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squidgiepdx and today's theme is First Times. Now here's the thing - the prompt "first time" can literally be anything. Like the first time John Sheppard went on an away mission without Rodney McKay, and missed his snoring. Or the first time someone - not Steve McGarrett - said, "Boom 'em, Danno," and Danny Williams realized that no - that's something Steve can say but nobody else. Or you can go with what I associate first times with, and that's intimacy. Like the first time William Poindexter kisses a man, or the first time Ransom and Holster hook up. If you can describe it as a first time, then be the first to prompt it here today!
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 above mentioned spoiler cut.
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...
+ Stargate Atlantis, John Sheppard/Rodney McKay, When John & others get back from an away mission, he won't say that he hated that Rodney wasn't there, but he won't let go of Rodney that night, either.
+ Hawaii Five-0, Steve McGarrett/Danny Williams, "No, McGarrett gets to say that, not you."
+ Check, Please!, Any/Any, The first time the two characters kiss in front of others
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squidgiepdx and today's theme is First Times. Now here's the thing - the prompt "first time" can literally be anything. Like the first time John Sheppard went on an away mission without Rodney McKay, and missed his snoring. Or the first time someone - not Steve McGarrett - said, "Boom 'em, Danno," and Danny Williams realized that no - that's something Steve can say but nobody else. Or you can go with what I associate first times with, and that's intimacy. Like the first time William Poindexter kisses a man, or the first time Ransom and Holster hook up. If you can describe it as a first time, then be the first to prompt it here today!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 above mentioned spoiler cut.
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...
+ Stargate Atlantis, John Sheppard/Rodney McKay, When John & others get back from an away mission, he won't say that he hated that Rodney wasn't there, but he won't let go of Rodney that night, either.
+ Hawaii Five-0, Steve McGarrett/Danny Williams, "No, McGarrett gets to say that, not you."
+ Check, Please!, Any/Any, The first time the two characters kiss in front of others
We are now using 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 2021 collection. See further notes on this new option here.
Not feeling any of today’s prompts? Check out the just created Lonely Prompts Spreadsheet. For more recent prompts to write, you can also use LJ’s advanced search options to limit keyword results to only comments in this community.
While the Lonely Prompts Spreadsheet 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 1/2: Stargate Atlantis, John Sheppard + OCs
Date: 2021-08-12 05:36 pm (UTC)John had his first big fight with his father the summer he turned sixteen.
“I want to get a job.”
“I’m glad you’re showing some initiative,” Patrick Sheppard said. “But the best thing you can do is represent this family in a positive way. Hang out with your friends at the country club. Play some golf. Networking is just as important to your future career.”
But John had no interest in hanging around the country club with all the other rich kids. He wanted something different. So, despite the amount of yelling his father did and all the threats to cut out his allowance and take away his car, John got a job at the public pool as a lifeguard.
It wasn’t glamorous – occasionally they had to clear the pool because someone puked in it, or worse – but he really liked it. None of the kids at the public pool had to worry about making a good showing of the family name. Instead, they ran around and had splash fights and ate fried dough from the concession stand. There were still girls lounging in skimpy bathing suits to get the boys to notice them, and plenty of boys showing off for the girls on the diving board, but it was different.
John blew his whistle. “No jumping!” he shouted at the kid who kept insisting on doing cannonballs off the side of the pool.
“Hey, Johnny.”
He looked down from the lifeguard stand at Wendy DeMaris, who was a frequent visitor when he was on shift and couldn’t hide in the staff-only lounge. She was wearing a bright blue bikini and lots of matching eyeshadow.
“Hey,” he said, turning his attention back on the pool.
“Some of us are getting tickets for The Police in November. They’re playing up at U-Knox.
“Uh huh.”
“And I thought you might like to come with us.”
John shrugged. “I’m more of a country guy.”
It had started as another little way to get back at his dad, who didn’t care at all for country music, but John had become an ardent fan of Johnny Cash, who just seemed to get that the world sucked sometimes.
“Are you sure? I mean, everyone loves Sting, right?”
“Thanks anyway.” John blew his whistle again. “If I have tell you no jumping one more time, you’re out!”
Wendy sighed and wandered back to her little group of girlfriends. John knew he should be flattered that a girl as pretty as Wendy was into him, but there was something really wrong with him because it was Hank Franklin he couldn’t stop looking at.
Hank was a couple years older than John, and did most of the maintenance around the pool, which he was only allowed to swim in after hours. Hank had dark, dark skin, close-cropped black hair, and when he had his shirt off displayed muscles in places John hadn’t even known a person could have them.
Fill 2/2: Stargate Atlantis, John Sheppard + OCs
Date: 2021-08-12 05:37 pm (UTC)“I hear you’re playing hard to get with Wendy,” one of the other lifeguards, Bill, said when he and John were on break together in the staff lounge.
Hank was in there, too, smoking and flipping through a Sports Illustrated magazine from the pile on the dilapidated coffee table.
“Just not into a concert,” John said. He kept his eyes on the paper sleeve filled with French fries he’d picked up from concession.
“Yeah, I get it,” Bill said. “I’d rather see Ozzy. That guy’s crazy. You know he bit the head off a bat at a concert? Wish I’d seen that.”
John grimaced. That sounded about a thousand times less appealing than The Police. “I’m trying to eat here, if you don’t mind.”
“Screamin’ Jay Hawkins used to come up out of a coffin,” Hank said, still focused on the magazine.
“Screaming who? Never heard of him,” Bill said dismissively.
“He was shock rock way before Ozzy. You never heard of him ‘cause he’s Black.”
“Yeah? He ever bite the head off a live bat? Then there’s no comparison.”
“Whatever.” Hank tossed the magazine aside, stood up, and stretched. John got one brief glimpse of his bellybutton as his shirt rode up, and then hastily averted his eyes.
“Can you believe that guy?” Bill said after Hank left the lounge.
John just shoved more fries into his mouth. He wondered what he’d say if Hank asked him to a Screamin’ Jay Hawkins concert. Would he go?
It was a moot point. John didn’t try to strike up any conversations with Hank, and Hank didn’t hang out much with the other kids working that summer. John admired him from afar all while wishing he liked girls that much, because it would’ve been easier.
In the end, John’s inconvenient sexuality would lead to another fight with his father, one that would forever damage whatever relationship they might have had under different circumstances.
But he’d always have fond memories of that summer and his first job, and the distant beauty of Hank Franklin.
Re: Fill 2/2: Stargate Atlantis, John Sheppard + OCs
Date: 2021-08-12 05:55 pm (UTC)Re: Fill 2/2: Stargate Atlantis, John Sheppard + OCs
Date: 2021-08-12 06:05 pm (UTC)Re: Fill 2/2: Stargate Atlantis, John Sheppard + OCs
Date: 2021-08-12 06:33 pm (UTC)Re: Fill 2/2: Stargate Atlantis, John Sheppard + OCs
Date: 2021-08-12 06:37 pm (UTC)