“Okay…good, just snap those on ( Read more... )

A tumbler shifted beneath the pressure of the lock pick, bruising his ego yet again as his heart all but skipped a beat in hopeful excitement. Drawing a deep breath, he held the pick steady and experimentally tugged his wrist against the handcuffs.

( Nothing. )

What have you got to lose?

Muse: Remy LeBeau / Gambit
Fandom: Marvel Comics / X Men
Word Count: 398

[Relates to THIS. Remy LeBeau (acesupyersleeve) referenced with permission.]

What do I have to lose?

This baby.

Remy.

My brother.

His family.

Inga.

My friends.

Phantom.

Jack.

My job.

My life.

Too much.

Everything.

Player: Aryn Wakefield
Fandom: Original Character
Word Count: 27

She didn't sleep on the plane and she really should have because by the time they touched down in Milwaukee Lauren was exhausted. They still had to get a hotel room and talk to her mother before she even considered sleep.

( Hello? )

[What do you have to lose?]

Exposed!Future!PeterMuscles gather, tensing at the back of his neck. Peter pushes on, snagging the cap and pulling it as far down on his head as he can to hide his eyes. He doesn’t have a choice and he’s long past lamenting that. He’s traced all the options, gone down every path and seen how they all turn out. This is ( Read more... )

There is no exact moment to point at and say “This is the moment I fell in love with her. This is the moment the world shifted and she became the center of it all.” It happened in small stages, bit by bit, when the blue plus sign materialized on the pregnancy test and stared up at her from the bathroom counter, the first time she heard the ( Read more... )

[What do you have to lose ( Read more... )

I hated being compared to my mother when I was young - or even when I was old - but I'm going to go ahead and put my daughter through a similar tragedy.

Grace is tall; I'm short. Grace had my red hair once, but she has since dyed it. This is not a subject you want to get me started on. Grace and I are both dancers, but she takes it a step further ( Read more... )

[What do you have to lose?]

( Cut for spoilers to s4 SPN )