Day 7!
Title: A Demonstration of Power
Fandom: X-Men: First Class
Pairing: Charles/Erik
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 1697
Summary: While hunting for new friends, Erik and Charles discuss their powers and Erik finds Charles's quite intriguing ...
Link: Here
Title: Flowering
Fandom: Blake's 7
Pairing: Dayna Mellanby/Soolin
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 1108
Summary: When Soolin is infected by a flowering plant on a mission, Dayna is considered the best candidate to help her.
Link: Here
Title: Arrogance
Fandom: Victor Frankenstein
Pairing: Finnegan/Victor Frankenstein
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 1304
Summary: Small spoilers. Finngean has to cope with Victor at Castle Erskine.
Link: Here
Title: Immortal Love
Fandom: Confessions of Dorian Gary
Rating: PG
Word Count: 338
Summary: Alternate universe where you're marked with your soulmate's name - what does that mean when you're immortal and soulless?
The idea of having a soulmate doesn’t really mean much when you become immortal.
My mark stayed for a while after I made the deal - but I already didn’t care so much about it. I was too busy living, doing things that other people, normal, boring people didn’t even think of experiencing. What was a little soulmate compared to that?
I didn’t notice the mark was fading at first. Life was too busy, too … brilliant. Perhaps the name on my arm was a little paler but did it matter?
And then one day, I looked and the name was gone entirely.
I suppose it made sense. The chances were that my soulmate wasn’t immortal after all. They would die decades before I would.
And besides, I no longer had a soul to be mated with.
That caused me a little distress at first, I can admit that. Of course, rather than think about it, I drowned it out with another round of drinking, partying and sex. People sometimes asked why I didn’t have a soulmate mark but mostly, people didn’t care.
Not the people I was spending time with, anyway.
When I was worried about it, I used make-up, scrawled any name that I felt like on the wrist. The longer I lived, the less I cared about the lack of that mark. I’d met so many people … not just sexual partners but people that I loved. How could an immortal just have one soulmate? Oh, you might have a people that you’re more connected to, that really understand you … but even then, there’s more than one of them over the years. The amount of people that I’ve met, that I’ve loved … the idea that only one of them could possibly be the only important person, the only one worthy of a mark …
Perhaps when you become immortal, the soulmate mark doesn’t go away. Perhaps it simply moves somewhere where there’s just enough space for all of the names.
Somewhere like your heart.
Title: Belonging
Fandom: Death Note
Pairing: Ide/Matsuda
Rating: G
Word Count: 335
Summary: Ide doesn't really believe in love.
Ide doesn’t really believe in romance. It’s all meaningless nonsense, made up by people who want to sell gift cards and chocolates and flowers. If people want to be together, it should be about personality and things that they have in common. Not who can spend the most.
Of course, Matsuda loves all that rubbish. He seems to see it as a status symbol, a sign from something that Ide just doesn’t get. Because Matsuda is an idiot. He’s admitted to reading astrology charts, that’s how much of an idiot he is. He believes in soulmates and true love and all that junk. Not only that, he talks about it. He’s actually asked for Ide’s star sign once (Ide refused to tell him, obviously.) It’s utterly irritating and ridiculous - much like Matsuda himself, really.
Only the funny thing was, as the Kira case went on, Ide began to realise that while it all remained utterly irritating and ridiculous, it was also … familiar. Comfortable. In a world gone mad, it was rather nice to have something that he understood, that he was quite used to.
And in some ways, Matsuda wasn’t actually so bad. Many ways, really. Oh, all right, he was romance-obsessed and not always connected to the real world but still. He remembered everybody’s birthdays and always had gifts and cards and well wishes. If there was something that was obviously wrong with someone, he was the one who made them tea and tried to get them to talk about it. Sometimes, his suggestions were a little … ridiculous but he did make them. He cared about people.
Which was the kind of thing you could get used to. Get fond of.
Ide would never say that at any point he fell in love with Matsuda or anything like that.
It was just that he became so used to having him around that he couldn’t quite imagine not having him around, that was all.
Luckily, Matsuda didn’t seem to mind that too much.
Title: Hopes and Dreams
Fandom: Harry Potter
Rating: G
Word Count: 323
Summary: Remus is amazed by James's certainty
“I’m going to marry her, you know.”
James’s statement was surprisingly calm, given that they had all drunk slightly too much. Sirius snorted and Remus looked at him, suddenly curious. There was none of James’s usual bravado in the statement. He just sounded calm, thoughtful even. As though it was a statement of fact that he was a little surprised by.
“How do you know?” Remus asked.
“I just do,” James said. “I knew right from the start. Lily Evans and me are destined to be together for the rest of our lives.”
Sirius burst out laughing and gave James a shove that sent him sprawling. James promptly sprang up again and two began to wrestle while Peter laughed at them. Remus didn’t laugh. He watched and thought about what James had said. About how James had said it, with such absolute belief. Like he really did know that there was something between him and Lily and there always would be, no matter what else happened.
Remus wished he knew what it was like to know and believe something so intently. He didn’t think that would ever happen to him. Not when he was … what he was.
But then, he’d never believed he’d ever have a single friend either and that was different now. He had three of the best friends anybody could ever ask for.
Maybe love wasn’t too much to hope for.
“Hey, Moony’s looking all thoughtful! Tickle him Wormy, bring him back to us!”
Peter jumped on him with a laugh and Remus yelped, trying to fend off fingers that had long learned exactly where to go to make him laugh. Barely a second later, James and Sirius were on top of both of them and as Remus rolled around with his friends, just for a moment, he let himself hope.
He didn’t know what was waiting for him out there. But maybe, just maybe, it was something good.
Title: Falling Nowhere
Fandom: X-Men: Days of Future Past
Pairing: Hank/Charles
Rating: G
Word Count: 310
Summary: Hank isn't sure when he fell in with Charles.
Hank wasn't sure when he'd fallen in love with Charles.
Had it only been in these last few terrible months while watching Charles fall apart, while knowing that there was a possibility that he was the only thing that was keeping Charles alive? Had it been before that, watching Charles work with students, keeping himself together because he wanted to help others. Had it been while watching Charles recover, struggling with the burden of being left by Erik and Raven but still trying to look on the bright side, telling Hank he would be fine? Had it been while Charles was working with him, glowing with pride and hope?
Or had it been on that very first day when Charles had come up to him, smiled that smile of his, seeing those bright blue eyes that shone with promise?
Hank didn't know any more. Perhaps he'd never known. He only really knew that now, he loved Charles so much that it was painful. Painful because Charles was a broken shell of his former self and Hank hated to see him hurt - and painful because Charles could never, ever, ever love him back. Charles’s heart belonged to someone else, no matter how much he might claim those feelings had turned into hate. His heart would always belong to someone else.
It wasn’t the first time Hank had wanted someone who he had known could never want him back. But it was the first time that he’d ever loved so deeply that it felt like it was just part of himself. Like it was just something he would have to live with for the rest of his life. Something that could never be consummated, never be made real except in his dreams.
He supposed that he shouldn’t be surprised that this had happened.
After all, who could ever love a Beast anyway?
Fandom: X-Men: First Class
Pairing: Charles/Erik
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 1697
Summary: While hunting for new friends, Erik and Charles discuss their powers and Erik finds Charles's quite intriguing ...
Link: Here
Title: Flowering
Fandom: Blake's 7
Pairing: Dayna Mellanby/Soolin
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 1108
Summary: When Soolin is infected by a flowering plant on a mission, Dayna is considered the best candidate to help her.
Link: Here
Title: Arrogance
Fandom: Victor Frankenstein
Pairing: Finnegan/Victor Frankenstein
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 1304
Summary: Small spoilers. Finngean has to cope with Victor at Castle Erskine.
Link: Here
Title: Immortal Love
Fandom: Confessions of Dorian Gary
Rating: PG
Word Count: 338
Summary: Alternate universe where you're marked with your soulmate's name - what does that mean when you're immortal and soulless?
The idea of having a soulmate doesn’t really mean much when you become immortal.
My mark stayed for a while after I made the deal - but I already didn’t care so much about it. I was too busy living, doing things that other people, normal, boring people didn’t even think of experiencing. What was a little soulmate compared to that?
I didn’t notice the mark was fading at first. Life was too busy, too … brilliant. Perhaps the name on my arm was a little paler but did it matter?
And then one day, I looked and the name was gone entirely.
I suppose it made sense. The chances were that my soulmate wasn’t immortal after all. They would die decades before I would.
And besides, I no longer had a soul to be mated with.
That caused me a little distress at first, I can admit that. Of course, rather than think about it, I drowned it out with another round of drinking, partying and sex. People sometimes asked why I didn’t have a soulmate mark but mostly, people didn’t care.
Not the people I was spending time with, anyway.
When I was worried about it, I used make-up, scrawled any name that I felt like on the wrist. The longer I lived, the less I cared about the lack of that mark. I’d met so many people … not just sexual partners but people that I loved. How could an immortal just have one soulmate? Oh, you might have a people that you’re more connected to, that really understand you … but even then, there’s more than one of them over the years. The amount of people that I’ve met, that I’ve loved … the idea that only one of them could possibly be the only important person, the only one worthy of a mark …
Perhaps when you become immortal, the soulmate mark doesn’t go away. Perhaps it simply moves somewhere where there’s just enough space for all of the names.
Somewhere like your heart.
Title: Belonging
Fandom: Death Note
Pairing: Ide/Matsuda
Rating: G
Word Count: 335
Summary: Ide doesn't really believe in love.
Ide doesn’t really believe in romance. It’s all meaningless nonsense, made up by people who want to sell gift cards and chocolates and flowers. If people want to be together, it should be about personality and things that they have in common. Not who can spend the most.
Of course, Matsuda loves all that rubbish. He seems to see it as a status symbol, a sign from something that Ide just doesn’t get. Because Matsuda is an idiot. He’s admitted to reading astrology charts, that’s how much of an idiot he is. He believes in soulmates and true love and all that junk. Not only that, he talks about it. He’s actually asked for Ide’s star sign once (Ide refused to tell him, obviously.) It’s utterly irritating and ridiculous - much like Matsuda himself, really.
Only the funny thing was, as the Kira case went on, Ide began to realise that while it all remained utterly irritating and ridiculous, it was also … familiar. Comfortable. In a world gone mad, it was rather nice to have something that he understood, that he was quite used to.
And in some ways, Matsuda wasn’t actually so bad. Many ways, really. Oh, all right, he was romance-obsessed and not always connected to the real world but still. He remembered everybody’s birthdays and always had gifts and cards and well wishes. If there was something that was obviously wrong with someone, he was the one who made them tea and tried to get them to talk about it. Sometimes, his suggestions were a little … ridiculous but he did make them. He cared about people.
Which was the kind of thing you could get used to. Get fond of.
Ide would never say that at any point he fell in love with Matsuda or anything like that.
It was just that he became so used to having him around that he couldn’t quite imagine not having him around, that was all.
Luckily, Matsuda didn’t seem to mind that too much.
Title: Hopes and Dreams
Fandom: Harry Potter
Rating: G
Word Count: 323
Summary: Remus is amazed by James's certainty
“I’m going to marry her, you know.”
James’s statement was surprisingly calm, given that they had all drunk slightly too much. Sirius snorted and Remus looked at him, suddenly curious. There was none of James’s usual bravado in the statement. He just sounded calm, thoughtful even. As though it was a statement of fact that he was a little surprised by.
“How do you know?” Remus asked.
“I just do,” James said. “I knew right from the start. Lily Evans and me are destined to be together for the rest of our lives.”
Sirius burst out laughing and gave James a shove that sent him sprawling. James promptly sprang up again and two began to wrestle while Peter laughed at them. Remus didn’t laugh. He watched and thought about what James had said. About how James had said it, with such absolute belief. Like he really did know that there was something between him and Lily and there always would be, no matter what else happened.
Remus wished he knew what it was like to know and believe something so intently. He didn’t think that would ever happen to him. Not when he was … what he was.
But then, he’d never believed he’d ever have a single friend either and that was different now. He had three of the best friends anybody could ever ask for.
Maybe love wasn’t too much to hope for.
“Hey, Moony’s looking all thoughtful! Tickle him Wormy, bring him back to us!”
Peter jumped on him with a laugh and Remus yelped, trying to fend off fingers that had long learned exactly where to go to make him laugh. Barely a second later, James and Sirius were on top of both of them and as Remus rolled around with his friends, just for a moment, he let himself hope.
He didn’t know what was waiting for him out there. But maybe, just maybe, it was something good.
Title: Falling Nowhere
Fandom: X-Men: Days of Future Past
Pairing: Hank/Charles
Rating: G
Word Count: 310
Summary: Hank isn't sure when he fell in with Charles.
Hank wasn't sure when he'd fallen in love with Charles.
Had it only been in these last few terrible months while watching Charles fall apart, while knowing that there was a possibility that he was the only thing that was keeping Charles alive? Had it been before that, watching Charles work with students, keeping himself together because he wanted to help others. Had it been while watching Charles recover, struggling with the burden of being left by Erik and Raven but still trying to look on the bright side, telling Hank he would be fine? Had it been while Charles was working with him, glowing with pride and hope?
Or had it been on that very first day when Charles had come up to him, smiled that smile of his, seeing those bright blue eyes that shone with promise?
Hank didn't know any more. Perhaps he'd never known. He only really knew that now, he loved Charles so much that it was painful. Painful because Charles was a broken shell of his former self and Hank hated to see him hurt - and painful because Charles could never, ever, ever love him back. Charles’s heart belonged to someone else, no matter how much he might claim those feelings had turned into hate. His heart would always belong to someone else.
It wasn’t the first time Hank had wanted someone who he had known could never want him back. But it was the first time that he’d ever loved so deeply that it felt like it was just part of himself. Like it was just something he would have to live with for the rest of his life. Something that could never be consummated, never be made real except in his dreams.
He supposed that he shouldn’t be surprised that this had happened.
After all, who could ever love a Beast anyway?