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Title: the art of civilized bushwhacking
Fandom: Avatar
Length: 639 words
Prompt: fic_promptly: A:TLA, Zuko, "This is my diplomatic face"
Pairing: slight Zuko/Mai; mostly Zuko, Mai, & Toph gen
Other: n/a

Excerpt; "And this time," Mai said, fussing with his collar, which refused to stand straight, "put on your diplomatic expression. Didn't anyone ever teach you how to lie properly?"

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[Young Wizards] wider than the sky (Kit/Nita)

Title: wider than the sky
Fandom: Young Wizards
Length: 481 words
Prompt: fic_promptly: Author's Choice, Author's Choice, "Telepathy isn't like a phone call or a letter."
Pairing: Kit/Nita established
Other: n/a

Excerpt: I can almost taste your dinner, Nita thinks back to Kit, nose wrinkling. She's sitting in the window, reading and waiting for the spaghetti pot to boil. Is this important?

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[Young Wizards] understand the cosmos but never the ego

Title: understand the cosmos but never the ego
Fandom: Young Wizards
Length: 256 words
Prompt: fic_promptly: Author's Choice, Author's Choice, Slow Life (Michael Swanwick)
Pairing: slight Dairine/Roshaun
Other: Spoilers for Wizards at War.

Excerpt: Dairine's 'children' are as stubborn and single-minded as she can be, at times.

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[Dresden Files] down where it's wetter (Harry gen)

Title: down where it's wetter
Fandom: Dresden Files
Length: 254 words
Prompt: fic_promptly: Any, any, A Field Guide to Demons, Fairies, Fallen Angels and Other Subversive Spirits (Carol K. Mack, Dinah Mack)
Pairing: Harry gen
Other: n/a

Excerpt: Paranormal fiction was apparently very hot right now, and he couldn't go into a store without seeing the sullen face of that kid who played the Twilight vampire.

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[Glamorous City] true poems flee (Ignis & Eclat gen)

Title: true poems flee
Fandom: Original - Glamorous City
Length: 606 words
Prompt: fic_promptly: Any, any, the most expensive and the least expensive item on the receipt.
Pairing: Ignis & Eclat gen
Other: This is an original universe, but it isn't my creation. I have the permission of the lovely chibidl to play around with it.

Excerpt: Any time Eclat sent Ignis to the store by himself, he regretted it. Unfortunately, he was lazy enough that this occurred with a certain regularity.

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[Star Wars] a busy solitude (Obi-Wan gen)

Title: a busy solitude
Fandom: Star Wars
Length: 552 words
Prompt: fic_promptly: Star Wars, Obi-Wan and ghost!Qui-Gon, Obi-Wan is long past loneliness when Qui-Gon appears, very long past.
Pairing: Obi-Wan gen
Other: n/a

Excerpt: A Jedi transcends the things which are not valuable in the long run: excess attachment, pain, sadness. Even loneliness, although this one has always been hard for Obi-Wan.

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[Avatar] with white fire laden (Yue/Sokka)

Title: with white fire laden
Fandom: Avatar
Length: 232 words
Prompt: fic_promptly: ATLA, Yue/Sokka, dutiful
Pairing: Yue/Sokka; Suki/Sokka
Other: n/a

Excerpt: She watches over him: Yue knows her duties. Every Water Tribe warrior prays to the Ocean and the Moon for success in battle, and after her ascension, Sokka becomes especially devout.

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[Puella Magi Madoka Magica] what of soul was left (Kyouko/Sayaka)

Title: what of soul was left
Fandom: Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Length: 259 words
Prompt: fic_promptly: Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Kyouko/Sayaka, impulse
Pairing: Kyouko/Sayaka
Other: Slight AU to episode 4.

Excerpt: The kiss was harsh, like Kyouko was harsh: Kyouko's teeth were in it, lips too damp, and she pressed Sayaka against the wall a little too hard.

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[Firefly] it's how you take it off (Simon/Kaylee)

Title: it's how you take it off
Fandom: Firefly
Length: 168 words
Prompt: fic_promptly: Firefly, Kaylee, a bit of lace goes a long way.
Pairing: Simon/Kaylee established
Other: PG for sexual implications.

Excerpt: A little bit of lace went a long way. A really little bit, Kaylee discovered.

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[Firefly] grief and rage and love rise up at once (Zoe/Wash)

Title: grief and rage and love rise up at once
Fandom: Firefly/Serenity
Length: 201 words
Prompt: fic_promptly: Firefly, Zoe, years after losing Wash
Pairing: Zoe/Wash
Other: n/a

Excerpt: Zoe sees him, years after he's gone. She'll make it a month, two, sometimes longer, but then she'll be walking by the door to the bridge and swear that there's a redhead there.

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[Avatar] sometimes they forgive them (Toph & her parents gen)

Title: sometimes they forgive them
Fandom: Avatar
Length: 619 words
Prompt: fic_promptly: ATLA, Toph, stubbornly
Pairing: Toph & her parents gen
Other: n/a

Excerpt: Two years after the war ends, Toph walks into Gaoling and lets herself into her parents' home.

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[Dresden Files] it is justice that hurts (Murphy gen)

Title: it is justice that hurts
Fandom: Dresden Files
Length: 355 words
Prompt: fic_promptly: Dresden Files, Murphy, she doesn't want to believe in magic
Pairing: Murphy gen
Other: Some religious themes. Spoilers for Changes.

Excerpt: She doesn't want to believe in magic, because the world is complicated enough already.

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[Animorphs] so much bad in the best of us (Jake gen)

Title: so much bad in the best of us
Fandom: Animorphs
Length: 416 words
Prompt: fic_promptly: Animorphs, any character or pairing, pretending things are normal
Pairing: Jake gen
Other: n/a

Excerpt: Jake knew his grades were slipping, but it wasn't like he could explain his new extracurricular. "Sorry, Mom and Dad, I have to save the world after school and on weekends."

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[Glee] waste her whole heart (Brittany/Santana)

Title: waste her whole heart
Fandom: Glee
Length: 530 words
Prompt: fic_promptly: Glee, Brittany/Santana, First kiss
Pairing: Brittany/Santana
Other: PG with warnings for GBLT slurs.

Excerpt: They're twelve when they kiss for the first time, guests at a sleepover playing Truth or Dare. It's nothing then, or so Santana says, even when something in her stirs, deep down, when she touches Brittany's lips.

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[Dresden Files] reason grown courageous (Charity/Michael)

Title: reason grown courageous
Fandom: Dresden Files
Length: 318 words
Prompt: fic_promptly: Dresden Files, Charity Carpenter, tests of faith
Pairing: Charity/Michael
Other: Discussions of faith and religion.

Excerpt: When other husbands come home late, their wives worry about infidelity or one too many drinks. Charity worries that hers is bleeding out in some dark alley somewhere.

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[Dead Like Me] pictures came and broke your heart (Rube gen)

Title: pictures came and broke your heart
Fandom: Dead Like Me
Length: 324 words
Prompt: fic_promptly: Dead Like Me, Rube, stuck in another era
Pairing: Rube gen
Other: n/a

Excerpt: Rube was good at survival (except for one time, and it only really took one time, one bullet). So he didn't say anything about the moving of the times, because he was so far from the world he knew, he might as well not be on Earth.

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[Star Wars] cheap and easy to rejoice (Han, Leia, and Chewie gen)

Title: cheap and easy to rejoice
Fandom: Star Wars
Length: 271 words
Prompt: fic_promptly: Star Wars, Han & Chewie, domestic bickering
Pairing: slight Han/Leia; mostly gen
Other: n/a

Excerpt: They'd had this ongoing argument about the sugar bowl for at least ten years, as far as Leia knew. It was an old argument when she first stepped onto the Millennium Falcon, and she wouldn't be surprised if it lasted until Chewie's fur was gray.

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[Usotsuki Lily] our hearts are drunk (En/Hinata)

Title: our hearts are drunk
Fandom: Usotsuki Lily
Length: 143 words
Prompt: fic_promptly: Usotsuki Lily, En, beautiful
Pairing: En/Hinata
Other: n/a

Excerpt: There's no doubt in his mind that she is the truly pretty one between them.

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[Glee] a bit of bite (the Addams remix) (Mike/Tina)

Title: a bit of bite (the Addams remix)
Fandom: Glee
Length: 1816 words
Prompt: gleeremix
Pairing: Mike/Tina
Other: Crack taken semi-seriously? Discussions of blood and vampirism. This is a remix of themillersson's fic family traditions are important. Thanks for giving me the opportunity to put my own spin on your story! It was a lot of fun.

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[Chrestomanci Chronicles] unring a bell (Christopher/Conrad)

Title: unring a bell
Fandom: Chrestomanci Chronicles
Length: 481 words
Prompt: fic_promptly: Chronicles of Chrestomanci, Christopher/Conrad, that's not what I heard
Pairing: Christopher/Conrad established
Other: Set around Conrad's Fate and obviously a bit AU.

Excerpt: The trick to really knowing Christopher was to know how to interpret the things that he said. He hated being clear when he could be fabulously obscure, and he thrived on formality and assumptions.

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[Avatar] kindness is the language (Toph gen)

Title: kindness is the language
Fandom: Avatar
Length: 1192 words
Prompt: People with Disabilities (PWD) Being Awesome Commentfic Fest: Avatar: The Last Airbender, Toph, talking to a blind person who can't Earthbend.
Pairing: Toph & OC gen
Other: n/a

Excerpt: Her name was Wing-Yun, and Toph wanted to dislike her. She didn't need someone to help her figure out how to do things that a blind person had trouble with.

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[Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle] nothing keeps (Touya, Yukito, Sakura gen)

Title: nothing keeps
Fandom: Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle
Length: 561 words
Prompt: fic_promptly: Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles, any, any
Pairing: slight Touya/Yukito; mentioned Syaoran/Sakura; mostly Touya, Yukito, and Sakura gen.
Other: Spoilers for end of series.

Excerpt: It was like his sister had gone away and become a new person.

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