So the
day_by_drabble April Showers Drabblethon has just ended, and here are my results. Got two in for R/T (not as many as I wanted), seven for The Dresden Files and one for Firefly. Pretty good IMHO, as I was trying very hard to get into a new fandom or two.
Harry Potter
In TheoryHe’d been assigned to her, which he decided, after a few successful assignments, was less a blow to his already suffering ego and more an arrangement that worked quite well. On paper.
[Remus/Tonks, PG-13, 400 words]
Once More For LuckRemus, being a tad naïve, had expected dinner or coffee or a movie and had ended up at a party on a beach at half past one in the morning. In retrospect, he feels he shouldn’t have been so surprised.
[Remus/Tonks, PG, 850 words]
The Dresden Files
Down With the SicknessEven wizards get the flu. And no, there's not a potion for that. Quit asking questions.
[PG-13, 500 words, set after Blood Rites]
Higher EducationHarry Dresden is not college material. [M, 300 words, Pre-Files era]
Curiouser and CuriouserSometimes, being stuck in the body of a coed necromancer has its advantages.
[Harry D./Anastasia L., PG, 700 words, set after Small Favor]
AbsolutionThe way my mind works must be less stream-of-consciousness and more vicious cycle-of-contrition. Vicious, I tell you. My hand to god, it has fangs and tentacles.
[PG-13, 700 words, set at the end of Summer Knight, slightly AU]
As if in a DreamThere’s no such thing as a direct flight.
[PG-13, 874 words, spoilers for the beginning of Changes]
Feeding the Multitude“You know, when I signed on as a Warden, I thought there would be more riding undead dinosaurs, less making burritos. I could do this at home.”
[PG-13, 640 words, set prior to White Night]
The In-BetweenShe had dove headfirst into the water and was still trying to stay afloat in a world where simply believing in things made them real.
[G, 230 words, set during/after Summer Knight, no spoilers]
Firefly
Inside JokeAfter it’s all over - long enough over, even though it doesn’t feel that way, they run into each other in the galley.
[Mal/Inara, G, 200 words, set after Serenity]