[Emelan] where they understand you (Sandry gen)

Title: where they understand you
Fandom: Emelan
Length: 387 words
Prompt: fic_promptly: Circle of Magic series, Sandry(/any), warp and weft
Pairing: Sandry & Briar gen
Other: Set sometime post Will of the Empress.

Excerpt: Sandry is making a rug for the entranceway of Daja's house. She weaves the fibers, humming, knowing that Daja could buy a dozen rugs, each more beautiful than the last, but that doesn't matter. What matters is leaving a part of herself there, with Daja and Tris and Briar.

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[Firefly] the food of the heavens (Simon/Kaylee)

Title: the food of the heavens
Fandom: Firefly
Length: 278 words
Prompt: fic_promptly: Firefly, Kaylee/Simon, strawberry foodplay
Pairing: Simon/Kaylee
Other: PG for sexuality.

Excerpt: If Simon was honest with himself, he wasn't really sure where Kaylee was going with this strawberry thing. She'd just held up the little box and winked at him in that way that made his toes curl inside his shoes, and before he could register it, he was following her to her bunk.

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[xxxHOLiC] time stays, we go (Clow/Yuuko)

Title: time stays, we go
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 637 words
Prompt: comment_fic: xxxHOLiC, Clow/Yuuko, Yuuko KNEW time-travel was a bad idea; it's certainly a great way for Clow to annoy her.
Pairing: Clow/Yuuko
Other: n/a

Excerpt: The future certainly was a bright place. Clow shielded his eyes with a hand, wobbling a bit as he tried to get his footing.

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[xxxHOLiC] even hundredfold grief is divisible by love (Watanuki, Doumeki, and Mokona gen)

Title: even hundredfold grief is divisible by love
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 581 words
Prompt: fic_promptly: xxxHolic, any, Watanuki didn't stay in the shop after Yuuko's death
Pairing: Watanuki, Doumeki, and Mokona gen
Other: AU as per prompt.

Excerpt: He hoped Maru and Moro would be all right. He'd have to ask Himawari to visit them, if the shop was still there. He hoped they hadn't died with the shop. He wasn't sure what he'd do if that was true. It was too hard, right now, to think about going back.

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[Magic Knight Rayearth] when I ride off into the sunset (I want my own horse) (Hikaru/Lantis/Eagle)

Title: when I ride off into the sunset (I want my own horse)
Fandom: Magic Knight Rayearth
Length: 485 words
Prompt: fic_promptly: Magic Knight Rayearth, Hikaru, Let's do it!
Pairing: Hikaru/Lantis/Eagle
Other: n/a

Excerpt: "We can't just creep away with one of the Magic Knights," Eagle said, although he was amused by the idea.

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[Puella Magi Madoka Magica] itching to doubt (Kyouko/Sayaka)

Title: itching to doubt
Fandom: Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Length: 327 words
Prompt: comment_fic: Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Kyouko/Sayaka, Palm Sunday
Pairing: Kyouko/Sayaka
Other: I'm not really sure where this would fit in canon. A missing scene or one of Homura's lost AUs maybe. Oh well. Religious themes.

Excerpt: Sayaka doesn't know that she's ever met a Christian before. Or whatever Kyouko counts as. She's pretty sure that it's impossible to maintain faith when you know that you're the cause of it. Maybe Kyouko thought of herself like a god. That would explain her attitude sometimes.

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[xxxHOLiC] and would suffice (Himawari & Yuuko gen)

Title: and would suffice
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 425 words
Prompt: fic_promptly: xxxHOLiC, Himawari (+Yuuko), outside the shop
Pairing: Himawari & Yuuko gen
Other: n/a

Excerpt: Himawari is always a little surprised to see Yuuko outside of the shop. She never seems to fit well into the world.

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[Star Wars] grit (Obi-Wan gen)

Title: grit
Fandom: Star Wars
Length: 304 words
Prompt: comment_fic: Star Wars, Obi-Wan Kenobi, sand is all he can see
Pairing: Obi-Wan gen
Other: n/a

Excerpt: He's never seen so much sand. This is a planet of sand, of people fighting wearily against drowning in the drifts.

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[Firefly] hearing what isn't being said (Zoe/Wash)

Title: hearing what isn't being said
Fandom: Firefly
Length: 378 words
Prompt: fic_promptly: Firefly, Wash/Zoe, Many things must be left unsaid, because it's late / but whatever conversation we haven't had / tonight, we'll have tomorrow - Spring, by Jelaluddin Rumi
Pairing: Wash/Zoe
Other: n/a

Excerpt: After the third or fourth time that she told him to shut up, tone curt, Mal just laughed and said, "Zoe rations her words. She don't like to see a man spend them so frivolously. She'll get over it."

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[Discworld] stay (Carrot/Angua)

Title: stay
Fandom: Discworld
Length: 352 words
Prompt: comment_fic: Discworld, Carrot/Angua, he bought her a collar one day
Pairing: Carrot/Angua
Other: n/a

Excerpt: She pulls the collar out, noting the nice leatherwork and the jingly tags. One says ANKH-MORPORK CITIE WATCH and the other says PROPERTY OF, ANGUA VON UBERWALD.

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[Avatar] an occasional wildness (Toph/Zuko)

Title: an occasional wildness
Fandom: Avatar
Length: 862 words
Prompt: fic_promptly: Avatar: the Last Airbender, Toph/Zuko, patience is for wimps
Pairing: Toph/Zuko
Other: n/a

Excerpt: So there's no one there to greet her, but in fact, she goes unchallenged right up to the doors of the Palace. There, a pair of guards bar her way, and apparently they're new to the job, or possibly life, because they don't want to believe her when she says she's Toph Bei Fong. So she earthbends them into the pillars that frame the door (they shouldn't have asked her to prove it) and goes inside, bare feet cool on the stone hallways.

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[Magic Knight Rayearth] mistook magic for medicine (Eagle gen)

Title: mistook magic for medicine
Fandom: Magic Knight Rayearth
Length: 352 words
Prompt: comment_fic: Magic Knights Rayearth, Eagle, if he could use magic
Pairing: Eagle gen
Other: n/a

Excerpt: If he could use magic, this war would be done. He sees the way that the mashin move, a second skin to girls unskilled in combat, and he wants that ability.

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[Glee] but it keeps finding me (Sam/Mercedes)

Title: but it keeps finding me
Fandom: Glee
Length: 449 words
Prompt: glee_anon: I would really love some Sam/Mercedes where they mutually reassured one another about how hot they are. Whatever other kinks are welcome too.
Pairing: Sam/Mercedes
Other: n/a

Excerpt: Honestly, Mercedes didn't expect Sam to react like this when her fingers trailed up under the hem of his shirt. She teased her fingernails across his abs, and he gulped and froze. She froze too.

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[Glee] more hell and fewer dahlias (Puck/Lauren)

Title: more hell and fewer dahlias
Fandom: Glee
Length: 500 words
Prompt: fic_promptly: Glee, Puck/Lauren, slowly
Pairing: Puck/Lauren
Other: PG for sexual references.

Excerpt: One of the best things about Puck is his puppy eagerness to try anything once, and that's a trait to encourage, especially if she has her cell phone camera handy. It's the choosing-your-battles thing that matters. Lauren only wrestles in her weight class. Puck just needs to apply a similar idea to his entire life.

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[xxxHOLiC] where light lies broken (Clow/Yuuko)

Title: where light lies broken
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 795 words
Prompt: comment_fic: xxxHolic, Clow/Yuuko, "And I have seen a thousand different versions of you in every universe ever known. In some of them, we are even happy."
Pairing: Clow/Yuuko
Other: PG for sexuality.

Excerpt: "You are always dreaming," she chided lazily. "Lazy men do nothing but dream."

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[Glee] qualifying (Sue gen)

Title: qualifying
Fandom: Glee
Length: 663 words
Prompt: fic_promptly: Glee, Sue Sylvester, her job application for the position at William McKinley High School
Pairing: Sue gen
Other: PG for general Sue-like threats and insults.

Excerpt: Of all of the schools in Ohio that I canvassed this summer, I have determined that your lax child labor laws and uncaring administration are the best combination to ensure my success at achieving a Nationals-quality cheerleading squad. Therefore, I require that you fire your current personnel and install me immediately

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[Glee] replace an empty mind (Santana/Brittany)

Title: replace an empty mind
Fandom: Glee
Length: 583 words
Prompt: comment_fic: Glee, any(/any), "How does someone fail Study Hall?"
Pairing: Santana/Brittany; mentioned Brittany/Artie
Other: n/a

Excerpt: "Britt, how did you fail study hall?" she asked in amazement. She'd failed everything else -- straight F's down the line of grades, but Santana didn't even know you got graded for study hall.

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[Animorphs] broader shoulders (Cassie gen)

Title: broader shoulders
Fandom: Animorphs
Length: 303 words
fic_promptly: Prompt: Animorphs, Cassie, lone survivor
Pairing: slight Cassie/Ronnie; mostly gen
Other: Spoilers for end of series. PG for violent imagery.

Excerpt: The lone survivor, they called her. The last hero of the war. Cassie didn't give interviews, but if she had, she would have told them that she wasn't the only survivor.

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[Avatar] scouts are high-minded (cast gen)

Title: scouts are high-minded
Fandom: Avatar
Length: 738 words
Prompt: comment_fic: Avatar: The Last Airbender, Aang & Katara & Toph & Sokka, summer camp AU
Pairing: slight Aang/Katara in the vein of canon
Other: AU as per prompt.

Excerpt: Sokka looked up at Katara in disbelief. "How much preparation do we need for Capture the Flag? You need... flags. And kids. Simple."

Katara rested her hands on her hips. "I'd tell you what else we need IF EVERYONE WOULD JUST BE QUIET!"

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