[Doctor Who] thoughts are free to go anywhere (Nine & Donna)

Title: thoughts are free to go anywhere
Fandom: Doctor Who
Length: 338 words
Prompt: Donna meets Nine! for esotaria
Pairing: Donna & Nine gen
Other: n/a

Excerpt: Luckily for him, he'd had a bit of makeover by the time he accidentally picked up a bride, and so he didn't get the punch she swore she was going to give the man in the leather jacket the next time she saw him.

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[Lamb] kick up highway dust (Biff gen)

Title: kick up highway dust
Fandom: Lamb by Christopher Moore (/Aristocats)
Length: 528 words
Prompt: Lamb and cats for ohsoboring
Pairing: Biff gen
Other: n/a

Excerpt: It was generally hard for me to decide when I'd had too much to drink, because the more I drank, the more I wanted to have just one more. Just-one-more can really add up after a while.

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[Magic Knight Rayearth/Doctor Who] balancing act (TARDIS gen)

Title: balancing act
Fandom: Magic Knight Rayearth/Doctor Who
Length: 233 words
Prompt: TARDIS and Clef for r2chi_too
Pairing: TARDIS gen
Other: Set in a crossover universe where Clef becomes the Ninth Doctor's companion before he meets Rose.

Excerpt: Although the TARDIS would probably never admit it, she's a little biased toward female companions. They tend to balance out her dear Doctor more, to soothe his tempers rather than encourage him.

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[Glee] don't hold back (Mike/Tina)

Title: don't hold back
Fandom: Glee
Length: 290 words
Pairing: Mike/Tina
Prompt: Mike/Tina fluff for measuringlife
Other: Some early S3 song spoilers. PG for vague sexual references.

Excerpt: Mr. Schue makes questionable song choices, and this is a fact of Glee Club. Occasionally, though, Tina sets aside questions of propriety and appreciates his ideas.

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[Avatar] only who is left (Hama gen)

Title: only who is left
Fandom: Avatar
Length: 343 words
Prompt: fic_promptly: A:TLA, Hama, they tell her the war is over
Pairing: Hama gen
Other: PG for general creepiness.

Excerpt: They tell her that the war is over. She's not really sure why; most of the guards act like she's something less than human.

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[Avatar] small children and large nations (gen)

Title: small children and large nations
Fandom: Avatar
Length: 312 words
Prompt: fic_promptly: Avatar: The Last Airbender, always-a-boy!Azula & Zuko, first son & second son
Pairing: gen
Other: Azula was born male, as per prompt. AU.

Excerpt: No one even pretended otherwise: Azulon II should have been Ozai's first son.

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[Pride & Prejudice] it bites but never eats (Elizabeth/Darcy)

Title: it bites but never eats
Fandom: Pride & Prejudice
Length: 176 words
Prompt: Something P&P for merricatblackwood
Pairing: Elizabeth/Darcy
Other: n/a

Excerpt: Elizabeth takes being scandalous with a quiet humor. She is perfectly polite to all the snubbed mothers and formerly-hopeful daughters that she meets as the new Mrs. Darcy.

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[Chrestomanci Chronicles] keep a secret without help (Julia/Janet)

Title: keep a secret without help
Fandom: Chrestomanci Chronicles
Length: 701 words
Prompt: for minutia_r, Julia/Janet
Pairing: Julia/Janet from Cat's POV
Other: n/a

Excerpt: "Just don't tell my parents, will you, Cat?" Julia said anxiously, hands twisted in her skirt. Janet's hand was on the small of Julia's back, now, and somehow it seemed more intimate a gesture than the kissing had been.

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[Chrestomanci Chronicles] knows the corners (Millie/Christopher)

Title: knows the corners
Fandom: Chrestomanci Chronicles
Length: 269 words
Prompt: Millie/Christopher, curtains, for spellcoats
Pairing: Millie/Christopher
Other: n/a

Excerpt: "They're the same color, Christopher," she says, rubbing the bridge of her nose a little, and her husband shakes his head decisively.

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[Avatar] repair and repent (Toph & Aang gen)

Title: repair and repent
Fandom: Avatar
Length: 525 words
Prompt: Toph/Aang, vase, for moedohl
Pairing: Toph & Aang gen
Other: n/a

Excerpt: Toph moves so well through life that sometimes Aang forgets that she's blind. And he's not the only one. So it surprises him when she runs into the sidetable, and he watches the vase on it wobble in a sort of slow-motion horror.

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[Otoyomegatari] 6 excerpts from Smith's journal, and 5 things they didn't tell him (Amira/Karluk)

Title: 6 excerpts from Smith's journal, and 5 things they didn't tell him
Fandom: Otoyomegatari
Length: 1128 words
Prompt: For Yuletide 2011 for nthcoincident.
Pairing: Amira/Karluk
Other: This fic assumes that Tileke is about ten in canon. There is some implied underage relationships here, in the vein of canon, but all characters engaging in (non-explicit) sex are at least fifteen. Rated PG for implications.

Excerpt: The baby's wail barely split the comfortable quiet of the pre-dawn morning before the blankets rustled and Amira was out of the bed. Karluk didn't open his eyes. She hated waking him up, no matter how much he insisted he didn't mind. After the first couple of times he just kept his eyes shut and dozed. He liked listening to her bustle and care in the warm minutes before he had to start the day.

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[xxxHOLiC] I knew the bottom wasn't there (Clow/Yuuko)

Title: I knew the bottom wasn't there
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 275 words
Prompt: Clow/Yuuko, chair, for lady_kikyou
Pairing: Clow/Yuuko
Other: n/a

Excerpt: He asked her if she wanted it, in the end. She looked at the chair with such venom in her eyes that he immediately regretted the question.

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[Magic Knight Rayearth] because he was he, and I was I (Clef/Presea)

Title: because he was he, and I was I
Fandom: Magic Knight Rayearth
Length: 233 words
Prompt: Clef/Presea, iron, for r2chi_too
Pairing: Clef/Presea established
Other: n/a

Excerpt: They had been living together for three months before Presea caught Clef with the iron.

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[Polychromatic] a clean house is the sign of a boring person (Toph/Charlie)

Title: a clean house is the sign of a boring person
Fandom: Polychromatic-verse; Avatar/Firestarter - Stephen King
Length: 415 words
Prompt: Toph/Charlie, bookcases, for jellybabyoftheneutronflow
Pairing: Charlie/Toph
Other: Set in an AU where Toph is older.

Excerpt: It starts with one rock. It doesn't look like much on the outside, just a dull grey, but Toph cracks it open to show Charlie the crystal inside. And then she puts it on the bookshelf.

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[Good Omens] no time like the present (Aziraphale & Crowley gen)

Title: no time like the present
Fandom: Good Omens
Length: 249 words
Prompt: Christmas card fic!
Pairing: Aziraphale & Crowley gen
Other: n/a

Excerpt: "It doesn't seem right, you celebrating Christmas," Aziraphale said. Crowley refused to look sheepish, which was difficult given the size of the package in his arms.

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[Discworld] all roads lead home (Carrot/Angua)

Title: all roads lead home
Fandom: Discworld
Length: 568 words
Prompt: Christmas card fic!
Pairing: Carrot/Angua
Other: n/a

Excerpt: Angua hates Hogswatchnight shopping. She hates the whole Hogswatchnight season, in fact. Something about the artificial snow and artificial boars and artificial cheer strikes her as... fake.

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[Glee] everything is softer (Brittany/Santana)

Title: everything is softer
Fandom: Glee
Length: 452 words
Prompt: Christmas card fic!
Pairing: Brittany/Santana
Other: n/a

Excerpt: Brittany didn't even seem to notice, and that drove Santana crazy. Some mornings she had to bodily drag Brittany inside to prevent her from making snow angels until the bell rang.

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[Glee] fall madly in bed with you (Mercedes/Santana)

Title: fall madly in bed with you
Fandom: Glee
Length: 967 words
Prompt: Christmas card fic!
Pairing: Mercedes/Santana; mentioned Santana/Brittany, Mercedes/Sam, Mercedes/Shane
Other: Set during S3, Troubletones era, and already Jossed.

Excerpt: "Sit down and chill, Weezy. I sent the minions on an errand, they'll be back later. We need to talk, one bitching awesome voice to another," Santana says, lazily leaning back against her chair and taking another breadstick from the pile on the table.

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[Glee] a better fate than wisdom (Kurt/Rachel)

Title: a better fate than wisdom
Fandom: Glee
Length: 548 words
Prompt: Christmas card fic!
Pairing: Kurt/Rachel (yes, romantic); mentioned Kurt/Blaine and Finn/Rachel
Other: n/a

Excerpt: "It's Christmas. Not that that means much to me, really, since I'm Jewish, or to you, because you're an atheist, but I'm pretty sure you're entitled to dinner anyway." Rachel smiled hopefully.

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[Star Wars] we were children once again (Luke & Leia gen)

Title: we were children once again
Fandom: Star Wars
Length: 498 words
Prompt: Christmas card fic!
Pairing: Luke & Leia gen
Other: Set sometime between IV and V.

Excerpt: Right now she was trying to teach him how to play a card game from Alderaan. Well, trying was what she'd say, but the fact of the matter was that he was very good at it and had already beaten her twice.

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[Avatar] an awful good girl (Toph/Zuko)

Title: an awful good girl
Fandom: Avatar
Length: 458 words
Prompt: Christmas card fic!
Pairing: Toph/Zuko established
Other: n/a

Excerpt: "So you give each other presents because it's the sun's birthday? This is probably the shortest day of the whole year. That doesn't make any sense," Toph said.

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[Glee] the gift of oneself (Lauren/Puck)

Title: the gift of oneself
Fandom: Glee
Length: 541 words
Prompt: Christmas card fic!
Pairing: Lauren/Puck
Other: n/a

Excerpt: >Lauren broke up with Puck in July, but she bought him a Christmas present anyway. She saw it through the glass wall of the FYE and popped in and out without any apparent intervention from her brain.

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[Avatar] clad with radiance (Ty Lee gen)

Title: clad with radiance
Fandom: Avatar
Length: 508 words
Prompt: Christmas card fic!
Pairing: Ty Lee gen
Other: n/a

Excerpt: Ty Lee decided that snow was definitely her new favorite thing. Kittens had been her favorite for a whole week this spring, after Meimei's litter started to wobble around on their little furry paws, but snow might last even longer as a favorite.

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