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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Progression (Clow/Yuuko)

Title: Progression
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 214 words
Prompt: 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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Span (Tobias/Rachel)

Title: Span
Fandom: Animorphs
Length: 463 words
Prompt: 31_days: 4 Oct 09 // So many breezes, but never enough
Pairing: Tobias/Rachel; Tobias gen
Other: PG, on-screen character death

Excerpt: The red-tailed hawk lives, on average, for twenty years in the wild. Tobias doesn't expect to see thirty.

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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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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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