Christmas Comment!fics [2011]

[soera]

Merry Christmas, everyone!

Last year, I offered comment!fic in a number of fandoms as a Christmas present to all you lovely folk out there. I got some wonderful prompts and really enjoyed myself writing ficlets for them, so I’ve decided to do the same this year. For those of you who don’t know how this works, let’s go over things:

How it works:

I’m taking prompts for ficlets in any of the fandoms listed below. Please have a look at what I will/won’t write for each fandom before making your requests.

Leave a comment in this post with the fandom, pairing (if applicable; I’ll do gen for all fandoms too) and prompt you’d like.

Prompts can be anything from random words for inspiration, to a scenario you’d like to see played out. They can be as specific or general as you like, and I’ll do my best to stick to them. Alternate universe/alternate canon prompts are welcome, as are prompts to do with any ‘verse I’ve written about before (i.e. it's fine to ask for something based on one of my posted fics).

ONE PROMPT per post. If you have multiple prompts (perfectly fine), I’ll do the first one first, then go back to the others after I’m done with prompts from other people. So put the one you most want to see done first!

Prompts don’t have to be Christmas/holiday-related, if that’s not your thing. Anything goes!

Porn and I have a love-hate relationship. Sometimes it comes easy; other times, it's hard. (Pun not intended.) Be warned that if you request smut, you may not actually get it – I can give you the prelude and possibly some sexiness, but that might be the best I'll manage.

Prompt-taking closes at midnight on Christmas where I am – that’s UTC+8. Or 24 hours (and 15ish minutes?) from the time of this post, if you want to count it off like that. I'll add a note at the end of this post once prompt-taking is closed.

I will NOT write:
Character bashing.

Character death (except as in canon).

Anything dark/unpleasant. It’s Christmas; let’s keep it happy in here. (This does not mean I won’t take sad/bittersweet/etc prompts – those are fine, but I won’t write, say, a character’s murderous rampage through London.)

Some fandoms also have a specific listing for things I won’t write (don’t break up my fandom OTPs please), so pay attention!

Note:
A slash denotes a pairing (e.g. Jack/Ianto), whereas a plus sign denotes friendship (e.g. Ianto+Tosh).

The latter doesn’t mean you can’t request friendship fics between people I haven’t listed; it just means that I’m particularly comfortable writing those two.

Simple enough, yes? Here are the fandoms I can write for, in alphabetical order:


Harry Potter:

CAVEAT: It’s been ages since I’ve written in this fandom, so any old fics you might have read are vastly out of date with my style now. … You might actually get better fics now than I used to write.
I much prefer writing friendship/gen to anything with pairings.

CHARACTERS/PAIRINGS: The list is actually kind of endless, especially when it comes to pairing Harry up.

I WON’T WRITE: Harry/Draco, Harry/Ginny, Severus/Remus, Sirius/Remus. I would prefer not to write Draco at all.


Hawaii Five-0:

CAVEAT: I didn’t watch S2, and I didn’t particularly like the end of S1 (Danny!). Sticking with S1 is probably best.

CHARACTERS/PAIRINGS: Danny/Steve, Danny/Rachel (pre-divorce), ensemble cast

I WON’T WRITE: Anything pairing Danny or Steve up with others (unless it’s pre-H50). Go ahead and mix and match anyone else if you’d like.


Komatta Toki ni wa Hoshi ni Kike!:

CAVEAT: While I know the gist of the entire storyline, I’ve only read the scanlations up to Volume 15. I’ve not written extensively in this fandom, and what I do have, I haven’t posted. I think I’ve got a decently good grasp on the characters though, at least up to Vol. 15.

CHARACTERS/PAIRINGS: Kiyomine/Takara, ensemble cast

I WON’T WRITE: Anything pairing Kiyomine or Takara up with others. Go ahead and mix and match anyone else if you’d like.


Merlin:

CAVEAT: I’m really hesitant about putting this up because I’ve only just started watching it. It feels like the sort of thing I’d enjoy writing, though, so I’ve decided to just throw this out there anyway. Please just stick to S1, though – I know what happens in later seasons, but I haven’t seen them for myself. Also, I’ll probably be best at writing Arthur or Merlin, so request other characters at your own risk. =P
(I’m gonna repeat myself here because it seems particularly apt: remember that AU settings are perfectly fine to request *cough reincarnation fic cough*.)

CHARACTERS/PAIRINGS: Arthur/Merlin

I WON’T WRITE: Anything pairing Arthur or Merlin with others. Go ahead and mix and match anyone else if you’d like.


Naruto:

CAVEAT: I haven’t been keeping up with the latest updates (it’s been getting a bit ridiculous for me) so if you want something to do with a specific incident, give me details (at least chapter numbers so I can look it up).
I would prefer to write post-time-skip for anything with pairings (outside of canon crushes). If it’s gen, go ahead and request any time-frame. I’m most familiar with the Konoha characters and the Sand siblings, so request anyone else at your own risk. Also, it’s been ages since I’ve written in this fandom, but I think I’ve got an okay grasp on them.

CHARACTERS/PAIRINGS: Naruto/Kakashi, Naruto/Sakura (post-time-skip), Naruto+Kakashi+Sakura, Naruto+Tsunade

I WON’T WRITE: Anything with post-betrayal Sasuke (especially Naruto/Sasuke). I would in fact prefer to avoid writing Sasuke altogether.


Prince of Tennis:

CAVEAT: Only Seigaku members, please. I’m not really familiar with the other schools. Also, I have a tendency to ignore both the manga and anime endings because they both get ridiculous, so feel free to request something set in an AUish ending. I don’t know anything about the second manga series either, so I can’t write anything about that.

CHARACTERS/PAIRINGS: Tezuka/Ryoma, ensemble cast.

I WON’T WRITE: Anything pairing Tezuka or Ryoma up with others. Go ahead and mix and match anyone else if you’d like.


The Sentinel:

CAVEAT: I’ve not written extensively in this fandom, though I think my grasp on the characters has improved a little from the few I’ve posted. Still, request at your own risk.

CHARACTERS/PAIRINGS: Jim/Blair, ensemble cast

I WON’T WRITE: Anything pairing Jim or Blair up with others. Go ahead and mix and match anyone else if you’d like.


Sherlock (BBC):

CAVEAT: … Yeah, I got nothing.

CHARACTERS/PAIRINGS: John/Sherlock, ensemble cast

I WON’T WRITE: Anything pairing John or Sherlock up with others. Go ahead and mix and match anyone else if you’d like.


Star Trek (TOS/2009):

CAVEAT: I’ve not written extensively in this fandom, and none of what I’ve written is posted online. Request at your own risk.
Specify if you want TOS or 2009!

CHARACTERS/PAIRINGS: Kirk/Spock, Bones+Kirk+Spock, ensemble cast

I WON’T WRITE: Anything pairing Kirk or Spock up with others. Go ahead and mix and match anyone else if you’d like.


Torchwood:

CAVEAT: I didn’t like S3, and didn’t watch S4. Stick to the first two seasons; I won’t be able to do anything from S3/4.

CHARACTERS/PAIRINGS: Jack/Ianto, Owen/Tosh, Gwen/Rhys, Ianto/Lisa (pre-Canary Wharf only), team-fic, Ianto+Tosh, Jack+Gwen, Ianto+Owen

I WON’T WRITE: Anything pairing Jack or Ianto up with others (other than pre-Jack Ianto/Lisa). You can mix and match anyone else, and I’ll give it a shot, though.



Enjoy!
(And yes, feel free to share this with any of your friends you think might appreciate this. It's open to absolutely anyone, even people I don't know. =D)

ETA: Prompt-taking is now CLOSED.

ETA 2: Done! Thanks for playing, everyone. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! =D

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damsel in distress

“You’ve rather miscalculated, you see,” the stupid guy says.

“You’re the one tied to a chair with a gun to his head,” Jake says, frustration colouring every word. Andy watches him cautiously. Jake’s got a hair-trigger temper, and he’s liable to mess things up if he loses his cool now. Not that Andy blames him. The idiot they’ve kidnapped has the sort of face you want to beat up on, just because. What’s his name? Something weird, Sher-something. Makes Andy think of Sherwood Forest. Maybe he’ll just call him Robin Hood. No, Maid Marian. Just for fun.

“Yes, and the knots are quite poorly done, really,” Maid Marian says. “Given another fifteen minutes, I imagine I could get free of them.”

“Another fifteen minutes and you’ll be dead,” Jake growls. “We’re just waiting on the boss.”

Andy circles around cautiously to check the knots. They look like they’re holding firm. Maid Marian’s just trying to psyche them out. Definitely. He’ll be glad to be rid of this one. He’s too bloody mouthy. It was lucky they’d managed to grab him when there was hardly anyone around – just that washed-up old guy coming out of the restaurant down the street. One witness isn’t gonna do jack, especially when Maid Marian’s gonna be dead in ten minutes when their employer shows up.

If they’d had a little more time, Andy would’ve planned it so there wasn’t even a single witness. They were working on a time limit, though. That was the problem with hiring out. People could get so bloody demanding when contracting murder.

Andy doesn’t try to sugar-coat what he does. It’s how he keeps his feet on the ground. He’ll never make the mistake of thinking he knows more than he does, or taking on more than he’s capable of. He’s the one who’s kept Jake out of prison so far, and he intends to keep on in this line of work just as long as he can. Retirement comes early in this profession, and he intends to have plenty to live on by the time he’s forced to quit. He’s been kicking around the idea of hiring out to the younger guys just starting out. Making the plans for them so they don’t get caught. It’s a thought, anyway.

Is Maid Marian smiling at him?

“What’s so funny?” Andy asks in a friendly voice. Always good to be friendly. It’s nothing to do with the good cop-bad cop routine some of the marks accuse them of playing. Andy just thinks it’s hilarious when they try and work out if his being friendly means they can convince him to let them go, or if it means he’s just a total psycho.

“It gives you a rush of power to think that you’re a contract killer,” Maid Marian says. “You enjoy thinking of yourself in those terms, probably to make yourself feel better about your childhood. What was it, abuse? Neglect? Yes, definitely neglect at least, your fingernails are proof of that. You want to think of yourself as stronger and more powerful than you were. Your suit is expensive but you haven’t realised your supposedly gold cuff-links are fake. A man of true taste and good bearing would know better. You’re fake, and you feel fake. You know that you’re a poor boy pretending to be rich and in control and you live in fear of the moment when it all falls apart and you realise you’re nothing.”

Andy stares at Maid Marian. Jake stares at Andy.

Their employer wants to watch as Maid Marian dies. They’ll get another five thousand for letting him shoot the bastard in the face. Then again, it’s only five thou.

“Kill him,” Andy tells Jake casually.

Maid Marian outright beams at Andy, and for a moment, Andy really wants to break his neck. Then he realises he knows the look in Maid Marian’s eyes – it’s that look that says, I know something you don’t, and it’s going to be a painful lesson for you.

Jake raises his gun.

“For fuck’s sake, Sherlock, stop getting kidnapped,” says the washed-out old guy from down the street, and then shoots twice with barely a second between shots to switch targets.

Jake’s head explodes over the floor. Andy tries to stop the blood gushing from his shoulder and dimly thinks that he was right. It’s a very painful lesson indeed.

[(Anonymous)]

Washed out old guy aaahhh, Ilu John.