To celebrate finally winning a teaching position for next year, I offered ficlets over on lifein1973. These are the result.

1. Sam/Gene caring!fic for basaltgrrl, G, 470 words.
( The Things Not Mentioned )

Title: Five things Sam Tyler told Gene Hunt about the Future (and one Gene Believed)
Fandom: Life on Mars
Rating: PG
Word Count: 2,850 words.
Notes: Gen with a Sam & Gene friendship focus. This is written for neuralclone for a prompt she gave me, er, half a year ago. This turned out slightly slashier than I intended, sorry NC. It's more Guy Love than slash, ( Read more... )

Title: The One Where Sam (Pretty Much) Saves the Day
Fandom: Life on Mars
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 2000 words.
Notes: Buddy-cop gen. Also, this story is clearly indebted to bistokids’ A Perfect Saturday Night (go read --- it is awesome. And, um, then come back.)
Summary: It can’t get any better than seeing your partner get dragged off by an idiot who ( Read more... )

Title: Five Careers Sam Tyler Never Had
Fandom: Life on Mars
Rating: PG
Word Count: 960 words.
Notes: Gen, for neuralclone.

(  Five Careers Sam Tyler Never Had )

Title: Five Times Gene Footed the Bill
Fandom: Life on Mars
Rating: PG
Word Count: 2165 words.
Notes: This is gen is the same way any of my buddy cop fic is gen, which is to say; not much, but Sam and Gene aren't shagging. Yet. For operafloozy.

( Five Times Gene Footed the Bill )

Title: Everything is Good for You
Fandom: Life on Mars
Rating: G
Word Count: 700 words.
Notes: Gen. Set during 2.08. For scotschik. Title and header lyrics from “Everything is Good for You” by Crowded House.

( Everything is Good for You... )

Title: Five Times Gene Made Sam Cry
Fandom: Life on Mars
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 1770 words.
Notes: For culf. Gen. Warning for darkness and character death.

( Five Times Gene Made Sam Cry... )

Title: It’s a Good Life if You Don’t Weaken
Fandom: Life on Mars
Rating: PG
Word Count: 1,500 words.
Notes: Gen, set in some imaginary time during early S2. Title from the song by The Tragically Hip.

( It’s a Good Life if You Don’t Weaken )

Title: Looking Through You
Fandom: Life on Mars
Rating: NC-17, I think.
Word Count: 965 words.
Notes: Gen. Dark.
Summary: An alternative take on part of 2.08.

( Looking Through You )

Title: St. Elsewhere
Fandom: Life on Mars
Rating: G
Word Count: 700+ words
Notes: Gen Christmas fluff-fic! Merry Christmas, everyone.

( St. Elsewhere )