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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Patiently Waiting for Our Wits (Yuuko gen)

Title: Patiently Waiting for Our Wits
Fandom: Chronicles of Chrestomanci/xxxHOLiC
Length: 1271 words
Prompt: From self: I have a sudden brilliant desire to write Chrestomanci/xH fic because Yuuko would dislike grown-up Christopher so very much, and he and Clow would probably get along fabulously.
Pairing: Yuuko and Christopher gen; Clow/Yuuko implied
Other: Set slightly before Charmed Life and some time between Clow's death and Watanuki's employment. Title from a quotation by Eden Phillpotts.

Excerpt: There was a magician in her garden, and he hadn't come through the door. He was just there, adjusting his cuffs and looking around with vague interest.

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