Title: fear of the horseman
Fandom: Highlander
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Anne Sexton
Warnings: AU; character death
Pairings: none stated
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 410
Point of view: third
Prompt: conscientious

( Methos knows how to handle threats. )

Title: gone here now
Fandom: Supernatural
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: written just after 5.10
Pairings: Sam/Dean-ish, but could simply be read as canon unhealthy codependency
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 840
Point of view: third
Notes: written awhile ago; I was unhappy with it, so I ignored it and let it languish on my computer. Not exactly AU, I don ( Read more... )

Title: our love song of pain
Fandom: Supernatural
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: AUish
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 155
Point of view: third
Prompt: John +or/ any, what could have broken him in Hell

( He laughed his way through their first session, smirking up at Alistair with bloody teeth. )

Title: crime doesn't pay (unless you're good at it)
Fandom: White Collar
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: AU
Pairings: OT3
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 350
Point of view: third
Prompt: Neal/Peter/El, they're all white collar criminals

( When the con went bad, it wasn't any of their faults, and Neal got shot while buying time for Peter and Elizabeth to escape. )

Title: the killing edge
Fandom: Heroes
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: AU
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 42
Point of view: third
Prompt: Sylar/Claire, guilty

( vengeance attempted )

Title: When the painted birds laugh in the shade
Fandom: Supernatural
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from William Blake
Warnings: pre-series, mostly
Pairings: Bill/Ellen, John/Mary
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 360
Point of view: third
Prompt: Ellen, Her maiden name was Campbell

( When Ellen was little, knee-high and wearing pigtails, her best friend in the world was her cousin Mary. )

Title: need-to-know
Fandom: Leverage
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: spoilers for season 2
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount:165
Point of view: third
Prompt: Eliot/Anyone, talking about the past

( They're all so sure they know him )

Title: heir apparent
Fandom: Batman: Under the Red Hood
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: AU
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 90
Point of view: third
Prompt: Batman dies protecting Red Hood from the explosion.

( Jason just sits there, in the rubble and dust, holding Batman(Bruce) and thinks, horribly, that it doesn't make up for letting the Joker live so long. )

Title: said the spider to the fly
Fandom: NCIS
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: none
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 240
Point of view: third
Prompt: Gibbs/Tony, one of them is a vampire

( Tony showed up at the basement that night, blood beneath his fingernails. )

Title: graduation
Fandom: Supernatural
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: none
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 135
Point of view: third
Prompt: Sam, contemplation

( Despite what Dad thinks, Sam spent a very long time considering the pros and cons of leaving. )