comment_fic | Thursday: The Sky

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templefugate, your host for the week. Today's theme is the sky. Prompts can be about or relating to the sky.

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Fandom, Character +/ Character, Prompt

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+ MCU, Sam Wilson/Bucky Barnes, pilot & flight attendant AU
+ Any, any, wing!fic
+ Any, any, skydiving

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From:

templefugate

MCU, Sam Wilson/Bucky Barnes, pilot & flight attendant AU

From:

templefugate

Any, any, wing!fic

From:

templefugate

Any, any, skydiving

From:

templefugate

Any, any, surviving a plane crash

From:

templefugate

MCU, Yelena Belova, wishing on stars

From:

nagi_schwarz

Any, any, Tell the world that I'm falling from the sky (Dark Necessities - Red Hot Chili Peppers)

From:

vonseal

Dongmin was still a little unused to so much physical labor.

Back on the moon, he had a relatively sedentary job. He was mostly hunched over computers, crunching numbers or running labs. He didn’t even start working out until he met Myungjun, and even then, he only accompanied Myungjun to the gym so they would have more time together. He preferred his slower lifestyle, and so when he started traveling through realities and meeting new Myungjuns, he had to become more physical. After all, he knew he had to be in good shape if he was to save even a single Myungjun from destruction and murder.

But this sort of labor was far different from anything Dongmin had experienced before. The sun was far too hot and his clothes weighed heavily on him and his muscles ached and burned with each tiny movement he made. He tried to slow down at various points, to take a break from setting up large grain silos, but Myungjun was on him in a second.

“Up,” he ordered, not for the first time, pushing his goggles away from his eyes. “We still have more to do.”

“Is this how your society treats its honored guests?” Dongmin asked as he took several deep breaths.

Myungjun smirked. “You’re not an honored guest. You’re just some stranger who stole a horse and moved into my house without asking if you even could.”

“Well, someone has to keep you safe.”

“That clearly isn’t going to be you. You can’t keep up with the rest of us; how do you expect to fight off some crazed moon scientists?”

“The scientists don’t fight, not necessarily. They have other methods to subdue you.” Guns, for example, but he didn’t say that, lest he accidentally will it into existence. He couldn’t handle the thought of those nameless, faceless men shooting another Myungjun dead – again.

This was the longest he had stayed with any Myungjun so far, and he was getting a bit antsy. How had they not been found out yet? How did the scientists not infiltrate this world? They had gotten to every other Myungjun, but not this one.

Perhaps they had become intimidated by the sheer size of uninhabitable land. Dongmin had to admit that this Myungjun’s world was not very friendly and he was surprised humans had still managed to survive off of what little resources were available. Technology had not advanced very far, but the communities were apparently thriving well enough. Myungjun had confirmed that there were many other cities and towns and villages scattered about Korea and the rest of the globe, though all of them seemed about as advanced as Korea was.

Myungjun grabbed his flask of stale water and passed it over to Dongmin, who was quick to drink it. At this point, he couldn’t determine whether or not he was even drinking water, since it didn’t have the same taste as the water in every other universe, but it quenched his thirst well enough.

“I want to examine this under a microscope one day,” he mentioned once he had secured the top back on the flask. “I’m convinced this is a liquid similar to water, but it is not quite–”

“It’s water,” Myungjun said firmly.

“In your universe, maybe. In mine…” Dongmin shook his head and then handed the flask back to Myungjun, who accepted it with a small scowl.

“In your universe, you drink water from the moon,” Myungjun pointed out. “So you’re probably not used to actual water.”

“But I’ve visited Earth before, in my quest to save another Myungjun. I’ve had water from Earth, and it tastes the exact same as water from the Moon.”

Myungjun raised his eyebrows at Dongmin, squinting in the bright sunlight.

“Is it very different here, then? From the moon, I mean?”

Dongmin nodded his head with enthusiasm. “Oh, yes. The Moon is…” It was better, in every single way. The water was crisp and the temperature was well-regulated and there were sections of growth with great, beautiful flowers, and they were protected from the sun’s deadly rays, and technology was advanced and they had plenty of food and Myungjun was a blond-haired singer who captivated millions. The Moon was superior.

But this Myungjun seemed quite protective of his desert planet, and Dongmin did not wish to offend him.

“Well,” he said, trying desperately to think of the negatives of his home planet. “We’re dying from a plague.”

“That would suck,” Myungjun agreed.

“And…I’ve been on the run and…I’m trying to save your life from murdering scientists.”

“A downer.”

“And the sky here is blue. And that blue stretches from miles.” He glanced up at the sky, thankful now for his goggles to guard his eyes from the sun. “It’s so bright. The sunsets are beautiful, and the sunrises are beautiful. And they’re real. On the Moon, there is a lack of atmosphere, so we live in large domes scattered everywhere. Some of these domes have simulations of sunrises and sunsets, and so those become populated quickly, but most of the domes just…on the moon, there is no sky. Just space. I feel like sometimes I would get sucked out of the dome and just float about in space for all eternity.”

Myungjun stared at Dongmin for a few seconds, studying him carefully. Soon, though, he smiled; Dongmin was not sure what his study had uncovered.

“You did,” Myungjun declared. “You got sucked into space and you fell down here, right onto a horse.”

“I traveled here,” Dongmin corrected, pointing at his watch. “Through my machine. I opened a small tear into the fabric of time and space and traveled –”

“Sure, but you still have to land somehow,” Myungjun said, and Dongmin was convinced that he completely misunderstood what the traveling device was. “So you fell through the sky and landed on the horse.”

Dongmin smiled. “I landed beside the horse.” He decided not to argue with Myungjun; it was like arguing with a brick wall.
He liked that about Myungjun.

Myungjun snorted. “Regardless,” he continued, “it is like you just fell from the sky.” He sat down next to Dongmin and looked a bit excited. “I want to see the moon’s sky one day. Can we fall from your sky? I want to see what space looks like without the blue sky covering it.”

Dongmin traveled back every so often in order to find supplies and sabotage the traveling devices and check how many citizens were even still alive. But he couldn’t fathom ever taking Myungjun. His face was well-known and the scientists and doctors and government officials were after him. If Dongmin took him to the Moon, it would be like leading him to slaughter.

But he looked so hopeful, his eyes sparkling with the prospect of leaving his tiny, desert city, if only for a little while.

“We can come right back,” Myungjun assured him, “and then you can continue trying to protect me, even though you don’t seem very witty or strong.”

“Thanks,” Dongmin deadpanned. He stood up and sighed. “Let’s get back to work, I guess.”

“You’re avoiding my request.” Myungjun also stood. “Does that mean I can’t travel with you to the Moon?”

Dongmin didn’t look over at him. He instead grabbed another large piece of stone and cleared his throat. “Just keep looking at the sky down here,” he murmured. “It’s far more beautiful.”

Myungjun put his goggles back on and said nothing more about the sky.

But that was alright. Myungjun could be disappointed. Down here, though, on this godforsaken planet, though Myungjun struggled and suffered and knew he could never escape, he was safe.

No one would ever find him here.

From:

nagi_schwarz

I adore Myungjun’s curiosity and optimism, but I also know how dangerous it is. And I want Dongmin to keep this Myungjun safe too. Thank you for the fill.

From:

nagi_schwarz

Any, any, The whole world is blue / Everything is colored with your color, blue / Like the sky (Shiny Blue - Rocky)

From:

brumeier

Any, Any, hot air ballooning

From:

brumeier

Any, Any/Any, watching sunrise or sunset with your special someone

From:

smallhobbit

Lucas and Adam stood on the headland, looking out to sea.

"There's something magical," Lucas said, "seeing the sun setting and casting its final rays on the waves. The colours are beautiful, especially this time of year."

"I understand that watching the sunrise over the bay is also beautiful," Adam replied.

"I'm sure it is, but I've had my fill of getting up early in the morning, so I'll settle for the sunset at the end of a glorious day. You are, of course, welcome to come down by yourself if you want."

"What, and leave my warm bed and my warm companion? No thank you, I'm quite satisfied with the sunset."

They stood watching for a few more minutes, before turning and walking hand-in-hand back to the car.

From:

brumeier

Aww! So sweet! So soft! I love it, thank you so much! (And I'm with Lucas. Sunrise is for other people, LOL!)

From:

smallhobbit

Thank you - it was the perfect prompt for some fluff!

From:

nagi_schwarz

This was a lovely little interlude between the lads.

From:

smallhobbit

Thank you very much!

From:

brumeier

Any, Any, the first time seeing the Aurora Borealis

From:

brumeier

Any, Any, flying lessons

From:

brumeier

Any, Any, spotting UFOs

From:

fleethare

Kingdom Hearts, Riku/Sora, they've been to that sky now

From:

cornerofmadness

Hazbin Hotel, Angel Dust + any, wishing for a sky that doesn't have a giant floating pentagram in it

From:

fleethare

Kingdom Hearts, Riku/Sora, gummi ship crash

From:

fleethare

Hazbin Hotel, Angel Dust/Husk, the sky's the limit

From:

cornerofmadness

Title: Moonlight Serenade

Summary: Angel is learning to live again under a new overlord after Valentino lost him in a poker game. All things considered life with Husker is pretty sweet until Arackniss comes calling. However, maybe having a worried, grumpy older brother back in his life isn’t the end of the world.

Find the story here on AO3. (hope you don't mind it's a Husk overlord Au and there's a gatecrashing brother in the middle of this