Tuesday: Secrets
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ibonekeon, your guest host for the week! I bring you today's theme in the form of Secrets — Everybody's got 'em, it's just a matter of who we trust enough to share them.
Come on down, stop on by, hop a carpet and fl— No, wait, wrong movie. Let's see what you can do with today's theme. Does your protagonist (or antagonist) have a secret that's eating away at their soul? Maybe they've discovered someone's secret and they're now wrestling with the moral dilemma of keeping said secret. The sky's the limit! Just remember, have fun!
As always, there's the little matter of rules:
-No more than five prompts in a row. If someone fills one of your prompts, you are then free to prompt again!
-No more than three prompts in the same fandom.
-No spoilers in prompts!
-If your fill contains spoilers, warn and leave plenty of space.
Prompts should be formatted as follows:
-Fandom, Character+/Character, Prompt
Here are just a few examples to get you started:
Glee, Kurt/Blaine, Blaine didn't tell Kurt the whole story about the Sadie Hawkins dance
Avengers movieverse, Tony, His secret is...he's grateful for this ticking time bomb of a family.
tag=secrets
ibonekeon, your guest host for the week! I bring you today's theme in the form of Secrets — Everybody's got 'em, it's just a matter of who we trust enough to share them.Come on down, stop on by, hop a carpet and fl— No, wait, wrong movie. Let's see what you can do with today's theme. Does your protagonist (or antagonist) have a secret that's eating away at their soul? Maybe they've discovered someone's secret and they're now wrestling with the moral dilemma of keeping said secret. The sky's the limit! Just remember, have fun!
As always, there's the little matter of rules:
-No more than five prompts in a row. If someone fills one of your prompts, you are then free to prompt again!
-No more than three prompts in the same fandom.
-No spoilers in prompts!
-If your fill contains spoilers, warn and leave plenty of space.
Prompts should be formatted as follows:
-Fandom, Character+/Character, Prompt
Here are just a few examples to get you started:
Glee, Kurt/Blaine, Blaine didn't tell Kurt the whole story about the Sadie Hawkins dance
Avengers movieverse, Tony, His secret is...he's grateful for this ticking time bomb of a family.
tag=secrets
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Date: 2012-05-29 04:59 pm (UTC)(side note: unless you were born with a functioning uterus and ovaries, you cannot grow babies. I loathe mpreg. Please do not go in that direction.)
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Date: 2012-05-29 05:00 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2012-05-29 05:06 pm (UTC)warning for schmoop, sort of, and references to homophobia
Date: 2012-05-29 06:52 pm (UTC)Zachary Quinto.
Jim Parsons.
Maybe all of those "It Gets Better" videos were part of a bigger change. Maybe perceptions are shifting.
But North Carolina has voted, and the outcome isn't great. People still beat up their friends for being gay - their brothers, sisters, sons, and daughters - or cut them off if even the rumors get too loud.
Biden says he supports gay marriage, and, a few days later, so does Obama.
Jared and Jensen don't know what their families would think, but up until now they've both been too scared to find out. Nobody knows what the public think. This could sink their careers, especially with their complicated-as-hell situation.
Nevertheless.
Nevertheless, it's time for the CW upfronts, and they have a statement to make.
Jared's hand slides into Jensen's, warm, dry, and comforting. It says more than half-a-dozen nervous words ever could. He's not coming out alone. No matter what, he'll have Jensen.
The camera flashes burn everything else away. It's as though they're alone together; the thought makes Jared smile. There will be questions today, and outcry tomorrow, and parts of the internet will likely implode. Together, they've unleashed a storm, but none of that matters because each is the other's shelter.
Re: warning for schmoop, sort of, and references to homophobia
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Date: 2012-05-29 05:12 pm (UTC)*Spoiler alert for movie*
Date: 2012-05-31 10:40 am (UTC)Bruce knows the hard secret – that sometimes it’s not sugar that goes in Clint’s coffee but crushed up Ritalin. He never lets on to anyone else but he does offer to test the pills to make sure they’re clean.
Tony knows the secrets of Clint’s bow – not the tricks or the gadgets or the high tech toys, but the names carefully engraved into the grip. The people lost who Clint holds close every time he fights. The ones he’s fighting for. He never asks and Clint never tells but the finds himself doing the same – starting with the name Phil on the inside of his chestplate.
Thor knows the warrior’s secret – why Clint likes high places, why he likes to be alone after a fight. He knows that the low that comes after the high is a private thing and always waits till Clint is ready to join them, no matter what the others say. A man’s tears are his own and no other name’s business.
Natasha knows the truest secret of all – who he really is, deep down, beneath it all. And she’ll never tell a soul. Not even him.
Re: *Spoiler alert for movie*
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Date: 2012-05-29 06:07 pm (UTC)original; poem
Date: 2012-05-30 03:34 am (UTC)“It’s getting old,” you murmur,
Leaning into me.
The rain pounds against the windows
And the lights go out and still,
You only slip to the ground
And whimper.
Day slips into day,
One moment after another.
Stress and fights with your parents;
Trying to figure out life
And not drown along the way.
The thoughts get tempting,
Even as they disgust you.
“I’m not that way,” you declare
Into the silence.
Brighter days come,
You depend on less and less.
You bucked up and decided,
“Forget it all. I’m moving on.”
But you’re back again.
Back where you’ve been for too long.
You write words on the whitewash,
Lyrics and thoughts and pouring out feelings
That reveal your struggle,
Your pain,
Your tenacity.
You sing now, too. Sing your heart out.
Defiance and sorrow and heartbreak,
A tenacious hold, a broken heart, a little less…
Hope. You always spoke of hope.
It’s heard less and less now;
Too much disappointment; too many letdowns.
Your friends have left you;
Tensions strain and hiss and cackle, crackle,
Snap! Pop! Between you and family.
You keep it all bottled up, though.
“People don’t listen,” you shrug.
Your secrets sink a little deeper in,
Because no one’s listening.
But it’s not like you don’t share them;
It’s not like you don’t whisper them…
It’s not like they aren’t revealed
Moment after moment.
“I just want to get by.”
“Please don’t forget about me.”
“I’ll be fine…I have to be.”
“Hey…I’m still here.”
Nobody hears but me.
But as you close the door,
Slide down the wall,
You know I will never speak
Of the times you’ve been weak.
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Date: 2012-05-29 06:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-05-29 06:10 pm (UTC)not a fill!
Date: 2012-05-30 06:32 am (UTC)Re: not a fill!
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Date: 2012-05-29 06:11 pm (UTC)No fill...yet
Date: 2012-05-29 08:43 pm (UTC)Re: No fill...yet
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Date: 2012-05-29 06:21 pm (UTC)Dead and Buried [1/2]
Date: 2012-10-11 04:42 pm (UTC)Steve spends the next few hours taking his frustrations out on punching bags. When the last bag splits and spills its content across the floor Steve finally ceases his furious movements. He collapses against the wall, his chest heaving as memories of the war play before his eyes.
Howard, frowning as he fiddles with a weapon they’d stolen from Hydra. The joy in his eyes when he suddenly discovers how it works.
Howard, his voice in Steve’s ear as he engages in combat; calling him ‘son’ even though they’re practically the same age.
Howard, cheerily slapping Steve’s rear and telling him to go ‘beat up those Nazi assholes and bring home some new toys for daddy’.
Howard, dressed to the nines as always in the finest suit money can buy, smiling charmingly as he offers to buy Steve a drink.
Howard, whispering promises against Steve’s neck as they lie hidden behind one of his machines.
Howard, deadly serious for once, telling him to come back to him. Steve promises he will. He doesn’t keep his promise.
Steve curses in a way he knows would make Howard proud. The engineer had always encouraged him to be less polite, to be less of a boy scout and more of a rebel like him. Steve had always smiled and replied, “I’m sorry Mr Stark but it’s in my nature to be polite.” Howard had shaken his head in disappointment and vowed to one day make him less of a goody two-shoes.
Howard always was a man of his word.
Dead and Buried [2/2]
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Date: 2012-05-29 07:09 pm (UTC)No fic but...
Date: 2012-05-29 10:07 pm (UTC)