☂ things unlikely & desirable | writing by 李杏

title: The Reason I Sing
rating: G
word count: 1907
community: writerverse + rainbowfic + runaway_tales
prompt: Phase #09: Challenge #16: January Prompt Table (dead and buried, a walk in the park, affirmations) + bittersweet: #06: old photographs + rocky road #23: a grave
pairing: (eventual) Mariel/Tristan
summary: Tristan talks to his mother and father about proposing to Mariel. (His father died when he was four.)

( 'Tristan learned from his Harvard peers all of the things he couldn’t afford, like marrying a clever redheaded girl who played the violin only when she thought no one could hear her.' )

title: Advent (1)
rating: G
word count: 250
community:  runaway_tales 
prompt: sugar plum #2: the night before Christmas
summary: house rules: you have to kiss someone if you end up under the mistletoe together! hijinks ensue. (Aya/Koji)
notes: the first of twenty five kisses under the mistletoe at a Christmas party Nikos is hosting

( Even Mariel could spare Koji a little smile and a 'Merry Christmas.' )

title: Tender Loving Care
verse: Cactus Flower: Jazz Remix
community: writerverse + runaway_tales 
prompt: Phase #08: Challenge #02: Monthly/Mini Table (unfit for duty) + poached pear #3: sick & tired
word count: 1274
rating: G
pairing: Mariel/Aya
summary: Mariel gets sick and Aya takes care of her. (1)
notes: I've been sick all weekend, so I wrote a collection of sick fics.

( 'Are you feeling quite the thing? Sit down, love.' )

title: Tender Loving Care
verse: Cactus Flower: Jazz Remix
community: writerverse
prompt: Phase #08: Challenge #02: Monthly/Mini Table (heavily medicated)
word count: 133
rating: G
pairing: Mariel/Aya
summary: Mariel gets sick and Aya takes care of her. (2)

( More than Aya's pillows or her hot vinegar and honey tea, it was Aya herself that made Mariel feel better as she fell into the deepest sleep she had in months. )

title: Tender Loving Care
verse: Cactus Flower: Jazz Remix
community: writerverse
prompt: Phase #08: Challenge #17: Weekly Quick Fic #6 (bike ride)
word count: 368
rating: G
pairing: Mariel/Aya
summary: Aya gets sick and Mariel takes care of her.
notes: This fic takes place at least a year after the other two.

( Mariel made her way back up to their apartment, trying to ignore the scratchy feeling prickling in the back of her throat and the dull ache building at the top of her nose. )