21 for 21
21 for 21 is an collection of crossover and noncrossover ficlets done as part of a birthday challenge I issued on my livejournal. Rather than ask other writers to write me birthday fics, I offered to write twenty-one stories for those who responded.

Their job? Give me a pairing/characters, three words, and a general rating.
My job? Have ( Read more... )

Title: A Stickler for Twenty-One
Series: 21 for 21
Author: jmaria
Rating: PG-13 -some suggestive talk
Disclaimer: Joss owns them. We’ve seen what he’s done to them. So we gank them
Spoilers: Yes, for the BDM. You’ve been warned, people.
Pairing: Mal/River
Three: defenestrate, frolic, hat
Word Count:766
Summary: The Captain’s little albatross is growing up ( Read more... )

Title: Twenty Minutes in the Airlock
Series: 21 for 21
Author: jmaria
Rating: Light R (one situation)
Disclaimer: Joss owns them. We’ve seen what he’s done to them. So we gank them
Spoilers: All the aired/unaired Firefly eps - none for the BDM
Pairing: Jayne/River (minor appearance by Mal and Wash)
Three: pain, never, baby
Word Count: 489
Summary: River ( Read more... )

Title: Nineteen
Series: 21 for 21
Author: jmaria
Rating: light R, for description

Disclaimer: Mercedes Lackey owns them, I’m just playing with them
Pairing: Vanyel/Tylendel
Three: score, lute, throne
Word Count: 157
Summary: He will never be nineteen again.
Notes: 21 for 21 is my insane plan to write 21 ficlets for my birthday. . . except that people on ( Read more... )

Title: Eighteen and Life
Series: 21 for 21
Author: jmaria
Rating: R/NC-17
Disclaimer: Joss owns them. We’ve seen what he’s done to them. So we gank them
Spoilers: For the series: everything, for the BDM: just the nickname lil’ albatross.
Pairing: Spike/Mal/River (slight reference to Dru and Jayne)
Three: glasses, sneaky, desperate
Word Count: 938
Summary: ( Read more... )

Title: Seventeen Minutes Past Midnight
Series: 21 for 21
Author: jmaria
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: Joss owns them. We’ve seen what he’s done to them. So we gank them
Pairing: Wesley/River
Three: ingenious, slick, befuddled
Word Count: 352
Summary: Am I more? Do I feel like her because I’m a genius, feel close enough to love?
Notes: 21 for 21 is my insane ( Read more... )

Title: Sixteen Times
Series: 21 for 21
Author: jmaria
Rating: PG-13 (aimed for smut I swear, got fluff instead)
Disclaimer: Joss is god, I merely worship him. And occasionally burn his effigy, but only when he deserves it.
Pairing: Jayne/Kaylee
Three: flail, gratuitous, adoration
Word Count: 570
Summary: It’s the cheer that’ll do a man in, not the wound ( Read more... )

Title: Fifteen Bowls of Wife Soup
Series: 21 for 21
Author: jmaria
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: Joss owns them - and we’ve seen what he does to them!
Pairing: Wash/Zoe
Three: birthday, celebration, marriage
Word Count: 240
Summary: Fifteen bowls is his limit. ..
Notes: 21 for 21 is my insane plan to write 21 ficlets for my birthday. . . except that people on ( Read more... )

Title: Project Fourteen
Series: 21 for 21
Author: jmaria
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: Stan Lee & Marvel own Wolvie, and Joss owns Kaylee
Pairing: Wolverine (Logan)/Kaylee
Three: tiresome, goat, uninvited
Word Count: 569
Summary: She tries to reach out to him, but he’s just so stubborn
Notes: 21 for 21 is my insane plan to write 21 ficlets for my birthday ( Read more... )

Title: Thirteen - Lucky or Not
Series: 21 for 21
Author: jmaria
Rating: R
Disclaimer: Joss owns them - well, you’ve seen how he treats them. They really should be ours.
Pairing: Wash/Zoe
Three: first, time, fiction
Word Count: 881
Summary: How they got to be. ..
Notes: 21 for 21 is my insane plan to write 21 ficlets for my birthday. . . except that people ( Read more... )