Monday: Pre-canon

[hematitebadger.livejournal.com]

What cheer, commenters! I’m hematitebadger, and I'm piloting this vessel for the next five days. For the beginning of the week, we're going to go all the way back to the beginning. And then we're going to keep on going back, because today's theme is Pre-Canon. Before the first frame, before the first page, before the start of the "official" story, what was the other story? How did everyone and everything wind up where they were when the curtain came up? It's time to find out!

The rules still haven't changed:
No more than five prompts in a row.
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

Some examples to get the ball rolling...
+ Leverage, Nate + Parker, the closest he ever came to catching her
+ Haven, Duke +/ Nathan, once upon a time they were inseparable
+ Kim Possible, Drakken + Shego, the job interview

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[hematitebadger.livejournal.com]

Leverage, Nate + Parker, the closest he ever came to catching her

[hematitebadger.livejournal.com]

Haven, Duke +/ Nathan, once upon a time they were inseparable

[hematitebadger.livejournal.com]

Kim Possible, Drakken + Shego, the job interview

[with-rainfall.livejournal.com]

Emelan, Daja, life as a Trader

[marlex.livejournal.com]

Firefly, Kaylee, the day she realized just what kind of ship she'd joined

[ivotedforsaxon.livejournal.com]

Revolution, Miles/Bass + Charlie, babysitting 5 year old Charlie.

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

Doctor Who, the Doctor, The day he acquired (stole? nicked?) the TARDIS (or, alternately, the day she acquired him).

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

Peter Pan, Peter(+/Wendy), The first time he peered through the nursery window

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

Fullmetal Alchemist, Sara+Trisha, imagining what their children's lives will be like

[enmuse.livejournal.com]

The Dead Zone (tv), Bruce (/or+ any), Life in Maine before Johnny Smith

[enmuse.livejournal.com]

The Mentalist, Cho /or+ Jane, First meetings

[enmuse.livejournal.com]

Resident Evil (films), Alice + any, Making the decision to turn against Umbrella

[enmuse.livejournal.com]

The A-Team (tv), Face +or/ Murdock, First encounters

[enmuse.livejournal.com]

The Mentalist, Cho + Jane (perhaps some pining? Pls?), Chance encounter

[tigriswolf]

Teen Wolf (TV), Peter Hale,

burns turn into rotting flesh
for reasons of vengeance and neglect (Adrienne Rich)

[tigriswolf]

Teen Wolf (TV), Kate Argent + the Hales, I’m just dreaming of tearing you apart

FILLED. TW: violent thoughts, referenced Kate/Derek

[raktajinos.livejournal.com]

When you first lay eyes upon Derek Hale, the first thought that anyone with a pulse would have is, damn. But not Kate Argent. The first time she saw him, she thought prey. She wanted to hunt, to stalk, to destroy. To fulfill her purpose on this earth.

Her eyes narrowed, her fingers twitched to stab him, to shoot bullets through him that would tear his flesh apart. Her pulse quickened, the excitement of planning her kill. This one would be different, she'd have to play him. She wanted to play him. To worm her way into his heart, make him care for her, make him expose himself so intimately and so completely to her that when she ripped his heart out with her bare hands and destroyed his world, he'd be....

wrecked.

And with a sick, wicked grin, she'd watch the carnage.

[tigriswolf]

Harry Potter, Hogwarts’ founder of author’s choice, Heroes get remembered. Legends never die.

Monsters and Heroes

[rett-chan.livejournal.com]

Salazar knows exactly what he's doing when he chooses which words to throw at Godric. It is no mistake that hundreds now know enough of his plan to whisper and worry and immortalise, but not to stop it.

He holds back his smile, because far from stopping it, these hundreds can and will be essential in ensuring it happens. Even if anyone figures it out - and Rowena has the best chance of that, clever as she is, but for the grief that nowadays clouds her mind - hundreds will not be silenced.

Godric has always wanted to be remembered, ever since they were little children. "Salazar," he had said once. "Do you think people will remember us, after we have died?"

Salazar had laughed. "Does it matter?"

"Yes! I don't want us to be forgotten!"

Godric should not be so angry, now; should not be glaring at him with such hate(grief)

Godric should see that his varied heroics will be remembered only for a little while, in the grand scheme of things. He should see that Salazar has made this confrontation into a legend that will never die.

Although, that is not why he did it.

In a Chamber of Secrets beneath Hogwarts, a basilisk is sleeping. Her name is Etheldred, which means noble strength, and she calls him Master but regards him as Father. She dreams of the stories he has told her, as she awaits a new Master(brother)

It takes a monster to make a legend (that will never die)

One day the muggle mobs will take the castle, guided through the doors by abandoned offspring desperate to be taken back. One day his heir will listen to or read a legend, and wonder, and act.

[tigriswolf]

Terminator movies, author’s choice, what’s going on in the rest of the world?

[tigriswolf]

The Hobbit (Jackson films), Nori + Dis, back in Erebor, they would never have met. Out in the wilds of Middle Earth, they are best friends.

[taywen.livejournal.com]

Keys to the Kingdom - Garth Nix, sons of the Architect, any

[taywen.livejournal.com]

Keys to the Kingdom, any Trustee(s), their life before becoming a Trustee

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

Burn Notice, Sam+Michael/Fiona, Sam was less than impressed, meeting Fi the first time. The feeling was mutual.

[tonks07.livejournal.com]

The Walking Dead, Andrea & Amy. Amy is lonely and angry at Andrea for not coming back often enough to visit and be a part of her life.

[tonks07.livejournal.com]

Star Trek (reboot), Nyota Uhura, an event that made her decide to enter Star Fleet.

[tonks07.livejournal.com]

Avengers (movieverse), Black Widow/Hawkeye, “I promise to plant kisses like seeds on your body, so in time you can grow to love yourself as I love you.”

Fill

[aunt-zelda.livejournal.com]

Clint knows, the first time they kiss, that Natasha doesn’t love him. It’s for an operation, as a cover, they’re pretending to be a honeymooning couple at a fancy hotel. Natasha plays the part well, slides into the role as easily as she slid into her dress for the night, but Clint has no illusions about their flirtations in public. It’s all an act, a show for any suspicious observers.

Later, when the return to their room, Clint decides to take a chance. As soon as the door shuts he gently presses forward, kissing her like he hadn’t downstairs. He’s not trying to eat her face, he’s brushing his lips against hers.

She freezes, and then carefully pushes him away.

“I know we’re backstage, and all, but, if you don’t wanna stop, I don’t wanna stop?” Clint shrugs his shoulders, bracing himself for a rejection, potentially a violent one, and oh christ how many did he have at the bar, if he’d doing this?

Natasha considers him, then nods, and guides him to the bed. Clint suspects she’s still playing a role, not the honeymooner but some other character now.

He does his best that night, to try and coax her out of that character. He catches glimpses of what might be her, underneath the mask, but that might just be his imagination.

It becomes a habit. On missions they share a bed, when possible. Natasha seems surprised at how attentive Clint is, at how studious he is of her body’s responses. He considers every shiver a small victory, especially when Natasha seems to be relying less and less on her various masks. He kisses every inch of her, and Natasha makes a small sound one night that Clint will carry with him to his grave.

Six years of missions and team-ups and rescues and villains and hundreds of beds, and Clint believes her to be as genuine as she is capable of being. Natasha rolls over one night, hair tangled and blankets tangled around her legs, and tells him her childhood name.

It’s a start.