Title: Here, Real
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Tao/Lay
Genre: Pacific Rim AU
Word Count: 1,000
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction, and the characters are not mine.

( “Disengage, pilot,” Control came in, clipped. “Now.” )

Title: Jealous
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Chen/Lay
Word Count: 520
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction, and the characters are not mine.

( He faces Jongdae’s wrath, defenseless. )

Title: Snake Tongue
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Sehun/Lay
Word Count: 620
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction, and the characters are not mine.

( He’s a sixth-year, for Merlin’s sake. He’s the heralded seeker of the Slytherin quidditch team. Yixing shouldn’t be making him feel like a giddy first-year on a wobbly broom. )

Title: Demon's Healer
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Chanyeol/Lay
Word Count: 500
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction, and the characters are not mine.

( Before him stands nothing of the friend he knows; just a weapon, perfectly honed, and hungry for blood. )

Title: Shadow Boy
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Kai/Lay, Chen/Lay
Genre: Pokémon AU
Word Count: 2,700
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction, and the characters are not mine.
Summary: Jongin's spent every waking moment training to take the Champion on.

( “Houndoom,” Jongin mutters, pulling out his final Poké Ball, “you’re my last hope. Let’s do this.” )

Title: Intangible, Like Words on My Skin [2/2]
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Multiple pairings
Word Count: 3,900
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction, and the characters are not mine.
Summary: Soulmate AU in which whatever you write on your skin appears on the other's.

( A small part of him sneers at him for even bothering. Why try, when your soulmate doesn’t even answer? )

Title: Intangible, Like Words on My Skin [1/2]
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Multiple pairings, disclosed later
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction, and the characters are not mine.
Summary: Soulmate AU in which whatever you write on your skin appears on the other's.

( There are rules to this thing, his mother informs him at the age of eight, when a bout of loneliness from having moved to a new country pushes him to scrawl his phone number in felt marker on his thigh. You can’t reveal that kind of information about yourself. )

Title: Fragile Strength
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: D.O/Lay
Word Count: 400
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction, and the characters are not mine.

( Kyungsoo frowns at his hand, still resting on Yixing’s arm. A seemingly harmless gesture, but he had forgotten how terrifyingly strong he became after his transformation. )

Title: Whispers, Comfort
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Kai/Lay
Word Count: 300
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction, and the characters are not mine.

( “I’m so tired,” Yixing whispers to Jongin, when they’re both lying in bed huddled together one night. “Jongin-ah, I’m so tired.” )

Title: Painted Walls of the Heart
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: D.O/Lay
Word Count: 4,900
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction, and the characters are not mine.
Summary: An unexpected encounter leads to a second chance for Kyungsoo to find his way back home.

( How did this happen, Kyungsoo wonders as he watches Yixing navigate his way around the crowd, smiling and beautiful and completely out of reach. )