I started out with the idea of doing a fanmix, but soon realized that my favored genres of country music and musical soundtracks would not be appropriate for these two. They need something sultry, something subtle, something that I can't provide. So instead, I collected lyrics, and from these lyrics, wrote fic. I wouldn't recommend listening to these songs while reading the fic... just take the lyrics as they are.
The stories are all set in the same universe and are arranged in a rough chronological order. Really, there are a lot of blank spaces that didn't get filled in, but here's what I have for you.
♕♚You dream a
dream I'm dreaming too
It fires from your eyes
This dream I have of kissing you
Should come as no surprise
-Kissing Like It's Love, The Voyces
Dream No Small Dreams. 1150 words. They met first in dreams.
She had long dark hair and crimson eyes, and he'd never met someone who could walk through dreams, so the tiny part of him still lucid was amazed that he could imagine such a vivid, beautiful woman.♕♚And my heavy heart sinks deep down under you and
Your twisted words,
Your help just hurts
You are not what I thought you were
-Love Song, Sara Bareilles
Hospitality. 607 words. Their first real meeting.
He surprised Yuuko by appearing in her parlor in a flurry of bright-gold magic. He turned a self-satisfied smile on the woman draped over the couch, a smile that slipped away as he saw the depths of her rage.♕♚It was a broken dream right from the start
Bless their tortured, tangled hearts
Well a blast of confusion coupled with delusion
Makes the best made plans sometimes fail
-Tortured, Tangled Hearts, Dixie Chicks
The Ties That Bind. 863 words. Yuuko meets Clow's brother, Fei Wong.
Fei Wong laughed again. "Now I see why you had to hurry away to Japan, Ku Luo!" he said, slapping Clow on the back.♕♚Loose lips might sink ships
But loose kisses take trips
-Loose Lips, Kimya Dawson
Other Worlds Than These. 903 words. Mokona becomes their mentor.
You know,
Mokona said reflectively, watching Clow as he chased the fireflies around the yard, trying to convince them to land on his fingers, you are going to become close to him.
♕♚And suppose I never met you
Suppose we never fell in love
Suppose I never ever let you kiss me so sweet and so soft
-Fidelity, Regina Spektor
Love Given Unsought. 555 words. The first time he said he loved her. With apologies to Shakespeare.
Clow started reciting sonnets, the most ridiculous poems he could think of, comparing women to cats and birds and other impossible things. She threw a bottle at him. He dodged, wobbling, and it hit the wall but did not break.♕♚And you say we're too young, but maybe you're too old to remember
And I try to pretend but I just feel it when we're together
-Who's to Say, Vanessa Carlton
To Teach is to Touch. 1502 words. They visit Cephiro and meet Guru Clef.
"You'd really think that Mokona would have given us coordinates for the GROUND!" she shouted, attempting to be heard above the wind rushing around them.♕♚I think I'm right I think you're wrong
I'll probably give in before long
Please don't make me smile
I just want to be mad for awhile
For now you might as well forget it
Don't run your fingers through my hair
Yeah that's right I'm being stubborn
No I don't want to go back upstairs
-I Just Want to Be Mad, Terri Clark
Love a Quarrel. 488 words. They have a fight.
They had a hard time living together. It tended to happen by accident, any cohabitation longer than a couple of days, brought upon by their habit to work through the afternoons, drink through the evenings, and sleep through the mornings.♕♚Cradling stones hold fire bright
As crickets call out to the moonlight
As you lean in to steal a kiss
I'll never need more than this
-More Than This, Vanessa Carlton
Sparks. 761 words. They arbitrarily celebrate Bonfire Night. Some sexual references.
He didn't seem bothered by the cold and it probably would have been easier for him not to have worn the outer garment at all, which meant he probably had for the express purpose of giving it to her. Yuuko couldn't decide if that was chivalrous or irritating. Both, as usual.♕♚She's sun and rain, she's fire and ice
A little crazy but it's nice
-She's Every Woman, Garth Brooks
Eclipsed. 670 words. Yue doesn't like Yuuko much.
She swept into Clow's house as if she owned it, immediately provoking Yue's ire. Then she looked Yue up and down as though she were assessing him, and smiled an odd, knowing smile. He liked her even less for what she presumed she knew.♕♚But of all the things I shouldn't do
Number one is loving you
There's a fatal charm in your arms
-Bad for Me, Danielle Peck
To Repeat a Familiar Mistake. 294 words. She falls in love with him again after her non-death.
For the first time in... a long time (since her de
since then) she'd reached out for him, instead of submitting to his touch.♕♚'Cause I can't afford to let you go I'm afraid to draw you near
'Cause I could get so lost in you that I might disappear
And the words are on the tip of my tongue
But you won't hear a sound
Hide Your Matches, Julianne Hough
Melting. 571 words. They have a snowball fight.
They looked like a couple. They looked like they belonged together. They looked... domestic. Here they were, lobbing snowballs back and forth, laughing, teasing the Mokona.♕♚Well, don't you fret, and don't be blue
You had me and I had you
It was a good life
It was a good, good life
-A Good Life, Jill Sobule
Tasted. 901 words. Yuuko "helps" Clow make chocolate for Mokona's Christmas present. Some sexual references.
So whenever Clow was making something, Yuuko would often be found in the kitchen, sitting up on the counter and teasing him as he went along, or at the table with a bottle of liquor and an anticipatory look.♕♚And time won't pass us by,
And you won't tell me lies,
Someday we all have to die
... but not now.
-The Sun Doesn't Like You, Norah Jones
Ourselves We Find in the Sea. 782 words. They spend some time at the beach.
It was Wednesday, perhaps, or maybe Thursday, and he was rubbing sunscreen onto her perfectly pale feet, when she sighed theatrically and stretched, curving her spine like a bow. ♕♚We run on fumes
Your life and mine
Like the sands of time
Slippin' right on through
-Lady Antebellum, I Run to You
Ring. 464 words. Sometimes she goes to Clow Country in her dreams.
She didn't visit, but sometimes she walked the stones of the palace in her dreams or his, bells on her ankles and the white-and-purple dress of a princess draped across her royally.♕♚My heart is drenched in wine.
But you'll be on my mind forever.
-Don't Know Why, Norah Jones
Reflection. 649 words. Watanuki learns a little about Clow during tsukimi.
"Do you see the rabbit in the moon, Watanuki?" she asked, her voice soft and far away.♕♚Who wants to live forever?
Who dares to love forever?
When love must die
But touch my tears with your lips
Touch my world with your fingertips
And we can have forever
-Queen, Who Wants to Live Forever
Death Cannot Separate. 587 words. The conclusion of Yuuko's life.
She shut her eyes, relaxed, and stepped back into time. It was just the length of a heartbeat, which then stopped.♕♚![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}