her name, longer than she knew her mother's voice. )