screaming loud enough to turn back the wind

Title: untitled
Fandom: Tortall
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: pre-canon
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 105
Prompt: Tortall, Daine (pre-Immortals), while running wild with the Pack wolf!Daine remembers who she is.


( She’s taller than the rest of the pack. )




Title: untitled
Fandom: Tortall
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: references to panic attacks
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 215
Prompt: Tortall, Kel, flashback to Balor's Needle



( She still hates heights. )



Title: the darkest time
Fandom: Star Wars
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: takes place during Revenge of the Sith
Pairings: references to Padme/Anakin
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 165
Point of view: third
Prompt: Star Wars, Obi-wan, the galaxy is empty now.


( He feels as each of them die. )





Untitled
Fandom: The Little Mermaid
Written: March 25, 2016
Prompt: Any, any, Tell her (/him) to find me an acre of land/Between the salt water and the sea strand. -Scarborough Fair


( the sisters sing a lament )




Title: Mama’s Recipe
Fandom: Glee
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: future!fic
Pairings: Kurt/Blaine
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 130
Point of view: third
Prompt: Glee, Kurt/Blaine, there's some trick to his mom's recipe for chicken marsala that Kurt just can't get


( Every month, Kurt makes his mother’s Chicken Marsala. )

Title: I try to picture me without you (but I can't)
Fandom: RPF(ish)
Disclaimer: … they’re sorta mine? in this incarnation, at least. title from Fall Out Boy
Warnings: references to canon character death, violence/battles
Pairings: Alexander/Hephaestion
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 670
Point of view: third
Prompt: Historical RPF. any. we will never be royals



( He dreams of deserts and elephants, of battles and blood, of a faceless man he loves more than life itself. )



Title: the quiet moments
Fandom: Leverage
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: takes place anytime after season 3; references to the terrible things Eliot did willingly for Moreau; violence/death
Pairings: Eliot/Hardison/Parker, past Moreau/Eliot
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 405
Point of view: third
Prompts: Leverage, Hardison/Parker/Eliot, they want to know about Eliot's past ; Leverage, Eliot/Hardison(/Parker) and past Eliot/Damien Moreau, how Eliot finally tells them about his past relationship with Damien

( Hardison and Parker never ask Eliot about his history with Moreau. )



Title: ascent
Written September 23, 2015
Author's choice (except Supernatural), any once-human creature, We can give you a new body, a new voice. You'll miss your parents, and the sun, but you could sing. (We all float down here)


( do you remember the sun? )


Title: mastermind
Fandom: Heroes
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: AU at some point
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 120
Point of view: third
Prompt: any, any, Life is never so bleak / that you can't turn things around / with a crime spree.


( Luke does mean it, when he says they’ll find Micah’s mom. )



Title: I know your look when I get there
Fandom: RPF
Disclaimer: they belong to themselves (or each other); title from Dido
Warnings: takes place in early 2011 but after February 1
Pairings: Louis Tomlinson/Harry Styles
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 233
Point of view: third
Prompt: any, any/any, standing there with just a tan and a slow, shy smile


( He’s nervous, of course. )

Title: My whole world fits inside a moment
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Roseanne Cash
Warnings: violence, systemic and institutional abuse, magical realism, war, AU, torture
Pairings: Steve/Bucky, George Barnes/Winifred Barnes, Joseph Rogers/Sarah Rogers
Rating: PG13
Wordcount: 6300
Point of view: third
Prompt: MCU, Steve/Bucky, people with magic are hated and mocked but they are useful to armies and powerful groups
Note: I think I’m using period terms correctly, that aren’t okay now (and weren’t then, actually). No offense meant.
Another note: I’ve borrowed Tamora Pierce’s Tortall magic.



When James Buchanan Barnes was born, every dog in Shelby, Indiana, howled for five minutes.

Title: Brother, you are my oracle
Fandom: Marvel movies
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Donald Platt
Warnings: References to the ex-Winter Soldier's time at Hydra; post-Cap2 and ignoring whatever happens in Avengers2.
Pairings: none
Rating: pg
Wordcount: 865
Point of view: third
Prompt: Marvel, Any, Movie Night.




( Jarvis is James’ best friend. )



Title: mirror ‘verse
Fandom: Once Upon a Time
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: AU
Pairings: Jefferson/Grace’s mother, Rumpelstiltskin/Belle
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 430
Point of view: third
Prompt: Once Upon a Time, any/any or gen, AU with reverse morality - the heroes/heroines are all evil and cruel and the villains are actually good

( After Rochelle dies, Jefferson tries to take Grace and hide away somewhere. )


Title: the dogs bayed the dirge
Fandom: Supernatural/Leverage
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: takes place in Hell; post-series for Leverage, whenever for SN
Pairings: Crowley/Eliot
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 300
Point of view: third
Prompt: Leverage/Supernatural, Eliot/Crowley, I'll make you a deal


( the trainer of the hounds )




Title: armor
Fandom: Marvel movies
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: post-Cap2
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 390
Point of view: third
Prompt: any, any, "if you want to be inconspicuous, don't wear a bright orange hoody!"


( Clothes make the man. )



Title: firm they might have stood, yet fell
Fandom: Marvel movies
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Milton
Warnings: mindgames/brainwashing, trauma, torture, violence, and death. Also, AU during Cap2 though canon up till then.
Pairings: Steve/Bucky
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 550
Point of view: third
Prompt: MCU, Bucky Barnes +/ Steve Rogers, HYDRA got to Steve a long time ago.


( They are never out of the ice at the same time. )

Title: medicine of the soul
Fandom: Marvel movies
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: angst, depression
Pairings: some Steve/Peggy and Steve/Bucky leanings
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 490
Point of view: third
Prompt: Avengers movieverse, Bucky +/Steve, He's pretty much back to his old self except for one thing


( Bucky used to laugh at the stupidest things. )


Title: a sister alone
Fandom: Cinderella
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 50
Point of view: third
Prompt: author's choice, any, I loved them still; they seemed / Like old companions in adversity. (William Cullen Bryant)


( After the wedding... )



Title: oh, i wish
Written January 26, 2015
Prompt: any, any, childhood memories


( the world was smaller then )



Title: to be or not to be
Fandom: White Collar
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: I haven't seen anything since Neal got brought back from the island
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 49
Point of view: third
Prompt: White Collar, Peter/Neal(/Elizabeth), Neal isn't ever going to be reformed


( He knows what Peter is hoping. )




Title: nothing since you and me even feels like love
Fandom: Highlander
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from A Softer World
Warnings: references to violence
Pairings: Kronos/Methos
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 150
Point of view: third
Prompt: any, any, Our love was doomed, / a burning building, / a broken neck. / But nothing since / you and me / even feels like love.


(  He spent two and a half thousand years trying to recreate what the four of them had together. )

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: thou be once there, thou mayst never more come here
Fandom: Avengers movieverse
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: AU during the film
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 330
Point of view: third
Prompt: The Avengers, Loki & team, What if, when Thor asked Loki on the top of Stark Tower to 'stop the nonsense', he tried to halt the Chitauri invasion?



( He looks at his brother. )



Title: a beautiful face without a name
Fandom: White Collar
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: AUish
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 280
Point of view: third
Prompt: any, any, "truth" is in how and what you choose to present


( Neal Caffrey is a gentleman thief. )



Title: legends
Fandom: Highlander/mythology
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: none
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 150
Point of view: third
Prompt: any, any, a brief history of time


(  The sun rises in the morning as a tiny little planet spins 'round, and the sun sets as the planet turns away. )



Title: untitled
Fandom: Original
Warnings: shifters&vampires; territoriality
Pairings: het and slash
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 1030
Point of view: third
Prompt: Any canon with supernatural critters (except TrueBlood), any,
You can't hide from your demons
Feel 'em all lurkin' around
You're running scared 'cause y'know they're out there
They're waitin' for the sun to go down. "Bones", Little Big Town
Note: So, this is in a fantasy world with shifters&vampires&humans all living together, and humans sorta know about the others, but they never really talk about it, and the shifters&vampires police each other so there's no war with humanity. *hands* I don't even know, honestly. It just... happened.



( There’s a new kid at school. )



Title: pragmatism
Fandom: Highlander
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: discussion of cold-blooded murder
Pairings: implied Methos/Duncan
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 220
Point of view: third
Prompt: Highlander, Methos/Duncan, provoked

(  There is no one, in any life, that Methos would die for. )

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Title: you'll escape in the final reel
Fandom: Highlander
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Jesus Christ, Superstar
Warnings: mentions of violence; character death
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 165
Point of view: third
Prompt: Highlander, Methos, the world was always ending but for a thousand years it happened at his command


( Each human believes their little speck of dust is the whole world  )



Title: a storm whereon they ride
Fandom: Glee
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Byron
Warnings: AU; dark; character death; violence/bullying; sexual assault; threat of rape
Pairings: Kurt/Blaine, unwanted and unrequited Karofsky/Kurt; Kurt/Blaine/OMCs
Rating: R
Wordcount: 925
Point of view: third
Prompt: Any, any, "I would butcher {the} whole world, if only you would love me!" (Quote from Gladiator.)


( It didn't start out like this. )




Title: sunlight in the broken places
Fandom: Glee
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: takes place in 2.6
Pairings: pre-Klaine
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 50
Point of view: third
Prompt: any, any, revealed in the light.



( Kurt is always ice and steel. )





Title: fruit from the rotten tree shall ever be rotten
Fandom: Greek myth
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: dub-con, incest
Pairings: Hades/Persephone, unrequited Hades/Demeter
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 50
Point of view: third
Prompt: Greek Myth, Hades/Demeter, stop haunting me



( Persephone has her mother's beauty and her father's temper. )



Title: my missing puzzle piece
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Katy Perry
Warnings: future!fic, fluff
Pairings: Kurt/Blaine
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 50
Point of view: third
Prompt: Any, any, our song


( Dad's playlist always repeats an old Katy Perry song before going to the next. )

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Title: I learned how to love and I learned how to lie
Fandom: Avengers movieverse
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: mentions of child abuse; possibly AU backstory & a darkish characterization for Clint
Pairings: Loki/Clint
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 740
Point of view: third
Prompt: author's choice, author's choice, Nice just gets you lonely or dead. I don't like those options.



(  Clint Barton was a quiet child with watchful, wary eyes. )


Title: just one part of some big plan
Fandom: Highlander/Avengers movieverse
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: very epic backstory I don't go into – but Methos is primordial. Like, older than every planet in existence primordial. Also, future!fic for both fandoms.
Pairings: Methos/Clint, Thor/Jane
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 785
Point of view: third
Prompt: Author's choice, Author's choice, "this dude just showed up to the party with a falcon"


(  It's not funny, not really, but Ben can't keep from smirking because he's the only one in the room (maybe even the world) to get the joke. )


Title: misery has joined in equal ruin
Fandom: Avengers movieverse
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Milton
Warnings: almost immediately post-film
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 185
Point of view: third
Prompt: Avengers, Tony/Loki, I'm sorry if your life is a sore subject


( Tony thinks about a godling and mythology. )


Title: If that is what it means to be blessed, well, I'll be damned
Fandom: The Losers movieverse
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Grace Bauer
Warnings: implied child abuse; blackmail; possibly impossible computer stuff; pre-canon
Pairings: pre-Cougar/Jensen
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 590
Point of view: third
Prompt: The Losers, Any, I mean you guys are my friends and all but if you fuck with me I will not hesitate to set you on fire


(  All Jake Jensen needs to rule the world is a computer in one hand and caffeine in the other. )


Title: the dying of the year
Fandom: The Dark Knight Rises
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: spoilers for movie
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 210
Point of view: third
Prompt: Any, any, when they knew they were an adult


( The home turns him out the day he turns eighteen. )

Title: Mother, I'm frightened of this thunder and lightning
Fandom: Supernatural/Avengers movieverse
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Leonard Cohen
Warnings: future!fic for Avengers movieverse; AU mishmash for Supernatural (I've seen maybe five minutes of season 7); I gleefully resurrected a dead Supernatural character
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 1040
Point of view: third
Prompt: Avengers/Supernatural, Loki+Crowley, "I can give you the world. All it will cost is your soul."

( He finds the godling perched on a mountaintop, gazing out across the horizon. Everyone who's anyone in their business had felt him the moment he materialized in their speck of the cosmos. The amount of chaos coiled in him is breathtaking. Crowley is truly envious of the brat. )