[Various: Sentences] "Fifteen One-Sentence Drabbles" [G]
Title: Fifteen Sentences
Prompt: writerverse challenge #15 brevity is the soul (write one sentence for each prompt)
Word Count: 588 (total)
Rating: G for all
Original/Fandom: some of each
Pairings: several
Warnings: run-on sentences, probable misuse of conjunctions and punctuation
Note(s): originally posted to the writerverse wv_bookclub
Title: 01. Black Leather
Prompt: pirates
Word Count: 51
Original/Fandom: Stargate SG-1
Pairings: Daniel Jackson/Vala Mal Doran
Summary: Being undercover is always an adventure with Vala.
Daniel finished with the laces of his ridiculous leather outfit and glanced over at Vala, who looked just as dangerous and sexy in hers as the first time he’d seen her in it, then headed toward the cockpit of the al’kesh he absolutely did not think of as their pirate ship.
Title: 02. Rising
Prompt: firefly
Word Count: 26
Original/Fandom: Sailor Moon
Summary: ‘Hotaru’ is Japanese for ‘firefly’.
Hotaru carefully opened her cupped hands and watched the glowing firefly drift slowly up into the darkness, before turning back toward the golden lights of home.
Title: 03. Snowfall & Sunshine
Prompt: snow
Word Count: 42
Original/Fandom: The Slipper and the Rose (Cinderella)
Pairings: Cinderella/Edward
Summary: Like the weather, her life changes
It was snowing the day they buried her father, the day her stepmother showed her true colors, the day she became less than a servant in her own home, but on the day she married her prince, there was nothing but sunshine.
Title: 04. Holding On
Prompt: countdown
Word Count: 51
Original/Fandom: Stargate SG-1
Pairings: Sam Carter/Jack O’Neill
Warnings: none (kind of maybe implied character death?)
Summary: There’s nothing Jack can do.
Jack could tell from the look on Sam’s face that there was no way to stop it, no brilliant solution his genius could pull out of thin air to save them, so he simply wrapped his arms around her waist and hung on tight as the bomb counted down to zero.
Title: 05. You’re Lawyers?
Prompt: lawyer
Word Count: 42
Original/Fandom: Franklin & Bash
Summary: Two lawyers get stopped by a police officer…
The uniformed officer looked at the two men- one wearing swim trunks and a chef’s apron, the other entirely in orange from head to toe- then back down at the business cards that identified them as Jared Franklin and Peter Bash, attorneys-at-law.
Title: 06. Thirty Light-Years or Less
Prompt: order
Word Count: 41
Original/Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Summary: Rodney is not above prank calls.
“Yes, I’d like to place an order for two large pepperoni pizzas,” he said, then held out the phone so John could hear Harriman’s terse, “Dr. McKay, for the last time, the SGC will not deliver pizza to the Pegasus Galaxy!”
Title: 07. Queen and Country
Prompt: underworld
Word Count: 34
Original/Fandom: Greek mythology
Pairings: none (implied Persephone/Hades)
Summary: She knows her place now.
She had been a child when she first arrived here, scared and uncertain, but in the centuries that followed, she had grown into a woman who knew her place: Persephone, Queen of the Underworld.
Title: 08. Fair Deal
Prompt: role models
Word Count: 37
Original/Fandom: Stargate: Atlantis
Summary: John makes a deal with Torren.
“Here’s the deal, Torren,” said John, blinking around at the finger paint they’d somehow gotten everywhere, “I won’t make you help me clean this up, and we don’t mention any part of it to your mom, okay?”
Title: 09. Beginner’s Luck
Prompt: casino
Word Count: 32
Original/Fandom: original
Summary: She can’t believe what she’s seeing.
She stared in disbelief at the ever-growing stack of chips on the table in front of him and blurted, “Are you sure this is the first time you’ve been to a casino?”
Title: 10. Morning Light
Prompt: daybreak
Word Count: 28
Original/Fandom: Stargate SG-1
Pairings: Sam Carter/Jack O’Neill
Summary: Sam wakes up early.
The golden light sliding across the bedspread pulled Sam from a deep sleep, but Jack’s arms tightened around her, and she closed her eyes, already half-way asleep again.
Title: 11. True North
Prompt: compass
Word Count: 68
Original/Fandom: original
Pairings: unnamed female/male
Summary: She meant to say…
She meant to say, “You are the center of my entire world, and I wouldn’t know what to do without you, and no matter what happens I will always find my way back to you because you are my North Star,” but before she’d mumbled through a few words, he pulled her in for a kiss, and she figured she would just have to tell him without words.
Title: 12. Checkmate
Prompt: proposition
Word Count: 37
Original/Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Pairings: (kind of implied) John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Summary: John knows the right way to proposition his geek.
“You wanna?” asked John, leaning against the lab doorway in what he hoped was a provocative pose, but Rodney just rolled his eyes and snatched the chess board from under his arm with an affectionately muttered, “Idiot.”
Title: 13. Cowgirls
Prompt: cowboys
Word Count: 39
Original/Fandom: original (technically, this is part of my Telemachus ‘verse, but not really related to anything else in it)
Summary: Two hard-working lawkeepers head home.
Once the dastardly cattle-rustlers had been captured, the brave sheriff and her deputy parted ways at the crossroad, because Timmy’s mom had called her name and Lucy could see her mom waiting by the glow of their porch light.
Title: 14. Comfortable Silence
Prompt: friendship
Word Count: 37
Original/Fandom: original (Telemachus, sci-fi set 23rd century)
Summary: For friends, words aren’t always necessary.
Winslow placed the needle-nosed pliers in Barrie’s outstretched hand and shifted a little on her end of the workbench to be out of his way, before turning back to her book, neither of them saying a word.
Title: 15. Burst
Prompt: giggle
Word Count: 23
Original/Fandom: original
Summary: Giggles are contagious.
Just when they thought they’d gotten themselves under control again, their eyes would meet, and they’d break into a fresh burst of giggles.
Current Mood:
rainy
Prompt: writerverse challenge #15 brevity is the soul (write one sentence for each prompt)
Word Count: 588 (total)
Rating: G for all
Original/Fandom: some of each
Pairings: several
Warnings: run-on sentences, probable misuse of conjunctions and punctuation
Note(s): originally posted to the writerverse wv_bookclub
Title: 01. Black Leather
Prompt: pirates
Word Count: 51
Original/Fandom: Stargate SG-1
Pairings: Daniel Jackson/Vala Mal Doran
Summary: Being undercover is always an adventure with Vala.
Daniel finished with the laces of his ridiculous leather outfit and glanced over at Vala, who looked just as dangerous and sexy in hers as the first time he’d seen her in it, then headed toward the cockpit of the al’kesh he absolutely did not think of as their pirate ship.
Title: 02. Rising
Prompt: firefly
Word Count: 26
Original/Fandom: Sailor Moon
Summary: ‘Hotaru’ is Japanese for ‘firefly’.
Hotaru carefully opened her cupped hands and watched the glowing firefly drift slowly up into the darkness, before turning back toward the golden lights of home.
Title: 03. Snowfall & Sunshine
Prompt: snow
Word Count: 42
Original/Fandom: The Slipper and the Rose (Cinderella)
Pairings: Cinderella/Edward
Summary: Like the weather, her life changes
It was snowing the day they buried her father, the day her stepmother showed her true colors, the day she became less than a servant in her own home, but on the day she married her prince, there was nothing but sunshine.
Title: 04. Holding On
Prompt: countdown
Word Count: 51
Original/Fandom: Stargate SG-1
Pairings: Sam Carter/Jack O’Neill
Warnings: none (kind of maybe implied character death?)
Summary: There’s nothing Jack can do.
Jack could tell from the look on Sam’s face that there was no way to stop it, no brilliant solution his genius could pull out of thin air to save them, so he simply wrapped his arms around her waist and hung on tight as the bomb counted down to zero.
Title: 05. You’re Lawyers?
Prompt: lawyer
Word Count: 42
Original/Fandom: Franklin & Bash
Summary: Two lawyers get stopped by a police officer…
The uniformed officer looked at the two men- one wearing swim trunks and a chef’s apron, the other entirely in orange from head to toe- then back down at the business cards that identified them as Jared Franklin and Peter Bash, attorneys-at-law.
Title: 06. Thirty Light-Years or Less
Prompt: order
Word Count: 41
Original/Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Summary: Rodney is not above prank calls.
“Yes, I’d like to place an order for two large pepperoni pizzas,” he said, then held out the phone so John could hear Harriman’s terse, “Dr. McKay, for the last time, the SGC will not deliver pizza to the Pegasus Galaxy!”
Title: 07. Queen and Country
Prompt: underworld
Word Count: 34
Original/Fandom: Greek mythology
Pairings: none (implied Persephone/Hades)
Summary: She knows her place now.
She had been a child when she first arrived here, scared and uncertain, but in the centuries that followed, she had grown into a woman who knew her place: Persephone, Queen of the Underworld.
Title: 08. Fair Deal
Prompt: role models
Word Count: 37
Original/Fandom: Stargate: Atlantis
Summary: John makes a deal with Torren.
“Here’s the deal, Torren,” said John, blinking around at the finger paint they’d somehow gotten everywhere, “I won’t make you help me clean this up, and we don’t mention any part of it to your mom, okay?”
Title: 09. Beginner’s Luck
Prompt: casino
Word Count: 32
Original/Fandom: original
Summary: She can’t believe what she’s seeing.
She stared in disbelief at the ever-growing stack of chips on the table in front of him and blurted, “Are you sure this is the first time you’ve been to a casino?”
Title: 10. Morning Light
Prompt: daybreak
Word Count: 28
Original/Fandom: Stargate SG-1
Pairings: Sam Carter/Jack O’Neill
Summary: Sam wakes up early.
The golden light sliding across the bedspread pulled Sam from a deep sleep, but Jack’s arms tightened around her, and she closed her eyes, already half-way asleep again.
Title: 11. True North
Prompt: compass
Word Count: 68
Original/Fandom: original
Pairings: unnamed female/male
Summary: She meant to say…
She meant to say, “You are the center of my entire world, and I wouldn’t know what to do without you, and no matter what happens I will always find my way back to you because you are my North Star,” but before she’d mumbled through a few words, he pulled her in for a kiss, and she figured she would just have to tell him without words.
Title: 12. Checkmate
Prompt: proposition
Word Count: 37
Original/Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Pairings: (kind of implied) John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Summary: John knows the right way to proposition his geek.
“You wanna?” asked John, leaning against the lab doorway in what he hoped was a provocative pose, but Rodney just rolled his eyes and snatched the chess board from under his arm with an affectionately muttered, “Idiot.”
Title: 13. Cowgirls
Prompt: cowboys
Word Count: 39
Original/Fandom: original (technically, this is part of my Telemachus ‘verse, but not really related to anything else in it)
Summary: Two hard-working lawkeepers head home.
Once the dastardly cattle-rustlers had been captured, the brave sheriff and her deputy parted ways at the crossroad, because Timmy’s mom had called her name and Lucy could see her mom waiting by the glow of their porch light.
Title: 14. Comfortable Silence
Prompt: friendship
Word Count: 37
Original/Fandom: original (Telemachus, sci-fi set 23rd century)
Summary: For friends, words aren’t always necessary.
Winslow placed the needle-nosed pliers in Barrie’s outstretched hand and shifted a little on her end of the workbench to be out of his way, before turning back to her book, neither of them saying a word.
Title: 15. Burst
Prompt: giggle
Word Count: 23
Original/Fandom: original
Summary: Giggles are contagious.
Just when they thought they’d gotten themselves under control again, their eyes would meet, and they’d break into a fresh burst of giggles.
Current Mood:
rainy