Tuesday: 100 Words on AUs
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comment_ficHi! I’m brumeier, and this week we’re going to be filling prompt themes using 100 words or any multiple of 100. Today’s theme is AUs. Your prompts and fills can be any kind of Alternate Universe scenario – coffee shop, spies, mermaids...anything you can think of!
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 the fandom's full name
No spoilers in prompts for a month after airing, or use the spoiler cut option found here. Unfortunately, DW doesn’t have a cut tag, so use your best judgment when it comes to spoilers.
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...
+ Any, Any, what happens when one main character is removed from your fandom?
+ Stargate Atlantis, John Sheppard +/ Any, John joins the expedition as a civilian, not military
+ Any, Any, high school AU
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 2024 collection. See further notes on this new option here.
Not feeling any of today’s prompts? You can use LJ’s advanced search options to limit keyword results to only comments in this community. Fret not, DW members; we are working on a way to search through old entries for prompts for you! As of right now, the best way to search for a lonely prompt on DW is to search the community’s archive, which can be found [[HERE]].
While the use of LJ's advanced search and DW’s archive are options, bookmarking the links of prompts you like might work better for searching in the future.
As a friendly reminder about our schedule, Lonely Prompts and sharing completed fills are encouraged on Sundays, while new themes and prompts are posted on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Saturdays are a Free for All day. We'll share our posts on DW and LJ for everyone's convenience. Keep an eye out for notifications!
If you have a Dreamwidth account and would feel more comfortable participating there, please feel free to do so…and spread the word!comment_fic
tag=100 words/AUs
brumeier, and this week we’re going to be filling prompt themes using 100 words or any multiple of 100. Today’s theme is AUs. Your prompts and fills can be any kind of Alternate Universe scenario – coffee shop, spies, mermaids...anything you can think of! 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 the fandom's full name
No spoilers in prompts for a month after airing, or use the spoiler cut option found here. Unfortunately, DW doesn’t have a cut tag, so use your best judgment when it comes to spoilers.
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...
+ Any, Any, what happens when one main character is removed from your fandom?
+ Stargate Atlantis, John Sheppard +/ Any, John joins the expedition as a civilian, not military
+ Any, Any, high school AU
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 2024 collection. See further notes on this new option here.
Not feeling any of today’s prompts? You can use LJ’s advanced search options to limit keyword results to only comments in this community. Fret not, DW members; we are working on a way to search through old entries for prompts for you! As of right now, the best way to search for a lonely prompt on DW is to search the community’s archive, which can be found [[HERE]].
While the use of LJ's advanced search and DW’s archive are options, bookmarking the links of prompts you like might work better for searching in the future.
As a friendly reminder about our schedule, Lonely Prompts and sharing completed fills are encouraged on Sundays, while new themes and prompts are posted on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Saturdays are a Free for All day. We'll share our posts on DW and LJ for everyone's convenience. Keep an eye out for notifications!
If you have a Dreamwidth account and would feel more comfortable participating there, please feel free to do so…and spread the word!
comment_fictag=100 words/AUs
Fill: Stargate Atlantis, Evan Lorne/David Parrish (700 words)
Date: 2024-08-13 06:18 pm (UTC)He was on the spirit plane, but not his spirit plane. Evan’s visits always happened at the commune where he’d grown up, frozen in time from when he was around ten years old.
Evan got to his feet, looking around for his spirit animal or his spirit guide, but neither were forthcoming. Maybe they were tied to the spirit version of the commune? He wandered down to the shoreline, the water lapping at his bare feet. There was nothing to see ahead but open ocean. The beach itself curved around like a half moon of empty, pristine sand bordered by palm trees and dune grass.
It was beautiful, but worryingly unfamiliar.
He scratched idly at an itch on his arm for a good minute or two before looking down and seeing there was something written on his skin. Meet me at the falls.
Suddenly it all fell into place. Evan would recognize his Guide’s handwriting anywhere. And probably no other Guide could manipulate the spirit plane the way David could; the Sentinel-Guide Center was constantly calling him in to run experiments. It was the first time he’d altered Evan’s spirit plane.
He stretched out his hearing, cataloguing and dismissing all the sounds that weren’t a waterfall until he found the one that was.
Luckily, or perhaps by design, there was a sandy path that led away from the beach and deeper into the thick trees and tangled undergrowth. The roar of the waterfall grew louder the closer he got, as did the beating of his Guide’s heart, and anticipation burned low in his belly.
Eventually the path widened and led to a rocky grotto, where a waterfall emptied from two hundred feet above into a large pool below. David was in that pool up to his waist, naked torso gleaming in shades of blue.
“You found me.”
“This is nice,” Evan replied. He started stripping off his clothes as he walked to the water’s edge.
“I thought this might be a change of pace.”
Evan stepped out of his boxer briefs, cool breeze raising gooseflesh on his arms, and entered the pool. The water was pleasantly warm, though just below the surface it was cooler. He swam over to David, immediately moving in for a kiss. All the color that was missing from the spirit plane was in that kiss – joy and sunshine and a brightness that seeped bone deep.
“I think I’m falling for you,” Evan murmured in David’s ear.
“That’s a terrible pun,” David chastised, even as he swam backward to perch on a rocky ledge. He pulled Evan in for another kiss, his hands sliding down Evan’s back to grab purchase a bit lower.
Evan responded in kind, running his own hand along David’s thigh, which was slick as seal skin. “Is this just a spiritual booty call? Or did you call me here for another reason?”
“Can’t it be both?” David gave him a sly smile. “I wanted to see if they’d come if the venue changed.”
“They?” It was difficult for Evan to focus with David’s hands all over him.
And then there was a kind of rumbling in the underbrush along the side of the pool and a familiar head appeared, long trunk curling up in greeting.
Evan grinned. “There’s my girl!”
His spirit animal, a beautiful African elephant, dipped her trunk into the pool and sent a spray of water at Evan, who tipped his head back and laughed.
“This really is paradise.”
“You work too hard,” David said. “This seemed the best way to get you to take some time off.”
“You take such good care of me.” Evan nuzzled along David’s neck, breathing in the scent of him; it was like the smell in the air just after a storm, redolent of rich soil and ozone. “Let me return the favor.”
He took his time doing just that.
Re: Fill: Stargate Atlantis, Evan Lorne/David Parrish (700 words)
Date: 2024-08-13 11:09 pm (UTC)Re: Fill: Stargate Atlantis, Evan Lorne/David Parrish (700 words)
Date: 2024-08-13 11:27 pm (UTC)