Summary: Uther notices. 200 words. For phantomjam.

NatureUther comes upon them unexpectedly in an empty hallway ( Read more... )

Summary: This leads Aristotle in turn to the demonstrated fact that God, glory and majesty to Him, does not do things by direct contact. God burns things by means of fire. -- Maimonides (AN: Same universe as Sublimity. For blincolin, because she wanted it.)

By Means of FireJust as suddenly as it began, the hard rain stops. The cup of life glints up from ( Read more... )

AN: Written for the 'after the battle' prompt at merlinkisses.

AmbushWhen he finally kisses Arthur, it's with the sharp taste of blood in his mouth and three broken fingers, men dying nearby and a hard cold rain turning the ground to mud ( Read more... )

AN: Club!fic for bewarethesmirk, who incited this. My thanks to p_zeitgeist for betaing.

Flash

Glossy white lights flicker up through the wire-grate floor like the flash of cameras, sensations clear and fluid under the wash of music. He remembers the bar, downstairs, a mirrored surface under thick glass. Salt and tequila, which was a very good idea in fact, especially ( Read more... )

AN: for lady_ganesh. Part of the Winter Collection.

SolsticeThe days in Meifu do not grow short, but spin forever unchanged beyond the rhythms meant for the living. But late in the year Wakaba brings plates of dark spiced cookies. Tsuzuki wears a Santa hat for three days straight (he keeps trying to make Hisoka wear it, just once) and someone leaves a box ( Read more... )

AN: Three of Swords universe. Sequel to A Deep So Profound and a companion piece to Apotheosis. Series index here.

Round Earth's Imagined CornersAfter Muraki shows him the back way in, it's only a matter of time ( Read more... )

AN: Set in the Three of Swords universe. Prequel to Of Angels Watching Round, and this will make more sense if you've already read that. Series Index here.
For Phoebe, with great admiration.

ApotheosisThe stair was endless, Enma said. But Hisoka's learned not to believe everything he's told, especially the dying words of a god. So he climbs until ( Read more... )

Pulling Away
A Yami no Matsuei Double Drabble
by Dorian Gray
For: mistressrenetSomewhere in the general office of the Summoning Department, a fluorescent light begins to flicker. With each flash Tatsumi feels the shadows around him bend and jump, trembling against the walls and floor like a pair of unsteady hands or the shoulders of someone quietly weeping as ( Read more... )

Unbinding Prometheus
A Yami no Matsuei Double Drabble
by Dorian Gray

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You will never forget how it feels: the moment of letting go, after the fight, after the pain, after the trying, when you just let everything go.

It comes over you in a rolling stillness, the pause, the look over your shoulder, the look forward, and then,

'I don't have ( Read more... )

AlcoholicA Yami no Matsuei Drabble ( Read more... )