Bite Sized Bits of Fic

X-Men (any 'verse), author's choice, a "Hotel California" AU set in the X-Mansion/Xavier Institute

(I was reading old comics earlier, and there was a line that reminded me of "you can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.")

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X-Men/Wolverine (post-DoFP movie 'verse), Logan + Yukio + any, Logan invites her to visit the school (to make sure no one's $&@#*% dying any time soon -- or so he ineloquently claims)

(Logan needs to keep the female friends he has, damn it. XP;)

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The Avengers/Agents of SHIELD (MCU), any + or / any, over time they teach each other things from their particular skill set and might not realize how much they've learned in return

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author's choice, any, a tough character melting when in the vicinity of animals (and isn't embarrassed to show it)

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Steve noticed it first, maybe. Or maybe Natasha did. Or Clint might have gotten a clue. Tony was the last one. Somehow, that didn't surprise Steve, because when did Tony ever really notice emotions unless someone (Pepper) was slapping him? But the Hulk managed to place himself in front of a zoo during the attack of the Sentinals, then ran inside to grab one of the giant robots and destroy it when it started firing lasers at the elephants.

Cue one very off-line robot.

Then there was the time the Hulk lunged across a street to block a building from falling on a stray cat. No one actually thought anything of it...well, Steve had been busy, and Tony was way up in the air, and Clint and Natasha were skulking around and taking bad guys out.

It was when the Hulk showed up at the end of the battle, cradling a litter of puppies in his massive hands, the mother dog limping along behind him, Steve realized just how much the big guy would go through to protect those who really needed a protector.

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(Sorry, I haven't been on LJ this week, and I missed this!)

Yes! Even the Hulk loves animals! His rescues and protector mode made me very happy. Thank you~! :3

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I'm glad you liked it! I could see the Hulk caring about animals in such a manner.

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Mythos, Pegasus+Sleipner, Racing

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ivotedforsaxon.livejournal.com

X-Men (movieverse), Bobby/John, stay.

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John's gotten used to running; he's been doing it most of his life. From school to school, foster home to foster home, state to state. Each time, someone starts out trying to pin him down, swearing it'll be different this time, that they can help him.

They're always wrong.

Sooner or later, they always find out what he is, what he can do. From the first accidental kitchen fire, to the last house he set ablaze when no one else was home – it always comes out eventually.

He's not even sure why he agrees to go with Professor Xavier. The guy's weird and too calm talking to someone who anyone else would've stuck in juvy by now. But the professor gets in his head, and that's the first time John really gets it – that there might be others like him.

There aren't exactly, as it turns out. The other kids have abilities, but not like the ones John has. Most of them are scared, but for once, they're more afraid of themselves than they are of John.

Still, he's not sure about it all. Most nights he can't sleep, and when he does, he dreams of old fires, wakes with the smell of smoke in his lungs. He dreams he lights this whole place up, and sometimes in his dreams he doesn't even care. He wakes up thinking he should leave in the night, but he doesn't – not yet.

People keep their distance, until the new kid. John can tell right away the kid's from a bit of money; he dresses like he's off to prep school, shakes John's hand like they're not two dumb teenagers who most of the world would classify as terrorists.

John kind of likes him, though, as much as John ever likes anybody. He might dress like someone whose wallet John would've stolen, but he's smart and funny and when John wakes up gasping for breath after another bad dream, he doesn't tell him to quit being a fucking baby, just runs his hand over the glass of water by John's bedside and offers him a cold drink.

Bobby tells him, a few days and another nightmare in, that his parents think this is a boarding school for smart kids. John laughs, but Bobby frowns at him and says, "I don't like lying to them. What about your folks?"

John doesn't answer, but from the look on Bobby's face he guesses that answers enough. "It's weird here, right?" Bobby asks, and John laughs again. He takes his zippo and lights a fire, small enough to fit in the palm of his hand. "Yeah, it is," he answers.

Bobby smiles, something small and vulnerable that reminds John of when he still used to try to make a good impression on people. "But you'll stay, right?" Bobby asks, and he's looking at John, not what he can do. He reaches across their beds and he touches John's hand; the little flame turns to ice, but Bobby's still smiling, like John guesses a friend would.

"Yeah," John says, even though he just figured that out, somewhere between the ice in his hand and the blue of Bobby's eyes. "Yeah, I think I will."

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Awww. This is so them. :D

It's really refreshing to see a version where John is at the school before Bobby. It's kinda become fanon that Bobby enrolled first (maybe? maybe it's just me, lol, idek).

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Thanks so much!

Haha no, I think you're right that that's the general consensus and I think I usually go with that, too, but in my head it made sense that Charles would find John first because... I don't know, John is kiiind of dangerous little punk without the school (I mean, he's a dangerous little punk anyway, but you know).

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nevcolleil.livejournal.com

Any, any, the boat may sink but I’m not gonna rock it
Cos the sea doesn’t know my name

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nanoks.livejournal.com

Supernatural, Sam/Dean(Or Sam & Dean) One hug, that is all he asks for…

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nevcolleil.livejournal.com

Any, any, if you can't get what you need, learn to need the things you've got; if you can't be what you are, learn to be the thing you're not

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ammcj062.livejournal.com

Highlander, any, You’ll be ancient history but who am I right now?

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ammcj062.livejournal.com

author's choice, I don’t need a gun to take back what’s mine

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scribblemyname

As they hauled Clint's unconscious body away, Natasha considered that Loki had meant for one or the other to kill each other. Certainly, Plan A was for Natasha to be the one to die, but Plan B would have worked just as well: put Clint's blood on her hands and watch her weep.

She breathed in the depths of the Helicarrier, spine straight, heart beating a little too quickly.

She didn't need to kill Clint to take him back. Loki was the neophyte here. Loki had discovered the power to make toys of people and was playing with it like a gleeful, reckless child. Natasha had spent the last several decades proving that a human mind was more resilient than her handlers and makers had ever believed, than Loki would ever believe.

Natasha followed the other agents quietly and went to take her partner back.

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ammcj062.livejournal.com

Love this!

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scribblemyname

I'm so glad you liked it! I'm apparently currently obsessed with these two.

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Marvel movieverse, Steve/Bucky or Steve + Bucky, anything based on this (http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/likewinning/1832784/16444/16444_600.png)

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ghostdude101.livejournal.com

For Bucky, Steve had been an icon long before he’d put on the suit. Nobody else might have thought so, but he was. He had been ever since the first time Bucky ever saw him, blood in his mouth and a bruise forming on his cheek. It was clearly taking everything he had to stay on his feet, but the scrawny kid was just not giving in. He stood there determined and looked exactly like a warrior. Bucky had sent the bullies packing; he was fast and strong, and not afraid to fight dirty.

After that, it was Hey, I’m Steve, as he wiped the blood off his lips like this happened every day. God, he hoped not. The boy looks frail enough as it is. The guy then smiled, sure, and said I could’ve taken ‘em, you know. Bucky knew then that he’d pretty much follow Steve anywhere.

Because Steve, he had a heart that seemed to be bigger than his body could hold. And he didn’t see it. He never saw what Bucky did, how good and honest he was. So Bucky just had to see for both of them.

The world was a shitty place; Bucky had seen too many kids die from not having enough to eat to have any real optimism for the future. But Steve, with his fire and determination, he made Bucky hope. Made him believe that doing the right thing, no matter how small, is never insignificant. Because with Steve, Bucky felt like there were things that were worth fighting for.

When his body finally caught up with the size of his heart, Bucky wasn’t surprised that other people started seeing it too. He resents it some because it didn’t take the serum to make Steve a hero, he was always one, just one that nobody ever noticed.

Bucky hates having Steve in the war. Before, in the Hydra camp, he was resigned to the fact that he would most likely die in the war, but at least Steve was back home. At least he was safe. But now he was there, in the goddamned war, and Bucky had to worry about him dying now.

Supersoldier or not, Steve was still his best friend, and Bucky was still going to do his damnedest to protect him however he could. It was war, that’s true, but there are some things that Bucky never wanted Steve to have do. So he took it all - throats slashed in the dark of the night, a stream of blood running down his front, a silent bullet sent into an unsuspecting skull - took it and made it his.

Sergeant James Barnes, sniper. Bucky got his hand dirty so that Steve can keep his clean. Captain America is an icon, a shining beacon beacon for the nation at war. He gives so many people hope now, not just Bucky. But an icon cannot be tarnished, or it would lose its shine. If Bucky had his way, Steve will be shining on for a long, long time.

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Oh my god. Thank you so, so much for this; it is absolutely, breathtakingly beautiful and so perfectly BUCKY. This is everything he is, right here: how Steve has always been a hero to him, how he no matter how proud he is of Steve he sort of resents that it took everyone else so long to see how great Steve has always been. I just. Wow.

Because Steve, he had a heart that seemed to be bigger than his body could hold. And he didn’t see it.

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So he took it all - throats slashed in the dark of the night, a stream of blood running down his front, a silent bullet sent into an unsuspecting skull - took it and made it his.

THIS IS SO PERFECT I FEEL LIKE IT'S CHRISTMAS OKAY. Thank youuuuuuuu. <3

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ghostdude101.livejournal.com

AHHH, I AM SO GLAD YOU LIKED THIS.

This is the best response ever, thank you so much. I'm going to be smiling the whole day now.

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Buffy/MCU, Natasha Romanov/+, that time she had to pose as a student in Sunnydale and figured out why the mortality rate's so high there

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X-men movieverse/Buffy, any/any or ensemble, nice job putting a school for mutants on top of a hellmouth

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samueljames

NCIS, Abby, ASL.

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The time Abby got laryngitis ranks pretty high on everyone's list of 'Awful Days at Work.' Good thing Gibbs knows ASL. Too bad no one else did. Texting conversations? Not always the best thing.

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samueljames

Thanks :) I'm glad Gibbs was able to translate but doing her job wouldn't be easy if she couldn't talk.

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Oh, definitely not. :D

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blondebabe800.livejournal.com

any, any, "It's the World Cup. If I can't get drunk and start fights at work now, then when can I?"

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blondebabe800.livejournal.com

any, any,
She lies and says she's in love with him
Can't find a better man

--Better Man, Pearl Jam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWzLgWWu5wU

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Travelling to Venice for Carnevale was a terrible idea. Cristina's hand stung from the blow she had given to Ezio, and her eyes stung from the tears she refused to shed.

She wished Ezio had waited, all those years ago in Firenze: she would rather have shamed her family and run away to live in abject poverty than the comfort and wealth and security of knowing that Manfredo loved her more than she loved him. Damn Ezio and his martyrdom of the heart! Cristina struck the tear that leaked from the corner of her eye.

She kept the letter that Ezio had smuggled to her during the dancing. He had signed Manfredo's name, but the sentiments, the kiss were all Ezio. As was the Auditore pendant that weighed down on her heart.

She pasted on a smile and went to find the man she married, and prayed she would not (and, secretly that she would) run into Ezio Auditore.

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blondebabe800.livejournal.com

Awwww! :( Thanks for the fill!

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I have way too many Ezio/Cristina feels to be healthy :P

Glad you liked :)

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MCU, any +/ any, "Damn, those tablets/that medication is just like a truth serum!"

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Any, any +/ any, forget making an entrance, {X character} loves a good stormoff

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Frasier, Daphne/Niles, easy affection

Edited Date: 2014-06-21 09:53 pm (UTC)

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MCU, any/any, As long as you keep bringing fries home, I'll keep being naked when you get home Texts From Last Night

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Any, any +/ any, You told her you double majored in Geology and Telekinesis. When has that line ever worked for you?

Gods damn but that would work 100% on me for sheer geekery alone :P

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demoerin.livejournal.com

Haha, omg. I would at least by the person who trotted out that line a drink.

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