☂ things unlikely & desirable | writing by 李杏

Phase 11 has just started over atwriterverse!
I am one of those people who can't get anything done without a deadline and writerverse provides just the right balance of friendly competition and low pressure deadlines that I get a lot written without obsessing too much over perfectionism.
So hop on over and join the fun! (Ask to be placed inteam_poetry if you want to be with me!)

title: Waking Dreams
rating: PG
word count: 697
community: writerverse
prompt: Phase #09: Challenge #03: Prompt Table: #10: Waking Dreams (caveat: second person)
summary: You wake up from a dream you woke up from a dream.
notes: This is creative nonfiction, down to the detail about my father eating his eggs with catsup.

( You blink awake. )

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: Won't Breathe Until You Tell Me You're Alive
rating: G 
word count: 801
community: writerverse 
prompt: Phase #09: Challenge #16: January Prompt Table (theme: hurt/comfort, prompts: on pins and needles, blue, fighting chance, deathless)

title: Tender Loving Care
verse: Cactus Flower: Jazz Remix
community: writerverse + runaway_tales
prompt: Phase #08: Challenge #02: Monthly/Mini Table (follow your heart) + poached pear #11: in sickness & in health
word count: 674
rating: G
pairing: Mariel/Aya
summary: Mariel gets sick, and Aya takes care of her. (3) Mariel is on the edge of an existential crisis, but Aya helps her calm down and rest.
notes: I'm still sick, so here's a bonus sickfic for your enjoyment.

( 'Let me take care of you.' )

title: Affair
verse: Cactus Flower: Jazz Remix
community: writerverse
prompt: Phase #08: Challenge #02: Monthly/Mini Table (dangerous liaisons)
word count: 133
rating: PG
pairing: eventually Koji/Tristan, implied Aya/Mariel/Tristan and Koji/Silas
warnings: unfaithfulness (spoilers, highlight to read the rest) although Tristan has discussed this with his partners and gotten their blessing, Koji has not and is cheating on his partner
summary: Tristan and Koji's "friend date" gets a lot friendlier after a few drinks. (1) Tristan is completely inexperienced.

( 'Can't help ya with book learnin'. )

title: Affair
verse: Cactus Flower: Jazz Remix
community: writerverse
prompt: Phase #08: Challenge #02: Monthly/Mini Table (the good the bad and the ugly)
word count: 380
rating: PG-13
pairing: eventually Koji/Tristan, implied Aya/Mariel/Tristan and Koji/Silas
warnings: unfaithfulness (spoilers, highlight to read the rest) although Tristan has discussed this with his partners and gotten their blessing, Koji has not and is cheating on his partner
summary: Tristan and Koji's "friend date" gets a lot friendlier after a few drinks. (2) Koji and Tristan disagree about aesthetics.

( 'I like ya, man, but ya got no taste.' )

title: Affair
verse: Cactus Flower: Jazz Remix
community: writerverse
prompt: Phase #08: Challenge #02: Monthly/Mini Table (instant gratification)
word count: 148
rating: R
pairing: eventually Koji/Tristan, implied Aya/Mariel/Tristan and Koji/Silas
warnings: unfaithfulness (spoilers, highlight to read the rest) although Tristan has discussed this with his partners and gotten their blessing, Koji has not and is cheating on his partner
summary: Tristan and Koji's "friend date" gets a lot friendlier after a few drinks. (3) Tristan gets some "hands on" experience with Koji.

( Koji's hands slid up the inseam of his trousers and Tristan lost track of his thoughts. )

title: Amortentia
verse: Cactus Flower + Harry Potter
community: writerverse
prompt: Phase #08: Challenge #08: Cross Cross Apple Sauce
word count: 447
rating: PG
summary: Mariel and Aya at Hogwarts.

( it smells like your purfume )

title: What Thou Wilt
verse: Alfheim
community: writerverse
prompt: Challenge #06: Weekly Quick Fic #2 ("unwanted freedom")
word count: 252
rating: G
summary: The dethroned king of Alfheim releases her most faithful knight from service.

( 'Then come, friend, and lead me to whatever end. I ask only that it be glorious.' )

title: Equinox
verse: Alfheim
community: writerverse
prompt: Challenge #04: An adjective, a noun, and a prepositional phrase walk into a bar… ("Orange Flags on Display")
word count: 261
rating: G
summary: Before she was king, Lady Esyllt stood vigil against the coming dark.

( He followed, her meek and faithful servant, to whatever end would come, that night and all nights thereafter. )

title: Another Galaxy
verse: rainy city
community: writerverse
prompt: Phase #06: Challenge #16: Weekly Quick Fic #5
word count: 763
rating: G
summary: Glory's mind wanders, but his son brings him back.

( Once, Glory had the gift of prophecy. Now, he had only his own treacherous imagination and it plagued him with the possibilities of lives that might have been. )

title: Found in the Snow: Blue John (1)
verse: rainy city
community: writerverse + originalfic100
prompt: Phase #6: Challenge #13: Weekly Quick Fic #4 (in a ray of sunshine) + Table A 076 - Who?
word count: 726
rating: G
summary: When a stranger shows up on the doorstep, Kristopher trusts him immediately. Mariel doesn't.
notes: I've overhauled this 'verse almost completely. The character who used to be known as Jude is now Blue John, and there's a new character, also named Jude. It's complicated. This takes place before Glory's return to the city.

( 'What's the rule about reading people's minds?' 'It's bad manners?' )