Thursday - Future, Present, Past

[phantisma.livejournal.com]

Moving this week right along, we come to Thursday, and today I'd like to play with time.

Future, Present, Past...could be someone gets stuck in the past, in their head or for real. Could be future version of someone comes back for a visit, to set something right or fix a mistake, or just to try to recapture a moment...could be a day that stretches on forever, or a moment that we want to....Have fun with it.

As always, please follow the rules: no more than 5 prompts in a row, no more than 3 per fandom. No spoilers in the prompt, and if your fic response has spoilers, please warn and leave adequate space.

Play nice and leave prompts that make the codemonkeys job easier:
For example:
Leverage, Nate, the five things he would tell his 20 year old self
Stargate SG-1, Daniel, the sacrifice he wouldn't make again
Criminal Minds, Hotch, the faces haunt his dreams

theme=future, present, past

Comments

Re: Fill 2, because this started writing itself

[enmuse.livejournal.com]

Wow, both of these are amazing! Makes my heart ache :<

I'm really hoping to see more fics like this running with crazy/haunted!Sam but include my OTP. (Need more Gabriel/Sam~~!)

Re: Outrageous Amounts Of Running 2/2 (PG, The Time Traveller's Wife/Doctor Who)

[inkvoices]

You're welcome :) Hope it worked for you!

Re: It Never Ends Well (PG13)

[inkvoices]

I know, but all those stories where anyone goes back to try and change something...it never does end well. Glad you liked it!

a taste of lightning - gen, future!fic(ish)

[tigriswolf]

(in this 'verse.)




"Where to today?" Da asks, spinning the globe on their coffee table.

"Not where," Van says, grinning. "When."

.

They’ve been to the historical world-changing moments in all the realms. Da’s told him they can’t change things; Van’s fine with that.

Da asked him, once, as they feasted (disguised) in Vanaheim, what he would change, if Da twisted time and took them back to the life-changing moments of his life.

Van considered the points of his life where everything could’ve gone differently – Odin stealing him, letting the jotnar into Asgard, lying to Thor, letting go of Gungnir.

“Nothing,” Van answered.

Da smiled.

.

“When to today?” Da asks, letting the globe go.

Van says, “Can you show me the beginning, Da?”

Da raises an eyebrow. “The very beginning? Back before magick and before time?”

Nodding, Van holds his breath. It’s farther back than Da has ever taken him. Farther back than Da himself has gone in… forever.

It is a long moment before Da speaks. “To the very beginning of all,” he murmurs, “no, my son.” He meets Van’s eyes. “But to the moment magick came to be? Yes.” He smiles, standing up and holding out a hand to Van. “I’ll take you to the first spell there ever was.”

.

Odin once told Loki that while magic was powerful and useful, it would never be better than Thor’s raw strength.

Loki thought, but didn’t say, that if Thor ever lost his magic hammer, he’d be in trouble.

Well. Thor sure proved him wrong, didn’t his oaf of a brother?

But. Loki might never win a physical battle with Thor, but Van has witnessed the creation of magick, and Da has shown him secrets Odin couldn’t fathom, and while hand-to-hand is good for some things, Van can call down the very stars.

“Oh,” he whispers, as Da’s older brother twists his fingers, changing everything.

“It was beautiful,” Da says quietly. “None of us knew, then.”

“So beautiful,” Van agrees, breathless.

.

One of Thor’s enemies makes the mistake of attacking Miami while Van and Da are visiting the beach. Thor goes down hard, hitting the water and sinking. Stark and the archer are thrown back, the Widow tries to get in close, and Banner manages a blow that forces the giant-robot-mutant-thing to flinch.

But Thor is still down, and none of the rest of his team make so much as a dent.

“Van?” Da asks.

“Yes,” Van decides, and he twists his fingers.

Re: a taste of lightning - gen, future!fic(ish)

[peaceformizu.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the fill! It's wonderful.

Re: a taste of lightning - gen, future!fic(ish)

[tigriswolf]

I'm glad you like it!

Leverage, Five Things Nathan Ford Should Have Known (But Didn't)

[araine.livejournal.com]

One: Don’t drink cheap beer. I know you think you can handle it—you can’t. You’ll thank me when you’re twenty-five.

Two: Marry Maggie. Love her. Be a good man for her. You won’t have forever, but you will have love and that will be enough.

Three: A man can look you straight in the eye and tell you a lie. Remember this: it will earn you a lot of money. Remember also that thieves aren’t the only ones who lie. Not remembering this will lose you the only thing that counts.

Four: Try to forgive your father. If you can’t do that, try to forgive yourself.

Five: God cannot solve all problems.