Chimerical

The Price You Pay
Espy: to see at a distance; catch sight of.
Rating: G
A/N: during Pride’s Challenge. Brad/Lavinia, implied unrequited Brad/Ashleigh.

( This is her truth: everything can be bought and nothing comes without a price. )

Chimerical

In the Grass under Trees
Copse - a thicket of small trees or bushes; a small wood
Rating: G
( There was a gathering of trees in the main broodmare paddock. )

Renaissance
by Syrinx
Rating: G
154 words.
A/N: Integrity-verse. Post Albatross.  Very slight implied Ashleigh/Brad.

They stand so close, shoulders brushing. The spring air is heady, slippery through her hair. He leans his weight against the fence, braces everything on his forearms as he stares out at the paddock and its occupants, at the mother and ( Read more... )

Umbrage
By Syrinx
Rating: G (for this section only)
Summary: Sometimes, belief is not enough.
A/N: Perhaps Fleet Goddess loses her second race.  She loses her third, her fourth...and continues to lose.  Maybe she's nothing more than a flashy pedigree and an unrealized dream.  What would Ashleigh do then?  (First part in maybe a short series, eventually ( Read more... )

Albatross
By Syrinx
Rating: G
A/N:  Another continuation of Integrity.  Slips in right after Argonaut.  Mike, implied Ashleigh & Brad friendship.

( They are side by side. They are not touching. He wouldn’t dare. )

Oath
By Syrinx
Rating: G
Canon: Thoroughbred
A/N: Mike/Ashleigh, sort of.  A short continuation of Integrity.

( I don't know what to think. )

Resolution
By Syrinx
Rating: G
Canon: Thoroughbred
A/N: A drabble.  Takes place in the same world as Integrity.

Lavinia had known. She’d taken up reminding him, quietly, under her breath, “You only own a handful of horses, not the entire farm.”

She said it with her fingertips trailing his jawbone, feeling the muscles work. She liked to do that, as if ( Read more... )

The Hearts of the Jealous
by Syrinx
Rating: G-ish
Canon: Thoroughbred
Pairings: Ashleigh/Mike, Ashleigh/Brad
Summary: Theirs was a collision course starting from year one.

( 3. Auspicious )

The Hearts of the Jealous
by Syrinx
Rating: G-ish
Canon: Thoroughbred
Pairings: Ashleigh/Mike, Ashleigh/Brad
Summary: Theirs was a collision course starting from year one.

( 2. Lilliputian )

The Hearts of the Jealous
by Syrinx
Rating: G-ish
Canon: Thoroughbred
Pairings: Ashleigh/Mike, Ashleigh/Brad
Summary: Theirs was a collision course starting from year one.
Notes: This is the companion fic to the fanmix I made not too long ago, The Hearts of the Jealous, which is essentially an AU.  What would happen if Wonder hadn't hit her stride until ( Read more... )