screaming loud enough to turn back the wind

Title: Into each life some rain must fall
Fandom: Marvel movies
Disclaimer: Steve & Bucky aren’t mine; everyone else is; title from Longfellow
Warnings: references to PTSD, grief, and truly terrible things; post-WS and ignores AoU
Pairings: implied Steve/Bucky
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 1200
Point of view: third
Prompt: MCU, Steve/Bucky, outsider's pov on their relationship


Monica notices him the first time because the way he moves reminds her of Paul, and it hurts.




Title: I fear you, as one in the desert fears the sun
Fandom: Disney/Buffy the Vampire Slayer; title from Anne Sexton
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: AU for Disney; pre-canon for BtVS
Pairings: um. “Aurora”-who-is-actually-Maleficent/Jasmine
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 810
Point of view: third
Prompt: Buffy the Vampire Slayer/any Disney animated. any, The princess is the Slayer


There is a reason the sultan keeps his daughter in the palace, a reason he employs a wizard as vizier, a reason every room has a window to let in the sun.



Title: Flesh, bone, there is nothing there
Fandom: DCU animated
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Sylvia Plath
Warnings: AU, violence, death, underage, references to non-con
Pairings: OMCs/Jason Todd, Bruce Wayne/Jason Todd
Rating: PG13
Wordcount: 1570
Point of view: third
Prompt: DCU, Bruce Wayne+/Jason Todd, Dexter AU. There's rules to what they do and how they do it. Jason's not good at following rules.


After Dick leaves, Bruce decides to travel. He doesn't hunt once in his six-month world tour, so by the time he returns to Gotham, he is aching for it.




Title: someone supportive
Fandom: One Direction RPF
Disclaimer: they belong to themselves and each other
Warnings: takes place during X-Factor
Pairings: Louis Tomlinson/Harry Styles
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 205
Point of view: third
Prompt: Author’s choice, M/M pair, cuddling


( The bed is too small for both of them. )



Title: ever new
Fandom: One Direction RPF
Disclaimer: they belong to themselves and each other
Warnings: takes place anytime after OTRA ends
Pairings: Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 180
Point of view: third
Prompt: Original; any M/M pair; http://www.lovethispic.com/image/178049/stay-still-and-let-me-kiss-you


( It doesn’t matter how far they’ve come. )

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: oh, I wish
Original, gen, PG
Warnings: references to violence; implied rape
Prompt: Author's Choice, Author's Choice, wishing well


( be careful what you wish for. )



Title: No more water but fire next time
Fandom: Marvel movies
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: depression, Winter Soldier’s canon backstory, violence
Pairings: implied Steve/Bucky, maybe
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 560
Point of view: third
Prompt: any. any. You're what keeps me believing the world's not gone dead.


( He’s spent so long barely living that he’d forgotten he’s alive. )




Title: of thieves and hoards
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: fantasy AU but set in the modern-day; references to violence/death
Pairings: Sophie/Nate, Hardison/Parker/Eliot
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 1360
Point of view: third
Prompt: Leverage, any, Reminder: When Parker asks for us to steal a unicorn, DON'T.

Follows this

( Parker wants a unicorn for her birthday. )




Title: Eternal
Original, PG
100 words
Any, any + any, forever's not long enough


( the last of all things. )



Title: to ride the sun
Fandom: Greek myth
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: none
Rating: PG
Pairings: none
Wordcount: 100
Point of view: third
Prompt: Classical Mythology, author's choice, "Wheee!"


( It began a good idea, as many things do. )

Title: If I wrote you, you would know me, you would not write me again
Fandom: Avengers movieverse
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Dar Williams
Warnings: portrayal of a very unhealthy situation with maybe some implied dub-con; references to torture/brainwashing/dehumanization
Pairing: Steve/Bucky
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 400
Point of view: second
Prompt: any. any/any. telling a lie because the truth hurts more


( The truth is, you read a lot. You read things on the internet, a library's worth of books, and Steve's body language, Steve's face. You read his interactions with the others, who kept their distance from you in the beginning but have begun to treat you like you belong. Like you're Steve's. )


Untitled
Poem, gen, PG
Prompt: any, any, things I believed when I was five


( when I was five )



Title: untitled
Fandom: Highlander
Warnings: future!fic
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 305
Point of view: third
Prompt: any, any immortal, watching someone grow up


( He finds the child three months after he leaves the Highlander and all his judgments behind. )




Title: Even the gods were terrified at the flood
Fandom: Avengers movieverse
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Gilgamesh
Warnings: Talk of torture/brainwashing/dehumanization
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 435
Point of view: third
Prompt: Any, any, when you are worthless they will not expect you to rise.



( It is a weapon – but it is not mindless. )




Title: better to avenge dear ones
Fandom: Avengers movieverse
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Beowulf
Warnings: talk of violence/torture/death/brainwashing
Pairings: Steve/Bucky
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 575
Point of view: third
Prompt: MCU, Bucky/Steve, just because he's Bucky Barnes again doesn't mean he regrets what he's done.


( There are things he never says, here in this shiny future. )

Title: Three times, ‘tis said, a sinking man comes up to face the skies
Fandom: Avengers
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Dickinson
Warnings: mentions of abuse/violence/death/Hydra being a fuckwad
Pairings: gen with MAJOR Steve/Bucky leanings (of course)
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 430
Point of view: second
Prompt: MCU, any, "If you say (any)'s name three times she/he/it'll turn up."

(  Someone, somewhere, is waiting for you to return, to sit in the chair, to submit, to sleep. Someone, somewhere, will die beneath your fists, your blades, your guns. Someone, somewhere, is panicking because you will not arrive in a timely manner. )


Title: It seems too much to hope
Fandom: Avengers movieverse
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Denise Levertov
Warnings: mentions of character death/violence/torture/brainwashing; spoilers for Captain America: Winter Soldier
Pairings: Steve/Bucky
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 255
Point of view: third
Prompt: any, any, If I'd known what we made would be gone like yesterday...--Goodbye by Glenn Morrison feat. Islove


( There is a world where Bucky never fell. )


Title: amongst the stars
Fandom: Highlander
Disclaimer: not my character
Warnings: far in the future
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 90
Point of view: third
Prompt: Any SF/F fandom, Eldorado to the Moon, Michael Nesmith

( Humanity has come a long way. )


Title: tempest in a teacup (don’t wake the sleeping ones)
Original, gen, PG
515 words
Prompt: Any, any, not a bird in a cage

( There are some beasts so big no cage in the world could contain them. )


Title: end of an age
Fandom: Highlander
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: talk of violence/death
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 295
Point of view: third
Prompt: Highlander, Methos, Meeting his younger self wouldn't be so bad except for how many younger selves he was so happy to leave behind.


( Methos has been many men. )

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. )

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Title: on raptors' wings
Fandom: Avengers movieverse
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: post-film, AUish
Pairings: Bucky Barnes/Clint Barton
Wordcount: 330
Point of view: third
Prompt: any, any, I'm not a monster.


(  Back before SHIELD, and after the army thing went sideways, before (and after) Hawkeye and after Barton, he ran with an assassin so cold it was his name. )



Title: endings and beginnings
Fandom: Kings
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: spoilers for everything
Pairings: het
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 50
Point of view: third
Prompt: Kings, Silas, what we give up for power


( Family comes and goes; love is forever. )





Title: I shall count and bury the dead
Fandom: Highlander
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Sylvia Plath
Warnings: future!fic
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 325
Point of view: third
Prompt: Any, Any, You don't know everything about me.


( Methos waits. )



Title: it's dark in a cold December
Fandom: Avengers movieverse
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: post-film; mentions of A+ parenting
Pairings: Odin/Frigga
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 315
Point of view: third
Prompt: Any, any, a parent telling a child the real story of their heritage/birth/upbringing.


( There are many things Odin never said. )



Title: blue
Fandom: Avengers movieverse
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: AU during Thor
Pairings: Odin/Frigga
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 250
Point of view: third
Prompt: Thor, Loki + Odin, Odin gave Loki hugs as a child.


( His hands are blue. )

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Title: even old New York was once New Amsterdam
Fandom: Avengers movieverse
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: spoilers for the movie and Norse mythology
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 775
Point of view: third
Prompt: what Loki gets up to in his spare time


( At first, he visits the library purely out of curiosity. )





Title: You owe your lives to sly Loki
Fandom: Avengers movieverse
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: post-film
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 365
Point of view: third
Prompt:
But when that storm god you all praise
Walks the earth and shatters trees
You huddle close beside my gift
And whisper prayers beside the spit
And as the woodsmoke turns and twists
You owe your lives to sly Loki.
(Mikael Hrafspa, "Loki's Song")

Anything with this, because it's a lovely song and I hadn't heard it in years and having it come up on the music shuffle makes me want fic with it. Dear anon, please make it happen. ♥ Bitterness and angst are a definite plus.



( Loki surrenders. )





Title: I live in lonely desolation and wonder when my end will come
Fandom: Avengers movieverse
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: a great deal of abstractness and imagery; past-mind control; thoughts of betrayal
Pairings: Loki/Clint
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 655
Point of view: third


( He's in freefall. )

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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. )