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28 December 2009 @ 02:11 pm
Playfighting (Touya/Kaho)  
Title: Playfighting
Fandom: Cardcaptor Sakura
Length: 74 words
Prompt: 3-sentence fic for the flist; Touya/Kaho, snow, for [info]mellowcandle
Pairing: Touya/Kaho
Other: n/a

Excerpt: The first snowball hit Touya in the back of the head, and as he turned in surprise, he caught the second one as a cold shock on his cheek.

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24 December 2009 @ 01:20 am
An Unwrapped Gift (Spinel gen)  
Title: An Unwrapped Gift
Fandom: Cardcaptor Sakura
Length: 578 words
Prompt: Christmas card fic for [info]suppis_tenshi
Pairing: Spinel and Eriol-tachi gen
Other: n/a

Excerpt: Normally on Christmas Eve, Spinel went to bed early. He was resigned to Ruby waking him at dawn, and being a cat-based creature, he enjoyed his sleep.

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23 December 2009 @ 09:08 am
Christmas Is For (Tomoyo/Meiling)  
Title: Christmas Is For
Fandom: Cardcaptor Sakura
Length: 316 words
Prompt: Christmas card fic for [info]starlightfairy2
Pairing: Tomoyo/Meiling established
Other: Kinda oddly angsty?

Excerpt: She found Tomoyo leaning against the sink in the kitchen, coffee cup in hand and gazing out the window. She was leaning up on the sink just a little, painted stark white by the moonlight.

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23 December 2009 @ 09:05 am
Joy (Tomoyo/Sakura)  
Title: Joy
Fandom: Cardcaptor Sakura
Length: 275 words
Prompt: Christmas card fic for [info]umilingual
Pairing: Tomoyo/Sakura in the vein of the canon; Syaoran/Sakura
Other: n/a

Excerpt: It had become a tradition between the two of them. Sakura's boyfriend was in Hong Kong, and Tomoyo never seemed to have one, so the girls spent Christmas together.

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21 December 2009 @ 07:57 am
I Gave You My Heart (Terada/Rika)  
Title: I Gave You My Heart
Fandom: Cardcaptor Sakura
Length: 273 words
Prompt: Christmas card fic for [info]dreximgirl
Pairing: Terada/Rika
Other: Both characters are of age.

Excerpt: Their first Christmas after getting married wasn't particularly big or eventful, but it was Rika's favorite. She'd been blushing with the enthusiasm of a newlywed, decorating the house in a Western manner, bells and popcorn chains and glitter.

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20 December 2009 @ 08:46 pm
Raised in Song (Meiling/Tomoyo)  
Title: Raised in Song
Fandom: Cardcaptor Sakura
Length: 422 words
Prompt: Christmas card fic for [info]beansidhe_baby
Pairing: Meiling/Tomoyo
Other: Slight AU.

Excerpt: Meiling was drawn to the sound. She slipped into the music room silently, trying not to interrupt Tomoyo's concentration, and listened.

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04 December 2009 @ 11:22 am
Touched (Spinelsun gen)  
Title: Touched
Fandom: Cardcaptor Sakura
Length: 258 words
Prompt: Spinelsun and Sakura. Why does he let Sakura hold him in canon? For [info]suppis_tenshi.
Pairing: Spinel gen
Other: n/a

Excerpt: She makes people comfortable, Sakura does. He hadn't quite understood that before meeting her.

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04 December 2009 @ 11:14 am
In Want Of (Darcy/Tomoyo)  
Title: In Want Of
Fandom: Pride and Prejudice/Cardcaptor Sakura (AU)
Length: 343 words
Prompt: Name a character I write and I'll tell you how s/he lost her/his virginity: Fitzwilliam Darcy and Tomoyo for [info]suppis_tenshi
Pairing: Darcy/Tomoyo; Darcy/Elizabeth mentioned
Other: Inserting Tomoyo into the P&P-universe as a prostitute is one of the weirdest things I've ever done. Still, G for basically nothing sexual.

Excerpt: When Mr. Darcy came of age, Wickham brought him to one of those places where it was possible to learn the secrets of women. Saying that he wasn't entirely comfortable with the idea would be a grievous understatement.

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23 November 2009 @ 08:59 am
Times Have Changed; We Are Made New (Meiling/Tomoyo)  
Title: Times Have Changed; We Are Made New
Fandom: Cardcaptor Sakura
Length: 866 words
Prompt: For various: Meiling/Tomoyo fluff.
Pairing: Meiling/Tomoyo; background Syaoran/Sakura
Other: n/a

Excerpt: When she'd left Japan, they'd barely been more than strangers. Now Tomoyo was practically her best friend, but all she could remember standing here was the way her shoulders shook, the way that Tomoyo held her, when she was crying, all those years ago.

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10 November 2009 @ 09:28 am
Birth (Eriol gen)  
Title: Birth
Fandom: Cardcaptor Sakura
Length: 689 words
Prompt: fic-or-treat: Eriol - memories for [info]chibidl
Pairing: Eriol gen; hints of Clow/Yuuko
Other: n/a

Excerpt: Eriol rocked back and forth, trying not to fall over. He rested unfamiliar hands on unfamiliar knees, inhaling as though his lungs were new. They were. But Clow hadn't expected it to be like this.

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10 November 2009 @ 09:13 am
Or Treat (Syaoran/Sakura)  
Title: Or Treat
Fandom: Cardcaptor Sakura
Length: 601 words
Prompt: fic-or-treat: Yamazaki telling the story of the first Halloween for [info]beansidhe_baby.
Pairing: Syaoran/Sakura
Other: Set mid-canon. Sort of wanders away from the prompt for Syaoran/Sakura fluff.

Excerpt: Syaoran Li was not quite sure why he'd agreed to go to this party. His bandages itched and Hiiragizawa kept grinning at him oddly.

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10 November 2009 @ 09:01 am
Anniversaries (Tomoyo/Meiling)  
Title: Anniversaries
Fandom: Cardcaptor Sakura
Length: 419 words
Prompt: fic or treat: Cardcaptor Sakura, Tomoyo/Meiling, five o'clock with plans for the weekend for [info]dreximgirl
Pairing: Tomoyo/Meiling established
Other: n/a

Excerpt: Five o'clock on a Friday night... it certainly wouldn't be the first time Tomoyo had canceled plans because of a project or other work delay.

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22 September 2009 @ 08:00 am
Moving On, Not Tripping (Meiling/Syaoran)  
Title: Moving On, Not Tripping
Fandom: Cardcaptor Sakura
Length: 154 words
Prompt: First sentence meme: "Meiling had had enough."
Pairing: past Meiling/Syaoran; mentioned Fanren/OC
Other: Set-mid-canon after Meiling's return to Hong Kong.

Excerpt: She had enough of the sad looks and the whispers. She'd had enough of this pity party, and she was the "honored guest."

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22 September 2009 @ 07:56 am
Key to the Future (Kero gen)  
Title: Key to the Future
Fandom: Cardcaptor Sakura/Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle
Length: 193 words
Prompt: First sentence meme: "Kero did not sleep well that night."
Pairing: Kero gen
Other: n/a

Excerpt: Her hand curled around the absence of the key she normally wore around her neck and she turned over, sighing. Kero stared in horror for a moment before shaking her awake.

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10 August 2009 @ 09:41 am
Waves (Touya/Kaho)  
Title: Waves
Fandom: Cardcaptor Sakura
Length: 243
Prompt: Touya/Kaho: the way their relationship works, and then the way it doesn't for [info]mellowcandle
Pairing: Touya/Kaho
Other: Experimental poetic style.

Excerpt: It works because he remembers-- he knows where he's going, he knows where he's been, he knows who she is (sometimes better than she does).

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03 August 2009 @ 03:12 pm
Home-cooked (Yukito gen)  
Title: Home-cooked
Fandom: Cardcaptor Sakura
Length: 493 words
Prompt: [info]clampanonmeme: Fujitaka cooks, Yukito watches, and Yue thinks about how he's similar to Clow.
Pairing: Yuki gen; slight Yue/Clow
Other: n/a

Excerpt: He's always thought there was something familiar about the way that Fujitaka cooked, glasses pushed high on his nose and humming under his breath, but he could never put his finger on it.

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26 July 2009 @ 12:57 am
Research (Eriol/Sakura)  
Title: Research
Fandom: Cardcaptor Sakura
Length: 184 words
Prompt: Eriol/Sakura - administrate - amber - old books for [info]andymere
Pairing: Eriol/Sakura
Other: n/a

Excerpt: She smelled of cherry blossoms and old books. Somehow there was a leaf caught in her hair.

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26 July 2009 @ 12:23 am
Feline (Clow and Yue gen)  
Title: Feline
Fandom: Cardcaptor Sakura
Length: 289 words
Prompt: [info]clampanonmeme: the first time Clow compared Yue to a cat.
Pairing: Clow, Yue, Cerberus gen
Other: n/a

Excerpt: He was resting in the window well, face turned up to catch the winter sun.

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24 July 2009 @ 12:26 pm
Joyful (Fai gen)  
Title: Joyful
Fandom: Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle/Cardcaptor Sakura
Length: 427 words
Prompt: [info]clampanonmeme: Fai + Nakuru, anything.
Pairing: Fai gen
Other: AU in which the travelers return to the xH world for a feather. Set early in series.

Excerpt: Fai shakes Nakuru's hand; she wraps her arms around his neck, makes him promise to return if he can.

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24 July 2009 @ 12:22 pm
Composed: five times Syaoran dreamed (Syaoran/Sakura)  
Title: Composed: five times Syaoran dreamed
Fandom: Cardcaptor Sakura/Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle
Length: 361 words
Prompt: Five times Syaoran dreamed for [info]suppis_tenshi
Pairing: (CCS)Syaoran/Sakura
Other: TRC crossover in #3, #5

Excerpt: The day Eriol left, Syaoran dreamed of Clow. The man stretched impossibly tall against the starry dreamscape. He wore the same smile Eriol did, the one Syaoran had found so infuriating.

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21 July 2009 @ 01:12 am
Less You Explain (Eriol gen)  
Title: Less You Explain
Fandom: Cardcaptor Sakura
Length: 224 words
Prompt: 3 facts from my headcanon about Eriol for [info]chibidl
Pairing: Eriol and guardians gen; hint of Clow/Yuuko
Other: n/a

Excerpt: When he sends his first letters back to Japan to Sakura and Tomoyo, he also sends one to Fujitaka.

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29 June 2009 @ 07:27 pm
Language of Love (Eriol/Sakura)  
Title: Language of Love
Length: 439 words
Fandom: Cardcaptor Sakura
Prompt: [info]flareonfury's The Summer of Blues & Love MULTIFANDOM Drabble-a-thon : Cardcaptor Sakura, Eriol/Sakura, English, phonecalls
Pairing: Eriol/Sakura
Other: n/a

Excerpt: When it is midnight in London, it is eight a.m. the next morning in Japan. He stays up late and she gets up early, the sighing and yawns on the line embarrassing to her, amusing to him.

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29 June 2009 @ 06:47 pm
The Dreamer's Question (Clow/Yuuko)  
Title: The Dreamer's Question
Fandom: xxxHOLiC/Cardcaptor Sakura/Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle
Length: 2918 words
Prompt: contemporary AU for [info]cliche_bingo
Pairing: Clow/Yuuko
Other: CCS/TRC/xH crossover, spoilers for recent chapters, surprisingly G, mostly AU. The one in which Clow and Yuuko are married and Clow has been having interesting dreams.

Excerpt: Kimihiro, like Sakura, grows up learning three languages. His father teaches him to cook and sew; his mother teaches him how to choose the right kind of sake and how to see the things that are really there that no one notices. He manifests his first magic circle at the age of nine; he exorcises his first spirit not much later, in a flailing manner alongside the cool young grandson of a priest who lives nearby. It is not a usual life, perhaps, but it is a happy one.

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18 June 2009 @ 08:42 pm
Cardcaptor Watanuki (Watanuki gen)  
Title: Cardcaptor Watanuki
Fandom: CLAMP-verse; xxxHOLiC/CCS
Length: 1261 words
Prompt: [info]poly_crack Kink Meme: Cardcaptor Watanuki.
Pairing: xH and CCS casts; ensemble gen
Other: A "missing" moment set somewhere after xH ch124. Should actually be canon-compliant, except that this never happened on-screen in canon.

Excerpt: "We don't have a loud-mouthed plush toy or a stick-in-the-mud winged guardian," she said thoughtfully, "but you'll just have to do, Watanuki-kun~."

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22 May 2009 @ 04:08 pm
Of Poetry (Tomoyo gen)  
Title: Of Poetry
Length: 220 words
Prompt: [info]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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22 May 2009 @ 03:36 pm
Optimist's Ending (Nakuru/Touya)  
Title: Optimist's Ending
Length: 680
Prompt: Nakuru/Touya for [info]lady_kikyou
Pairing: slight Nakuru/Touya; implied Touya/Yukito
Other: Post-apocalyptic AU.
Excerpt: "I'm sure he does!" Nakuru said, grabbing Touya's hands and staring at him, conviction shining in his eyes. "He needs me to take care of him."

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22 May 2009 @ 03:31 pm
Just in Case (Eriol gen)  
Title: Just in Case
Length: 372 words
Prompt: n/a
Pairing: Eriol gen; Clow/Yuuko
Other: vague TRC spoilers/references
Excerpt: He knows that it would have made little sense to pour centuries of memories into a twelve-year-old's form, even if that twelve-year-old was anticipating them. Still, he dislikes the way that Clow has hidden things from him.

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15 April 2009 @ 12:51 pm
Five Times Meiling Didn't Apologize (Meiling/Tomoyo)  
Title: Five Times Meiling Didn't Apologize
Length: 589 words
Prompt: five things for Meiling/Tomoyo; [info]dreximgirl's request
Pairing: Meiling/Tomoyo established; Syaoran/Sakura mentioned
Other: character death in #2
Excerpt: She went home with Tomoyo that night and slept with her face pressed into her girlfriend's shoulder, smelling the lilac of the perfume Tomoyo only wore for very special occasions. She woke up with Tomoyo's kisses patterned gently across her forehead, her eyelashes, and the corner of her mouth. And Meiling smiled.

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08 April 2009 @ 01:44 pm
Best of Friends (Tomoyo/Sakura)  
Title: Best of Friends
Length: 106 words
Prompt: [info]comment_fic: Cardcaptor Sakura, Tomoyo/Sakura, cuddle
Pairing: Tomoyo/Sakura
Other: sexual implications
Excerpt: Tomoyo was snuggled up against Sakura's chest and if her hand was gently stroking Sakura's thigh, Sakura was much too polite to say anything.

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08 April 2009 @ 01:22 pm
Silken (Eriol/Sakura)  
Title: Silken
Length: 159 words
Prompt: [info]comment_fic: Eriol/any, with the picture prompt of Eriol and Clow holding Clow's robes
Pairing: Eriol/Sakura
Other: PG for sexual content
Excerpt: He lays her down on the coat and she just shivers. She wants to roll around in it, absorb him, absorb the Clow magic still in it. It's been such a long time since she's seen him.

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08 April 2009 @ 12:42 pm
Persist  
Title: Persist
Fandom: Cardcaptor Sakura
Length: 122 words
Prompt: [info]writing_game: U Prompt: Upset +1
Pairing: Sakura gen; Sakura/Yukito
Other: n/a
Excerpt: So that person for her-- they were out there, somewhere.

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08 April 2009 @ 12:40 pm
Getting Away With It (Kero gen)  
Title: Getting Away With It
Fandom: Cardcaptor Sakura
Length: 134 words
Prompt: [info]writing_game: Player's choice: tape +1
Pairing: Kero gen
Other: humor
Excerpt: "You have to return my tapes, Kero!" she said, banging on the door. A certain golden-furred lion whimpered.

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12 March 2009 @ 04:22 pm
Holidays with the Family (Eriol gen)  
Title: Holidays with the Family
Length: 431 words
Prompt: Write about your character celebrating a holiday.
Pairing: Eriol/Kaho mentioned; Syaoran/Sakura
Other: This is, um, very old.
Excerpt: "You must come to see us," she had said, her sweet voice sparking across the phone line as if she were standing there next to me. In fact, I could see her in my mind's eye-- a woman with bright green eyes, hair grown long, just recently grown up herself, but not in her heart, where it mattered.

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18 February 2009 @ 04:04 pm
Cardcaptor Touya (Touya gen)  
Title: Cardcaptor Touya
Length: 1645 words
Rating: G
Fandom: Cardcaptor Sakura
Request: [info]fic_on_demand: Cardcaptor Touya for the Valentine's Day event
Pairing: Touya gen

Excerpt: "Give me the Clow cards," the boy demanded, reaching for the book, and Touya took a step back, glaring. The kid looked about Sakura's age, but he'd scaled the school fence like it was nothing.

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17 February 2009 @ 11:00 pm
The Knight and the Butterfly (Haruka gen)  
Title: The Knight and the Butterfly
Length: 251 words
Fandom: Sailor Moon/Cardcaptor Sakura
Pairing: Haruka and Nakuru gen
Prompt: [info]31_days_exchnge: 31. the paths of high intent; Haruka/Nakuru for [info]andymere
Other: Set pre-canon for both. AU in which Haruka spends some time in England before the events of Sailor Moon canon.

Excerpt: Nakuru thinks Haruka is cool. Haruka thinks Nakuru is annoying.

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17 February 2009 @ 10:49 pm
Strength is Measured in the Number of Steps You Take (Fujitaka gen)  
Title: Strength is Measured in the Number of Steps You Take
Length: 652 words
Fandom: Cardcaptor Sakura
Pairing: Fujitaka/Nadeshiko; Fujitaka gen primarily
Prompt: [info]31_days_exchnge: 28. eternity. demand no direr name; Touya and Fujitaka for [info]starlightfairy2
Other: discussion of death; set pre-canon

Excerpt: "Mommy will be home soon. It will be all right," he was saying, almost as if he was convincing himself. Fujitaka bit his lip and listened to his son's easy patter, charming Sakura back to sleep.

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12 February 2009 @ 08:51 pm
Snowflake Poets (Eriol/Kaho)  
Title: Snowflake Poets
Length: 601 words
Prompt: 23. 'tis hard I should go darkling
Series: Cardcaptor Sakura
Pairing: Hiiragizawa family gen; some Eriol/Kaho
Other: n/a

Excerpt: She turned around, kicking up snow with her bright purple boots, and she puffed up her cheeks, pouting. "You always say the strangest things, Suppi!"

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28 January 2009 @ 01:54 pm
Blue (Touya/Yukito)  

Title: Blue
Series: Cardcaptor Sakura
Claim: Tsukihiro Yukito and Mizuki Kaho (friendship)
Pairing: Touya/Yukito and Eriol/Kaho
Theme: [info]10pokes: 3. blue
Word Count: 290
Rating/Warnings: G, yaoi
Disclaimer: Cardcaptor Sakura belongs to CLAMP. This fanfic is a derivative of canon material that is not my property. I do not profit from these writings. The opinions and actions expressed in these stories are not necessarily the views and beliefs of the original author(s) or me.

Excerpt: And then he'd finally started growing in other directions than up and realized that they had quite a lot in common, actually-- Touya, the moon, boyfriends that could be more stone-faced inexplicable than any man should be.

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12 January 2009 @ 01:51 pm
Positioned (Eriol/Sakura)  
Title: Positioned
Length: 490 words
Fandom: Cardcaptor Sakura
Pairing/characters: Eriol/Sakura; Eriol/Kaho implied
Rating: R for sex
Warnings: explicit sex
Prompt/challenge you're answering: no_true_pair: Sakura and Eriol, first time kink

Excerpt: Her hands were whispers on his chest, barely touching as they inched across his abdomen. It was as though she was mapping him with her fingertips, trying something utterly new.

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12 January 2009 @ 01:43 pm
The Princess, the Waitress, and the Fairy Godfather (Tomoyo/Sakura)  
Title: The Princess, the Waitress, and the Fairy Godfather
Length: 413 words
Fandom: Cardcaptor Sakura
Pairing/characters: slight Tomoyo/Sakura; mostly Tomoyo and Clow gen
Rating: G
Warnings: AU
Prompt/challenge you're answering: no_true_pair: Clow and Tomoyo as the main characters in a fairy tale

Excerpt: He turns her broom into a cat and she maces him, and for good measure, the hay-colored cat.

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12 January 2009 @ 01:38 pm
Strangers Passing (Eriol/Meiling)  
Title: Strangers Passing
Length: 263 words
Fandom: Cardcaptor Sakura
Pairing/characters: Eriol/Meiling; Syaoran/Sakura implied
Rating: PG for mentions of sex
Warnings: mentions of sex
Prompt/challenge you're answering: no_true_pair: Meiling/Eriol: don't cry now babydoll / nothing too good ever lasted long

Excerpt: "Li Meiling," she explains, her handshake firm, and he offers to buy her coffee and a new pair of shoes.

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12 January 2009 @ 01:35 pm
The Arrangement (Eriol & Yuuko gen)  
Title: The Arrangement
Length: 360 words
Fandom: Cardcaptor Sakura/xxxHOLiC (/Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle)
Pairing/characters: Eriol and Yuuko gen
Rating: G
Warnings: Tsubasa spoilers
Prompt/challenge you're answering: no_true_pair: Yuuko versus Eriol: battle of wits

Excerpt: He lets himself in. She'd forgotten about the key in the box under the bush and he brushes a leaf from his face as he steps into the shop. He is not empty-handed. He has a bottle tucked under his arm and a pink staff in his other hand.

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12 January 2009 @ 01:21 pm
Trusting Gaze (Syaoran/Sakura)  
Title: Trusting Gaze
Length: 120 words
Fandom: Cardcaptor Sakura
Pairing/characters: Syaoran/Sakura; Eriol
Rating: G
Warnings: n/a
Prompt/challenge you're answering: no_true_pair: Syaoran and Sakura: "Don't give up now."

Excerpt: It's been a while since he's seen that look-- that look she wore when the card pretended to be her mother, the look from when the Mirror stole Touya.

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12 January 2009 @ 01:17 pm
New Life (Watanuki/Tomoyo)  
Title: New Life
Length: 250 words
Fandom: xxxHOLiC/Cardcaptor Sakura
Pairing/characters: Watanuki/Tomoyo
Rating: G
Warnings: AU (obviously)
Prompt/challenge you're answering: no_true_pair: Tomoyo/Watanuki; the first day of the rest of our lives

Excerpt: Tomoyo reached up and caressed his cheek, her thumb resting below one of his matching blue eyes (Yuuko did, on occasion, give gifts, especially when loyal service was rendered).

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12 January 2009 @ 01:07 pm
Becoming Family (Meiling & Sakura gen)  
Title: Becoming Family
Length: 156 words
Fandom: Cardcaptor Sakura
Pairing/characters: Syaoran/Sakura; Meiling
Rating: G
Warnings: n/a
Prompt/challenge you're answering: no_true_pair: Sakura and Meiling: "I'd hate to ruin the surprise."

Excerpt: "Come on, come on!" Meiling said, reaching for Sakura's hand, and they were both grinning as she dragged her up the stairs. For a moment they were kids again instead of the adults they proposed to be.

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12 January 2009 @ 01:01 pm
Sanctuary (Watanuki & Eriol gen)  
Title: A Wolf at the Door; or Sanctuary
Length: 300 words
Fandom: Cardcaptor Sakura/xxxHOLiC
Pairing/characters: Watanuki and Eriol gen
Rating: G
Warnings: vague account of injury
Prompt/challenge you're answering: no_true_pair: Watanuki and Eriol with the title, "A Wolf at the Door"

Excerpt: Watanuki wasn't sure why he knew this would be the place to stop, but he had little more than instinct left behind the keening wall of pain.

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12 January 2009 @ 12:51 pm
Opportunity's Kiss (Meiling/Syaoran)  
Title: Opportunity's Kiss
Length: 92 words
Fandom: Cardcaptor Sakura
Pairing/characters: Meiling/Syaoran
Rating: G
Warnings: n/a
Prompt/challenge you're answering: no_true_pair: Syaoran and Meiling: "Virtue is its own punishment"

Excerpt: She wondered why she'd never begged a kiss when she had the chance. She'd never had a ring; she could have at least had her first kiss.

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12 January 2009 @ 12:47 pm
Wagered (Yuuko & Tomoyo gen)  
Title: Wagered
Length: 143 words
Fandom: xxxHOLiC/Cardcaptor Sakura
Pairing/characters: Yuuko, Watanuki, Tomoyo gen
Rating: G
Warnings: n/a
Prompt/challenge you're answering: no_true_pair: Yuuko and Tomoyo: gambling for interesting stakes

Excerpt: "I'll wager Watanuki then," Yuuko said, lifting her tea cup at the particular moment Watanuki walked into the room.

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12 January 2009 @ 12:42 pm
Consulted (Sakura & Clow gen)  
Title: Consulted
Length: 179 words
Fandom: Cardcaptor Sakura (/Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle)
Pairing/characters: Sakura and Clow gen
Rating: G
Warnings: vague Tsubasa spoilers
Prompt/challenge you're answering: no_true_pair: Sakura and Clow, working together

Excerpt: The grass was dead and the light was dying when she stepped onto Clow's estate, already touched by early winter winds. He was waiting for her by the tree, as always; she wondered, as she often did, how his precognition wearied him.

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12 January 2009 @ 12:27 pm
Concessions (Syaoran & Tomoyo)  
Title: Concessions
Length: 116 words
Fandom: Cardcaptor Sakura
Pairing/characters: Syaoran/Sakura; Tomoyo/Sakura
Rating: G
Warnings: n/a
Prompt/challenge you're answering: no_true_pair: Syaoran and Tomoyo, eternal rivals

Excerpt: In some sideways world there was a Sakura without a Syaoran, a Sakura with only a Tomoyo, and this Tomoyo seemed to know that somehow.

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