Out of Time (Clow/Yuuko)

Title: Out of Time
Fandom: xxxHOLiC/TRC
Length: 1216
Prompt: n/a
Pairing: Clow/Yuuko
Other: Dedicated to chibidl, who lets me rant at her, and everyone whose theories I have read recently with too much interest. Spoilers for most recent chapters of xH and TRC both (180 and 220).
Excerpt: He knew he'd spend the rest of his life apologizing to her, after that, but the worst part was that she didn't ask him to. She demanded apologies for the tiniest things in comparison.

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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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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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Another Meeting (Clow/Yuuko)

Title: Another Meeting
Length: 381
Prompt: 31_days: 2 May 09: 2. an old friend you just met
Pairing: Clow/Yuuko
Other: n/a
Excerpt: Clow was like an old friend she had just met. He reached down and kissed her hand, his lips soft and sudden and his eyes lidded, and she felt no problem smacking him for his impudence. He'd forgive her, had forgiven her, in dreams and thoughts and not in wishes, never in wishes.

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Of Poetry (Tomoyo gen)

Title: Of Poetry
Length: 220 words
Prompt: 31_days: 3 May 09 // one’s company
Fandom: Cardcaptor Sakura
Pairing: Tomoyo gen primarily; Tomoyo/Sakura, Syaoran/Sakura implied
Other: n/a
Excerpt: Tomoyo categorizes, gently, and hopes that she'll always remember what Sakura smelled like before she began wearing perfume and what it was like to run through a festival with excitement clutching your back with warm fingers.

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Between (Yuuko gen)

Title: Between
Length: 223 words
Fandom:xxxHOLiC
Prompt: 31_days: 5 May 09 // there are cracks in the universe
Pairing: Yuuko gen
Other: n/a
Excerpt: There are cracks in the universe and Yuuko lives in one, a crevice built of lies and hopes and dreams, the sturdiest building materials.

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Pride (Tonks gen)

Title: Pride
Length: 90 words
Fandom: Harry Potter
Prompt: 31_days: 10 May 09 // Too proud to be a queen; Tonks for starlightfairy2
Pairing: Tonks gen
Other: n/a
Excerpt: It was strange that, even as a Metamorphagus, she never fit her name, of all things.

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