Written for the everyday superheroes fanfic challenge.

Alan with superpowers. Shameless attempts at imitation of Kavalier and Clay. And that's about it. Oh--I don't read comics, so, you know...pretend it's because I'm poverty-stricken and please don't mock.

( 'You forget that all superpowers are essentially a means of having better sex.' )

Well, a day late and...not so much a dollar short, I present Alan/Tara Christmas fluff! (Heh, I kept looking for a point in the thing. Clearly Alan and I share a problem.)

( Attempting to conceal a four-foot tall, flame-retardant, non-allergenic, but extremely lifelike artificial Christmas tree behind his back with one hand while holding a bottle of wine in the other was one of the most difficult tasks he’d undertaken all week. Perhaps because he’d spent the better part of his time at the office addressing Christmas cards. )

Behold, my Alan Five Things story. You're, as always, free to skip these and go right into reading it. I wrote most of it over the summer, so it has more to do with The Practice than Boston Legal (although why I'm specifying the universe these things never happened in, I really don't know). There aren't any crazy AUs with, say, Alan as a journalist ( Read more... )

*sigh* I love writing for The Practice. Shorefic, written purely for my own benefit.

For this week's 15minuteficlets. My first. I guess I'll put the word at the end of the story.

( Meaning )

I'm not sure how I feel about this one. Might tweak it a bit before posting on ff.net. Just wanted to get it up before tonight's ep. Rather stream-of-consciousness. No plot whatsoever. The Practice. Utterly Shore-centered. I think it has some grammar problems. Grr.

( You don't think of yourself as a lawyer. )