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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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Tags: ccs:character:meiling, ccs:pairing:tomoyo/meiling, comm:clampanonmeme, fandom:cardcaptor sakura, length:500-1000 words, pairing:yuri, rating:g

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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

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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Tags: ccs:character:eriol, ccs:pairing:gen, comm:no comm, fandom:cardcaptor sakura, length:500-1000 words, pairing:gen, rating:g

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

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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Tags: ccs:character:syaoran, ccs:pairing:syaoran/sakura, comm:no comm, fandom:cardcaptor sakura, length:500-1000 words, pairing:het, rating:g

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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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 @ 11:18 am

Woman is at Once Apple and Serpent (Clow/Yuuko)

Title: Woman is at Once Apple and Serpent
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 929 words
Pairing: Clow/Yuuko
Prompt: n/a
Other: Title from Heinrich Heine. PG for sexual implications.

Excerpt: Clow nodded, and smiled, and bought fruit for the pie. When he returned to the shop, Yuuko was at repose across the kitchen table. She was lying on her back, head propped up on her arms, but she slithered to her feet when he walked in, adjusting her dress in a manner that managed to show more than it hid.

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Tags: comm:no comm, fandom:xxxholic, length:500-1000 words, pairing:het, rating:pg, xxxholic:character:clow, xxxholic:pairing:clow/yuuko

22 September 2009 @ 07:48 am

Professor Layton and the Secretive Suitor (Don Paolo/Layton)

Title: Professor Layton and the Secretive Suitor
Fandom: Professor Layton
Length: 579 words
Prompt: Professor Layton (Anon) Fan Meme: I'd like some Don/Layton fic of course. Nothing cutesy or fluffy or pronzy or whatever, but funny. I want Don to suffer. BECAUSE HE HAS SUCH A SCHOOL-GIRL OBSESSION WITH LAYTON YOU KNOW.
Pairing: Don Paolo/Layton (onesided)
Other: My poor attempts at humor?

Excerpt: "How nice of the professor to give me this old thing," she said at some point, and then got up and fled into the house, because Don Paolo's bellow of despair sounded like a bull that had escaped its pen. Bulls were only good for fence puzzles, not for meeting.

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Tags: comm:proflaytonanonmeme, fandom:professor layton, length:500-1000 words, pairing:yaoi, prof layton:character:don paolo, prof layton:pairing:don paolo/layton, rating:g

15 September 2009 @ 09:18 am

Live (Watanuki gen)

Title: Live
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 738 words
Prompt: n/a
Pairing: Yuuko and Watanuki gen; Clow/Yuuko, very slight Doumeki/Watanuki
Other: Spoilers for xH 186. I am always writing canon-fixing fic, I think.

Excerpt: He was skinny, pale, leaving one in mind of some sort of oversized bird, and he looked no older, a fact that she found very odd indeed. She had only a moment to draw breath before Watanuki had thrown himself into her arms, sobbing with relief.

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Tags: comm:no comm, fandom:xxxholic, length:500-1000 words, pairing:het, rating:g, xxxholic:character:watanuki, xxxholic:character:yuuko, xxxholic:pairing:clow/yuuko

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10 September 2009 @ 08:12 am

Grasp (Layton/Claire)

Title: Grasp
Fandom: Professor Layton
Length: 734 words
Prompt: For

ptps in the Professor Layton Fanwork Exchange: Layton/Claire, hand-holding
Pairing: Layton/Claire
Other: n/a

Excerpt: It was a popular theory among the young graduate students that Layton was, if not married to, then seriously involved with puzzles.

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Tags: comm:professorlayton, fandom:professor layton, length:500-1000 words, pairing:het, prof layton:character:layton, prof layton:pairing:layton/claire, rating:g

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10 September 2009 @ 08:03 am

Treating (Clow/Yuuko)

Title: Treating
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 500 words
Prompt: For

socchan: the one in which Mokona ate something it shouldn't
Pairing: Clow/Yuuko
Other: Pre-canon. I used "it" as a pronoun for both of the Mokona.

Excerpt: Soel might have noticed the worry in Yuuko's voice, but it was too busy trying to balance with the nausea. Larg patted its sibling.

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Tags: comm:no comm, fandom:xxxholic, length:500-1000 words, pairing:het, rating:g, xxxholic:character:mokona, xxxholic:pairing:clow/yuuko

10 September 2009 @ 07:57 am

In Chains (Vanessa/Juno)

Title: In Chains
Fandom: Juno
Length: 596 words
Prompt:

femslash_today's 1500th post kink meme: Juno, Juno/Vanessa, Alice in Chains t-shirt
Pairing: slight Juno/Vanessa; past Mark/Juno
Other: Post-movie.

Excerpt: When she heard the knock at the door, she thought it was just Mark coming back for that last box he'd forgotten. She'd been up nearly all night with the baby, who had colic, and she wasn't in the mood to talk to Mark at all, really,but Vanessa had been raised to be polite. As a small note of rebellion, she didn't bother to change out of the stained Alice in Chains t-shirt.

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Tags: comm:femslash_today, fandom:juno, juno:character:juno, juno:character:vanessa, juno:pairing:vanessa/juno, length:500-1000 words, pairing:yuri, rating:g

10 September 2009 @ 07:52 am

Bargaining an Empty Hand (House/m!Cameron)

Title: Bargaining an Empty Hand
Fandom: House
Length: 584 words
Prompt:

comment_fic: House, House/male!Cameron, moral bankruptcy
Pairing: House/male!Cameron
Other: Genderswitch AU in which all characters are of the opposite gender except House. Hand-waved medical terminology/theories/etc. PG-13 for sexual references.

Excerpt: House meets his eyes for a moment too long and then turns away with a bark of a laugh. "Heh. You should have sent Chase, she's the pretty one."

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Tags: comm:comment_fic, fandom:house, house:character:m!cameron, house:pairing:house/m!cameron, length:500-1000 words, pairing:yaoi, rating:pg-13

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01 September 2009 @ 03:36 pm

Snapshots (Clef gen)

Title: Snapshots
Fandom:

polychromatic-verse with Clow, Yuuko, and Clef
Length: 797 words
Prompt: Self-prompt: an explanation of how that splashpage with Yuuko sitting at Clow's feet came to be.
Pairing: Clow/Yuuko; Clef gen
Other: n/a

Excerpt: There were even pictures of a time that Yuuko didn't remember. He'd seen the annoyed longing in her face when they had clicked through those, and hoped he would never have to live with the knowledge that part of his life had been forgotten irrevocably.

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Tags: comm:no comm, fandom:polychromatic, length:500-1000 words, pairing:het, polychromatic:character:clef, polychromatic:pairing:clow/yuuko, rating:g

23 August 2009 @ 10:34 pm

Death Cannot Separate (Clow/Yuuko)

Title: Death Cannot Separate
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 587 words
Prompt: see lyric prompt below the cut
Pairing: Clow/Yuuko
Other: Deathfic. Sixteenth and final in a series; table of contents.

Excerpt: She shut her eyes, relaxed, and stepped back into time. It was just the length of a heartbeat, which then stopped.

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Tags: comm:no comm, fandom:xxxholic, length:500-1000 words, pairing:het, rating:g, xxxholic:character:clow, xxxholic:character:yuuko, xxxholic:pairing:clow/yuuko, xxxholic:story:drenched in wine

23 August 2009 @ 10:32 pm

Reflection (Clow/Yuuko)

Title: Reflection
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 649 words
Prompt: see lyric prompt below the cut
Pairing: Clow/Yuuko implied; Yuuko and Watanuki gen
Other: Fifteenth in a series; table of contents.

Excerpt: "Do you see the rabbit in the moon, Watanuki?" she asked, her voice soft and far away.

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Tags: comm:no comm, fandom:xxxholic, length:500-1000 words, pairing:het, rating:g, xxxholic:character:clow, xxxholic:character:yuuko, xxxholic:pairing:clow/yuuko, xxxholic:story:drenched in wine

23 August 2009 @ 10:29 pm

Ourselves We Find in the Sea (Clow/Yuuko)

Title: Ourselves We Find in the Sea
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 728 words
Prompt: see lyric prompt below the cut
Pairing: Clow/Yuuko
Other: Thirteenth in a series; table of contents.

Excerpt: It was Wednesday, perhaps, or maybe Thursday, and he was rubbing sunscreen onto her perfectly pale feet, when she sighed theatrically and stretched, curving her spine like a bow.

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Tags: comm:no comm, fandom:xxxholic, length:500-1000 words, pairing:het, rating:g, xxxholic:character:clow, xxxholic:character:yuuko, xxxholic:pairing:clow/yuuko, xxxholic:story:drenched in wine

23 August 2009 @ 10:28 pm

Tasted (Clow/Yuuko)

Title: Tasted
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 901 words
Prompt: see lyric prompt below the cut
Pairing: Clow/Yuuko
Other: Some sexual references. Twelfth in a series; table of contents.

Excerpt: So whenever Clow was making something, Yuuko would often be found in the kitchen, sitting up on the counter and teasing him as he went along, or at the table with a bottle of liquor and an anticipatory look.

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Tags: comm:no comm, fandom:xxxholic, length:500-1000 words, pairing:het, rating:pg, xxxholic:character:clow, xxxholic:character:yuuko, xxxholic:pairing:clow/yuuko, xxxholic:story:drenched in wine

23 August 2009 @ 10:26 pm

Melting (Clow/Yuuko)

Title: Melting
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 571 words
Prompt: see lyric prompt below the cut
Pairing: Clow/Yuuko
Other: Eleventh in a series; table of contents.

Excerpt: They looked like a couple. They looked like they belonged together. They looked... domestic. Here they were, lobbing snowballs back and forth, laughing, teasing the Mokona.

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Tags: comm:no comm, fandom:xxxholic, length:500-1000 words, pairing:het, rating:g, xxxholic:character:clow, xxxholic:character:yuuko, xxxholic:pairing:clow/yuuko, xxxholic:story:drenched in wine

23 August 2009 @ 10:13 pm

Eclipsed (Clow/Yuuko)

Title: Eclipsed
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 670 words
Prompt: see lyric prompt below the cut
Pairing: Clow/Yuuko
Other: Ninth in a series; table of contents.

Excerpt: She swept into Clow's house as if she owned it, immediately provoking Yue's ire. Then she looked Yue up and down as though she were assessing him, and smiled an odd, knowing smile. He liked her even less for what she presumed she knew.

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Tags: comm:no comm, fandom:xxxholic, length:500-1000 words, pairing:het, rating:g, xxxholic:character:clow, xxxholic:character:yuuko, xxxholic:pairing:clow/yuuko, xxxholic:story:drenched in wine

23 August 2009 @ 10:11 pm

Sparks (Clow/Yuuko)

Title: Sparks
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 761 words
Prompt: see lyric prompt below the cut
Pairing: Clow/Yuuko
Other: Some sexual references. Eighth in a series; table of contents.

Excerpt: He didn't seem bothered by the cold and it probably would have been easier for him not to have worn the outer garment at all, which meant he probably had for the express purpose of giving it to her. Yuuko couldn't decide if that was chivalrous or irritating. Both, as usual.

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Tags: comm:no comm, fandom:xxxholic, length:500-1000 words, pairing:het, rating:g, xxxholic:character:clow, xxxholic:character:yuuko, xxxholic:pairing:clow/yuuko, xxxholic:story:drenched in wine

23 August 2009 @ 10:04 pm

Love Given Unsought (Clow/Yuuko)

Title: Love Given Unsought
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 555 words
Prompt: see lyric prompt below the cut
Pairing: Clow/Yuuko
Other: With apologies to Shakespeare. Fifth in a series; table of contents.

Excerpt: Clow started reciting sonnets, the most ridiculous poems he could think of, comparing women to cats and birds and other impossible things. She threw a bottle at him. He dodged, wobbling, and it hit the wall but did not break.

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Tags: comm:no comm, fandom:xxxholic, length:500-1000 words, pairing:het, rating:g, xxxholic:character:clow, xxxholic:character:yuuko, xxxholic:pairing:clow/yuuko, xxxholic:story:drenched in wine

23 August 2009 @ 09:59 pm

Other Worlds Than These (Clow/Yuuko)

Title: Other Worlds Than These
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 903 words
Prompt: see lyric prompt below the cut
Pairing: Clow/Yuuko
Other: Fourth in a series; table of contents.

Excerpt: You know, Mokona said reflectively, watching Clow as he chased the fireflies around the yard, trying to convince them to land on his fingers, you are going to become close to him.

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Tags: comm:no comm, fandom:xxxholic, length:500-1000 words, pairing:het, rating:g, xxxholic:character:clow, xxxholic:character:yuuko, xxxholic:pairing:clow/yuuko, xxxholic:story:drenched in wine

23 August 2009 @ 09:57 pm

The Ties That Bind (Clow/Yuuko)

Title: The Ties That Bind
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 863 words
Prompt: see lyric prompt below the cut
Pairing: Clow/Yuuko, slight Fei Wong/Yuuko
Other: Third in a series; table of contents.

Excerpt: Fei Wong laughed again. "Now I see why you had to hurry away to Japan, Ku Luo!" he said, slapping Clow on the back.

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Tags: comm:no comm, fandom:xxxholic, length:500-1000 words, pairing:het, rating:g, xxxholic:character:clow, xxxholic:character:yuuko, xxxholic:pairing:clow/yuuko, xxxholic:story:drenched in wine

23 August 2009 @ 09:54 pm

Hospitality (Clow/Yuuko)

Title: Hospitality
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 607 words
Prompt: see lyric prompt below the cut
Pairing: Clow/Yuuko
Other: Second in a series; table of contents.

Excerpt: He surprised Yuuko by appearing in her parlor in a flurry of bright-gold magic. He turned a self-satisfied smile on the woman draped over the couch, a smile that slipped away as he saw the depths of her rage.

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Tags: comm:no comm, fandom:xxxholic, length:500-1000 words, pairing:het, rating:g, xxxholic:character:clow, xxxholic:character:yuuko, xxxholic:pairing:clow/yuuko, xxxholic:story:drenched in wine

16 August 2009 @ 03:20 am

Like Chaos Stopless (Clow/Yuuko)

Title: Like Chaos Stopless
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 944 words
Prompt: For

starlightfairy2: xxxHolic, Yuuko, "Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils ..."-Louis Hector Berlioz
Pairing: Clow/Yuuko
Other: Spoilers for recent xH/TRC chapters; deathfic; strongly-described pain/illness, PG. Title from Dickinson.

Excerpt: He clutched at her hand as if he could keep her anchored in the world. The bones of her fingers, weak, pressed together uncomfortably, and if she'd had the strength she would have protested. But she let him have it, the remaining time she could clutch back.

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Tags: comm:no comm, fandom:xxxholic, length:500-1000 words, pairing:het, rating:pg, xxxholic:character:clow, xxxholic:character:yuuko, xxxholic:pairing:clow/yuuko

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11 August 2009 @ 11:47 pm

Another Year Young (Clow/Yuuko)

Title: Another Year Young
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 813 words
Prompt: For

Chi as always. ♥
Pairing: Clow/Yuuko
Other: PG for sexual references

Excerpt: She told the Mokona once that autumn was her favorite season, and he remembers this, remembers the fall of her hair across his shoulder when she leaned up and smiled at him.

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Tags: comm:no comm, fandom:xxxholic, length:500-1000 words, pairing:het, rating:pg, xxxholic:character:clow, xxxholic:character:yuuko, xxxholic:pairing:clow/yuuko

24 July 2009 @ 12:34 pm

Slick (Clow/Yuuko)

Title: Slick
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 752 words
Prompt:

clampanonmeme: Clow, Yuuko, and Clow's slippery bathtub; The way we were: pre-canon fic for

cliche_bingo
Pairing: Clow/Yuuko; some gen with the Mokona and Yue
Other: PG for sexual implications.

Excerpt: Yuuko did not giggle. Nor did she attempt to get out of the tub. She just looked at Clow, utterly exasperated. "Slippery, yes, but that doesn't matter when someone pushes you in," she said sweetly.

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Tags: comm:clampanonmeme, comm:cliche_bingo, fandom:xxxholic, length:500-1000 words, pairing:het, rating:pg, xxxholic:character:clow, xxxholic:character:yuuko, xxxholic:pairing:clow/yuuko

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20 July 2009 @ 09:53 am

Never to Heaven Go (Clow/Yuuko)

Title: Never to Heaven Go
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 729 words
Prompt: none
Pairing: Clow/Yuuko
Other: vague spoilers for recent xH/TRC

Excerpt: She'd never seen one of his bad visions, though she had the impression that they were infrequent. Even knowing of them, she was still rather shocked to step into his office one day and find him sprawled across the floor.

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Tags: comm:no comm, fandom:xxxholic, length:500-1000 words, pairing:het, rating:g, xxxholic:character:yuuko, xxxholic:pairing:clow/yuuko

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09 July 2009 @ 03:37 pm

Eggshell

Title: Eggshell
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 997 words
Prompt: For

chibidl: CLAMP-verse, with the picture of a house as the prompt; reunions (wildcard) for

cliche_bingo
Pairing: Doumeki, Watanuki, OC gen
Other: Spoilers for recent chapters of xH/TRC. Useless canon speculation on end of series.

Excerpt: Before she could stop herself, she was stepping through the gate, walking down the path. The house was well-lit, but at the same time, she thought to herself that the owner was out. It had that feeling of unoccupancy.

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

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09 July 2009 @ 02:19 am

Willing to Try (Jack/Ariel)

Title: Willing to Try
Fandom: Pirates of the Caribbean/The Little Mermaid
Length: 819 words
Prompt: For

lady_kikyou: PotC/Little Mermaid crossover. Jack Sparrow meets Ariel and they talk about their respective worlds. Bonus points if Scuttle 'learns' something about humans from Jack.
Pairing: slight Jack/Ariel
Other: PG for language/implications.

Excerpt: She twitched her tail self-consciously, staring down at the ocean and then letting her glance dart back at him. Her eyes were curious. Jack grinned.

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Tags: comm:no comm, fandom:-crossover:lilmermaid, fandom:-crossover:potc, fandom:little mermaid, fandom:pirates of the caribbean, length:500-1000 words, little mermaid:character:ariel, little mermaid:pairing:crossover, pairing:het, potc:character:jack, potc:pairing:crossover, rating:pg

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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

16 June 2009 @ 08:09 pm

Playful (Claire/Nazolene)

Title: Playful
Fandom: Professor Layton
Length: 608 words
Prompt: Professor Layton (Anon) Fan Meme: Claire/Nazo or any other femslash pairing, "medical" vibrators
Pairing: Claire/Nazolene
Other: R for Semi-explicit sex.
Excerpt: Claire looked up from the strange object to her partner. Nazolene was grinning cheerfully, as usual. She pulled the device from the box and cradled it between her breasts.

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Tags: comm:proflaytonanonmeme, fandom:professor layton, length:500-1000 words, pairing:yuri, prof layton:character:claire, prof layton:character:nazolene, prof layton:pairing:nazolene/claire, rating:r

16 June 2009 @ 08:04 pm

Professor Layton and the Red-Headed Teacher (Layton gen)

Title: Professor Layton and the Red-Headed Teacher
Fandom: Professor Layton/Magic School Bus
Length: 711 words
Prompt: Professor Layton (Anon) Fan Meme: Professor Layton/Magic School Bus crossover
Pairing: ensemble casts gen
Other: n/a
Excerpt: "It's the Professor," he said, shrugging when she protested that no one could go to the moon, least of all archaeologists.

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Tags: comm:proflaytonanonmeme, fandom:-crossover:layton, fandom:-crossover:magicschoolbus, fandom:magic school bus, fandom:professor layton, length:500-1000 words, pairing:gen, prof layton:character:layton, prof layton:character:luke, prof layton:pairing:gen, rating:g, school bus:character:frizzle, school bus:pairing:gen

16 June 2009 @ 08:01 pm

Ghosts of Past, Present, Future (House/Wilson)

Title: Ghosts of Past, Present, Future
Length: 933 words
Prompt:

comment_fic: House, House/Wilson, House hallucinates girl!Wilson
Pairing: House/Wilson
Other: Spoilers for season finale of House.
Excerpt: When Wilson appears in the corner of his room, leaning on the wall, relaxed and smiling, House laughs. His voice echoes hollowly in the room, rolling around the medicinal quiet.

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Tags: comm:comment_fic, fandom:house, house:character:house, house:pairing:house/wilson, length:500-1000 words, pairing:yaoi, rating:pg

16 June 2009 @ 07:57 pm

I Give You Lots (Coraline/Wybie)

Title: I Give You Lots
Fandom: Coraline
Length: 686 words
Prompt: Porn Battle VIII: Coraline, Coraline/Wybie, after prom
Pairing: Coraline/Wybie
Other: Sexual references.
Excerpt: They crashed prom, Wybie in his favored helmet and Coraline in a red cocktail dress and matching rainboots.

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Tags: comm:porn_battle, coraline:character:coraline, coraline:pairing:wybie/coraline, fandom:coraline, length:500-1000 words, pairing:het, rating:pg-13

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16 June 2009 @ 07:47 pm

Labored (Clow/Yuuko)

Title: Labored
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 617 words
Prompt: Porn Battle VIII: xxxHOLiC, Clow/Yuuko, doorslamming
Pairing: Clow/Yuuko
Other: Vague spoilers for recent chapters. Vague sexual references.
Excerpt: "You've made me a mother to children I never bore," she said, feeling the bed sink in a little as he sat down next to her. She didn't mean just the Mokonas. Green eyes, blue eyes, eyepatches and golden gazes glittered in her mind.

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Tags: comm:porn_battle, fandom:xxxholic, length:500-1000 words, pairing:het, rating:pg-13, xxxholic:character:yuuko, xxxholic:pairing:clow/yuuko

22 May 2009 @ 03:36 pm

Optimist's Ending (Nakuru/Touya)

Title: Optimist's Ending
Length: 680
Prompt: Nakuru/Touya for

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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Tags: au:oneshot, ccs:character:nakuru, ccs:character:touya, ccs:pairing:touya/nakuru, comm:no comm, fandom:cardcaptor sakura, length:500-1000 words, pairing:het, rating:g

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22 April 2009 @ 03:36 pm

your faith was strong but you needed proof (Doumeki/Watanuki)

Title: your faith was strong but you needed proof
Length: 857 words
Prompt:

springkink: xxxHOLiC - Doumeki/Watanuki - moving in together - it goes like this / the fourth the fifth (not official claim)
Pairing: Doumeki/Watanuki
Other: Speculation on end of canon, spoilers for ch174.
Excerpt: Himawari, Doumeki, and Watanuki have a funeral for Yuuko in the park, a week after the shop disappears.

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Tags: comm:springkink, fandom:xxxholic, length:500-1000 words, pairing:yaoi, rating:g, xxxholic:character:watanuki, xxxholic:pairing:doumeki/watanuki

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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;

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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Tags: ccs:character:meiling, ccs:pairing:tomoyo/meiling, comm:no comm, fandom:cardcaptor sakura, length:500-1000 words, pairing:yuri, rating:g

08 April 2009 @ 01:31 pm

Rehab; or Rube's One-Step Program (Rube/Mason)

Title: Rehab; or Rube's One-Step Program
Length: 572 words
Prompt:

comment_fic: Dead Like Me, Mason/Rube, rehab
Pairing: Rube/Mason
Other: some cursing
Excerpt: Rube called it rehab, when he made Mason move in with him. He dragged the other man out of bed early every morning, made him come home before one a.m. every night, and generally made his life (well, afterlife) hell.

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Tags: comm:comment_fic, deadlikeme:character:mason, deadlikeme:character:rube, deadlikeme:pairing:rube/mason, fandom:dead like me, length:500-1000 words, pairing:yaoi, rating:g