☂ things unlikely & desirable | writing by 李杏

title: Advent (3)
rating: G
word count: 300
community: runaway_tales
prompt: sugar plum #4: making a list and checking it twice
summary: house rules: you have to kiss someone if you end up under the mistletoe together! hijinks ensue. (Nikos/Abel)
notes: the third of twenty five kisses under the mistletoe at a Christmas party Nikos is hosting

( Nikos capered down the hallway with the enthusiasm of a puppy and threw his arms around Abel. )

title: June 24, 2011
fandom: DrKotobuki 's shiftverse
community: writerverse + trope_bingo
prompt: Phase #5: Challenge #03: Table of Doom ("location: big city") + square: celebratory kiss
word count: 535
pairing: Abel Cross/Nikos Vallas
rating: G
summary: Nikos and Abel watch the news together the night marriage equality is passed in New York.
notes: Abel is, at the time this story takes place, a 61-year-old British Indian expat living in New York City. Nikos is his 29-year-old boyfriend.

( Marriage had failed Abel once before, but it still held promise for someone like Nikos, still young and in love with a lifetime ahead of him without hiding. )