thenewpub Week 3 ~ Rounds 3 + 4 [Smallville]
Title: Twist the Tale Into Fire Wood
Fandom: Smallville
Character(s)/Pairing(s): Brianna Withridge, Isobel Thoreaux; slight Isobel/Brianna
Rating/Warnings: PG-13; people burning other people alive.
Prompt(s): the lick of fire
Word count: 222
Spoilers: 04.08 Spell
Disclaimer: I don't own this show or the characters from it. Just borrowing for fun things.
Summary: Brianna loses her faith in Isobel as she loses her life.
Notes: Of course Isobel's speech would be what I would think of with this prompt, but I've already sort of written the scene with focus on Isobel. So I decided to mix it up and focus on Brianna instead. Title from Burn The Witch by Queens Of The Stone Age.
As soon as Brianna saw the flames, she was afraid. She'd been afraid before, in the cart on the way to the pyre, but she had hoped Isobel had a way of escape--Isobel always did. It was one of the many things she adored the woman.
In her heart, despite her fear, she still believed the one she loved would save her, and kept her eyes fix on her as she was confronted by the magistrate. As their book came into sight, the hope rose in her chest, convinced that this would be when Isobel would seize her moment.
Instead, she saw her spit. Just spit into the book. It was a spell, but it didn't seem to free them, neither her, Madelyn or even Isobel herself. Isobel, however, seemed to find it to be the most amusing thing she'd ever done.
All Brianna could do was beg for mercy, even as she felt the heat of the fire.
"You think this ends with a lick of flame?" she heard Isobel yell over the din of the crowd, and she strained to listen. "I sleep but a while. And when the time is appointed, my heir will awaken me. And I will have vengeance!"
Brianna didn't understand--but then, all she could focus on was the pain of the fire at her feet.
Title: An Apple and Introspect or Lex Luthor is a Dirty, Not-So-Old Man
Fandom: Smallville
Character(s)/Pairing(s): Lex Luthor, Lana Lang
Rating/Warnings: PG; lusting after a minor.
Prompt(s): the crunch of a fresh apple
Word count: 122
Spoilers: 01.02 Metamorphosis
Disclaimer: I don't own this show or the characters from it. Just borrowing for fun things.
Summary: Lex's introduction to Lana Lang.
Notes: I don't usually write Lex, but it was the first thing that came to mind. I have no idea if I succeeded.
As Clark left, Lex glanced back at the woman he'd been so enthralled by.
Well--girl. She was only fifteen. If she had been closer to his twenty-one, he wouldn't mind making a move on her himself--though honestly, it wasn't really the law he was concerned about. He hadn't had a friend since Duncan, and he'd only served to play a part in the boy's demise. Clark was his second chance, and he was taking it. He wouldn't let a girl, no matter how ravishing her beauty, get in the way of that.
Though he couldn't help but admire her from afar as he took a bite of the crisp, fresh apple in his hand.
He definitely couldn't knock his taste in women.
Fandom: Smallville
Character(s)/Pairing(s): Brianna Withridge, Isobel Thoreaux; slight Isobel/Brianna
Rating/Warnings: PG-13; people burning other people alive.
Prompt(s): the lick of fire
Word count: 222
Spoilers: 04.08 Spell
Disclaimer: I don't own this show or the characters from it. Just borrowing for fun things.
Summary: Brianna loses her faith in Isobel as she loses her life.
Notes: Of course Isobel's speech would be what I would think of with this prompt, but I've already sort of written the scene with focus on Isobel. So I decided to mix it up and focus on Brianna instead. Title from Burn The Witch by Queens Of The Stone Age.
As soon as Brianna saw the flames, she was afraid. She'd been afraid before, in the cart on the way to the pyre, but she had hoped Isobel had a way of escape--Isobel always did. It was one of the many things she adored the woman.
In her heart, despite her fear, she still believed the one she loved would save her, and kept her eyes fix on her as she was confronted by the magistrate. As their book came into sight, the hope rose in her chest, convinced that this would be when Isobel would seize her moment.
Instead, she saw her spit. Just spit into the book. It was a spell, but it didn't seem to free them, neither her, Madelyn or even Isobel herself. Isobel, however, seemed to find it to be the most amusing thing she'd ever done.
All Brianna could do was beg for mercy, even as she felt the heat of the fire.
"You think this ends with a lick of flame?" she heard Isobel yell over the din of the crowd, and she strained to listen. "I sleep but a while. And when the time is appointed, my heir will awaken me. And I will have vengeance!"
Brianna didn't understand--but then, all she could focus on was the pain of the fire at her feet.
Title: An Apple and Introspect or Lex Luthor is a Dirty, Not-So-Old Man
Fandom: Smallville
Character(s)/Pairing(s): Lex Luthor, Lana Lang
Rating/Warnings: PG; lusting after a minor.
Prompt(s): the crunch of a fresh apple
Word count: 122
Spoilers: 01.02 Metamorphosis
Disclaimer: I don't own this show or the characters from it. Just borrowing for fun things.
Summary: Lex's introduction to Lana Lang.
Notes: I don't usually write Lex, but it was the first thing that came to mind. I have no idea if I succeeded.
As Clark left, Lex glanced back at the woman he'd been so enthralled by.
Well--girl. She was only fifteen. If she had been closer to his twenty-one, he wouldn't mind making a move on her himself--though honestly, it wasn't really the law he was concerned about. He hadn't had a friend since Duncan, and he'd only served to play a part in the boy's demise. Clark was his second chance, and he was taking it. He wouldn't let a girl, no matter how ravishing her beauty, get in the way of that.
Though he couldn't help but admire her from afar as he took a bite of the crisp, fresh apple in his hand.
He definitely couldn't knock his taste in women.