screaming loud enough to turn back the wind

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Title: Whose is the face in the mask?
Fandom: The Dark Knight Trilogy
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Phantom of the Opera
Warnings: implied bad things happening to children
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 290
Point of view: third
Prompt: any, any, "I didn't grow bitter, I just grew up."


(  John used to make up stories about Bruce Wayne. )



Title: the birds take back their language
Fandom: Push movieverse
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Margaret Atwood
Warnings: mild language
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 355
Point of view: third
Prompt: Push, Nick, It hadn't been his fight, but they brought the war to him and now he was in it to win.


(  Those first few weeks after escaping, he doesn't sleep. )




Title: You know what lies are for
Fandom: Avengers movieverse
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Sylvia Plath
Warnings: post-film
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 420
Point of view: third
Prompt: The Avengers, Loki, "All of this was a test to see if you are ready."


( You are no king, my brother. )



Title: all the trembling bells of you were mine
Fandom: Psych
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Anne Sexton
Warnings: mentions of violence; depressing stuff
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 185
Point of view: third
Prompt: any, any, here's to the night we felt alive

(  Gus sleeps in the chair next to Shawn's bed for the six weeks it takes Shawn to wake up. )




Title: I've lived in this place and I know all the faces
Fandom: Political Animals
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from "I'm Movin' On" by Rascal Flatts.
Warnings: drug addiction/abuse; mentions of failed suicide attempts; mild language
Pairings: mentions of TJ/Sean Reeves
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 645
Point of view: third
Prompt: Political Animals, TJ, Scared and alone


( They mean me no harm, but it’s time that I faced it… they’ll never allow me to change. )