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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 @ 09:22 am
Dean in Wonderland (Dean/Triana)  
Title: Dean in Wonderland
Fandom: Venture Brothers
Length: 445 words
Prompt: fic-or-treat: Math & Candy (Venture Bros., preferably starring a constumed Dean and Hank and Triana) for [info]oystermato
Pairing: Dean/Triana
Other: Set S3; therefore spoilers for S3.

Excerpt: "Why do I always have to be the one in the dress?" Dean whined.

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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 @ 09:08 am
Flowering (Tarzan/Jane)  
Title: Flowering
Fandom: Disney's Tarzan
Length: 401 words
Prompt: fic-or-treat: Tarzan, Tarzan/Jane, love blooming for [info]brokengem
Pairing: Tarzan/Jane established (post-movie)
Other: n/a

Excerpt: That was never as easy as Jane would like, but eventually she found him down by a favored watering hole with Turk and Tantor. When she explained what she wanted, he looked thoughtful for a moment, but then grabbed her hand and vaulted off into a trees with her.

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10 November 2009 @ 09:06 am
Twins (Maru and Moro gen)  
Title: Twins
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 357 words
Prompt: Fic-or-treat: Maru and Moro get separated somehow for [info]claire_chan
Pairing: Yuuko, Watanuki, Maru & Moro gen
Other: More of an AU sort of thing than the prompt. Spoilers for ch182-ish.

Excerpt: Yuuko had cuddled her, called her "my little Marudashi," and it had been just the two of them for a while. Maru slept curled up across Yuuko's feet, and she dreamed of the shop and kept it strong.

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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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30 October 2009 @ 09:26 am
Slow Boil (Watanuki gen)  
Title: Slow Boil
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 411 words
Prompt: [info]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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30 October 2009 @ 09:24 am
Upon a Time (Yuuko and Watanuki gen)  
Title: Upon a Time
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 453 words
Prompt: [info]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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30 October 2009 @ 09:23 am
Woven (Kohane gen)  
Title: Woven
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 302 words
Prompt: [info]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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30 October 2009 @ 09:21 am
Spent (Clow/Yuuko)  
Title: Spent
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 371 words
Prompt: [info]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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30 October 2009 @ 09:16 am
Coming Home (Clef/Presea)  
Title: Coming Home
Fandom: Magic Knight Rayearth
Length: 556 words
Prompt: [info]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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30 October 2009 @ 09:14 am
Spring (Presea gen)  
Title: Spring
Fandom: Magic Knight Rayearth
Length: 727 words
Prompt: [info]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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30 October 2009 @ 09:12 am
Truly (Yuuko gen)  
Title: Truly
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 239 words
Prompt: [info]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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30 October 2009 @ 09:10 am
Pilgrimage (Syaoran gen)  
Title: Pilgrimage
Fandom: Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle
Length: 373 words
Prompt: [info]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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30 October 2009 @ 09:08 am
Truly Free (Yuuko gen)  
Title: Truly Free
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 350 words
Prompt: [info]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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30 October 2009 @ 09:01 am
Not A Date I Swear (Dean/Triana)  
Title: Not A Date I Swear
Fandom: Venture Brothers
Length: 1297 words
Prompt: [info]31_days: 21 Oct 09 // In the midst of this world/ we stroll along the roof of hell/ gawking at flowers; bright autumn, Dean/Triana for [info]oystermato
Pairing: Dean/Triana; mostly gen
Other: AU in that this should be S4 Halloween due to events mentioned, but it has a S3 feel.

Excerpt: Triana sighed, setting down the book and turning off her music. "I remember, Dad. Don't you have a spirit to decant or something?"

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20 October 2009 @ 10:59 am
Real Enough to Matter(Yuuko gen)  
Title: Real Enough to Matter
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 505 words
Prompt: [info]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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20 October 2009 @ 10:53 am
Managing Accounts (Yuuko and Kakei gen)  
Title: Managing Accounts
Fandom: xxxHOLiC/Legal Drug
Length: 618 words
Prompt: [info]31_days: 19 Oct 09 // hide-and-seek among the tea flowers; [info]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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20 October 2009 @ 09:22 am
Distant Rain (Clow/Yuuko)  
Title: Distant Rain
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 1006 words
Prompt: [info]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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20 October 2009 @ 09:16 am
Papa Clow (Clow/Yuuko; Watanuki gen)  
Title: Papa Clow
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 1352 words
Prompt: [info]comment_fic: xxxHolic, Clow/Yuuko, Clow's alive, and he wants to be Watanuki’s father figure! Yuuko is not amused. Gratuitous use of the jokes involving marriage, divorce and 'call me papa' are encouraged.
Pairing: Clow/Yuuko
Other: This is rather... cracky. And obviously AU given the prompt.

Excerpt: Yuuko pulled free from the man's grasp, and Watanuki could have swore she elbowed him in the nose, but when he turned back to Watanuki, he seemed just fine, and not phased in the slightest. "I'm sorry for not introducing myself," he said. "Clow Reed. It's a pleasure to meet you. But you can call me Papa if you'd like."

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16 October 2009 @ 07:44 am
Moon (Clow/Yuuko)  
Title: Moon
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 824 words
Prompt: [info]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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16 October 2009 @ 07:43 am
Courting (Clow/Yuuko)  
Title: Courting
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 734 words
Prompt: [info]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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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: [info]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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13 October 2009 @ 08:52 am
Prom (Finn/Kurt)  
Title: Prom
Fandom: Glee
Length: 483 words
Prompt: [info]comment_fic: Glee, Finn/Kurt, Prom happens when nobody's watching
Pairing: slight Finn/Kurt; mentions of Finn/Quinn; Finn/Rachel
Other: n/a

Excerpt: He sighs dramatically and says, "Very well, I'll help you find a tuxedo, but you must let me pick your tie. No clip-ons."

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13 October 2009 @ 08:36 am
Act One (Clow/Yuuko)  
Title: Act One
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 525 words
Prompt: [info]31_days: 12 Oct 09 // now this day too enters history; [info]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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13 October 2009 @ 08:34 am
Formal (Yuuko/Himawari)  
Title: Formal
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 467 words
Prompt: [info]31_days: 11 Oct 09 // I feel about average; [info]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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13 October 2009 @ 08:25 am
Making Years (Carlisle/Esme)  
Title: Marking Years
Fandom: Twilight
Length: 412 words
Prompt: [info]31_days: 10 Oct 09 // only violets remain; [info]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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10 October 2009 @ 12:04 am
U-Haul (fem!Horrible/Penny)  
Title: U-Haul
Fandom: Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
Length: 493
Prompt: [info]comment_fic: Dr. Horrible, Girl!Horrible/Girl!Hammer, "Give me back my shirt!" "So you are a girl, Doctor. With that short hair, boyish face, and barely any breasts, I was having my doubts."
Pairing: Girl!Horrible/(Girl!)Penny, Girl!Hammer/(Girl!)Penny
Other: Genderbending as per prompt. Set at the end of Act Two.

Excerpt: Captain Hammer crossed her arms under her own breasts, which were as always, threatening to spill out of the bikini top that she considered appropriate heroine wear.

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09 October 2009 @ 11:59 pm
They Call Me Mister (George Michael/Maeby)  
Title: They Call Me Mister
Fandom: Arrested Development
Length: 249 words
Prompt: [info]comment_fic: Arrested Development, George Michael/Maeby, Mr. Manager
Pairing: George Michael/Maeby
Other: Set post third season.

Excerpt: And then they made out, which George Michael thought was awesome, but he didn't say so because he was preoccupied.

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09 October 2009 @ 11:53 pm
We'll Call You (Lindsay/Michael)  
Title: We'll Call You
Fandom: Arrested Development
Length: 336 words
Prompt: [info]comment_fic: Arrested Development, Michael/Lindsay, they're only related on tv, so sex is totally fine.
Pairing: Lindsay/Michael
Other: On the edge of RPF because the theme was fourth-wall breaking.

Excerpt: "What is this, fourth grade? Can I just throw a rock at you and move on?"

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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: [info]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 [info]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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09 October 2009 @ 11:36 pm
Focus (Rachel/Quinn)  
Title: Focus
Fandom: Glee
Length: 295
Prompt: [info]31_days: 8 Oct 09 // I don't know one joke; [info]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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09 October 2009 @ 11:34 pm
To Rest (Juno gen)  
Title: To Rest
Fandom: Juno
Length: 373
Prompt: [info]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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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: [info]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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06 October 2009 @ 10:50 am
Pandemonium (Clow/Yuuko)  
Title: Pandemonium
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 739 words
Prompt: [info]31_days: 5 Oct 09 // the cat learns a festival dance; [info]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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06 October 2009 @ 10:40 am
Progression (Clow/Yuuko)  
Title: Progression
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 214 words
Prompt: [info]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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06 October 2009 @ 10:38 am
Growing (Kurogane gen)  
Title: Growing
Fandom: Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle
Length: 885 words
Prompt: [info]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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01 October 2009 @ 11:15 am
Remain Silent (Clow/Yuuko)  
Title: Remain Silent
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 307 words
Prompt: [info]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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22 September 2009 @ 08:35 am
Choice Words (Yuuko gen)  
Title: Choice Words
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 149 words
Prompt: First sentence meme: "As it happened, she didn't know what to say."
Pairing: Yuuko gen
Other: Spoilers for ch184-6.

Excerpt: It happened rarely that Yuuko was at a loss for words; even when something completely extraordinary happened, she was generally able to produce some sort of quip.

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22 September 2009 @ 08:31 am
Nest (Himawari/Watanuki)  
Title: Nest
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 132 words
Prompt: [info]writing_game Week 64: J+1, Jealous
Pairing: slight Himawari/Watanuki
Other: Spoilers for ch186.

Excerpt: She knew it was better for Doumeki to spend the most time with Watanuki. If nothing else, Doumeki had a better straight face.

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22 September 2009 @ 08:16 am
Gilt Instead of Gold (Watanuki gen)  
Title: Gilt Instead of Gold
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 220 words
Prompt: [info]writing_game Week 64: G+3, Gilt
Pairing: Watanuki gen
Other: Spoilers for ch186.

Excerpt: He was studying a mirror, gold paint flaking, and trying to decide why it gave him the shivers when he heard the crack of thunder.

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22 September 2009 @ 08:14 am
Filial Devotion (Watanuki gen)  
Title: Filial Devotion
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 180 words
Prompt: [info]writing_game Week 64: NE+2, Things Become Extinct; NE+2, What I Did for Love
Pairing: Watanuki gen
Other: Spoilers for ch184-6.

Excerpt: He still felt angry about it, the choice made by someone else. There was no undoing it, only twisting it around.

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22 September 2009 @ 08:11 am
Inherited (Doumeki gen)  
Title: Inherited
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 180 words
Prompt: [info]writing_game Week 64: D+2, Déjà-vu
Pairing: Doumeki gen
Other: Spoilers for ch186.

Excerpt: He'd never thought that the witch could be Watanuki's mother; at least, not the one who gave birth to him, though she'd certainly guided him like one when she was alive.

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22 September 2009 @ 08:03 am
Chill (Doumeki gen)  
Title: Chill
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 196 words
Prompt: [info]writing_game Week 64: C+1, Chill
Pairing: Doumeki gen
Other: Spoilers for ch186.

Excerpt: He watched and he protected when he saw the need. But there was nothing here for his bow.

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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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22 September 2009 @ 07:52 am
Opposites Only Attract in Physics (Hershel/Hendel; Luke/Lucy)  
Title: Opposites Only Attract in Physics
Fandom: Professor Layton
Length: 490 words
Prompt: Professor Layton (Anon) Fan Meme: Hershel/Hendel and Luke/Lucy or Hershel/Lucy and Hendel/Luke.
Pairing: Hershel/Hendel; Luke/Lucy; Flora and Florin gen
Other: n/a

Excerpt: But neither Flora nor Florin would have even suspected the scene that they happened upon one afternoon returning from shopping. A few loud noises and polite coughs meant that Hendel had soon set her hat to rights, and Luke's blush had faded to a warm glow, but the damage was done.

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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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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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10 September 2009 @ 08:12 am
Grasp (Layton/Claire)  
Title: Grasp
Fandom: Professor Layton
Length: 734 words
Prompt: For [info]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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