Thursday: 100 Words on the 1980s
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brumeier, and this week we’re going to be filling decade-specific themes, using 100 words or any multiple of 100. Today’s theme is the 1980s. Your prompts and fills can be anything and everything related to life in the 80s, including decade-specific songs, events, and movie quotes!
Just a few rules:
No more than five prompts in a row.
No more than three prompts in the same fandom.
Use the character's full names and fandom's full name for ease adding to the Lonely Prompts spreadsheet.
No spoilers in prompts for a month after airing, or use the spoiler cut option found here.
If your fill contains spoilers, warn and leave plenty of space, or use the spoiler cut.
If there are possible triggers in your story, please warn for them in the subject line!
Prompts should be formatted as follows: [Use the character's full names and fandom's full name]
Fandom, Character +/ Character, Prompt
Some examples to get the ball rolling...
+ Marvel Cinematic Universe, Any, Weird Science (1985)
+ Hawaii Five-0, Ensemble, A-Team AU
+ Sherlock, Sherlock Holmes +/ Any, “He has personality problems beyond the dreams of analysts.” (The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, Douglas Adams)
+ Stargate Atlantis, Rodney McKay, “I’m not all alone in the dark. I like the dark. I love the dark. But I hate nature! I hate nature!” (The Goonies, 1985)
We use AO3 to bookmark filled prompts. If you fill a prompt and post it to AO3 please add it to the Bite Sized Bits of Fic from 2016 collection. See further notes on this new option here.
Not feeling any of today’s prompts? Check out Lonely Prompts Spreadsheet 1 (not very current), Lonely Prompts Spreadsheet 2, or the Calendar Archives, or for more recent prompts, you can use LJ's advanced search options to find prompts to request and/or fill.
While the Lonely Prompts Spreadsheets and LJ's advanced search options are available, bookmarking the links of prompts you like might work better for searching for in the future.
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brumeier, and this week we’re going to be filling decade-specific themes, using 100 words or any multiple of 100. Today’s theme is the 1980s. Your prompts and fills can be anything and everything related to life in the 80s, including decade-specific songs, events, and movie quotes! Just a few rules:
No more than five prompts in a row.
No more than three prompts in the same fandom.
Use the character's full names and fandom's full name for ease adding to the Lonely Prompts spreadsheet.
No spoilers in prompts for a month after airing, or use the spoiler cut option found here.
If your fill contains spoilers, warn and leave plenty of space, or use the spoiler cut.
If there are possible triggers in your story, please warn for them in the subject line!
Prompts should be formatted as follows: [Use the character's full names and fandom's full name]
Fandom, Character +/ Character, Prompt
Some examples to get the ball rolling...
+ Marvel Cinematic Universe, Any, Weird Science (1985)
+ Hawaii Five-0, Ensemble, A-Team AU
+ Sherlock, Sherlock Holmes +/ Any, “He has personality problems beyond the dreams of analysts.” (The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, Douglas Adams)
+ Stargate Atlantis, Rodney McKay, “I’m not all alone in the dark. I like the dark. I love the dark. But I hate nature! I hate nature!” (The Goonies, 1985)
We use AO3 to bookmark filled prompts. If you fill a prompt and post it to AO3 please add it to the Bite Sized Bits of Fic from 2016 collection. See further notes on this new option here.
Not feeling any of today’s prompts? Check out Lonely Prompts Spreadsheet 1 (not very current), Lonely Prompts Spreadsheet 2, or the Calendar Archives, or for more recent prompts, you can use LJ's advanced search options to find prompts to request and/or fill.
While the Lonely Prompts Spreadsheets and LJ's advanced search options are available, bookmarking the links of prompts you like might work better for searching for in the future.
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Fill 1/1 (800): Stargate Atlantis, John Sheppard/Rodney McKay + OC
Date: 2020-07-02 10:48 pm (UTC)What on earth had possessed him to come to Jeannie’s wedding?
They’d almost come to blows over it, Rodney and his sister. He disapproved of the groom, who was a mere English teacher, and he disapproved of Jeannie embracing a life of wifely servitude over the scholarly successes she could’ve had in aeronautics and astrophysics. In the end she’d bullied him into being there for her big day.
Jeannie and the absurdly named Kaleb were out on the dance floor, moving slowly together as the band played.
So tonight I'll ask the stars above
"How did I ever win your love?"
What did I do?
What did I say?
To turn your angel eyes my way?
It was a schmaltzy song, and the way Jeannie and Kaleb were looking at each other they should’ve been starring in one of those endless series of romcoms the Hallmark channel. They were all heart eyes and affectionate grins, and Rodney was jealous as hell.
Would anyone ever look at him that way? Like he was the best, most important person in the world? Would anyone willingly choose to spend the rest of their life with him, in sickness and in health?
It seemed unlikely. Rodney knew he was difficult, knew he put the work first above everything. If he couldn’t make room for someone else, why would they do the same for him?
“You’re sulking.” Gram sat next to Rodney, tossing her cane up on the table with a clank and the rattle of glasses.
“No I’m not. I’m eating.” Rodney popped another mushroom in his mouth in demonstration. He wasn’t sure he even liked mushrooms.
Gram took the tray and moved it to the other side of the table.
“You’ll find yours,” she said, no uncertainty in her voice at all.
“You have to say that. You’re the grandma.”
Gram jabbed him in the shoulder with one knobby, arthritic finger. “I say it because I know it. You have a big heart, Rodney. It’ll just take the right person to find it.”
“Sure.”
“In the meantime, this is your sister’s big day. Get that puss off your face and pretend to be happy for her.”
Rodney didn’t bother saying he was happy for Jeannie, even though he was. Happy, and angry, and jealous. For a long time, it had been the two of them against the world. Those days were over now.
Well, he was better off on his own anyone. He was going to make the greatest innovations the science world had ever seen, and he was going to win the Nobel Prize, and it hardly mattered if he’d have anyone to share the moment with him.
He was doing just fine on his own.
*o*o*o*
Re: Fill 2/2 (800): Stargate Atlantis, John Sheppard/Rodney McKay + OC
Date: 2020-07-02 10:49 pm (UTC)Rodney didn’t see any of it. All he saw was John, smiling back at him as they danced. Cadman was acting as DJ, the music being routed through the city’s PA system for best effect.
When I look into your eyes
It's like watching the night sky
Or a beautiful sunrise
There's so much they hold
It was a schmaltzy song, but Rodney didn’t care. All he cared about was John. They’d been married countless times in offworld ceremonies, which were carefully tracked for trading purposes but not legally binding. This time it was for real.
Gram had been right after all, and Rodney sorely wished she were alive to see the day. She was wrong about one thing, though. John hadn’t had to go searching for Rodney’s heart. Rodney had given it to him without any hesitation.
Well, I won't give up on us
Even if the skies get rough
I'm giving you all my love
I'm still looking up
“How much longer do we have to stay at this shindig?” John murmured in Rodney’s ear.
“Bored already, Sheppard?”
“Just interested in testing a theory about the power of honeymoon sex.”
Rodney tightened his grip on John. “Stop saying stuff like that!” he hissed. “I refuse to spend the whole reception walking around with a hard-on.”
John just smirked. He was infuriating, and sometimes had the temperament of a pre-teen, but Rodney couldn’t imagine anyone better suited for him.
He glanced over at where Jeannie was sitting with her family. She raised a glass and winked.
Re: Fill 2/2 (800): Stargate Atlantis, John Sheppard/Rodney McKay + OC
Date: 2020-07-03 09:05 am (UTC)Re: Fill 2/2 (800): Stargate Atlantis, John Sheppard/Rodney McKay + OC
Date: 2020-07-03 03:41 pm (UTC)RE: Re: Fill 2/2 (800): Stargate Atlantis, John Sheppard/Rodney McKay + OC
Date: 2020-07-03 11:50 am (UTC)Re: Fill 2/2 (800): Stargate Atlantis, John Sheppard/Rodney McKay + OC
Date: 2020-07-03 03:41 pm (UTC)Re: Fill 2/2 (800): Stargate Atlantis, John Sheppard/Rodney McKay + OC
Date: 2020-07-03 05:29 pm (UTC)Re: Fill 2/2 (800): Stargate Atlantis, John Sheppard/Rodney McKay + OC
Date: 2020-07-03 05:32 pm (UTC)