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Title: money may talk, but chocolate sings
Fandom: The Princess and the Frog
Length: 115 words
Prompt: 3 Sentence Ficathon: The Princess and the Frog, Tiana/Charlotte, Tastebuds
Pairing: Charlotte/Tiana
Other: n/a

Excerpt: "You have to try it!" Tiana insisted; Charlotte was absolutely not going to argue, so she opened her mouth and Tiana gave her a bite of the beignet.

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Title: who would bear the whips and scorns of time
Fandom: Rivers of London
Length: 170 words
Prompt: 3 Sentence Ficathon: Rivers of London, Thomas Nightingale, sleepless nights
Pairing: Nightingale gen
Other: n/a

Excerpt: Molly let him clean a few of the rooms, but as he grew more lank and exhausted, she would hiss at him and shepherd him back to his bedroom, where he had nothing but his thoughts to keep him company.

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Title: history's like an amusement park, except instead of rides you have dates to memorize
Fandom: The Simpsons/Doctor Who
Length: 96 words
Prompt: 3 Sentence Ficathon: The Simpsons/Doctor Who, Marge Simpson & The Doctor, exploring the TARDIS
Pairing: Marge and the Doctor gen
Other: Unspecified Doctor.

Excerpt: "Well, I'm not one to judge," she says at last, in her gravelly voice, "but it really could use a good going-over -- where do you keep your vacuum cleaner?"

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Title: harmony seldom makes a headline
Fandom: Doctor Who
Length: 119 words
Prompt: 3 Sentence Ficathon: Doctor Who, 4 & Sarah Jane Smith, running in your own footsteps
Pairing: Four and Sarah gen
Other: n/a

Excerpt: "We've been this way before, Doctor!" Sarah exclaims, grabbing his arm and pointing, "--See, there's our footsteps, this has to be the wrong way!"

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Title: would you offer your throat to the wolf with the red roses
Fandom: Meat Loaf's "I'd Do Anything For Love"
Length: 120 words
Prompt: 3 Sentence Ficathon: Meat Loaf's "I'd Do Anything For Love," narrator, that
Pairing: narrator/woman
Other: n/a

Excerpt: "Never," he promises, stroking her hair, thick, glossy, and so very full of life; she has at least thirty years left, if she's careful, and maybe more, if she's also lucky.

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Title: with one long kiss my whole soul
Fandom: Star Trek: The Next Generation
Length: 72 words
Prompt: 3 Sentence Ficathon: Star Trek: TNG, Data/Geordi La Forge, romance
Pairing: Data/Geordi
Other: n/a

Excerpt: "None of that," Geordi said, with a little smile, shaking his head; "I don't think there's a script -- a script for you and me, I mean."

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Title: nice to ripen
Fandom: Legend of Korra
Length: 123 words
Prompt: 3 Sentence Ficathon: Legend of Korra, Korra/Asami Sato, old age
Pairing: Korra/Asami established
Other: n/a

Excerpt: She turned over and the sunshine glinted on the silver in Asami's hair.

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Title: time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils
Fandom: Discworld
Length: 89 words
Prompt: 3 Sentence Ficathon: Discworld, Susan Sto Helit & Vimes, comparing notes on temporal anomalies
Pairing: Susan & Vimes gen
Other: n/a

Excerpt: If Vimes had been a woman, the right kind of woman, of course, Susan would have said that Time had left him just a kiss on the cheek, a hint of strangeness.

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Title: whatever a moon has always meant
Fandom: Steven Universe
Length: 1491 words
Prompt: From Tumblr: you crouched down to coo at my baby but i forgot to tell you their favorite thing to do is to play with people’s hair and now they won’t let go of you
Pairing: Garnet/Pearl; past Pearl/Rose; mentioned Greg/Rose
Other: Human AU. Also at AO3.

Excerpt: She offered him her hand, as solemnly as if he were a fellow adult, and he reached out and grabbed her fingers. She shook their grasp gently, and then Steven reached out and tangled his hands in her hair. Pearl saw her eyebrows arch in surprise.

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Title: my body as an instrument
Fandom: Star Trek: TNG
Length: 250 words
Prompt: comment_fic: Star Trek: TNG, Alwaysagirl!Geordi La Forge/Alwaysagirl!Data, Georgi's hair tends to frizz if she doesn't keep a close eye on it
Pairing: Geordi/Data
Other: AU as per prompt.

Excerpt: Dana smiled. "I always carry a ponytail holder, a handkerchief, hand lotion, and a number of other convenience items." She paused. "Us girls have to stick together."

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