Impromptu (im)Promptathon

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Impromptu Multi-Fandom (im)Promptathon

Post Your Fic Here!

Sept 3rd - 13th

FIRST. Find all the prompts under the cut.
SECOND. Comment to this post with your fic. (Or a link back to that fic if it's too long/you so choose, of course, a little preview is always nice if that's the case!)
THIRD. Subject lines should include a title (if you've got one), fandom, pairing, and prompt. (Prompt may be included in comment instead if it's a link to a song/picture, or if it's simply too long for the subject line.)

EXAMPLE
title, fandom, pairing, prompt

FORTH: Prompts may be re-used by other authors as many times as you like.
FIFTH. Writing will continue for the next ten days, ending on Sunday, September 13th.

TV

24
chloe/jack: finally, family
jack: broken
kim: pretend, new life
kim/chase: grown up, reunion
michelle/tony: married, what if, normal morning, ctu, breakfast, son



30 ROCK
frank/jena: love, special
jena/kenneth: relapse
kenneth/liz: friends
liz/jack: family, pride


ANGEL
angel/darla: slaughter, corners of the past, rev 22:20 by puscifer
angel/lindsey: leverage
connor, angel: can't be saved by a lie, lullabies, hopes and dreams, only wanted the best
cordelia/angel: last kiss, family, rewind, tom the model by beth gibbons, fairytale
cordelia/spike: you're welcome, replace
doyle/cordelia: mementos, too little too late, when you say she's looking good she acts as if it's understood
eve/angel: alone, drinking game
faith/cordelia: different
faith/wesley: save me, damsel in distress, redemption, light, dark, shadows, ashes, rain, in the end, without you
fred/wesley: alive, dream, sunshine
gwen/nina: full moon, side job
illyria: experiment, fascination
lindsey/lilah: competition
lilah/wesley: senior partners, nuns & puppies, glasses, mistaken identity
phantom dennis/cordelia: light, loss, transition
spike/angel: a thin line between love and hate, the good old days, contest, you wanted more by a-ha
wesley/illyria: poor substitutes, suicide note by johnette napolitano


ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT
ann/michael: bland, strange, grown, video store, book store
lindsay/michael: lectures, disney, clementines
maeby/michael: relations, afternoon delight, books


BAND OF BROTHERS
nix/winters: you wanted more by a-ha


BATTLESTAR GALACTICA (2003)
billy: before the fall
boomer/kara: flight suit, bet, orphan
caprica/baltar: future
helo/kara: flightless, durable, fling, natural, goodbye, there for you, pure
kara/roslin: prayer, mothers, fire
lee/kara: sober, cracks, severe, form, grounded, boxing ring, triad, angel, forbidden, blood, Caprica, scar, you let me in but then you slam my fingers in the door
leoben/kara: lady lazarus, wherever destiny leads me, there are other worlds than these, not a dream, found, forgive, truth, warmth, fear, pattern, curtain, wine, soil, forest, resurrection, blood, taste, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree, lull, nip
leoben/sam: stomach, fear, follow me, mischief, trinket, lips
roslin/adama: scars, waiting, library, silent, evening on the ground, new caprica, high
sam/ellen: collide, forget, scrubbed clean, wrist, wearing thin, instrument, bicycle, circles
sam/tucker: destruction, halfway, bend don't break, swear, protect, sawdust, caves, triad
sam/sharon: insatiable, compromise, fields, free
tyrol/sam: memories, secrets, teach, raptor, muddy water, fathers, machinery, mirror, weight, mud, thunderstorm, obsolete, breath, prayer, safe, consider, archaic, free


BETTER OFF TED
veronica/ted: seduction, food, doves, new and interesting, chicken or tuna?, slight mishap


THE BIG BANG THEORY
leonard/penny: first kiss, awkward silence, stuck in the elevator, laundry
missy/raj: cocktails, legs, dna
penny/sheldon: birthday cake, mirror, alcohol and poor judgement, defiance, lock, type, spectrum, definition, try, unhinged, monopoly, code, monopoly, soft kitty, superman
raj/penny: confuse, harmless


BIG BROTHER
jeff/laura/jordan: draw, scarves, pillows, counting, wild, beginnings
jordan/jeff: compass, wine, ants, triple threats, frustration, secrets, whisper, pink, garden, tanning oil, the show is over
laura/jeff: two of a kind, steak, time, water, pressure, hello


BIG LOVE
ben/margene: mistake, car ride, groceries, swimming pool
heather/sarah: making up, one night out, repentance, run away, quiet, wrong
joey/nikki: fierce, murder, second chances, blood ties
ray/nikki: dating, kissing, confession, attraction
wanda/joey/kathy: forever, domestic, motel


BONES
brennan/booth: loss, squint!talk, difficult cases, babies
hodgins/angela: no, sunlight, spiders, swings
sweets/angela: okay, therapeutic


BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER
angel/xander: library, invitation
anya/faith: money talks, eye of the storm, wipeout
anya/xander: normal, butterflies in my stomach, bath time, betrayal
buffy/faith: conflict, resolution, jewelry, try me, kiss with a fist by florence and the machine, doesn't mean you're forgiven, hit me as hard as you can
buffy/giles: safe, erase, rome, coffee, curiosity, adrenaline, fight, simple, fist, lay your arms down, cookies, disappointment
dawn: research, slayer
dawn/xander: eighteen
dru/darla: twenty questions, revolution
faith/dawn: future, fashion, fancy, butterflies by sia
faith/spike: distant past, twentieth century boy by placebo, energy, leif erikson by interpol, punk, leather, second best
faith/willow: wires and waves by rilo kiley
oz/xander: latin, sidekick, lesson
riley/angel: I hate everything about you
spike/drusilla: taste, sinking in, take this waltz by leonard cohen
spike/xander: buffy, rivalry, music
willow/dawn: hero, computer
willow/xander: vampire, together, kick his ass?, confrontation, jealousy, it was always gonna be me and you, at last, nightmares, rest, sunset, sunrise
xander/buffy: wild horses couldn't drag me away


CAPRICA
ben/lacey/zoey: club, dance, late
lacy/zoey: cherry chapstick, bedroom


CHUCK
bryce/chuck: ties, return, goodbyes, loyalty, sunset, why
sarah/casey: excuses, morning, steel, memory, bruise


COWBOY BEBOP
faye/spike: shower, rivalry


CSI
mandy/nick: first date, serenade, chocolate


CSI: NEW YORK
aiden/flack: new beginning, history
angell/adam: start over, follow, trust me, love at first sight, stuttering, safety goggles, skin, snow, under a streetlight
danny/aiden: fight, stuck, screwed up together, don't wanna do this without you, burn, pain, ache, hollow, fire, rewind, can't say no, after all, mirror, tell me
flack/lindsay: park, doll
flack/stella: stay, naming the stars, soft, piano
lindsay/danny: family, vacation, circle, fire
mac/stella: this is love, good night, wine, gun, shot, kisses, dinner, spontaneous, let go, shoes, brush, touch, eyes, hair, shoulders, whisper, in the light of day, heal, first move, come with me
stella/adam: hero, shoulder to lean on


CRIMINAL MINDS
any slash pairing: you wanted more by a-ha
garcia/morgan: phone, marriage, wedding, diamonds, wish, smile


DARK SHADOWS
barnabas/josette: lost, candles, dream
roger/victoria: alcohol, books, school, power outage, insomnia, escapism, mirrors, addiction, christmas, cliffs, fireplace, an old fashioned love song, old souls, in my own way


DEAD LIKE ME
daisy/mason: pearls, I dance me to the end of love by leonard cohen, rags, purple post-its, fake palindromes by andrew bird
george/ronnie: unusual, gravelings, firsts
mason/george: learn, rock star, guitar hero
rube, george: answers, deja vu


DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES
bree/karl: truth is revealed, proposal, telling Susan
lynette/tom: second set of twins' births, Tom taking care of the twins when Lynette is tired, second honeymoon
susan/mike: graduation, wedding reception, miscarriage


DEXTER
astor, cody, dexter: superhero, pancakes, hide and seek, image
brian, dexter: memories, runs in the family, band-aids, blood, games, haund you every day, all these years, image
debra/rudy: real, unsuspecting, cover your eyes so you don't see the weakness in me
dexter/rita: trust, devotion, alive, serenity
lila/dexter: the dark defender, comfort, madness
miguel/dexter: trick, best friends
victims/dexter: tango til they're sore by tom waits


DOCTOR WHO
doctor!donna/rose: the same but different, sickness
jake/mickey: stranger with his face, mourning, rose and rickey, familiarity, first time, chocolate
martha/ten: being human, watch, TLC, lies, drinking
river song/ten: absent friends, spoilers, picnic
rose/donna: country of two, perfect fit
sarah-jane/rose: same old story
ten/jack: we've seen it all, tired, starting afresh


DOLLHOUSE
adelle/topher: if we fall, secrets, pills, hideaway
alpha/claire: greeting, momento, writing on the walls
caroline/boyd: safe haven, I trust you, strength, reminder, run, wake up
dominic/adelle: paperwork, inappropriate, imprint, the attic, secrets & lies
echo: dreams, mending, handler, gunshot
echo/sierra: friends, catch you when you fall
ivy/topher: imprint, notebook, star trek captains
mag/zone: losing caroline, hideaway, hands, maps, reverse, separated, safe haven, watershed, campfire, rushed
mellie/paul: fake plastic trees, engagement, fractured fairy tales
paul/echo: connected, freed, war
priya(sierra)/tim(victor): eyelashes, rest, cure, memory, matches, deny, fever, the road home
sierra/topher: lost love, pretend, perfect
tim(victor)/paul: epitaph one, scars, theories, don't forget, erase, listen
topher/alpha: history, manipulation
topher/echo: invention and destruction, jokes
victor/adelle: summer, getaway, confession
victor/sierra: innocence, after the fall, searching, stripped by shiny toy guns, paintings, dinner for two
whiskey/echo: secrets, showers, lost affection, following by chungking


DUE SOUTH
fraser/kowalski: glasses, trust, heroic, understood, rocks and trees, pavlov's bell
fraser/vecchio: goody two shoes, the way you look when you begin a story
kowalski/vecchio: bitterness, lips
vecchio/kowalski/fraser: domestic, new beginnings, old arguments, time is ripe, lost, hold us together


FIREFLY
any slash pairing: you wanted more by a-ha
inara/simon: au, simon as a companion
jayne/kaylee: cowgirl, crush, nice
kaylee/inara: chocolate and decadence
river/simon: target, objects, on their own, buttons, pulse, cloth, berries, grace, skin, boots, blood, ease
simon/mal: trespass, pistol, heist, trapped, winter, stitch, checkmate, push, salty
wash/simon: negotiation, confrontation


FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS
bret, jermaine: the talking stove, laundry, first meeting, bored, hugs, fifty years later
doug/mel: tolerance, I always get what I want
mel/murray: subtle, fan club, webcam


FREAKS & GEEKS:
lindsey/daniel: once, pressure, frayed


FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS
jason/tim: weekends, beer, texas, fridays, game night, girls, mistakes, friendship, growing up, beach, swimming, drinking, pickup truck
julie/tim: siblings, driving, laughter, peach, cable tv, orange juice, alone, forever
landry/tyra: spring, violet, wander, cotton, weekends, weddings, growing old, fountain pop
tim/matt: roommates, enemies, blue, sunrise, game day, cheerleaders, team mates, french, goodbye, stones
tyra/tim: lover you should have come over by jeff buckley, good timing, diner, prom, parties, nail polish, dancing, family, champagne, diamonds, yesterday


GET SMART (TV or MOVIE)
99/max: teacher/student, closets, smitten


GHOST WHISPERER
jim/melinda: glad you're back, morning sickness, locked out
payne/melinda: thanks for coming home, taking care of her


GLEE
emma/rachel: clean, crushes, experiences
emma/will: fairy tales, peanut butter, books, long way to happy, breathe
finn/rachel: homecoming game, argyle sweater, twitter, road trip, hotel room, on stage, backseat, short skirt, lipstick, homecoming queen, halloween, sneaking in/out, costumes, flowers, date, pictures
rachel/will: new directions, divorce, solo
tina/rachel: duet, pajama party
will/finn/rachel: after hours, practice, costumes


GOSSIP GIRL
agnes/jenny: meet again
chuck/blair: moving day, dorm, office
dan/blair: nyu, college party
dorota, blair: friends
georgina/serena: wild, coke, party, hotel, after college
keith/lilly: hate, divorce
lilly: mother
owen/lilly: concert, music
rufus/lilly: first meeting, groupie
serena/blair: graduation night


GREY'S ANATOMY
alex/arizona: stranded, lightning, stoplight, smile
alex/izzie: corner, lack, pack, fail, delusion, contrast, childhood, memories, abuse, love, swept her off her feet, seattle mariners game
alex/lexie: regression, second, off, coffee
alex/meredith: same, clear, disillusionment, drowning, recoil
callie/olivia: comparing notes
cristina/alex: anything you can do I can do better
cristina/meredith: sleep, strip, buzz, pierce
cristina/meredith/sadie: mutual interests
derek/cristina/meredith: symmetry
derek/mark: optimism, ache, unsure, patience, hollow, lies, waiting, toast, temporary
fab five: football, Humpty Dumpty procedure, Really Old Guy
lexie: harvard med
lexie/sadie: vicarious, goodbye, sharp
mark/lexie: chance, lesson, break, aftermath, endeavor, defense, tired, never, hairspray, poptarts, locker, curtains
meredith/derek: scalpel, HBO, quixotic, twins, island, new york, airplane, bed & breakfast, camping, wedding, on-call room
owen/lexie: counter-clockwise, unwritten, still
owen/mark: treatment, weary, ice, grin, snow, smoke, rush, threadbare, fist, scrubs, locked, shoulders, disobey, painkillers


HARPER'S ISLAND
abby/henry: knowing, simple, breakfast, regret, push, say yes, driftwood, morning dew
chloe/cal: first meeting, forbidden, patient, what if, sunrise, stones, safe
danny/sully: accusations, sharp
henry/shane: teeth, boots, dare, jukebox, dime, once, climb, seasons, stuck, limp, young, drunk, autumn, hideaway
jimmy/abby: trauma, therapy, dealing, fall, laughter, sobbing, hysterical, marriage, boat, back to island, bed
nikki/sully: remember, last kiss
shane/abby: drinks, hike, slap
sully/shea: streets, giving in, scars, return, after, not without you, hero, timing, heal, home, before, burn


HOUSE
cameron/house: visit hours, regret, second date
chase/cameron: second thoughts, music, spin, anniversary, happiness, new
cuddy/house: short skirt long jacket by cake, college, date
house/thirteen: this isn't about you, dying changes everything, goodbye, ER, drugs
thirteen/cameron: dying, stethoscope, nails
wilson/cuddy: pathology, nursery
wilson/thirteen: sorry, save you, habits


HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
barney/robin: webster, maple syrup, bridesmaid, laser tag, bachelorette pad, smirk, airplane bathroom, work, bro code, Mosbying, Ted, baby-sitting, 4am, Guinness, Nancy Drew, cows, weather, improvement, date, dress-up
gang: star-trek-themed party, fourth of july, wedding
marshall/lily: moment of truth, honeymoon, screaming
robin/lily: lists, prom, fringe, debt
ted, barney: kirk and spock are the bro-ing-est bros and ever bro-ed


KING ARTHUR
any slash: you wanted more by a-ha


LEGEND OF THE SEEKER
jensen/richard: lines, starve, wrong, disaster
richard/kahlan: consequences, lies


LOST
aaron/charlie hume: repetition, history, nausea, waves
alex/jack: used, lie, sink
alex/juliet: mentor, daddy issues, hutch
alex/richard/jacob: us, gift, special, reparations, tent, path, mist, lines, what's left, cavern, harvest, climb, alleyway, message, I will come for you, dare
alex/sawyer: trespass, wade, shadow, barefoot, not her, reverse
ben/juliet: date, mourning, apocalypse, compromise, freedom, murder, one more night by stars
boone/jack: coincidence, fragments, rain, regret
boone/shannon: LAX, reunion, sinful, tent, swollen ankles, ectoplasm
cassidy/kate: jealousy, children, nicknames
charlie/claire: families, pretence
charlie/sayid: the others, consolation, lie, flashback
charles/eloise: reunited, sacrifice, burial, gift, outsider, cave, somewhere only we know, midnight, church, london, grief, judgement, mission, stones
claire/desmond: promises,acceptance, grief, breathe
claire/jack: circles, lapse, record player, radiate, whisper, happy, route 66, ticking clock, silence, coffee & cigarettes, stairwell, messy, shave, hinge, milk, fog, drown, secrets, snow, terminal, tiptoe, tied, pocket, sway, wash, players, inches, disease, drum, chained, say no, easy, tricks, incomplete, waves, flaw, neck, twist, flip, retrospect, wrong, unhinged, strangers, blood, eternity, rotten, frayed, clay, thigh, resist, inside-out, earlobes, sand, truth
claire/juliet: fairytale, lullaby, muffins, umbrella, whisper, over the rainbow, Others, crib, dance, whisper, cowboy hats, eyelashes, music
claire/shannon/sun: girl talk, stealing the alcohol stash, tip-toe
daniel/miles: cobwebs, second sight, poltergeist, rotten, frayed, clay, thigh, resist, inside-out, earlobes, sand, truth
daniel/sayid: death-inducing sex, comfort
desmond/penny: home, family, love, making up for lost time, against all offs, greek epic
esau/jacob: you know where to find me, statue, gift, decision, peace
jack/juliet: anger, befre, betrayal, chance encounter, forgiveness, handcuffs, home, promise, second-rate quality, timing, despair, recognition, hospital, happiness, illness, clocks, amnesia, antiseptic, scar, broken, lily, heart, wedding, chains
jack/kate: only one, letter, chocolate
jack/penelope: shapeless, multi-colored, somewhere else
jack/sawyer/claire: passport picture, wet grass, rocks, canada, hands, patience, piano, fruit, canvas, tropics, moonshine, home, father, protect, warm, reunion, build, rules, rhythm, farmhouse, spain, swindle, autumn, path, voices, terracotta, acceleration, gas-burning lamp, dunes, timebomb, manners, lop-sided, laces, dirt road, secret, discovered, no goodbyes
jacob/richard: ashes, in the end, follow, history, reverse, promise, shore, injustice, broken, key, forever, whispers, paranormal, divisive tactics
jin/michael: return, losing her, float, search, vegetation, fog, back roads
jin/sun: murder, flower, regression
ji yeon/aaron: homesick, bleach, spine, newspaper ink
juliet: image
kate/juliet: flowers, ash heaps, seconds, cage, cigarettes, explosion, miami
kate/sawyer: back in time, gunpowder, Fiji, tomorrow, heartbeats, I never killed a man, smoking, Miami, the losing end
kate/sun: soft, wallow, flow, driving, birth, home
rachel, juliet: reunion
rachel, sawyer: juliet
richard/alex: rewind, breath, trees, tin, fires, carry, the ocean by the bravery, cigarette, journey, pit stop, hips, sweat, homesick, roots, instinct, concrete, harvest, climb, alleyway, message, I will come for you, dare
richard/eloise: unfaithful, temptation
richard/kate: eyes, jungle, memory
rousseau/robert: boat, artillery, back home, conception
sawyer/claire: rug burn, pocket, bottle, harmony, paper, diner, midnight, skeleton, bonfire, skin, whirlpools, stuck, permanent, domestic, cork, stoop, i like a little coffee with my cream/i like a little dirty with my clean
sawyer/eloise: youth, stuck, loss, heartaches
sawyer/jack: blame, consequences, even, pills, train
sawyer/juliet: rough, bruise, redo, song, song, song, the real sawyer, I never, truth, image, what do you miss?, trail, joke, run, fight, lingerie, sob, thunderstorm, grief, beginnings, anger, remains by tancharoen and whedon, gun, different, meet you again, 1975, silk, married, bomb, 2001
sayid/kate: blank, regrets, bullets, vengeance, mouth, alone, captor, stand at the crossroads of high roads and low roads
sayid/sun: bad-ass, gun, messy
shannon: image
shannon/juliet: sarcasm, wave
sun/michael: presents, gravestones, New York City, children, flower, art
sun/jack: fearless, poison, road
sun/jin/charlie: survive, pieces, determined, hidden gifts, starlight


MAD MEN
anna/don: california, beach, relax, piano
arthur/betty: revenge, horse-ride
betty/don: wife, cheat, lips
betty/glen: sadness, popcorn
don/joan: marriage, secretary
don, sally: child, truth
joan/don: lie, red, best friend's girl, drink, late, forget, office
ken/sal: fantasy, unrequited
peggy/ken: nice guy, jealousy, head of accounts, dinner date
pete/peggy: anger, office hours, head of accounts, desk
sally draper: woodstock, on her own


M*A*S*H
bj/hawkeye: letters from home, blood, tokyo
hawkeye/trapper: desperate, forgotten, mouth


MERLIN
arthur/gwen: moonlight, loyalty, perfume
morgana/arthur: insanity, power, strategy


NCIS
abby/mcgee: paris, lab, acceptance, love is friendship set on fire, hugs, don't leave me, I'm sorry, am I too late?
gibbs/jenny: party, telling the team, hospital
kate/gibbs: i know you, stay, craving, touch, tattoo, wine, take me home, gravity, flirt
mcgee/tony: never, divided, green
tony/abby: nostalgia, rain, first time for everything, unexpected kiss, slow dance, touch
ziva/tony: home, track, foundations, sick, getting her back, telling Gibbs, fool, you and me by the plain white t's, aftermath, rules, holiday, i don't understand, kiss me, i never saw you coming


NUMB3RS
colby/david: secret revealed, vacation trip, first I love you, pushing them together
don/robin: wedding, engagement ring, moving in
megan/larry: pregnancy test, happiness, germs, rain, sunshine


THE O.C.
alex/kaitlyn: not my sister
ryan/taylor: train, berkeley, vegas
summer/seth: pregnancy test, winter, snow, proposal


THE OFFICE (US)
andy/kelly: pride, ice cream, others, engagement ring
angela/dwight: reconciliation, amish, vows, uniform, illicit, never again
dwight/angela: love, happiness
karen/pam: boyfriend jeans, cream soda, xerox
michael/holly: second chance, wedding, ex-girlfriend, baby
oscar/andy: bro code, awesome blossom, loneliness
pam/jim: hands, sketch, miles, double-dog-dare, maternity clothes, white, Pam's in labor with Baby Halpert (natural childbirth) and camera crew is in delivery room, decisions, naming, What are you talking about Mrs Halpert?
roy/angela: mouse, callous, desert island
ryan/karen: IM, divorcee, middles


PARKS AND RECREATION
leslie/mark: song-meaningless kiss, talking, bologna


PRISON BREAK
alex/lincoln: shared burdens, restless, tangle, whisper
gretchen/lincoln: cat-and-mouse, thighs, waiting, masquerade
lincoln/michael: undone, space, rescuing, scars, everything I'm not
michael/sucre: mending, confession, defend, code, fingerprints
sara/lincoln: blood on your hands, shaken, doubt, quiet, healing


PUSHING DAISIES
alfredo/olive: longing, roat trip,m musicals, duet, love, marriage, impromptu meeting
chuck/ned: phantom limbs, hands, worlds of clay, future, winter, truth, wonderwall by ryan adams, necrophilia, boston cream pie, bedside manner, rabbit
emerson/olive: so wrong it's right, don't tell Ned, spring air, giggling, singing, finding a book
emerson, ned: father, confidant
olive/chuck: costume, hair dryer, margaritas, what's a little sugar between neighbors?
olive, emerson: itty bitty, chest bump, cigars, image


SCRUBS
carla/turk: competing, second, sibling rivalry
eliot/jd: june, summer, weather, gross, terrifying
jordan/perry: pregnant again, Jennifer's first day of school, Daddy's Girl, I love you more than you can ever imagine, dancing in the rain, happiness, Fun and romantic night at a restaurant without Jack and Jennifer, first attempt, failure, trying again


SKINS
cassie/sid: apartment, dinner, sleeping in
freddie/effie: water


STARGATE: SG-1
any slash pairing: you wanted more by a-ha


STARGATE: ATLANTIS
any slash pairing: you wanted more by a-ha
elizabeth: negotiations, riding to the rescue
john/rodney: expertise, comet, seaside, intertwined, missed opportunities
john, teyla, ronon: wrong place wrong time, whump, paranoid natives
rodney/elizabeth: christmas trees, comfort, bandages, ruins, rain
ronon/john: knife, broken, choices, thunderstorm, blur, ground, earth, log cabin, drink, limp, lake, medicine
ronon/teyla: identity, bargain, edge, sparring
teyla/john: guard, wash, right, swim, home, new mexico, crumble, father
zelenka, rodney, & lee: three musketeers, saving the day


SUPERNATURAL
anna/castiel: connection, history
anna/sam: angel's blood is better
bela/anna: a secret by basia bulat, birds of paradise, coincidences
bela/dean: run, demons, trust me, alone
bela/sam: hell, theif, manipulation, follow you into the dark, don't wanna be alone, hold on, pain
dean/castiel: fear, perdition, debt, toffee, cheesecake, wings, sunshine, fear of the dark, comfort, feels like heaven, loyalty
dean/sam: cold as it gets by patty griffin, bullets, fog, heartbeat, the beginning of the end, depression,reunion, forgiveness
jimmy/dean: this night by black lab, park bench, rain
jimmy, amelia, & claire: sacrifice, grace, asylum
jimmy/dean/castiel: christmas, unwitting threesome, firelight, candles, christmas dinner
john/mary: truth, hunter, pregnancy test, flames, exchange, vengence
lisa/dean, ben: picnic, gratitude, just another soldier on a road to nowhere
ruby/sam: addiction, void, feather, I am primed for giving in, siren song, truce, alternate universe
sam/castiel: action and reaction, mistakes, prayer, rules I had to break, god dropped by to forgive our sins and relieve us our doubt, blood and magic, twisted promises, protection


TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES
allison/john: sacrifice, I knew you when
cameron/derek: I know you, run, cabin, sensation, weapon, revelation
derek/allison: don't go, tunnels, first, rain, warmth, secrecy, drift, alone
ellison/sarah: left behind, future, motel, cactus, hold me, remission, safe
john/cameron: ballet, they will be us, last one standing, pretty girls make graves


THAT 70S SHOW
hyde/jackie: records, history, 1985, road trip, closet, memory


TORCHWOOD
estelle/jack: I think you knew my father, funeral, Moses
ianto/jack: timelines, rugby, memory, decaf, rain, drunk
lisa/ianto: passing the time, morphine, secrets
the real captain jack/jack: tell my father by john barrowman, war stories, uniform
tosh/ianto: second language, cream and sugar, aftermath


TRUE BLOOD
bill/sookie: dust of ages, bill's "nook" (sleeping quarters), wii, bela lugosi
eric/lafayette: willing, screen door, rough, tobacco
godric/eric: remember, poland, war, gods of old, end of millenium, yawny at the apocalypse by andrew bird, messiah, new world, viking ship
hoyt/jessica: breaking the curse, sunrise, voices, dirt road
pam/eric: wii, new pumps, twilight (movie/book)
tara/jason: not like this, older and wiser, pond, summer


UGLY BETTY
betty/daniel: mourning, neck, trust, closet, dress-down, business trip, jealous, tumblers, warm


VERONICA MARS
mac/weevil: tattoo, stuck, first kiss
weevil/veronica: mistake, favor, jail


WEEDS
conrad/nancy: what have you been up to?
nancy/andy: backwards, costume, destroy and create

MOVIES

THE FALL
alexandria, roy: birthday, downfall, reason, deception, where butterflies never die by broken iris, surrogate, pretend, strength
roy/ex-girlfriend: regret, money
the old man, alexandria: secrets, googly, laughter


HAMLET 2
elisabeth/dana: and then he kissed me, love poems, relax, I felt so happy I almost cried, chocolate, spaghettios, thor


JUNO
juno/mark: star wars, sandwiches, wrong, addictive


STAR TREK
chapel/mccoy: academy, exam, pink
kirk/spock: quiet
mccoy/kirk: you wanted more by a-ha


SWEENEY TODD
fogg/lovett: haircut, crazy, picnic


TERMINATOR: SALVATION
connor/marcus: equals, finish what we started, cells, human, reliance, you wanted more by a-ha
marcus/blair: on the run, sin, define, life


TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN
bumblebee/sam: food, car wash, sunshine, flowers

BOOKS

HARRY POTTER
albus potter: slytherin
angelina/george: fred, gossip, guilt, quidditch
draco/hermione: trial, absolution, loneliness, instinct, power, struggle, reason, truce
ginny/draco: bad side, truth
ginny/neville: family, fire
harry/ginny: summer, young love, your rocky spine by great lake swimmers, good without you, the lightning strike by snow patrol
hermione/harry: abandoned, love the one you're with, mistake, snowstorm, affair, want-light, magic, drinking, deliberate, betrayal, longing, silence, alone, pillows, strangers, tea, travel
lily/severus: disapproval, forbidden, bad timing, going home for the holidays, jealousy, balance, grave, never, repent, silence
luna/draco: barefoot, connection, fingertips, isolation, light, insanity, legend, peace
narcissa/severus: absolution, books, breathe, family
luna/harry: battle, gratitude, alone, rivalry, moving on, holiday trip, secrets, linger, real, simplicity, storm, trust, philosophy, ledge, secrets, wall
neville/luna: hogwarts, rebellion
remus/sirius: regrets, isolation, memories, second best, paranoia, holidays, depression
rose/scorpius: sorting hat, potion
sirius/lily: domestic, paper, time


SOOKIE STACKHOUSE (TRUE BLOOD) BOOK SERIES
alcide/sookie: offer, wolves, road trip, syringe, summer, teeth, fingers, kitchen, sunshine
calvin norris/sookie: refuge, pistol, dream, listen, bandage, trust


THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE
clare/henry: baby names, time is contagious everybody's getting old, run by snow patrol, image


TWILIGHT
mike/bella: pagers, porch swings, old-fashioned romance

CROSSOVERS

24/LOST
amy/tony: confused, want, hurt


ANGEL/SUPERNATURAL
angel, dean: standing tall
darla/dean: change, temptation, guilt
gunn, dean: big brothers, hanging out, ordinarily extraordinary


ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT/BETTER OFF TED
michael/veronica: desks, family, position


BATTLESTAR GALACTICA/LOST
caprica six/juliet: blonde, war, doctor
kara/sawyer/julie: poker, truth or dare, rain
sawyer/kara: security, loss, forget


BIG LOVE/VERONICA MARS
sarah hendrickson/logan echolls: not her


BURN NOTICE/VERONICA MARS/LEVERAGE
fi/veronica/parker -or- fi, veronica, parker: best heist ever, awesome, crazy girls with guns


CAPRICA/GOSSIP GIRL
lacey/blair: missing her
zoey/georgina: trouble


DEXTER/SUPERNATURAL
debra/dean: rough, cooperation
dexter/sam: destiny, urge, soldiers, acceptance
john/dexter: the origin of our rebirth, consumption


EVERWOOD/GOSSIP GIRL
ephram/serena: page six, spoiled little rich girl, I remember you


GLEE/EVERWOOD
ephram/rachel: julliard, music, drive


FIREFLY/BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER
graham/nandi: showdown, make plans to break plans, wild wild west


THE OC/GOSSIP GIRL
kaitlyn/jenny: roommates, college, experiment


THE OFFICE/HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
angela/barney: challenge
lily/pam: ocean, art school
oscar/barney: experimentation, college, gay bar
pam/ted: shy, first time in new york, turtleneck


PUSHING DAISIES/SUPERNATURAL
ned/dean: the perfect pie, requests

OTHER

GAMES? IDK?
waldo/carmen sandiego: lost, found, candy canes



RPF
any slash in star trek xi rps: you wanted more by a-ha
ackles, jensen/collins, mischa: ring, laugh
ackles, jensen/collins, mischa/mischa's wife: have you heard what the fans are saying?
bell, kristen/jones, rashida: coffee, airplane, travel, missouri
collins, mischa: fandom bingo
coogan, steve/shue, elisabeth: I want him to write me a movie where we can be lovers, dressing room, RENT, names, I want him. I want her., books, karate
maher, sean/collins, misha: promises, california, coincidence




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Comments

[voicesinthemind.livejournal.com]

I've never done this before, but I wanna start! Is there a place where the rules are explained? I wanna do this!! XDD

[crickets.livejournal.com]

You pick a prompt from the master list above, write a fic based on that prompt in any obvious or abstract ways, then you post your fic as a comment using the guidelines outlined above. That's pretty much it. Let me know if you have any more questions. Have fun! :)

[voicesinthemind.livejournal.com]

Can I write more than one but with two different topics? Like I want to write a Derek/Cameron TSCC prompt but also a Derek/Alison one. Can I do that, or do I have to choose? :)

[crickets.livejournal.com]

I was just about to edit this to say that you can write as many fics as you like using any of the prompts above.

[voicesinthemind.livejournal.com]

Too bad there's no Amber/House (I'm also interested in House MD XDDD). That would make an interesting pairing. Okay sorry to comment so much! Next comment will be my fics!

Linger, Angel, Cordy/Angel: last kiss, family

[harlot2.livejournal.com]

It's really not long, but I have it at my journal:

Linger

dollhouse - mellie/paul: fractured fairy tales

[slartibartfast.livejournal.com]

Once upon a time.

The princesses are always something they're not, aren't they? There's the peasant with the royal blood, the despoiled stepchild, the dreaming husk of a woman. They're riddled with curses and surrounded by evil.

Once upon a time, Mellie was something more than that.

She'd been something beautiful and real. She had lived her life and she had loved and then, just like that, she was broken into a thousand pieces.

The evil witch took those fractured fragments and put them back together again, but she kept her fractured, ready to pull apart and reassemble again and again and again.

And again, and then she was gone. The princess didn't get her prince this time. I was never her prince in the first place.

Once upon a time, she lived ever after. And it might not be happily, but it will be real, and that's what matters.

Re: dollhouse - mellie/paul: fractured fairy tales

[crickets.livejournal.com]

Aw this is very sweet and sad. Mellie/Madeline/November truly does have a tragic story.

Re: dollhouse - mellie/paul: fractured fairy tales

[harlot2.livejournal.com]

I love this. Nicely done!

Tunnel Vision; TSCC; Derek/Alison; tunnels

[voicesinthemind.livejournal.com]

There were so many damn tunnels.
That's where they lived, and ate, and slept. Barely seeing daylight.
Alison sometimes wondered what the world outside was like. Of course, she had been up there, but it was always dark and cold, the ground littered with human bits and machine bits. It seemed like there was always smoke too. It covered the sky like a heavy blanket; Alison couldn't even remember what the stars looked like.
She'd only been 4 when Judgement Day happened. Only 4 years old, her family burned to death and all alone in the world, surrounded by machines that wanted her and everyone else dead. She'd learned to survive, one way or another. But she'd developed a sort of deformity; everyone jokingly called it "tunnel vision". You began to believe that there was nothing you could do, that your efforts were for nothing, that nothing mattered. Key word there being nothing. The world was empty and dark. Tunnels. So many fucking tunnels.
But then she met him. First Lieutenant Derek Thomas Reese. And he made her laugh and smile, he gave her love and made her feel good. He gave her hope.
And now they travelled, and ate in, and slept together in the tunnels together. And for the first time in a long time, Alison was happy.

Untitled - Big Brother - Jeff/Jordan - "after the show is over"

[workswithwords.livejournal.com]

In the end, Jeff takes Jordan to Hawaii. He'd thought of taking Barry, maybe Tony, he'd even considered taking his ex-girlfriend Tara, but all things considered, the only person Jeff wanted to go with was Jordan.

Since the show ended they had seen each other a handful of times, pretty good for two people who lived almost 800 miles apart.

Jeff had visited her just before Thanksgiving, and she had come to Chicago for New Years. It had been strange at first, when they'd finished the show. Jeff had more than once found himself surprised each morning when she wasn't there, curled up against him. He also realized how much he missed her voice, and her stories, and all the small things about her that had been his anchor for for those three crazy months.

That show had brought out the worst in him, had made him feel he was turning into the kind of person he had never wanted to become, and yet she'd always been there, at his side, even when it felt like the entire world was against them.

So it made sense, at least in Jeff's mind, that he didn't see how he could take anyone other than Jordan to Hawaii. She was the only person he wanted to be with. It surprised him how much.

"Jordan." he called, and her face shifted from one of boredom to a wide smile when she saw him. She gave him a small wave, and she was quick to pull him into a hug when he got close enough.

"God, I missed you." she said, as they pulled apart. Unconsciously Jeff moved to kiss her cheek, and he was surprised when she turned her head, and met him with a soft press of lips.

The status of their non-relationship had been something they had successfully avoided speaking of in the last 6 months. They were as "touchy" as always, with some chaste kisses and one drunken make-out session on New Year's Eve, where Jeff had stopped them before they'd done something Jordan might regret. If there was one thing that Jeff wanted more than for their non-relationship to move to another level, it was for Jordan to never regret something that had happened between them. As painfully awkward as it sometimes was, Jeff was more than willing to wait it out with Jordan, until she was comfortable enough to let him get close.

The flight to Honolulu was long, and it took both of them awhile to get relaxed. Jordan had mentioned more than once that she was not fond of flying but Jeff had slipped his hand into hers, and let her hold on, long after the plane had taxied down the runway.

Five hours later they found themselves in the humid Honolulu airport, looking for the driver that was supposed to take them to their hotel. The resort was on the northern shore of the island, it was less touristy and more exclusive, lending itself to a more famous crowd who liked less attention when possible. It seemed strange to both of them that they were considered part of this category.

"I feel like a movie star..." Jordan whispered to Jeff as they sat in the back of the car, the scenery whipping by at 60 miles an hour. Jeff grinned at her, and put his arm around her shoulders, pulling her in close to him.

"You ready for 10 days of drinking, eating and making out?" Jordan laughed and blushed, swatting at his chest.

"Jeff!"

After checking in, the porter took them out of the main hotel and down a secluded path, lined with Banyan trees, to one of the private cabanas that was located directly on the beach. When they were finally alone in their suite, Jordan slipped her arms around Jeff's chest, resting her head against him. "Thank you for taking me here," she said, turning her head up to look at him. "I didn't really expect you to take me."

Jeff smiled and rubbed his hand over her arm and up to cup the back of her head in his hand. "I couldn't really think of anyone else I'd rather bring. Besides, I don't think Tony would be cool with sharing the bed."

Jordan giggled and Jeff bent his head to kiss her. She met him halfway, her mouth warm and pliable against his, and her mouth was sweet from the bubblegum she'd been chewing on the plane. "I guess we don't have that problem," Jordan said, between kisses. "But you better not get too handsy with me!"

Re: Tunnel Vision; TSCC; Derek/Alison; tunnels

[crickets.livejournal.com]

Loved this. There needs to be more fic about the resistance. Poor Allison.

the city sun sets over me, lost, sun/michael, new york city

[slybrunette.livejournal.com]

(too long, can be found at my journal here. below is an excerpt)


(This is before)

---

Things that go as planned:

Oceanic Flight 815 lands safely in LAX, right on schedule.

They check into their hotel, something oversized and full of huge windows. The word luxury serves as an understatement here, but it’s all she’s really known for far too long.

Jin has some secret meeting in the morning, one that he’s rather vague about, and she smiles and kisses him goodbye.

Things that don’t go as planned:

She takes the money she stashed away from her failed exit strategy and uses some of it to buy a last minute plane ticket.

“Where to, miss?”

“Where is the first open flight going to?”

“New York City.”

Sun nods, repeats, “New York City.”

Her cell phone winds up in the nearest garbage receptacle, traded in for a cheap pay-as-you-go one, and she pays for everything in cash. This is her getaway.

---

continue

Re: Untitled - Big Brother - Jeff/Jordan - "after the show is over"

[slybrunette.livejournal.com]

HEE. I'm gonna miss these two. Great work!

a ritual, a wish, the truth, stargate: atlantis, elizabeth/rodney, christmas trees

[crickets.livejournal.com]

A Ritual, A Wish, The Truth
stargate atlantis, rodney/elizabeth, 695 words, rated pg

Things have been quiet in Atlantis, no explosions, no death or dying, no invasions or hijackings, no thrilling heroics. Rodney couldn't be any happier, working all day in a temperature-controlled room, on a mostly pointless no-brainer energy-saving project in the lab with Zelenka, not having to explore new territories, no hiking, running, jumping, climbing trees, getting shot at, or any of his other all-time favorite activities, being kidnapped, betrayed, and stranded.

His delight at this unusual peace and quiet is only heightened by the fact that according to Rodney's watch, it's a particular time of year back on Earth. So when Ronon asks him if he needs anything on an upcoming routine supply run, he gets a wonderful, awful idea.

--

"You mind telling me again what this is for?" Ronon hefts the trunk of a large evergreen tree under his arm, the gate closing behind him.

Rodney rubs his hands together gleefully, feels a giggle bubbling up inside him. "You'll see," he tells his friend.

Ronon signals for Rodney to take the small end of the tree and Rodney complies, exaggerating the strength it takes him to lift the branches from the floor in true Rodney fashion.

Ronon deadpans his lack of enthusiasm. "I can't wait."

--

Later, over lunch, Elizabeth corners Rodney by the jell-o. "Rodney, you will not be decorating that thing in my gate room," she tells him, her eyes serious. Rodney just smiles, piles a heaping spoonful of green on top of his red jell-o.

"Festive, isn't it?" He points to the mound on his plate, scoops on some thick whipped cream for effect.

Elizabeth closes her eyes and sighs deeply. "Not in my gate room," she tells him sternly as she walks away.

--

Rodney decorates the tree in his quarters instead, hosting a tree-trimming party, with Teyla taking particular delight in the ritual. Elizabeth is a no-show.

"This is it?" Ronon asks, not particularly impressed.

Teyla ties on another bow and hands Carson large red ball. "Well, I think it is lovely, Rodney. It reminds me of some of our ceremonies back on Athos," she says. "Thank you for sharing it with us."

"You're welcome, Teyla," Rodney says, shooting a triumphant look at Ronon.

Zelenka comes out from behind the tree. "I think I've figured out the problem with the lights," he announces, holding up the ends of two power chords.

"Ah, good. We can plug them in as soon as Sheppard gets back with our nog," Rodney delights.

"What is nog?" Teyla asks.

Before anyone can answer, John's voice comes over the radio calling them all urgently to the gate room.

"We didn't even get to put the star on," Rodney pouts.

Teyla grabs him by the arm. "Come on, Rodney."

--

He should have known it would go like this. Things had been too good for too long for it not to end like this.

Another dead-end mission, another loss of life. This time, it takes a particular toll on Elizabeth. She's lost too many men, feels responsible for them all.

When they get back, after seven days in the thick of it, and after his routine visit to sick bay, cleaning up any scrapes and bruises, Rodney returns to his room to find Elizabeth bathed in the dim light of his tree.

He steps beside her. She sighs heavy, worn out.

"It's beautiful," she says, tears tugging at the corners of her eyes.

"Elizabeth," Rodney starts, apologetic. He shouldn't have given in to such childish whimsies. Here they are, floating in space, countless of thousands of miles from home, fighting for their lives and the lives of others nearly every day, and he goes and decorates a damn Christmas tree because he suddenly feels safe, normal even. "It was stupid."

"No," she says. "I mean it." She looks at him. "I've missed... this. I didn't want to admit how much."

Rodney reaches out and laces his fingers through hers, and he feels the weight being lifted, feels her muscles relax, her arm brush against his, her head coming to rest against his shoulder, and he hopes she gets her Christmas wish, whatever that might be.

-fin

Re: a ritual, a wish, the truth, stargate: atlantis, elizabeth/rodney, christmas trees

[gigglemonster.livejournal.com]

Aww KC! You should so write this show more often because it sure sounds like you've got it down to a T! ;) Of course Ronon would be all deadpan about it, and Teyla thanking him for sharing it, and that first paragraph about Rodney's excitement over no mission. It's just all so perfect!
The last section is beautiful too. The switch to such a somber mood felt very natural and aww that last line!!
i ♥ this!

Re: a ritual, a wish, the truth, stargate: atlantis, elizabeth/rodney, christmas trees

[crickets.livejournal.com]

Say, thanks! :) This was really fun and natural to write actually. Yay for SGA and being stress-free! Thanks for reading.

Re: Untitled - Big Brother - Jeff/Jordan - "after the show is over"

[workswithwords.livejournal.com]

Me too!! Thanks so much!

decay of your golden city, harry/hermione, strangers

[angeldylan628.livejournal.com]

Too long for a comment. Here's an excerpt:

It's the day after the war. The three of them fall asleep huddled together in one of the Gryffindor dormitories because it's become habit. She wakes up with Ron's arm curled around her stomach and his breath against the back of her neck. She exhales slowly with a smile and feels warm all over. It's the first time in years that she doesn't need to worry.

Her eyes flicker to the window and she sees Harry, hunched at the window, eyes glued to the destruction below - blood stains on the grass and shards of glass which no one had the energy to clean yet. She can tell he's not rested though he slept through the night (she watched him through most of it – afraid if she blinked he’d disappear).

Harry looks so cold where he is.

She knows that this is her cue to check on him, but the sight feels so foreign to her now. She wonders if this is one of those times where Harry needed to figure things out on his own because only he would have the answers.

She's making excuses.

This is sign one. They're drifting apart.

---

the whole fic is here (http://community.livejournal.com/soapboxblues/4577.html#cutid1)

Breathe In, LOST, Claire/Desmond, breathe

[missy-useless.livejournal.com]

Her fingers curl into fists and pound against his chest, small and weak and child-like. He doesn't grab her wrists, doesn't try to stop her. Her eyes are bluer than he remembers. His name tumbles from her lips – again and again – mixes with “Who are you people?” and “What's happening to me?” and “Where is my baby?” Her voice is quiet now, hoarse from hours of screaming. (“Desmond,” she repeats, sobs, sinks against him.)

His arm circles around her waist, pulls her closer. He sees them out of the corner of his eye: Charlie pleads, “Mum,” and Penny bends down to take him in her arms, carries him back to the boat; he doesn't meet her eyes. Claire trembles. “It's all right,” he tells her, lips on her temple. “You're all right.” (I promise.)

I came back throbs against his throat, lies on his tongue like acid and delayed guilt and salt water. He almost says it (almost, “I came back for you.”) as if he hadn't let her down – them, he doesn't dare to think (three-year-long happiness on a boat: he doesn't see a drowning man anymore when he closes his eyes, doesn't think of broken promises and inaccurate visions, barely remembers his face, and Charlie is his son, a smiling toddler, oceans away from blame and debt; it hits him all the harder now) - as if he had been on this mission to save her all along, as if he was the hero, as if he was selfless and not cowardly and not too late at all. Jack looks at him, at her, brow furrowed, eyes wet and pained, a hand on his head.

He doesn't kiss her (he wants to, mouth-to-mouth because she drowned, is almost gone now, will be irretrievably lost in a few seconds, maybe). Her breathing stutters against his skin, against his jaw, and she buries her face in the crook of his neck, buries her toes in the sand, fingertips pressing down into his shoulder blades.

Later – days and hours and minutes – she stops crying. The boat is too crowded, but it's dark, quiet in her cabin (moments and waves and stars) and she stops crying and kisses him, gasps into his mouth, fights for air when he pulls away. She whispers, “I'm sorry.” Guilt gnaws at his insides. He nods and doesn't ask for her forgiveness.

(“I don't remember anything,” she says. He hopes that she's not lying.)

Wait For Me || Bones; Booth/Brennan; Squint!Talk

[impala-chick.livejournal.com]

“Bones-”

Booth quickened his pace to keep up with Brennan.

“And once I get Ang to work on a reconstruction for this particular-”

Brennan kept on walking to her office, seemingly ignoring Booth’s pleas for her to turn around and listen to him.

“Bones-”

“Eventually Hodgins will have the specifics for those samples we took-”

“BONES!”

Booth finally figured out how to match her pace and swiftly caught her by the elbow.

“What? We are currently in the middle of an investigation, in case you have forgotten.”

Booth sighed, his shoulders heaving forward in an attempt to shake himself of the weight that was constantly pressing down on him.

“I know you…” he waved his hand vaguely into the air, grasping at words. His other hand tightened its grip on Brennan’s elbow.

Brennan finally turned all the way around, her arms crossed. Her body was tense; her mind running in a million different directions, already planning what they had to do in the next step of the case. And the next 50 steps after that one.

“Yes?” Brennan prodded Booth, knowing he had something on his mind. She never liked to guess what he hid behind his soft and twinkling eyes. So she unfolded her arms and tried to relax her legs; tried to stop them from being so stiff.

“Can’t you just wait up for one second?” Booth breathed out slowly, testing the affect his words would have on her.

“That’s exactly what I’m doing right now.” She said, puzzled. She stared up at him, her brow furrowed.

“No, that’s not what I mean.” Booth huffed. And then he made a decision. He leaned down and gently kissed her at the corner of her mouth.

Brennan leaned towards him. His grip on her elbow kept her steady.

“Okay. I can wait for you.” She smiled, leaning back.

Booth nodded, is lips barely parted and upturned at the corners. He was still surprised at himself. And at Brennan. He released her elbow.

She briskly turned and walked back to her desk.

“So, I’ll go make sure the bones are cleaned and assembled because I still have a theory about that hip joint that needs to be-”

Booth breathed in deep and let oxygen fill his lungs.

It felt like his heart was swelling, too.

sunshine state, lost, sawyer/kate, miami

[lenina20.livejournal.com]

“why miami?”

her almost-happy wrinkled nose stings familiar and unknown, a sharp feather caress he remembers from a dream. her eyes looks mischievous as she searches the police station. she looks like a naughty girl, caught in mischeif, proud and distressed - innocent. it hits hard, like that one bulliet he caught in another life.

he used to be in love with her.

"my ex-husband lives here."

they are in a police station but, somehow, he doesn't have it in him to be surprised anymore. barely amused at her nerve - marrying a cop while being on the run. he almost laughs. it was all about the adrenaline and just feeling something else than dread and long-distance loneliness. she had guts (he had to give her that) and loved to play with fire, ever confident someone else would end up getting burned. anyone but her.

he used to be so in love with her.

in another life - he would have taken one and a thousand bullets, if only she had asked. now, he drives a borrowed truck down dirty back roads and over state lines and ends up here, waiting in the sun until she gets out of the station, glistening white tears erased out and forgotten already. everything now - erased and forgotten already.

"he hates me."

well, of course he does. he snorts and offers his hand - no intended meaning whatsoever. he is not that different from that cop, is he? only he lies better to himself. she smiles, sad, resigned, okay. she takes his hand with a shrug and he shakes his head, once again amused in spite of him and her and this going back to what it never really was but should have always been. "well, shortcake, now that you got your daily dose of penance let's get out of here. this happy sunshine's givin' me a headache."

Re: Breathe In, LOST, Claire/Desmond, breathe

[lenina20.livejournal.com]

GUH!

this is so amazing - it's so complex and suggestive. it manages to quietly tell a whole story. I love his long gone guilt and her not-so-faded memories and the sense of responsibility. This is what should happen - and you did it a million times better. So wonderful and tangible and intense and...perfect.

I love this. SO MUCH!

you can sleep sound tonight, lost, jack/claire, truth

[lenina20.livejournal.com]

sometimes, he gets an odd looks in his eyes as he sinks her body into the too-expensive mattress; he stares at her as if all of a sudden he recognized her, and her heart begins beating madly – what would he do, she wonders, arching her back and biting down a sob, if one day he woke up and remembered everything? he closes his eyes almost immediately, as if succumbing to wishful forgetfulness, and bites his bottom lip and rests his forest inside her neck, so he doesn't see her face. he swallows down a grunt and what did I do to get so lucky? and just like that, the haunting mirages disappear under the pillow.

she is seventeen years younger and she knows before this comfortable life in the big city, that would have bothered him. it would have made him feel guilty, dirty, responsible. he would have hugged her tighter, then, teeth and nails and coiling limbs, afraid she might fade away like she once did; he would have clung to her as painfully pleasant self-inflicted torture. now, here, somewhere else, he's rightfully in love. the cross he bears is so much lighter.

for three whole years she was all-knowing and omnipresent, a fresh-and-blood kind of ghost. she picked some tricks along the way. it worked halfway. those who needed to forget forgot.

claire can handle the truth and so she chose to bear it. she sees things more clearly this way. his eyes, stubbornly blind, are still closed. his big rough hand slides languidly up and down her thigh, so slowly that the callused touch makes her shiver. his hardened skin does not belong in a surgeon's hands, but if he wonders, he never says.

she kisses his forehead and taps her fingers over his slick chest, matching the erratic rhythm of his heartbeats. he is already asleep when she whispers into his ear, forget, both a promise and curse. so his shoulders don't carry the weight of the world ever again.

Stalemate, Lost, Esau/Jacob, you know where to find me

[toestastegood.livejournal.com]

Esau could go to the statue at any moment and all would be forgiven.

He could whisper, I'm sorry, and Jacob would reach out his hand, hold onto him, and say, I know.

The lines between them would be undrawn, the boundaries uncrossed, their words unsaid. They could go back to the beginning: back to simpler times, back to hands on skin and lips on lips, back to a meeting of immortal minds and back to a time before civilisation intruded.

Esau rocks in the chair of Jacob's old cabin, his eyes closed, because he knows that it is his last point where the reconciliation will break down. Jacob needs these petty humans for reasons Esau will never understand - and will never wish to understand. In so many ways, Jacob is as weak and fickle as the humans he adores; he has forsaken his own kind, forsaken him, for them.

The chair creaks as he rocks, back and forth, back and forth. He knows where to find Jacob if he ever changes his mind - and, equally, Jacob knows exactly where to find him.

Stalemate.