5 Things Meme—of the Ficlet Variety
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scribblemynameGacked from penknife:
You post a topic, list, category, whatever, in comments. (examples: "Five SG-1 Mission Reports That Were Less Than Entirely Truthful", or "Five Times Bruce Banner Lost His Toothbrush," or "Five Ways Nikola Tesla Failed to Take Over the World"). I'll answer with a list of five things.
Ideally fandoms that I know something about, unless you want me to guess, which could be entertaining but probably not the way you want. Or (and preferably) original fiction. All storyworlds on the table, i.e. Seven Days, Kingdoms and Thorn, the Alliance, Vardin, etc.
Completed Ficlets & Scenes
Kingdoms and Thorn:
- Rachelle + Justus – Without a Reason
- Shift + Justus + Red Wolf – It's Own Absolution
- Rachelle + Justus – It Came Up
- Rachelle/Justus – Simply Because
- Rachelle + Justus – Defining Love
- Rachelle + Shift + Meld – Playing with Knives
- Killinger + Special Unit ensemble – Technicalities
- Killinger + Special Unit ensemble – Call Me If You Need Me
- Killinger + Special Unit ensemble – Element of Uncertainty
- Marc + Cate – A Simple Question
- Marc + Cate – The Nameless Below
- Killinger + Special Unit ensemble – Tracing Trouble
Originally published at Liana Mir. You can comment here or there.
Kingdoms and Thorn Ficlet: Defining Love
Date: 2013-09-10 11:43 pm (UTC)"We're posing as a married couple?" he repeated the words from the paper. "They do that here?"
The Database's reply was as scathing as her look. "They do everything here. Could've spared me that one."
His face went unreadable and she suddenly realized he had a tell, and those were not acceptable.
"Justus—"
He started right as she did. "Why is that a problem?"
She stared at him.
He shrugged, leaned one arm against the wall as if this was casual. "It's not as if we don't..." His voice trailed off, then he shrugged.
Justus had a problem with most of what they did. He had been raised to be patriotic and believe in the military and defending his country, but that had been with parameters of decency and the Department wasn't known for those. But despite that, he had never had a problem with her. D— it. How had she screwed that up?
"Justus." She reached for him then, caught the back of his neck with her hand, and pulled his head against hers. She held him the same way she held her brother, Meld, when he needed something, anything to hold onto.
"I care about you," she told him. "You're my team member. I care."
She could see the confusion glimmering in his eyes.
His hands tightened on her waist. "What's the difference?" His voice rumbled through her and she realized he understood that she loved Meld.
Let's keep this simple. "What would I say if you asked me to marry you?" It was a question he knew the answer to.
His expression turned incredulous. "Battery Acid," he called her, his favorite handle hold her by. "You are not the marrying type."
She shrugged at that. "If I loved you, Justus, I'd do anything for you." Seeing him sober, she pressed the point. "Anything."
Re: Kingdoms and Thorn Ficlet: Defining Love
Date: 2013-09-11 12:07 am (UTC)And I almost want to ask (but don't want to all the same) to see where they went on that assignment.
I feel like something's missing here: "Battery Acid," he called her, his favorite handle hold her by.
Re: Kingdoms and Thorn Ficlet: Defining Love
Date: 2013-09-11 12:12 am (UTC)I don't know what they did on that assignment. To be honest, I wasn't sure I wanted to ask either.
And Re: typo
Drat it. I typed that in and CTRL+BACKSPACE went a word too far on me. Ah, well. I'll fix the typo when I post/publish elsewhere.
Re: Kingdoms and Thorn Ficlet: Defining Love
Date: 2013-09-11 12:24 am (UTC)It has the potential to be very... awkward and even unpleasant, though some of the moments where they were pretending to be married might have been nice/sweet.
It wasn't that bad. I just let you know so you could fix it later.
Re: Kingdoms and Thorn Ficlet: Defining Love
Date: 2013-09-11 12:31 am (UTC)Re: Kingdoms and Thorn Ficlet: Defining Love
Date: 2013-09-11 12:34 am (UTC)Yeah... That's probably one to skip.