Other People's Sandboxes

Title: The Sky Will Come to You
Fandom: Final Fantasy XII
Characters: Ashe, Larsa, Penelo, Balthier, Al-Cid, Ondore, Fran
Rating: G
Word Count: ~2800
Warnings: none
Summary: Some days, her chains weigh her down more than others; or, 4 People Ashe Corresponded With and 1 She Didn't.
Notes: Written for chaineddove in the 2013 not_primetime exchange. Many thanks to Spoke for the beta.
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( The Sky Will Come to You )

Title: De Jure
Recipient: technosage
Fandom: Law & Order
Characters: Claire Kincaid/Jack McCoy
Rating: PG for kissing
Word Count: ~1300
Summary: This job got more interesting all the time.
Notes: Written for Yuletide 2012. Many thanks to greenlily for the beta!

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( De Jure )

Title: The Triumph of Time (We Are Everywhere For Your Convenience Remix)
Fandom: Star Trek: TNG
Characters: Beverly Crusher, Jean-Luc Picard, Nyota Uhura
Rating: PG
Word Count: ~4500
Summary: She always belonged to someone else.
Original Story: The Triumph of Time by caitn
Notes: This story is, of course, pure, unabashed speculation, and draws heavily on ideas from some Trek Novels, while blithely ignoring others, when the information didn't fit or was too contradictory. Memory Alpha and Memory Beta were invalueable in the writing of this story. The funky remix subtitle is a nod to the Psi Corps of Babylon 5's universe. Because you just know that Chekov has an alternate universe doppelganger who is a pain in the ass psychic (and psychotic) intel chief.
Thanks, as always, to C for the beta.

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( The Triumph of Time (We Are Everywhere For Your Convenience Remix) )

Title: What Dreams May Come (The BWV 140 Remix)
Fandom: Harry Potter/Fairy Tales
Characters: Snape, Hermione, Harry, Draco
Rating: T
Word Count: ~2000
Summary: Sleep is a luxury that you don't miss until it's gone.
Original Work: The Death of Each Day's Life by sophia_sol
Notes: The title is, of course, from Hamlet's famous speech in Act III, Scn. 1. The funky remix subtitle is better known as Bach's Wachet auf, or, Sleepers Wake.
The idea for this whole thing came from reading through sophia_sol's journal and seeing that a) she, like me, started this whole fandom thing in the SS/HG corner of Harry Potter fandom and b) she had some very interesting ideas about fairy tales in the Harry Potter universe.

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( What Dreams May Come (The BWV 140 Remix) )

Title: Follow Through
ST Ship Olympics Team: Team Blonde Ambition (Kirk/Rand), for Event #2
Universe: AOS
Rating: PG
Word Count: ~2800
Summary: Starfleet sought to make us a functional unit, a captain and his assistant; what we ended up as were partners.
Notes: Huge thanks to hellokatzchen for courageously throwing herself at all the awkward phrasing and errant commas that used to reside in this fic.
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( Follow Through )

Title: Sleepers Awake
Fandom: Inception
Characters: Ariadne/Arthur
Rating: PG
Word Count: ~2k
Prompt: 5 times Ariadne had nightmares and Arthur had to make her feel better and one time where it was vice versa. Written for Round 6 over at inception_kink
Summary: You would think that dealing in dreams on a regular basis would make nightmares less terrifying. You would be wrong.
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( Sleepers Awake )

Written for tosca1390 in the "Keeping Secrets" exchange on takingitinturns.

Title: Echoes of the Past
Author: velvetmouse
Pairing: Harry/Ginny
Rating: PG
Word Count: 2665
Summary: Help shows up when you least expect it.
Author's Notes: Just a little snippet of a (possible) missing moment from GoF :) I think I definitely hit on your request for secret rooms and hideouts, and there's a dash of banter thrown in for good measure.
Many many thanks to my beta, Sherry, who wrangles my drivel into something coherent.

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( Echoes of the Past )

Title: Home Before Dark
Author: velvetmouse
Team: McChapel (Chapel/McCoy)
Beta: the amazing and awesome seren_ccd
Rating: PG
Warnings: use and abuse of fairy tales
Prompt: ST_Respect ship wars Round 5 - Fairy Tales
Word Count: 4033
Disclaimer: Not mine. So sad. Occasional references and lyrics from Into the Woods, which isn't mine either.
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( Home Before Dark )

Written for juliet42in the Summer 2009 multi-fandom gen_ficathon.

Title: I Am Become Death
Author: velvetmouse
Fandom: Highlander
Character(s): Methos, Methos, a little bit of Alexa, but mostly Methos
Prompt: a) to exist, b) relationships
Rating: PG
Warnings: Spoilers for the Methos-centric bits of the Timeless/Deliverance/Methuselah's Gift/Through a Glass, Darkly arc in Season 4. But it should make sense without having seen them.
Word Count: 2834
Summary: After five thousand years of death, it takes a dying woman to remind him of life.
Author's Notes: Alex, I tried to incorporate both of your prompts while still keeping it gen-fic! I was intending to make this a light, snappy-dialogue, snarky Methos piece, but the old man had other ideas. He climbed into my head for a couple weeks, got all introspective on me, and this is what came out.

The title is, of course, a supposed quote from J. Robert Oppenheimer, upon seeing the first nuclear bomb tested. Oppenheimer himself was thinking of the Sanskrit Hindu epic Bhagavad Gita; most scholars believe that the translation should be "Time" rather than "Death". Quite frankly, either is appropriate for Methos.

Many thanks to my beta, E.

Remixed into I Am Become Death (The Alexandra Leaving Remix) by ishafel for the 2012 Remix Madness.

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( I Am Become Death )

Title: From Darkness, Light
Author/Artist: velvetmouse
Gift For: sullensiren in the 2009 weasley_fest
Rating: PG-13 for swearing, potential pre-slash and growing up too fast
Featured Character or Pairing(s): Bill/Remus friendship (pre-slash if you squint), Ginny
Summary: Hiding something from a Curse-Breaker is never a good idea. Hiding something from a Curse-Breaker when it involves a cursed object is just plain dumb. Hiding something from a Curse-Breaker when it involves a cursed object AND his own sister is a really, really bad idea. This is the story of what might have been when Bill Weasley learned what happened to his sister in her first year at Hogwarts.
Warnings: Progressively more AU of PoA; swearing (Bill's language goes to sh*t when he gets angry); pre-slash if you want to read it that way
Word Count: 10,212
Disclaimer: Not mine. Just playing with them, I'll put them back when I'm done. Promise.
Author's notes: Many thanks to sherylyn, who patiently corrects my woefully inconsistent spelling and capitalization, and otherwise makes my stories better than they were before.

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( From Darkness, Light )