tigriswolf | Entries tagged with point of view: arthur

Title: my fingers burning with thorns
Fandom: Supernatural
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Komunyakaa
Warnings: AUish? Preseries; creepy
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 320
Point of view: third
Prompt: SPN, Dean/Author's choice, Devil May Cry

( Hey, Dean, Mama says. )

Title: stars that shoot along the sky shine brightest as they fall from high
Fandom: Avengers movieverse
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Lord Byron
Warnings: spoilers for Avengers movie; Odin’s A+ parenting; written prior to Thor 2
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 545
Point of view: third
Prompt: MCU, Thor + Loki,

And like a blind hammer
That destroys what it can't see
Tear down the walls of progress
And spit on our ancestry

( He looks at Thor and he sees a golden future - and when he looks at himself, he sees nothing at all. )

Title: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Fandom: Inception/Hunger Games
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: AU; character death; mentions of violence
Pairings: Arthur/Eames
Rating: PG13
Wordcount: 980
Point of view: third
Prompt: Author's choice, author's choice, Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose

( The other tribute from District 8 was a little girl named Rosalie. )

Title: lips as red
Fandom: fairy tales (Sleeping Beauty/Snow White)
Disclaimer: mostly my characters? They’re open domain now, right?
Warnings: modern-day AU
Pairings: Sleeping Beauty/Snow White
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 875
Point of view: third
Prompt: any, any,

I remember the face but I can't recall the name
Now I wonder how whatshername has been.

(Green Day, Whatshername)

( It’s just like magic. )

Title: she’ll dye her dress, she’ll dye it red
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from a folk song
Warnings: AU; mentions of death/destruction
Pairings: Methos/Kronos
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 710
Point of view: third
Prompt: Highlander, always female Methos, the oldest Immortal

( She never tells the truth of her age. )

Title: the calm warning of the evening star left to him
Fandom: White Collar/Chuck
Disclaimer: not my characters; one line paraphrased from Skyfall; title from Sean O'Casey
Warnings: AUish, mentions of violence, identity issues
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 445
Point of view: third
Prompt: White Collar / Chuck, Neal as Bryce, looking in the mirror, wondering what's his name today

( Neal's his favorite. Neal's suave and debonair, so gorgeous and slick. Neal's a charmer, that's for sure. Even the people who hate Neal just can't help but love him. )

Title: escapism
Fandom: Glee
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: AU; mentions of canon bullying/violence
Pairings: Kurt/Blaine
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 100
Point of view: third
Prompt: Glee, badboy!Blaine/cheerio!Kurt, force

( Kurt's uniform works the same way Blaine's fists and leather jacket do. )

Title: The day was ended that will never come again
Fandom: Glee
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Sara Teasdale
Warnings: grief; spoilers for season 4
Pairings: Burt/Carole, past Burt/Mama Hummel
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 210
Point of view: third
Prompt: Glee, Burt Hummel, He visits her grave and tells her about taking Kurt to the airport.

( When did Kurt get so tall? )

Title: faith
Fandom: Glee
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: fluff; mentions of break-ups
Pairings: Kurt/Blaine
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 99
Point of view: third
Prompt: Glee, Burt + Blaine, why he wants this kid to be his son-in-law one day

( There's this way Blaine used to look at Kurt, when Kurt was around. )

Title: families of choice
Fandom: Glee/RED/White Collar/Inception
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: mentions of bullying; AU
Pairings: Kurt/Blaine, implied unrequited Neal/Peter, Frank/Sarah, Burt/Carole, Victoria/Ivan
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 198
Point of view: third
Prompt: Glee/R.E.D./White Collar/Inception, Burt and son(s) + Frank and sons (Neal and Arthur), They were "co-workers" when they were young, now they're neighbors; no one understands their style of parenting better than each other.

( Uncle Burt and Dad have both have to control each other so that McKinley doesn't catch fire and explode. )

Title: King of the heavens before there was time
Fandom: Inception/Arthurian legend/mythology/fantasy
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Twila Paris
Warnings: reincarnation
Pairings: Eames/Arthur
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 365
Point of view: third
Prompt: Inception, Arthur/Eames, "Kill me again."

( They’ve met before. )

Title: secrets
Fandom: Criminal Minds/White Collar
Warnings: implied murder
Pairings: Spencer Reid/Neal Caffrey
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 100
Point of view: third
Criminal Minds/White Collar, Spencer/Neal, discovering one another's darkest secrets

( Couldn’t be hidden forever. )

Title: death's time
Fandom: Highlander
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: character death
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 170
Point of view: third
Prompt: Highlander, Methos, While a goodbye is said, cities crumble and are forgotten (quote from Einstein's Dreams)

( Joe Dawson dies on a Saturday. )

Title: sins of the father
Fandom: Greek myth
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: implied bad things happening to kids
Pairings: Cronus/Rhea; Zeus/Hera
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 185
Point of view: third
Prompt: Greek mythology, Zeus with any combination of Poseidon + Hades + Hera + Hestia + Demeter, Mother Rhea always liked me best

( sibling rivalry )

Title: undo
Fandom: Merlin
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: character death
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 120
Point of view: third
Prompt: Merlin, Merlin +or/ any, Merlin swallows back his tears

( redo )

Crossposts: http://tigriswolf.livejournal.com/562047.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: A beginner, I feel your mouth touch mine
Fandom: Glee
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Anne Sexton
Warnings: way future!fic
Pairings: post-Kurt/Blaine, Kurt/OMC, Blaine/OMC
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 155
Point of view: third
Prompt: Glee, Kurt/Blaine, Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough

( Kurt will never forget his first love. )

Title: I blind the sun on his throne at noon
Fandom: Avengers movieverse
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Sara Teasdale
Warnings: post-Avengers; a bit abstract(ish)
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 100
Point of view: third
Prompt: Avengers, loki/any, 'told you so.'

( Brute force is all well and good, truly, and it can destroy many things. )

Title: The only sign of our obedience left
Fandom: Avengers movieverse
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Milton
Warnings: spoilers for movie; implied non-con; mentions of mind-control
Pairings: implied Loki/Clint, Coulson/Clint
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 375
Point of view: third
Prompt: Avengers movieverse, Hawkeye, He still sees things out of the corner of his eyes

( After Thor takes his brother and the tessaract back to Asgard, Clint runs. )

Title: such pleasure be in things to us forbidden
Fandom: Inception
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Milton
Warnings: dark mentions of violence/character death
Pairings: Arthur/Eames
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 140
Point of view: third
Prompt: any, any, the one who thinks he/she is taking advantage and the one who actually is

( One day, Eames knows, one of them will turn on the other. )

Title: forget and smile
Fandom: Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol/Avengers movieverse
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Christina Rosseti
Warnings: post-Ghost Protocol; pre-Avengers
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 230
Point of view: third
Prompt: Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, Brandt, not the first time falling (not the first time hitting the ground)

( William Brandt is a good alias. )

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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. )

Title: The privilege to die
Fandom: Inception/Highlander
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Dickinson.
Warnings: AU; mentions of violence; OC character death
Pairings: Eames/Arthur
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 965

( The first time they ever met, Eames was older than dirt and Arthur’s thirteenth summer had just passed. )

Title: it was his lode, his lord, his appointed star
Fandom: Avengers movieverse
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from C. Day-Lewis
Warnings: character death, violence, torture, past-mind control.
Pairings: Loki/Clint
Rating: PG13(?)
Wordcount: 845
Point of view: third
Note: same verse as this.
Prompt: So I know this is absolutely some sort of lousy clichés on an old-fashion hateship where always end up with heartbreak or death or anything else like that. But, you know... it just... there's NO possible that I can get my mind out of this.*SOBBING*

5+1. Five times Loki know well that Clint will obey his orders without any hesitation and one time he let him hand over his heart.

I'll be very very Very very appreciate if your fill could be with an happy ending, because I have given much weeping to this damn ship.

( Five missions Loki sends Clint on. )

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: 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. )

Title: sometimes, you just gotta move
Fandom: Winnie the Pooh
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: fluffy
Pairings: implied Rabbit/Tigger?
Rating: G
Wordcount: 42
Point of view: third
Prompt: Winnie the Pooh, Tigger/Rabbit, arguement

( Read more... )

Title: shared blood, shared curse
Fandom: Supernatural
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: takes place in Hell; post season 5
Pairings: non-con Meg/Adam
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 42
Point of view: third
Prompt: Supernatural; Meg/Adam; she's always had a thing for Winchesters.

( Read more... )

Title: love notes
Fandom: Sherlock (BBC)
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: takes place after Great Game
Pairings: implied John/Sherlock
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 42
Point of view: third
Prompt: Sherlock (BBC), Sherlock/John, these are the ways I show my devotion
Note: In case it's unclear: odd numbers are John, even are Sherlock.

( texts are fun )

Title: Until the moss had reached our lips and covered up our names
Fandom: Highlander
Disclaimer: not my characters; quotes from "Comes a Horseman"; title from Dickinson
Warnings: post-series
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 235
Point of view: third
Prompt: Any, any, I've been through a thousand yesterdays / not every step I can retrace

( Read more... )

Title: your dream moves summers inside my mind
Fandom: Inception
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Anne Sexton
Warnings: somewhat abstract; quite weird
Pairings: implied Arthur/Eames
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 175
Point of view: third
Prompt: Author's Choice, Author's Choice, Woke up, fell out of bed/Dragged a comb across my head/Found my way downstairs and drank a cup/And looking up I noticed I was late/Found my coat and grabbed my hat/Made the bus in seconds flat/Found my way upstairs and had a smoke/And somebody spoke and I went into a dream (A Day In A Life)

( Read more... )

Title: the day of my destiny is over
Fandom: Supernatural
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Lord Byron
Warnings: takes place in season 6; torture
Pairings: none
Rating: PG13
Wordcount: 135
Point of view: third
Prompt: Supernatural, Sam, hell is no place for anyone who has no taste for the sight of blood

( He's chained on his knees. )

Title: dogs have owners. cats have staff.
Fandom: Highlander
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 115
Point of view: third
Prompt: any, any, it's amazing what a cat will do for you when you speak to it in classical Egyptian

( Cats were worshipped once. He remembers. )

Title: history is the killing of kings
Fandom: Highlander
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: spoilers for all of Highlander
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 180
Point of view: third
Prompt: Highlander, Methos, leading does not interest him. He knows he was born to be second-in-command.

( Methos has been a lord, a king, and a god. )

Title: forget the glories he hath known
Fandom: Supernatural
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Wordsworth
Warnings: takes place at the end of season 4
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 75
Point of view: third
Prompt: Supernatural, Gabriel, his reaction when he feels Lucifer returning to earth

( He feels Lucifer spread his wings. )

Title: the alliance of the ages
Fandom: Inception/White Collar/Highlander
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: AU
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 235
Point of view: third
Prompt: Inception/White Collar/Red/Highlander, Arthur + Neal as Frank's fraternal twin sons, the day they find out that Arthur and Neal are both immortal

( Arthur died first, though neither of them knew it. )

Title: The world is made of days
Fandom: Glee
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Denise Levertov
Warnings: AUish
Pairings: Puck/Kurt
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 150
Point of view: third
Prompt: Glee, any, "You didn't know it, but that first day you talked to me and asked to hang out: that was the day I was going to commit suicide."

( last-minute save )

Title: starlings and nightingales
Fandom: Greek myth
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: spoilers for Greek mythology
Pairings: mentions of Achilles/Iphigenia, Agamemnon/Clytemnestra
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 235
Point of view: third
Prompt: Greek myth, Achilles/Iphigenia, I could have saved you if you had let me

( She never tells anyone, but the Great War, the Ten Years War, the Terrible Defeat of Troy - it all would have gone differently, had she married Achilles. )

Title: the sound of voice saying I told you so
Fandom: Glee
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Richard Siken
Warnings: future!fic; implied child molestation
Pairings: Kurt/Puck, Puck/OFCs, Puck/OMCs, Kurt/Blaine
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 535
Point of view: third
Prompt: Any, any, my best friend's brother is the one for me

( Finn and Puck (still Noah then) met in first grade, proceeded to bond over not having fathers, and were inseparable after that. They argued about superheroes and cartoons and whether wildebeest or moose were cooler, but nothing really ever came between them, until sophomore year and Quinn and Beth. )

Title: the hurricane and the butterfly
Fandom: Supernatural
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: AU for season 6
Pairings: Dean/Castiel
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 560
Point of view: third
Prompt: Supernatural, Cas/Sam and/or Dean, figuring out how to tell him/them that their baby, as a nephilim, is on Heaven's hit list

( Heaven will hunt her, but they have fought Heaven before. )

Title: none see God and live
Fandom: Inception
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Dickinson
Warnings: AUish; dark
Pairings: pre- Arthur/Eames
Rating: PG13
Wordcount: 535
Point of view: third
Prompt: Inception, Arthur (/Eames), sometimes he can't control the happy little jump of his heart when he kills a projection

( Arthur as a child was nothing like what his peers would expect. )

Title: solid as ivory, dreamy as smoke
Fandom: The Last Unicorn
Disclaimer: Molly, the magician, and the unicorn aren't my characters; title from C. Day-Lewis
Warnings: pre-canon and post-canon
Pairings: Schmendrick/Molly
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 330
Point of view: third
Prompt: Any, any, the perfect birthday party must involve unicorns

( In thirty years, when she's tired and worn-down and an outlaw's woman, when she's forgotten her birthday, she will meet a unicorn and a magician. )

Title: if you're gonna play the game, boy, you gotta learn to play it right
Fandom: RED/White Collar/Inception
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Kenny Rogers
Warnings: implied child abuse; post-films; takes place after season 2 for White Collar
Pairings: Arthur/Eames, unrequited Neal/Peter
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 665
Point of view: third
Prompt: White Collar/Inception, Neal and Arthur as fraternal twins, how they chose and honor their birthday
Note: follows this

( Arthur claims that he's older, though they're about the same size and look the same age. Neal laughs and calls him old man. )

Title: O how glad I waked to find this but a dream!
Fandom: Inception
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Milton
Warnings: character death
Pairings: Dom/Mal, Arthur/Eames
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 640
Point of view: third
Prompt: Inception, Cobb + children, watching them grow up

( Phillipa and James both have childhood crushes on their Uncle Arthur. Dom completely understands. )

Title: Venus is taught with Dian's wings to fly
Fandom: Glee
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Sidney
Warnings: AU
Pairings: Kurt/Mercedes, Kurt/OMCs
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 445
Point of view: third
Prompt: Glee, Kurt/Mercedes (friendship or relationship), He looks at her sometimes and wonders how things might have been if he was different. He thinks he likes it.

( In another world, where Kurt kept parts of himself tucked tightly away, where he wore flannel and his father's trucker hats and rarely spoke, where he never sang, he was befriended by a boisterous girl named for her father's first paycheck in his corner office. )

Title: gain glory or die
Fandom: Glee
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Beowulf
Warnings: early to mid-season 1
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Point of view: third
Wordcount: 160
Prompt: Glee, Kurt/Mercedes (friendship or relationship), she thinks that it's about time he gets a solo

( Listening to Rachel sing another song flawlessly but emotionlessly, Mercedes decided she'd had enough. )

Title: dreamers have no place in war
Fandom: Inception
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: slightly dark
Pairings: Arthur/Ariadne
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 285
Point of view: third
Prompt: Inception, Ariadne/Arthur, she's not used to having enemies

( People have always been fond of Ariadne. She's tiny and cute, and she knows it. Most days, she even likes it. )

Title: Your kisses turbulent, unspent to warm me
Fandom: Inception
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Georgia Douglas Johnson
Warnings: takes place after movie; character death
Pairings: Arthur/Eames
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 385
Point of view: third
Prompt: Author's Choice, Author's Choice, 'I want to die while you love me' (Poem by Georgia Douglas Johnson)

( Eames lives with a ferocity Arthur can't help but admire. )

Title: Of Ground, or Air, or Ought
Fandom: Inception
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Dickinson
Warnings: AU; crackish
Pairings: Arthur/Eames
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 260
Point of view: third
Prompt: Inception, Arthur/Eames, Superhero AU

( pigtail-pulling on the playground )

Title: lain sleepless with rage
Fandom: Supernatural
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Adrienne Rich
Warnings: AUish; takes place during Mystery Spot; spoilers for season 5
Pairings: shades of Michael/Gabriel and Lucifer/Michael
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 135
Point of view: third
Prompt: Supernatural, Gabriel/Michael, Mystery Spot was not about Sam. It was about Gabriel trying to kill Dean in order to make a fucking point and Michael reviving him every goddammed morning.

( Older brothers always ruin things. )

Title: in my mind's graveyard, I am laying flowers at your unmarked feet
Fandom: Leverage/Supernatural
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Betsy Sholl
Warnings: spoilers for season 6; bitter AU
Pairings: past-Dean/Eliot; past-Dean/Lisa
Rating: PG13
Wordcount: 560
Point of view: third
Prompt: Leverage/Supernatural, Team Leverage + Dean, AU after 5x22, Dean leaves Lisa's almost right away in spite of his promise to Sam, and the Leverage crew finds itself with an extra Hitter.

( There's nothing supernatural about it. No angels or demons or hellpits swallowing baby brothers. Just douchebags he can break all to pieces, and it feels so good. They just point him in the right direction and get out of his way, and he doesn't have to make decisions or ask questions. Just his fists, and knives, and every now and then a gun, because Eliot still hates them, but sometimes it's the only way out. )

Title: separate what they signify from what they are
Fandom: SG-1
Disclaimer: only the General is mine; title from Adrienne Rich
Warnings: future!fic
Pairings: none stated
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 210
Point of view: third
Prompt: Stargate SG-1, any; a ceremony to retire the designation SG-1.
Note: I haven't seen much of the later seasons, and I only know Vala&Mitchell from fanfiction and SGA.

( The day Teal'c goes through the gate for the last time, General Evans retires the designation SG-1. )

Title: the desert wind is rising
Fandom: Supernatural/mythology
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Adrienne Rich
Warnings: pre-series; AUish
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 375
Point of view: third
Prompt: Supernatural, Gabriel/Sam, he's more Trickster than angel

( Gabriel slips under the radar until the Winchesters. He's famous as Loki, trickster of the north. He does lunch with Coyote and Anansi twice a year. )

Title: Your time is a flat sea that doesn't stop
Fandom: Inception
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Anne Sexton
Warnings: somewhat disturbing
Pairings: Eames/Arthur
Rating: PG13
Wordcount: 120
Point of view: third
Prompt: Inception, Arthur, addicted to dying

( He dreams alone sometimes. )

Title: Summer stopped since you were here
Fandom: Greek mythology
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Dickinson
Warnings: spoilers for Greek mythology; mentions of non-con and incest
Pairings: Hades/Persephone, Zeus/Demeter, unrequited Hades/Demeter
Rating: PGish
Wordcount: 385
Point of view: third
Prompt: Greek myth, Demeter/Hades, war is over

( Poseidon gave her horses, and Hades empty promises, but it is Zeus who gives her Persephone, her brightest blossom of all. )

Title: The martyr's even trod, their feet upon temptation, their faces upon God
Fandom: Supernatural
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Dickinson
Warnings: AUish; spoilers for season 5
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 155
Point of view: third
Prompt: Supernatural, Michael, he sides with the Winchesters

( He cannot interfere until the boys return to the past to stop Anna. )

Title: This is not farewell
Fandom: Supernatural
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Denise Levertov
Warnings: AU during season 1
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 155
Point of view: third
Prompt: Supernatural, Dean + Sam, He went numb 10 minutes ago but he still moans and bitches like it hurts so his brother doesn't realize how serious a wound it is this time.

( They're limping back to his baby and he's still muttering about getting blood on the upholstery, still wincing at each step, still pretending like it hurts. )

Title: my intent is but to play
Fandom: Supernatural/mythology
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Chaucer
Warnings: AU for both history and mythology
Pairings: Coyote/Gabriel
Rating: PG
Wordcount:385
Point of view: third
Prompt: Supernatural, Gabriel, It all started with an introduction. "My name is Loki"

( Gabriel breathes out, a noisy sigh. "What gave me away?" he asks, freeing his wings to wrap around them both. )

Title: I try to reach into your page and breathe it back
Fandom: White Collar/Inception
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: post-movie; implied child abuse
Pairings: Arthur/Eames
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 175
Point of view: third
Prompt: Inception, Arthur/Eames, that isn't his real name

part of a nightingale serenading the infinite

( Back when he had a brother, Arthur had a different name. )

Title: I give you back your heart
Fandom: Highlander/Chuck
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Anne Sexton
Warnings: spoilers for season 2 Chuck
Pairings: Bryce/Chuck
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 295
Point of view: third
Prompt: Chuck/White Collar, Neal, Chuck/Bryce, "He's dead, Chuck. Let him go."
Notes: I misread the prompt and somehow totally forgot about the White Collar part. Oops.

( The last time he heard that tone, an entire village died in one afternoon. Bryce doesn't care about the CIA or Fulcrum or any of that crap, and he never actually did. But he does care about Chuck. And if the Old Man goes on a crusade... )

Title: I thought of your body as one thinks of murder
Fandom: Heroes
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Anne Sexton
Warnings: very future!fic
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 90
Point of view: third
Prompt: Heroes, Mohinder/Sylar, "I don't need you anymore."

( He asked for Mohinder's help, once. )

Title: Pick-picking Heaven's gate
Fandom: Supernatural
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: AUish
Pairings: none stated
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 100
Point of view: third
Prompt: Supernatural, Castiel & Dean; somebody accidently left the keys of the Kingdom inside heaven, and now they're locked out of St. Peter's Gate. Castiel needs Dean's help breaking in.

( How is this Dean's life? )

Title: And I am the arrow, the dew that flies
Fandom: Inception
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Sylvia Plath
Warnings: AUish, most likely
Pairings: Arthur/Eames
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 590
Point of view: third
Prompt: Inception, Arthur(/Dom or Eames), Tulpa

( Even a dream can dream. )

Title: only the summer was sweet
Fandom: Leverage
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Anne Sexton
Warnings: future!fic; character death
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 140
Point of view: third
Prompt: Any, any, they used to be inseparable but now they only see each other once a year, always in winter

( There is no body. )

Title: Thou art thy mother's glass
Fandom: Matilda
Disclaimer: Mama Honey isn't mine; title from SHakespeare
Warnings: future!fic
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 220
Point of view: third
Prompt: Matilda, Matilda Wormwood, her children all have different powers

( Davey asks Mama Honey to tell them about when she found Mama, about the adventures she and Mama went on together. )

Title: They had not skill enough your worth to sing
Fandom: Highlander/Sherlock
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: character death
Pairings: John/Sherlock (ish)
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 110
Point of view: third
Prompt: any, any, our hearts are joined until Time slips its tired hand into our tired hands

( What's left without John? )

Title: High tide and the heron dived when I took the road over the border
Fandom: Inception
Disclaimer: Arthur, Eames, and the Inception 'verse are not my creations; title from Dylan Thomas
Warnings: somewhat disturbing content; takes place in limbo
Pairings: Arthur/Eames
Rating: PG13
Wordcount: 2190
Point of view: third
Prompt: fudge

( Whoever this man is, he'll be trouble. He has a face. No one here has a face except Arthur. Not in all the time he's been here, and it's been a very long time. So where did this man come from? )

Title: better as a memory
Fandom: White Collar
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: character death
Pairings: Peter/Elizabeth
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 235
Point of view: third
Prompt: White Collar, any, "Just how far would you go for him?"

( Neal Caffrey is a pretty boy who doesn't like guns. )

Title: rolling a three
Fandom: Inception
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: pre-movie
Pairings: none stated
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 280
Point of view: third
Prompt: Inception, Arthur(/Eames)+ Team, When Arthur was little, the die used to actually belong to a game.

( Arthur's uncle, the man who raised him, used to love Trivial Pursuit. )

Title: holding all the cards
Fandom: Supernatural
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: AUish
Pairings: none stated
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 430
Point of view: third
Prompt: Supernatural; Meg/Dean; he's going to hate himself in the morning, but right now he's just so homesick.

( Humans invented torture and demons refined it, and Dean writhed beneath Alistair, and then Alistair handed him a razor and let him loose. )

Title: and kiddo makes three
Fandom: Supernatural
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: AU
Pairings: none stated
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 170
Point of view: third
Prompt: Supernatural, Ellen + Jo + Claire!Castiel; How things might have gone differently with this Cas.

( Whenever they get to a new town, Cas is Jo's little sister, Ellen's younger daughter. )

Title: where the wind's like a whetted knife
Fandom: Supernatural
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: slight AU in season 5; not crack
Pairings: past-Jimmy/Amelia
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 510
Point of view: third
Prompt: any, so a demon, an angel and a human walk into a bar-

( Some things, a human just wasn't meant to know. )

Title: secrets
Fandom: White Collar/mythology
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 165
Point of view: third
Prompt: Greek

part 1
part 2

( Peter knows that Neal has secrets. )

Title: possession
Fandom: Sherlock (BBC)
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: AU
Pairings: John/Sherlock
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 95
Point of view: third
Prompt: Sherlock

( Lestrade looks horrified. )

Title: the other side of silence
Fandom: Inception
Disclaimer: only Aunt Maddy is mine
Warnings: mostly pre-movie; implied child abuse
Pairings: pre-Arthur/Eames
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 560
Point of view: third
Prompt: stutter

( The boy Arthur used to be had a stutter once. )

screaming loud enough to turn back the wind

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

comment_fic 840-845: SN, Avengers movieverse, Inception/Hunger Games, fairy tales, HL

comment_fic 781-785: WC/Chuck, Glee, Glee/WC/RED/Inception

comment_fic 771-775: Inception/Arthurian legend, Criminal Minds/WC, HL, Greek myth, Merlin

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

comment_fic 701-705: Glee, Avengers, Inception, Avengers/MI4

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

ficlets: Inception/HL & Avengers movieverse

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

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

comment_fic 611-615: Pooh Bear, SN, Sherlock, HL, Inception

comment_fic 601-605: SN, HL, WC/Inception/HL

comment_fic 591-595: Glee, Greek myth, SN, Inception

comment_fic 586-590: Last Unicorn, WC/Inception/RED, Inception, Glee

comment_fic 566-570: Inception, Supernatural, Supernatural/Leverage

comment_fic 551-555: SG1, SN, Inception, mythology

comment_fic 541-545: Supernatural, Inception/White Collar, Highlander/Chuck, Heroes

comment_fic 531-535: SN, Inception, Leverage, Matilda, HL/Sherlock

High tide and the heron dived - Inception, PG, Arthur/Eames

comment_fic 506-510: White Collar, Inception, Supernatural

drabbles: WC/myth, BBC Sherlock, Inception

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