Angst, Fluff, and Inferno
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scribblemynameLet's take the third first. Overhauling the story from inferno, aka "Dowse and Bleed," left me feeling drained and exhausted, but it's out to beta and may she not find any more structural issues that need addressing. For that matter, may I not!
On angst: I write a lot of it. I know that. I've been buried it in lately and I feel a desperate need for something light, fluffy, and humorous, so on to point two:
Anyway I need something light and fluffy to clear out some headspace. Anyone want to give me
- A character or couple
- A random word or object
And I will write you a drabble: 100 words. No more. That'll keep my headspace break from getting out of hand. :grins:
Completed Drabbles
Seven Days
- Lena/Wesley – Unshelved Books
- Lena/Wesley – How Can You Pick?
- Connor + Wesley/Lena – What You Don't Know
- Connor + Wesley – Of Seeds and Men
- Connor + Wesley – Technically Strangers
- Wesley + Connor/Ashelynn – A Matter of Taste
- Lena/Wesley – Just for a Minute
- Lena/Wesley – The Dream Box
- Lena/Wesley – Two
- Angelita + Lena/Wesley – Photographic Evidence
- Connor/Ashelynn – A Long Night
- Connor + Angelita + Lena/Wesley – Lost Cause
Kingdoms and Thorn
- Red Wolf/Whisper – Bedtime
- Rachelle/Justus – Uncivilized
- Red Wolf/Whisper – Bluegrass
- Rachelle/Justus – Breathing Room
- Ashen + Red Wolf/Whisper – I Think She Likes It
- Shift + daughter – Once There Was a Princess
- Sketch/Lightsculpt – Waiting
- Storm + team ensemble – Love, War, and Popcorn
- Rachelle/Justus – Shirt Theft
- Rachelle/Justus – Crashing the Party
- Rachelle/Justus – You're Hired
- Storm + Surge – Pint-Size
- Sketch + Lightsculpt – Sculpting the Minutes
- Red Wolf/Whisper – What Little Girls are Made Of
- Storm + team ensemble + Anya – Wrapped
- Shift + daughter – Birth of Wings
- Sear + team ensemble – Popcorn Thief
- Shift + Kilter + daughter – What's in a Name?
- Ashen + Red Wolf – Defining Relationships
- Sketch/Lightsculpt – Letters from War
- Rachelle/Justus – Protective Measures
- Rachelle + the cat – Ode on the Death of a Favorite Shirt, Torn in the Claws of Sophocles
- Rachelle + team ensemble – The Coming of Sophocles
- Keeper/Brushfire – Remember the Lullaby
- Red Wolf/Whisper – A Quiet Interlude
- Keeper/Brushfire – As Good as a Promise
- Sketch/Lightsculpt – Call It a Night
- Rachelle/Justus + Sophie – This Child
Kingdoms and Thorn/Fire and Water Crossover Fanfic
- Sophocles + Chocolate – Pets of the Unusually Gifted
- Clown Fish + Sophocles – And Then the Deluge
X-Men Movieverse
- Rogue/Remy – Date Night In
X-Men Evoverse
- Rogue/Remy – Where, Oh Where Has My Flatiron Gone?
Originally published at Liana Mir. You can comment here or there.
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Date: 2013-09-04 01:49 am (UTC)1. Rachelle/Justus and coffee.
2. Lena/Wesley and books.
3. Red/Whisper and baby.
I suppose none of those are random words/objects, but... oh, well.
Kingdoms and Thorn Ficlet: Uncivilized
Date: 2013-09-04 02:43 am (UTC)Justus looked amused. "I'm guessing you like sugar and cream in your coffee."
She gave a withering glare, then ordered, "Up. Up. I've got to teach you how to cook."
"It's coffee," he said exasperated but followed her into the team kitchen. "What's to know?"
She tossed her auburn braid and handed him a bag of coffee. “Shut. Up. You've got two ears and one mouth.”
Justus tried again. “Data—”
“Use it for tasting.” She laughed then.
He found himself chuckling back.
Kingdoms and Thorn Ficlet: Bedtime
Date: 2013-09-04 02:51 am (UTC)Her husband was clearly quite comfortable with little Anya snuggled up against his chest as he read a story the newborn certainly couldn’t understand. He gave Whisper a boyish grin. "We're enjoying ourselves."
"I can see that," Whisper agreed, "but it's past her bedtime." An amused pause. "And yours."
She held out her arms until with a sigh, he sat up and handed Anya over.
"I don't have a bedtime," he said.
“Without enough sleep, you grouse more than she does.”
He hmphed but wisely did not argue.
Re: Kingdoms and Thorn Ficlet: Uncivilized
Date: 2013-09-04 02:51 am (UTC)Re: Kingdoms and Thorn Ficlet: Bedtime
Date: 2013-09-04 02:55 am (UTC)Him and the baby... and her knowing him so well. :)
Seven Days Ficlet: Unshelved Books
Date: 2013-09-04 02:57 am (UTC)Wesley just smiled and gathered up a small handful of titles. He squinted at the binding. "Do you sort these by title, author, or topic?"
Lena suddenly realized what she had gotten herself in for. She blushed and admitted sheepishly, "I sort them by favorites."
He blinked. “Oh.” Wesley smiled then and held out a book. “So talk me through it.”
She smiled back.
Re: Seven Days Ficlet: Unshelved Books
Date: 2013-09-04 03:07 am (UTC)Re: Kingdoms and Thorn Ficlet: Uncivilized
Date: 2013-09-04 03:14 am (UTC)Re: Kingdoms and Thorn Ficlet: Bedtime
Date: 2013-09-04 03:16 am (UTC)Re: Seven Days Ficlet: Unshelved Books
Date: 2013-09-04 03:17 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-09-04 03:18 am (UTC)Re: Kingdoms and Thorn Ficlet: Uncivilized
Date: 2013-09-04 03:28 am (UTC)Or you do it because your grandparents blackmail you into taking it black. Well, not really. I still wouldn't do that even though they paid me. :P
Re: Kingdoms and Thorn Ficlet: Bedtime
Date: 2013-09-04 03:29 am (UTC)Ah, so there are more children on the way for them?
Re: Seven Days Ficlet: Unshelved Books
Date: 2013-09-04 03:30 am (UTC)It is a good thing for them to share. :)
Re: Kingdoms and Thorn Ficlet: Bedtime
Date: 2013-09-04 03:31 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-09-04 03:32 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-09-04 03:33 am (UTC)Re: Kingdoms and Thorn Ficlet: Bedtime
Date: 2013-09-04 03:33 am (UTC)Re: Kingdoms and Thorn Ficlet: Bedtime
Date: 2013-09-04 03:35 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-09-04 03:41 am (UTC)1. Rogue/Remy - Southern comfort
2. Red/Whisper (and maybe baby) - music
3. Rachelle/Justus - shirt theft
4. Wesley/Lena - favorites
I wanted to ask for something for Ashen, but I'm not getting anywhere, same with Storm, but I don't know what to go with either of them or one of the others I don't know as much about like Ricki or Sketch or Sear.
And... this might go too angsty so I hesitate to suggest it, but...
Shift/her daughter and bedtime story
Kingdoms and Thorn Ficlet: Bluegrass
Date: 2013-09-04 02:57 pm (UTC)It had taken years before Wolf was willing to deal with knowing who he used to be before his memory loss, but the last thing he had expected was, “I used to play bluegrass?”
“I take it you prefer other genres of music,” Whisper replied, eyes dancing with amusement.
He shook his head at the file—and his wife. There were more important things in there: his birth family, medical records, etc., but he couldn’t help but stop on the idea of actually playing, thus apparently liking… “Bluegrass.”
Whisper just laughed at him.
Kingdoms and Thorn Ficlet: Breathing Room
Date: 2013-09-04 02:58 pm (UTC)“Are you intending on making a habit of this?” Justus asked, indicating his green button-up shirt.
Rachelle had curled up on the couch with the cat—Sophocles—and a book, wearing said shirt. “God forbid,” she retorted, turning the page.
He raised both eyebrows at that. “They’re nice shirts.”
“They’re your shirts.” She scooted over to make room for him on the couch.
“Still wearing them,” he said, pointedly looking at the button-up.
Rachelle shrugged and returned to reading. “I don’t like robes and I need the breathing room.” True enough, but…
He chuckled and scratched behind Sophocles’ ears. “Sure.”
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Date: 2013-09-04 02:58 pm (UTC)Kingdoms and Thorn Ficlet: I Think She Likes It
Date: 2013-09-04 05:43 pm (UTC)“Don’t worry,” Whisper hushed her. “We know you’re not Rachelle.”
“Who didn’t even like said kitten,” Red Wolf pointed out.
Whisper protested with a laugh. “She kept him.”
Ashen carefully untied the bow, then stopped before lifting the lid. “Is it alive?”
He rolled his eyes. “You’ll see if you open it.”
She did so and stared at the music box inside. Then she slugged him, missing because he ducked.
“That’s for making me worry.” She turned the key and listened to it play.
Seven Days Ficlet: How Can You Pick?
Date: 2013-09-04 05:49 pm (UTC)Wesley handed her a book and gave her a lift so she could reach the top shelf of the bookcase. Whatever had possessed her to buy anything this tall? She shook her head at herself. It wasn’t until he set her back down that she realized he hadn’t answered.
“Do you like music?” she asked cautiously.
Wesley hesitated, but then nodded. “My brother plays violin.”
“Your brother plays?” She hadn’t even known he had a brother.
Wesley shrugged with a small, helpless smile. “How can you pick a favorite from a favorite person?”