Fandoms 1-3
1.
Title: Fire and Ice
Fandom: Ys 8
Characters/Pairings: Adol/Dogi
Rating: PG-13
Tags: fluff, character study
Word count: 207
Summary: Sometimes they were opposites, but you know what they say about opposites...
Sometimes they could be as much opposite of each other as Adol's fiery red hair, constantly ruffled, and Dogi's thick cobalt blue hair hat was difficult to get to change shape at all. Adol was impetuous, always running off on an adventure, incapable of walking past a perceived problem without trying to help. Dogi was the stable, calm one. When they had been crashed on a desert island together, Adol had been the first one to accidentally run into the largest monster on the island and spend weeks hunting it down, while Dogi helped the other survivors build a settlement and defend it from the smaller monsters. Adol always returned to him in the end, though, usually at the precise moment their barriers were being overrun and they needed the help of an expert swordsman. In the same way, Dogi had promised to keep following him in his wanderings, no matter what crazy situation he was dragged into next.
And when they slept side by side in the close confines of their tent once the campfire had died down, some times closer than others, Adol was the fire that kept Dogi warm while the big man soothed the raging fever of his constant nightmares of battles past.
2.
Title: Watch the World Burn
Fandom: Thor: Ragnarok
Characters/Pairings: Thor & Loki, Thor & Surtr
Rating: PG-13
Tags: spoilers, alcohol
Word count: 437
Summary: Loki questions Thor's apparent sympathy and respect for Surtr.
"I never thought I'd see the day when you even vaguely co-operated for a moment with Surtur, of all people," commented Loki, lazily swinging a leg over one arm of the captain's chair and lounging back to examine his reflection in the port observation terminal. Thor didn't remember letting his brother near HIS chair. Could he even fly a spaceship? Thor had never seen him fly a spaceship but there was a lot he didn't see his brother do before it was too late.
"He has his admirable qualities, for all his predictability and his charming personality," remarked Thor, downing the beer he found in a fridge for some reason. He didn't think normal spaceships had fridges or beer, "He respects destiny, understands how things can go horribly wrong if you mess with it."
"Not like us, then," said Loki, amusement plastered on his face.
"Must I remind you that you caused all this mess to begin with?"
"You provoked me."
"I never said I was not also an idiot. Simply remarking on our success rate in breaking the Universe compared with the serial arsonist's track rate of fixing it for us," said Thor, "I do not believe the old boy to be as stupid as he looks, as all I'm saying. If he could show some self-control for once in his life and also stop speaking like a bad actor reading his lines off a board..."
"You give him too much credit," said Loki, "It's easy to go along with destiny when it lets you be as angry as you like and set fires everywhere, when burning things and temper tantrums are literally the only things you do."
"Loki... Surtur remembers his destiny. He knows that he's repeated it over and over again," said Thor, "Not only does he have to live with the awareness that he has no choice in his actions whatsoever... he knows it will eventually kill him. He remembers burning himself out or hitting the core and causing an explosion that's too much for him to soak. Every single time. And yet he still does his duty without complaint."
"He's an idiot, then."
"Says the idiot who..."
"Yes, I know," Loki sighed, "Do you think we'll see him again? Will the next world we call Asgard end up with a Surtur?"
"Who knows? Destiny doesn't trust us with foreknowledge, only people like him. And our father," Thor sighed, "But he cheats. Did I tell you that you really take after him?"
"That's a surprisingly nice thing for you to say. I'm genuinely lost for words."
"You don't sound it."
"Where's my beer?"
3.
Title: Unnatural Selection
Fandom: Chrono Trigger
Characters/Pairings: Ayla
Rating: PG-13
Tags: mild spoilers, mild horror
Word count: 202
Summary: Ayla's ability to 'charm' completely inhuman things is weird, she knows.
Ayla had charmed some strange people. Entities it shouldn't have worked on. Dinosaurs, machines, sentient rocks... she guessed it was more to do with distraction and confusion while they took what they want than actual seduction. She would never have pulled it off anyway, she couldn't even pretend to be disloyal to Kino. The aliens and the blobs in the Black Omen, though... they felt as though they didn't belong in this world that usually supported such weird life. Their bodies were formed from raw matter, looked like some sort of plant, rubbery and spongy but somehow still hard enough to deflect blades. They had arms, eyes, mouths, but seemingly at random, incorporated into their shimmering grey-green-blue hides. They stank of oil and they made Ayla's animal instincts scream at her like they did before a forest fire. She hadn't wanted to go near one, never mind touch it. Then a miniature black hole opened up under Crono's feet, space simply parting to allow it through, leaving darkness like a wound that smelled of ozone. They had quickly fallen upon it and torn it into rags full of sticky black ichor but she would never get the smell out of her furs.
Title: Fire and Ice
Fandom: Ys 8
Characters/Pairings: Adol/Dogi
Rating: PG-13
Tags: fluff, character study
Word count: 207
Summary: Sometimes they were opposites, but you know what they say about opposites...
Sometimes they could be as much opposite of each other as Adol's fiery red hair, constantly ruffled, and Dogi's thick cobalt blue hair hat was difficult to get to change shape at all. Adol was impetuous, always running off on an adventure, incapable of walking past a perceived problem without trying to help. Dogi was the stable, calm one. When they had been crashed on a desert island together, Adol had been the first one to accidentally run into the largest monster on the island and spend weeks hunting it down, while Dogi helped the other survivors build a settlement and defend it from the smaller monsters. Adol always returned to him in the end, though, usually at the precise moment their barriers were being overrun and they needed the help of an expert swordsman. In the same way, Dogi had promised to keep following him in his wanderings, no matter what crazy situation he was dragged into next.
And when they slept side by side in the close confines of their tent once the campfire had died down, some times closer than others, Adol was the fire that kept Dogi warm while the big man soothed the raging fever of his constant nightmares of battles past.
2.
Title: Watch the World Burn
Fandom: Thor: Ragnarok
Characters/Pairings: Thor & Loki, Thor & Surtr
Rating: PG-13
Tags: spoilers, alcohol
Word count: 437
Summary: Loki questions Thor's apparent sympathy and respect for Surtr.
"I never thought I'd see the day when you even vaguely co-operated for a moment with Surtur, of all people," commented Loki, lazily swinging a leg over one arm of the captain's chair and lounging back to examine his reflection in the port observation terminal. Thor didn't remember letting his brother near HIS chair. Could he even fly a spaceship? Thor had never seen him fly a spaceship but there was a lot he didn't see his brother do before it was too late.
"He has his admirable qualities, for all his predictability and his charming personality," remarked Thor, downing the beer he found in a fridge for some reason. He didn't think normal spaceships had fridges or beer, "He respects destiny, understands how things can go horribly wrong if you mess with it."
"Not like us, then," said Loki, amusement plastered on his face.
"Must I remind you that you caused all this mess to begin with?"
"You provoked me."
"I never said I was not also an idiot. Simply remarking on our success rate in breaking the Universe compared with the serial arsonist's track rate of fixing it for us," said Thor, "I do not believe the old boy to be as stupid as he looks, as all I'm saying. If he could show some self-control for once in his life and also stop speaking like a bad actor reading his lines off a board..."
"You give him too much credit," said Loki, "It's easy to go along with destiny when it lets you be as angry as you like and set fires everywhere, when burning things and temper tantrums are literally the only things you do."
"Loki... Surtur remembers his destiny. He knows that he's repeated it over and over again," said Thor, "Not only does he have to live with the awareness that he has no choice in his actions whatsoever... he knows it will eventually kill him. He remembers burning himself out or hitting the core and causing an explosion that's too much for him to soak. Every single time. And yet he still does his duty without complaint."
"He's an idiot, then."
"Says the idiot who..."
"Yes, I know," Loki sighed, "Do you think we'll see him again? Will the next world we call Asgard end up with a Surtur?"
"Who knows? Destiny doesn't trust us with foreknowledge, only people like him. And our father," Thor sighed, "But he cheats. Did I tell you that you really take after him?"
"That's a surprisingly nice thing for you to say. I'm genuinely lost for words."
"You don't sound it."
"Where's my beer?"
3.
Title: Unnatural Selection
Fandom: Chrono Trigger
Characters/Pairings: Ayla
Rating: PG-13
Tags: mild spoilers, mild horror
Word count: 202
Summary: Ayla's ability to 'charm' completely inhuman things is weird, she knows.
Ayla had charmed some strange people. Entities it shouldn't have worked on. Dinosaurs, machines, sentient rocks... she guessed it was more to do with distraction and confusion while they took what they want than actual seduction. She would never have pulled it off anyway, she couldn't even pretend to be disloyal to Kino. The aliens and the blobs in the Black Omen, though... they felt as though they didn't belong in this world that usually supported such weird life. Their bodies were formed from raw matter, looked like some sort of plant, rubbery and spongy but somehow still hard enough to deflect blades. They had arms, eyes, mouths, but seemingly at random, incorporated into their shimmering grey-green-blue hides. They stank of oil and they made Ayla's animal instincts scream at her like they did before a forest fire. She hadn't wanted to go near one, never mind touch it. Then a miniature black hole opened up under Crono's feet, space simply parting to allow it through, leaving darkness like a wound that smelled of ozone. They had quickly fallen upon it and torn it into rags full of sticky black ichor but she would never get the smell out of her furs.