Not A Date I Swear (Dean/Triana)

Title: Not A Date I Swear
Fandom: Venture Brothers
Length: 1297 words
Prompt: 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 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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Truly Free (Yuuko gen)

Title: Truly Free
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 350 words
Prompt: 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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Pilgrimage (Syaoran gen)

Title: Pilgrimage
Fandom: Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle
Length: 373 words
Prompt: 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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Truly (Yuuko gen)

Title: Truly
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 239 words
Prompt: 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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Spring (Presea gen)

Title: Spring
Fandom: Magic Knight Rayearth
Length: 727 words
Prompt: 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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Coming Home (Clef/Presea)

Title: Coming Home
Fandom: Magic Knight Rayearth
Length: 556 words
Prompt: 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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Spent (Clow/Yuuko)

Title: Spent
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 371 words
Prompt: 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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Woven (Kohane gen)

Title: Woven
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 302 words
Prompt: 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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Upon a Time (Yuuko and Watanuki gen)

Title: Upon a Time
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 453 words
Prompt: 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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Slow Boil (Watanuki gen)

Title: Slow Boil
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 411 words
Prompt: 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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