First Argument (Fujitaka/Nadeshiko)

Title: First Argument
Length: 355 words
Prompt: reviewers_inc: Challenge #1: Story Behind the Picture
Pairing: Fujitaka/Nadeshiko
Other: n/a
Excerpt: They had only been married a week, and domesticity had not yet set in, and that was why Nadeshiko was smiling when she folded the sheets.

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For the Better (Eriol/Sakura)

Title: For the Better
Length: 1189 words
Prompt: cardcaptorgifts for claire_chan: Write a Sakura/Eriol fic based around Eriol expressing his gratitude to Sakura for splitting his powers with Fujitaka.
Pairing: Eriol/Sakura; Touya/Yukito; Tomoyo/Meiling; Fujitaka/Nadeshiko; past Syaoran/Sakura mentioned; past Eriol/Kaho mentioned
Other: second-person POV, stream-of-consciousness
Excerpt: On birthdays you remember that people change, but you hold your head high and only your husband notices your quiet moment of reflection; you can't get anything by him, nothing at all, and you've ceased to try (he should know all of you, your body and mind and soul and heart).

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Frozen (Yue, Kero gen)

Title: Frozen
Length: 377 words
Prompt: suppis_tenshi: Yue and I.
Pairing: Yue, Clow, Kero gen
Other: n/a
Excerpt: He spent hours pacing dark corners of the mansion, emerging at odd hours with ruffled wings that he always carefully groomed before going to see Clow.

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Gifts (Eriol gen)

Title: Gifts
Length: 1532 words
Prompt: cardcaptorgifts for claire_chan: Eriol isn't celebrating his birthday this year. Why?
Pairing: Eriol gen; past Eriol/Kaho; Syaoran/Sakura
Other: death themes
Excerpt: March twenty-third was bleak when Eriol awoke, the gray sky a stain promising storms later. The wind was high and the humidity low, and Eriol pulled his coat a little tighter when he emerged onto his sidewalk.

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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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He Was Confused (Fujitaka/Nadeshiko)

Title: He Was Confused
Length: 100 words
Prompt: 30_lessons: 5. errors against clarity
Pairing: Fujitaka/Nadeshiko
Other: n/a
Excerpt: She found it hard to believe that love could confuse anyone, but she forgave him for it.

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Home to You (Tomoyo/Meiling)

Title: Home to You
Length: 196 words
Prompt: music meme: 07. "Til We Ain't Strangers Anymore," Leann Rimes and Jon Bon Jovi
Pairing: Meiling/Tomoyo
Other: PG for sexual themes
Excerpt: Her girlfriend fell into bed with a relieved sigh, and Meiling curled around her from behind, resting a hand firmly on her stomach.

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untitled (Kaho gen)

Title: Kaho
Length: 267 words
Prompt: 365_characters
Pairing: slight Eriol/Kaho; past Touya/Kaho
Other: No continuity, just a character sketch.
Excerpt: It's not that Kaho can't remember things; rather that she gets lost on purpose, so her knight will rescue her (she's always thought that romantic).

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Learning (Touya/Yukito/Yue)

Title: Learning
Length: 199 words
Prompt: n/a
Pairing: Touya/Yukito; Touya/Yue
Other: n/a
Excerpt: Yue never quite knew what to think about Touya. He'd slept through most of their courtship, after all. He'd woken with Touya a stranger, already the most important person to Yukito.

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Li-kun (Syaoran/Sakura)

Title: Li-kun
Length: 132 words
Prompt: icon meme
Pairing: Syaoran/Sakura breakup
Other: n/a
Excerpt: "It's not personal," he tried to say, but she stuck her chin out and replied, "How is that possible? How can that be possible?"

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Loved (Nadeshiko & Nakuru gen)

Title: Loved
Length: 98 words
Prompt: icon meme
Pairing: Nadeshiko and Nakuru gen
Other: n/a
Excerpt: She and Nakuru would stay up all night and cook and laugh and smile. She would braid Nakuru's hair and Nakuru would kiss her cheek and be her daughter in England, no matter how exactly they were related.

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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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Old Friends (Nakuru/Touya)

Title: Old Friends
Length: 216 words
Prompt: song meme: "Lola," The Kinks
Pairing: Nakuru/Touya; Touya/Yukito
Other: n/a
Excerpt: Nakuru beamed. "I'm going by Nicky this time around!" he said. "Trying something new! What do you think?"

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Over Tea (Eriol/Tomoyo)

Author: rhap_chan
Written for: tomoyohime8
Title: Over Tea
Prompt: cardcaptorgifts: Eriol/Tomoyo, "the end is only the beginning of something new"; "tea for two"
Rating: G
Excerpt: She had never been the sort of person to fall for someone like him. That was Rika's place; that was Sakura's place. She was a woman who made lists and took vacations to England alone. She was sensible.

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Pulled Over (Meiling gen)

Title: Pulled Over
Length: 138 words
Prompt: music meme: "I Saw a Cop," Jill Sobule
Pairing: Eriol and Meiling gen
Other: n/a
Excerpt: "License, registration, perhaps a handshake?" the cop said, coming up next to her. Meiling blinked and ran the English back through her head-- then realized it was Chinese.

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Right Before (Tomoyo/Sakura)

Title: Right Before
Length: 352 words
Prompt: Tomoyo/Sakura
Pairing: Tomoyo/Sakura; Syaoran/Sakura
Other: n/a
Excerpt: Lately Sakura has been full of sighs and longing, and Tomoyo knows that something is going wrong, and that she can't help, and maybe that's why she decides to tell Sakura she is a lesbian-- to distract her.

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