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30 October 2009 @ 09:26 am

Slow Boil (Watanuki gen)

Title: Slow Boil
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 411 words
Prompt:

31_days: 30 Oct 09 // I weep for my mother as I watch the sea
Pairing: Watanuki and Doumeki gen; mentions of Yuuko
Other: spoilers for ch182.

Excerpt: It was mid-July before Watanuki pulled the kiddy pool out of storage, partly because he knew he'd have to go to the trouble of blowing it up himself.

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Tags: comm:31_days, fandom:xxxholic, length:100-500 words, pairing:gen, rating:g, xxxholic:character:watanuki, xxxholic:pairing:gen

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30 October 2009 @ 09:24 am

Upon a Time (Yuuko and Watanuki gen)

Title: Upon a Time
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 453 words
Prompt:

31_days: 29 Oct 09 // a crow buries its secret
Pairing: Yuuko and Watanuki gen
Other: n/a

Excerpt: "Once upon a time," Yuuko said, exhaling smoke that slid lazily across the air, half-forming patterns that broke as soon as Watanuki looked at them. "Once upon a time, there was a crow."

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Tags: comm:31_days, fandom:xxxholic, length:100-500 words, pairing:gen, rating:g, xxxholic:character:watanuki, xxxholic:character:yuuko, xxxholic:pairing:gen

30 October 2009 @ 09:23 am

Woven (Kohane gen)

Title: Woven
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 302 words
Prompt:

31_days: 28 Oct 09 // you have outgrown your first kimono
Pairing: Kohane gen; Yuuko and Watanuki
Other: Spoilers for ch184.

Excerpt: Yuuko wasn't like most people. She knew Kohane wasn't lying, but more importantly, she let her be a person, and make her own decisions.

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Tags: comm:31_days, fandom:xxxholic, length:100-500 words, pairing:gen, rating:g, xxxholic:character:kohane, xxxholic:pairing:gen

30 October 2009 @ 09:21 am

Spent (Clow/Yuuko)

Title: Spent
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 371 words
Prompt:

31_days: 27 Oct 09 // I've squandered all these years
Pairing: Clow/Yuuko
Other: spoilers for ch182 as always.

Excerpt: So she treasured her vices and would not apologize for indulging them-- what was the use of time if you didn't make the most of it?

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Tags: comm:31_days, fandom:xxxholic, length:100-500 words, pairing:gen, rating:g, xxxholic:character:yuuko, xxxholic:pairing:clow/yuuko

30 October 2009 @ 09:16 am

Coming Home (Clef/Presea)

Title: Coming Home
Fandom: Magic Knight Rayearth
Length: 556 words
Prompt:

31_days: 26 Oct 09 // shining in my soup bowl
Character/Pairing: Clef and Presea; slight Presea/Clef
Other: n/a

Excerpt: Presea knows there must have been a time before Clef lived in the palace, a time before he put on those heavy robes and took up the staff of office, but she finds it hard to picture.

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Tags: comm:31_days, fandom:magic knight rayearth, length:500-1000 words, mkr:character:presea, mkr:pairing:clef/presea, pairing:het, rating:g

30 October 2009 @ 09:14 am

Spring (Presea gen)

Title: Spring
Fandom: Magic Knight Rayearth
Length: 727 words
Prompt:

31_days: 25 Oct 09 // Fields of new grasses
Pairing: Clef and Presea gen
Other: n/a

Excerpt: "Who woke me?" she demanded sleepily. "I'll string you up-- oh, it's you, Guru." Seeming a little embarrassed by her automatic reaction, she sat up quickly. "What do you need?"

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Tags: comm:31_days, fandom:magic knight rayearth, length:500-1000 words, mkr:character:clef, mkr:character:presea, mkr:pairing:gen, pairing:gen, rating:g

30 October 2009 @ 09:12 am

Truly (Yuuko gen)

Title: Truly
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 239 words
Prompt:

31_days: 24 Oct 09 // Ask tearfully, truly
Pairing: Yuuko gen
Other: n/a

Excerpt: But when someone asked Yuuko for the truth of their futures, they didn't often like the answers she gave. Few people valued a good fortuneteller because of this.

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Tags: comm:31_days, fandom:xxxholic, length:100-500 words, pairing:gen, rating:g, xxxholic:character:yuuko, xxxholic:pairing:gen

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30 October 2009 @ 09:10 am

Pilgrimage (Syaoran gen)

Title: Pilgrimage
Fandom: Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle
Length: 373 words
Prompt:

31_days: 23 Oct 09 // As if tired from their pilgrimage
Pairing: Syaoran-tachi; Syaoran mostly; mention of Syaoran/Sakura
Other: spoilers for end of series.

Excerpt: Nevertheless, the solemn-faced, polite, young man who asked the questions never seemed to get the answers he was looking for, no matter what direction he was sent in the world, to mages or philosophers or scientists.

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Tags: comm:31_days, fandom:tsubasa rc, length:100-500 words, pairing:gen, rating:g, tsubasa rc:character:syaoran, tsubasa rc:pairing:gen

30 October 2009 @ 09:08 am

Truly Free (Yuuko gen)

Title: Truly Free
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 350 words
Prompt:

31_days: 22 Oct 09 // Vanish quickly, for you are finally free
Pairing: Yuuko and Watanuki gen
Other: spoilers for ch182.

Excerpt: There was more that she wanted to teach him, from the smallest trick to the secrets of traveling universes, even if he could only grasp the theory.

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Tags: comm:31_days, fandom:xxxholic, length:100-500 words, pairing:gen, rating:g, xxxholic:character:yuuko, xxxholic:pairing:gen

20 October 2009 @ 10:59 am

Real Enough to Matter(Yuuko gen)

Title: Real Enough to Matter
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 505 words
Prompt:

31_days: 20 Oct 09 // and within every dewdrop a world of struggle
Pairing: Yuuko and Watanuki gen
Other: n/a

Excerpt: She takes his watch but there are other things she could have taken, and she tells him this. His soul, the course of his future-- because his name is false, he is safe enough, but even that name was given in love, and so it means enough to matter.

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Tags: comm:31_days, fandom:xxxholic, length:500-1000 words, pairing:gen, rating:g, xxxholic:character:watanuki, xxxholic:character:yuuko, xxxholic:pairing:gen

20 October 2009 @ 10:53 am

Managing Accounts (Yuuko and Kakei gen)

Title: Managing Accounts
Fandom: xxxHOLiC/Legal Drug
Length: 618 words
Prompt:

31_days: 19 Oct 09 // hide-and-seek among the tea flowers;

comment_fic: xxxHolic/Legal Drug, Yuuko and Kakei (with implied Doumeki/Watanuki and Rikuo/Kazehaya), bonding and reminiscing over the shared love of making their errand boys do humiliating things
Pairing: Yuuko and Kakei; slight Doumeki/Watanuki and Rikuo/Kazahaya implied
Other: n/a

Excerpt: Yuuko watched her creation fondly, lifting her cup of tea to her lips for a moment, and then resting it on the table next to her. It was still half-full, but Kakei refilled it anyway, his smile never fading.

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Tags: comm:31_days, comm:comment_fic, fandom:-crossover:legal drug, fandom:-crossover:xxholic, fandom:legal drug, fandom:xxholic, legal drug:character:kakei, legal drug:pairing:rikuo/kazahaya, length:500-1000 words, pairing:gen, pairing:yaoi, rating:g, xxxholic:character:yuuko, xxxholic:pairing:doumeki/watanuki

20 October 2009 @ 10:38 am

In Your Philosophy (Clow/Yuuko)

Title: In Your Philosophy
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 953 words
Prompt:

31_days: 18 Oct 09 // I wrote on a wall, "I've gone ahead";

comment_fic: xxxHOLiC, Clow/Yuuko, there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Pairing: Clow/Yuuko
Other: PG for sexual references. My apologies to Shakespeare.

Excerpt: The wine was making her eloquent that night, and she remembered being quite pleased by her turns of phrase until he looked at her. His gaze was only a little sad, and she might not have noticed had she not known him as long as she had.

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Tags: comm:31_days, comm:comment_fic, fandom:xxxholic, length:500-1000 words, pairing:het, rating:pg, xxxholic:character:yuuko, xxxholic:pairing:clow/yuuko

20 October 2009 @ 09:22 am

Distant Rain (Clow/Yuuko)

Title: Distant Rain
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 1006 words
Prompt:

31_days: 17 Oct 09 // solemn talk of distant rain
Pairing: Clow/Yuuko
Other: n/a

Excerpt: "I didn't tell you because it would have made you angry," he said to her sleeping form, "to think it wouldn't rain until the day after you died. You always have a flair for the dramatic, Yuuko."

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Tags: comm:31_days, fandom:xxxholic, length:1000-1500 words, pairing:het, rating:g, xxxholic:character:clow, xxxholic:pairing:clow/yuuko

16 October 2009 @ 07:44 am

Moon (Clow/Yuuko)

Title: Moon
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 824 words
Prompt:

31_days: 16 Oct 09 // bring me lasting light
Pairing: Clow/Yuuko
Other: n/a

Excerpt: He would call her things like, "Yuuko, the goddess of my heart," or "Yuuko, my beloved," when introducing her to others. She would just smirk and say, "This is the idiot, my colleague," and let their new friends make their own conclusions.

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Tags: comm:31_days, fandom:xxxholic, length:500-1000 words, pairing:het, rating:g, xxxholic:character:clow, xxxholic:pairing:clow/yuuko

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16 October 2009 @ 07:43 am

Courting (Clow/Yuuko)

Title: Courting
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 734 words
Prompt:

31_days: 15 Oct 09 // tempting me into the garden
Pairing: Clow/Yuuko
Other: n/a

Excerpt: In the purse of his lips she saw a name that she herself hadn't spoken in over a century. How rude, she thought, frowning, shifting on her couch, and she interrupted him before he could say it.

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Tags: comm:31_days, fandom:xxxholic, length:500-1000 words, pairing:het, rating:g, xxxholic:character:yuuko, xxxholic:pairing:clow/yuuko

16 October 2009 @ 07:41 am

Look Away (Clow/Yuuko)

Title: Look Away
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 317 words
Prompt:

31_days: 14 Oct 09 // I've waited for you for a long time
Pairing: Clow/Yuuko
Other: Rated PG-13 for sexual references and general, intentional creepiness. Italics indicate future-seeing and occur without real warning in the text.

Excerpt: "You're familiar," she says, her tone accusatory, and he can only laugh.

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Tags: comm:31_days, fandom:xxxholic, length:100-500 words, pairing:het, rating:pg-13, xxxholic:character:clow, xxxholic:pairing:clow/yuuko

13 October 2009 @ 08:58 am

On and On (Syaoran and Watanuki gen)

Title: On and On
Fandom: xxxHOLiC/Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle
Length: 895 words
Prompt:

31_days: 13 Oct 09 // This world of dew/ is only a world of dew-/ and yet... oh and yet...
Pairing: Syaoran and Watanuki gen; ensemble gen; Clow/Yuuko implied; Syaoran/Sakura mentioned
Other: Spoilers for end of TRC and xH 186. Mentions of death; encounters with dead characters; speculation on end of xH.

Excerpt: The first time that Syaoran visited Watanuki, all the two of them could think of was the circumstances under which they had last met.

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Tags: comm:31_days, fandom:-crossover:tsubasa rc, fandom:-crossover:xxxholic, fandom:tsubasa rc, fandom:xxxholic, length:500-1000 words, pairing:gen, rating:g, tsubasa rc:character:syaoran, tsubasa rc:pairing:gen, xxxholic:character:watanuki, xxxholic:pairing:gen

13 October 2009 @ 08:36 am

Act One (Clow/Yuuko)

Title: Act One
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 525 words
Prompt:

31_days: 12 Oct 09 // now this day too enters history;

comment_fic: xxxHolic, Clow/Yuuko, the first time she ever saw his face, the first time she ever toasted drinks with him
Pairing: Clow/Yuuko
Other: n/a

Excerpt: The first time she saw him he wasn't paying attention, and she realized then why people said that he was handsome: the strong jaw, the smart glint in his eye, the color of his skin, nearly as pale as her own.

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Tags: comm:31_days, comm:comment_fic, fandom:xxxholic, length:500-1000 words, pairing:het, rating:g, xxxholic:character:yuuko, xxxholic:pairing:clow/yuuko

13 October 2009 @ 08:34 am

Formal (Yuuko/Himawari)

Title: Formal
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 467 words
Prompt:

31_days: 11 Oct 09 // I feel about average;

comment_fic: XXXholic, Yuuko/Himawari, tuxedo
Pairing: slight Yuuko/Himawari; slight Doumeki/Watanuki/Himawari implied
Other: n/a

Excerpt: Yuuko appeared in front of her shop dressed in a tuxedo, long and lean with a top hat perched jauntily across her pinned-up hair, and she took Himawari's arm.

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Tags: comm:31_days, fandom:xxxholic, length:100-500 words, pairing:yuri, rating:g, xxxholic:character:himawari, xxxholic:pairing:yuuko/himawari

13 October 2009 @ 08:25 am

Making Years (Carlisle/Esme)

Title: Marking Years
Fandom: Twilight
Length: 412 words
Prompt:

31_days: 10 Oct 09 // only violets remain;

starlightfairy2: Carlise/Esme, birthdays (changed to anniversaries)
Pairing: Carlisle/Esme; mentions of Emmett/Rosalie
Other: Reference to interview canon (Esme's first husband).

Excerpt: Every couple of decades, Esme plans a wedding. That's what she's talked Rosalie down to.

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Tags: comm:31_days, fandom:twilight, length:100-500 words, pairing:het, rating:g, twilight:character:esme, twilight:pairing:carlisle/esme

09 October 2009 @ 11:38 pm

By all the eagle in thee, all the dove (Watanuki gen)

Title: By all the eagle in thee, all the dove
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 2305 words
Prompt:

31_days: 9 Oct 09 // wandering birds pass through the village
Pairing: Watanuki and Yuuko gen; Clow/Yuuko implied
Other: This is a fantasy-type AU in which Clow is the king of some not-Clow country, and Yuuko is a traveling shopkeeper with her irritable assistant Watanuki. Also featuring Doumeki the stone-faced knight. Fic dedicated to

chibidl because this is her AU I'm playing in. Title from a poem by Richard Crashaw.

Excerpt: For a wagon that looked as old and as odd as it was, it traveled very smoothly, and for the first few days as Watanuki recovered, he felt as though he were on the sea, rocking back and forth.

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Tags: comm:31_days, fandom:xxxholic, length:2000-2500 words, pairing:gen, rating:g, xxxholic:character:watanuki, xxxholic:pairing:gen

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09 October 2009 @ 11:36 pm

Focus (Rachel/Quinn)

Title: Focus
Fandom: Glee
Length: 295
Prompt:

31_days: 8 Oct 09 // I don't know one joke;

comment_fic: Glee, Rachel/Quinn, "she wears short skirts, I wear tee shirts; she's cheer captain and I'm on the bleachers."
Pairing: Rachel/Quinn
Other: n/a

Excerpt: She was Rachel Berry, queen of sudden slushy attacks, whereas Quinn was queen of the Cheerios and Celibacy Club. And any high-school girl who could make Celibacy Club cool had something that might be even stronger than Rachel's will.

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Tags: comm:31_days, fandom:glee, glee:character:rachel, glee:pairing:rachel/quinn, length:100-500 words, pairing:yuri, rating:g

09 October 2009 @ 11:34 pm

To Rest (Juno gen)

Title: To Rest
Fandom: Juno
Length: 373
Prompt:

31_days: 7 Oct 09 // Morning glories make a roof
Pairing: Juno gen; slight Paulie/Juno
Other: n/a

Excerpt: When the flowers were blooming, she lay there in the green light filtering through and smelled the air and felt as though the world was on pause.

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Tags: comm:31_days, fandom:juno, juno:character:juno, juno:pairing:gen, length:100-500 words, pairing:gen, rating:g

06 October 2009 @ 10:53 am

The Words I Didn't Write (Touya/Yukito)

Title: The Words I Didn't Write
Fandom: Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle
Length: 920 words
Prompt:

31_days: 6 Oct 09 // they whisper, "Goodbye, goodbye," in a falling mist
Pairing: ( characters/pairings are spoilers for TRC222 )
Other: Title from Dickinson.

Excerpt: The little glass tube was deceptively light in Touya's hands. Something in it glowed, but he wouldn't let himself look too closely.

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Tags: comm:31_days, fandom:tsubasa rc, length:500-1000 words, pairing:yaoi, rating:g, tsubasa rc:character:yukito, tsubasa rc:pairing:touya/yukito

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06 October 2009 @ 10:50 am

Pandemonium (Clow/Yuuko)

Title: Pandemonium
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 739 words
Prompt:

31_days: 5 Oct 09 // the cat learns a festival dance;

comment_fic: XXXholic, Clow/Yuuko, Yes you got your spell on me baby / Turning my heart into stone / I need you so bad - magic woman / I can't leave you alone
Pairing: slight Clow/Yuuko
Other: As a reminder, the Hyakki Yako was the demon parade that Doumeki and Watanuki went to in volume 6 (ch61). Akari the cat-demon seemed to know Yuuko very well-- I'd be surprised if the witch hadn't been to one before, at least once.

Excerpt: "I owe you many debts," Clow answered easily, his hands tracing over the hozuki, "but you don't have many friends, do you, Yuuko-chan?"

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Tags: comm:31_days, comm:comment_fic, fandom:xxxholic, length:500-1000 words, pairing:het, rating:g, xxxholic:character:yuuko, xxxholic:pairing:clow/yuuko

06 October 2009 @ 10:42 am

Span (Tobias/Rachel)

Title: Span
Fandom: Animorphs
Length: 463 words
Prompt:

31_days: 4 Oct 09 // So many breezes, but never enough
Pairing: Tobias/Rachel; Tobias gen
Other: PG, on-screen character death

Excerpt: The red-tailed hawk lives, on average, for twenty years in the wild. Tobias doesn't expect to see thirty.

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Tags: animorphs:character:tobias, animorphs:pairing:tobias/rachel, comm:31_days, fandom:animorphs, length:100-500 words, pairing:het, rating:pg

06 October 2009 @ 10:40 am

Progression (Clow/Yuuko)

Title: Progression
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 214 words
Prompt:

31_days: 3 Oct 09 // There are no strangers under cherry blossoms
Pairing: Clow/Yuuko
Other: n/a

Excerpt: She hadn't been waiting for him to come. That would be soppy and romantic and mostly stupid.

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Tags: comm:31_days, fandom:xxxholic, length:100-500 words, pairing:het, rating:g, xxxholic:character:yuuko, xxxholic:pairing:clow/yuuko

06 October 2009 @ 10:38 am

Growing (Kurogane gen)

Title: Growing
Fandom: Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle
Length: 885 words
Prompt:

31_days: 2 Oct 09 // Thus spring begins
Pairing: Kurogane gen; Syaoran/Sakura implied
Other: Spoilers for end of series. Jossed by Epilogue.

Excerpt: She had one delicate hand curled around her tea, the other resting on the bottom of the cup, and she looked up at him and tilted her head to the side and said, "Spring is here."

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Tags: comm:31_days, fandom:tsubasa rc, length:500-1000 words, pairing:gen, rating:g, tsubasa rc:character:kurogane, tsubasa rc:pairing:gen

01 October 2009 @ 11:15 am

Remain Silent (Clow/Yuuko)

Title: Remain Silent
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 307 words
Prompt:

31_days: 1 Oct 09 // Today and today also
Pairing: Clow/Yuuko
Other: G, opium

Excerpt: She'd flip through the pages and scrawl sardonic notes in a sloppy hand, and then she'd hand them back and say, "Leave me in peace." Not that he would.

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Tags: comm:31_days, fandom:xxxholic, length:100-500 words, pairing:het, rating:g, xxxholic:character:clow, xxxholic:character:yuuko, xxxholic:pairing:clow/yuuko

13 July 2009 @ 02:40 pm

Tomorrow Will Be Dying (Cassie/Rachel)

Title: Tomorrow Will Be Dying
Fandom: Animorphs
Length: 174 words
Prompt:

31_days 2 Jun 09 // the limit of a sweet memory;

flareonfury's The Summer of Blues & Love MULTIFANDOM Drabble-a-thon : Animorphs, Cassie/Rachel, tears
Pairing: Cassie/Rachel
Other: PG, canon character death, post-series.

Excerpt: The hawk cried out, her focus broke, the memory fled. Those days were gone.

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Tags: animorphs:character:cassie, animorphs:pairing:cassie/rachel, comm:31_days, comm:flareonfury, fandom:animorphs, length:100-500 words, pairing:yuri, rating:pg

13 July 2009 @ 02:13 pm

Shell (Ursula/Ariel)

Title: Shell
Fandom: The Little Mermaid
Length: 232 words
Prompt:

31_days 1 Jul 09 // a dream is nothing but a ghost
Pairing: Ursula/Ariel
Other: noncon implications

Excerpt: Ursula put great stock in dreams; they were her life, her bread and butter, her career, and eventually, her undoing.

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Tags: comm:31_days, comm:intlfemslash09, fandom:little mermaid, length:100-500 words, little mermaid:character:ursula, little mermaid:pairing:ursula/ariel, pairing:yuri, rating:pg

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13 July 2009 @ 01:45 pm

Between Breaths We Live (George/Daisy)

Title: Between Breaths We Live
Fandom: Dead Like Me
Length: 185 words
Prompt:

31_days 3 Jul 09 // to hear you breathe
Pairing: George/Daisy established
Other: PG for vague sexual references

Excerpt: But when Daisy slept, she was an angel.

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Tags: comm:31_days, deadlikeme:character:george, deadlikeme:pairing:george/daisy, fandom:dead like me, length:100-500 words, pairing:yuri, rating:pg

29 June 2009 @ 06:42 pm

Growing Up (Charlie gen)

Title: Growing Up
Fandom: Dead Like Me
Length: 899 words
Prompt:

31_days 14 July 09 // forever was so many different things;

cliche_bingo: backstory
Pairing: Charlie gen
Other: Charlie is the pet Reaper from episodes 1x14, 2x8, and 2x13.

Excerpt: He didn't understand what she meant until he was crouching down next to the cat on the side of the road. After brushing his hand along the crusted fur, he staggered off and retched into the bushes.

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Tags: comm:31_days, comm:cliche_bingo, dead like me:character:charlie, dead like me:pairing:gen, fandom:dead like me, length:500-1000 words, pairing:gen, rating:g

22 May 2009 @ 04:15 pm

Pride (Tonks gen)

Title: Pride
Length: 90 words
Fandom: Harry Potter
Prompt:

31_days: 10 May 09 // Too proud to be a queen; Tonks for

starlightfairy2
Pairing: Tonks gen
Other: n/a
Excerpt: It was strange that, even as a Metamorphagus, she never fit her name, of all things.

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Tags: comm:31_days, fandom:harry potter, harry potter:character:tonks, harry potter:pairing:gen, length:less than 100 words, pairing:gen, rating:g

22 May 2009 @ 04:11 pm

Between (Yuuko gen)

Title: Between
Length: 223 words
Fandom:xxxHOLiC
Prompt:

31_days: 5 May 09 // there are cracks in the universe
Pairing: Yuuko gen
Other: n/a
Excerpt: There are cracks in the universe and Yuuko lives in one, a crevice built of lies and hopes and dreams, the sturdiest building materials.

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Tags: comm:31_days, fandom:xxxholic, length:100-500 words, pairing:gen, rating:g, xxxholic:character:yuuko, xxxholic:pairing:gen

22 May 2009 @ 04:08 pm

Of Poetry (Tomoyo gen)

Title: Of Poetry
Length: 220 words
Prompt:

31_days: 3 May 09 // one’s company
Fandom: Cardcaptor Sakura
Pairing: Tomoyo gen primarily; Tomoyo/Sakura, Syaoran/Sakura implied
Other: n/a
Excerpt: Tomoyo categorizes, gently, and hopes that she'll always remember what Sakura smelled like before she began wearing perfume and what it was like to run through a festival with excitement clutching your back with warm fingers.

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Tags: ccs:character:tomoyo, ccs:pairing:gen, comm:31_days, fandom:cardcaptor sakura, length:100-500 words, pairing:gen, rating:g

22 May 2009 @ 04:05 pm

Another Meeting (Clow/Yuuko)

Title: Another Meeting
Length: 381
Prompt:

31_days: 2 May 09: 2. an old friend you just met
Pairing: Clow/Yuuko
Other: n/a
Excerpt: Clow was like an old friend she had just met. He reached down and kissed her hand, his lips soft and sudden and his eyes lidded, and she felt no problem smacking him for his impudence. He'd forgive her, had forgiven her, in dreams and thoughts and not in wishes, never in wishes.

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Tags: comm:31_days, fandom:xxxholic, length:100-500 words, pairing:het, rating:g, xxxholic:character:yuuko, xxxholic:pairing:clow/yuuko

11 January 2009 @ 01:04 am

Woof (Touya/Yukito)

Title: Woof
Length: 248 words
Prompt: 31_days: July 08, 2007 // worse than his bite
Pairing: Touya/Yukito
Other: n/a
Excerpt: "Like a big friendly dog," Yukito suggested. "A shaggy sort, most likely."

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Tags: ccs:character:touya, ccs:character:yukito, ccs:pairing:touya/yukito, comm:31_days, fandom:cardcaptor sakura, length:100-500 words, pairing:yaoi, rating:g

10 January 2009 @ 10:15 pm

Normal (Syaoran/Sakura)

Title: Normal
Day/Theme: Oct 30 // normal again
Series: Cardcaptor Sakura
Character/Pairing: Sakura gen mostly; Syaoran/Sakura
Rating: G

Excerpt: So she navigated a normal life, magic behind her eyes, and she studied for tests and laughed with Tomoyo and tried to get used to quiet nights and dull days.

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Tags: ccs:character:sakura, ccs:pairing:syaoran/sakura, comm:31_days, fandom:cardcaptor sakura, length:100-500 words, pairing:het, rating:g

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10 January 2009 @ 01:19 am

Green Eyes (Sakura gen)

Title: Green Eyes
Length: 135 words
Prompt: 31_days 24 Nov 06 // I bear your colours everywhere
Pairing: Sakura gen
Other: n/a
Excerpt: It is my gift to a mother I cannot remember: I live and love just as she did. Or perhaps it is her gift to me, a simple ability to be happy no matter where I am, a quirky sort of naivety, a shining smile.

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Tags: ccs:character:sakura, ccs:pairing:gen, comm:31_days, fandom:cardcaptor sakura, length:100-500 words, pairing:gen, rating:g

07 January 2009 @ 08:53 pm

Nothing (Watanuki & Yuuko gen)

Title: Nothing
Day/Theme: Oct 07 // double or nothing
Series: xxxHOLiC
Character/Pairing: Watanuki and Yuuko gen
Rating: G, vague references to current Tsubasa canon

Excerpt: "They're coming back soon," she says after a long moment. "I hope we're ready."

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Tags: comm:31_days, fandom:xxxholic, length:100-500 words, pairing:gen, rating:g, xxxholic:character:watanuki, xxxholic:character:yuuko, xxxholic:pairing:gen

07 January 2009 @ 08:48 pm

Lives (Watanuki gen)

Title: Lives
Day/Theme: Oct 27 // parting gifts
Series: xxxHOLiC
Character/Pairing: Watanuki gen
Rating: G, vague references to current xH/TRC canon, contemplation on end of series.

Excerpt: Yuuko gave him something when she left, something other than the small plot of ground where a shop that granted wishes used to be. How she'd manage to convince the land to be there all the time for everyone, Watanuki didn't know, and he didn't ask. But she gave it to him, the flat, grass-less plain, and he was oddly touched.

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Tags: comm:31_days, fandom:xxxholic, length:100-500 words, pairing:gen, rating:g, xxxholic:character:watanuki, xxxholic:pairing:gen

07 January 2009 @ 08:46 pm

If You Please (Watanuki gen)

Title: If You Please
Day/Theme: Oct 2 // shiny happy people
Series: xxxHOLiC
Pairing: Watanuki gen; Doumeki/Himawari
Rating: G

Excerpt: For a moment he moved like he used to in high school, all irritation and elbows, and then he sighed and became still. That never solved anything.

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Tags: comm:31_days, fandom:xxxholic, length:100-500 words, pairing:gen, rating:g, xxxholic:character:watanuki, xxxholic:pairing:gen

07 January 2009 @ 08:44 pm

Harmonic (xxxHOLiC gen)

Title: Harmonic
Day/Theme: Oct 24 // once more, with feeling
Series: xxxHOLiC
Character/Pairing: ensemble gen
Rating: G

Author's Note: There is absolutely no excuse for this beyond the fact that I really wanted to write a marching band AU. Please forgive me.

Excerpt: "Show him again, Doumeki," Yuuko commanded, and obligingly, Doumeki snapped his trumpet into the proper stance and marched back and forth smoothly, as though his feet were on wheels or the ground had been greased.

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Tags: comm:31_days, fandom:xxxholic, length:100-500 words, pairing:gen, rating:g, xxxholic:character:watanuki, xxxholic:pairing:gen

07 January 2009 @ 04:24 pm

Ginger (Watanuki gen)

Title: Ginger
Day/Theme: Oct 20 // gingerbread
Series: xxxHOLiC
Character/Pairing: Watanuki and Yuuko gen
Rating: G

Excerpt: "Why?" he replied, taking the bait (he always did, he couldn't help it, he would forever be her straight man).

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Tags: comm:31_days, fandom:xxxholic, length:100-500 words, pairing:gen, rating:g, xxxholic:character:watanuki, xxxholic:pairing:gen

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07 January 2009 @ 04:16 pm

Dissembling (Clow/Yuuko)

Title: Dissembling
Day/Theme: Oct 21 // some assembly required
Series: xxxHOLiC
Character/Pairing: Clow/Yuuko
Rating: G; vague Tsubasa references

Excerpt: "Do you really mean to do this?" she asked, bursting into the workroom at hurricane force. Clow blinked and adjusted his glasses.

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Tags: comm:31_days, fandom:xxxholic, length:100-500 words, pairing:het, rating:g, xxxholic:character:yuuko, xxxholic:pairing:clow/yuuko

07 January 2009 @ 03:49 pm

Running Forward (Carmela/Nita)

Title: Running Forward
Day/Theme: Oct 14 // the girl in question
Series: Young Wizards
Character/Pairing: Nita, Carmela
Rating: n/a

Excerpt: It was this mindset that propelled Nita Callahan to Kit's doorstep on the first day of their last summer before college. She was wearing bright white cargo shorts and carrying the Manual under her arm, and she got all the way to the door before she remembered: Kit wasn't here.

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Tags: comm:31_days, fandom:young wizards, length:500-1000 words, pairing:yuri, rating:g, yw:character:carmela, yw:character:nita, yw:pairing:carmela/nita

07 January 2009 @ 03:47 pm

Shreds (Edward/Bella)

Title: Shreds
Day/Theme: Oct 3 // forever
Series: Twilight
Character/Pairing: slight Edward/Bella
Rating: PG-13 for childbirth, death themes

Excerpt: Breaking Dawn AU. After she lost the baby, Bella belonged to all of the Cullens in a way she didn't before. Sure, she was part of the family-- a sister, a daughter-- but first she had been his.

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Tags: comm:31_days, fandom:twilight, length:500-1000 words, pairing:het, rating:pg-13, twilight:character:bella, twilight:pairing:edward/bella

07 January 2009 @ 03:43 pm

Finale (Vash gen)

Title: Finale
Day/Theme: Oct 18 // the magic bullet
Series: Trigun
Character/Pairing: Vash gen
Rating: G

Excerpt: Sometimes Vash thinks that he should give up looking-- looking for his brother, looking for that "love and peace" he tends to preach about-- but he's so used to searching that he doesn't know how to quit, or what he would do if he did.

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Tags: comm:31_days, fandom:trigun, length:100-500 words, pairing:gen, rating:g, trigun:character:vash, trigun:pairing:gen

07 January 2009 @ 03:42 pm

Where the Wild Things Are (Jane gen)

Title: Where the Wild Things Are
Length: 816 words
Prompt:

31_days: 4 Oct 08 // where the wild things are
Pairing: OMC/Jane; Jane gen
Other: n/a
Excerpt: When she is eight, Jane is caught climbing trees with her male cousins and her mother's verbal lashing is the strongest reprimand she can ever remember receiving. Soon she will be putting on her gloves and going out into society, her mother says. It is not a young woman's place to climb trees and rush about through the town. She will be a lady.

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Tags: comm:31_days, fandom:tarzan, length:500-1000 words, pairing:gen, rating:g, tarzan:character:jane, tarzan:pairing:gen