Tuesday: Taboo
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marlex and today's theme is Taboo. There's breaking the rules, and then there's breaking the rules</>. Prompts can be about exploring taboos, discussing taboos and, of course, breaking them.
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 fandom's full name for ease adding to the Lonely Prompts spreadsheet.
No spoilers in prompts for a month after airing, or use the spoiler cut option found here.
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...
NCIS, Abby/McGee, She really though Gibbs would be okay with her and Tim breaking Rule #12, but he wasn't. Not at all.
A Series of Unfortunate Events, Violet/Klaus, after so many years on the run, they were still family, but a different kind of family
Wreck-It Ralph, any, there is a taboo against characters from different games dating
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 2014 collection. See further notes on this new option here.
Not feeling any of today’s prompts? Visit the lonely prompt archive and brighten someone’s day. For more recent prompts to write, you can also use LJ’s advanced search options to limit keyword results to only comments in this community.
marlex and today's theme is Taboo. There's breaking the rules, and then there's breaking the rules</>. Prompts can be about exploring taboos, discussing taboos and, of course, breaking them.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 fandom's full name for ease adding to the Lonely Prompts spreadsheet.
No spoilers in prompts for a month after airing, or use the spoiler cut option found here.
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...
NCIS, Abby/McGee, She really though Gibbs would be okay with her and Tim breaking Rule #12, but he wasn't. Not at all.
A Series of Unfortunate Events, Violet/Klaus, after so many years on the run, they were still family, but a different kind of family
Wreck-It Ralph, any, there is a taboo against characters from different games dating
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 2014 collection. See further notes on this new option here.
Not feeling any of today’s prompts? Visit the lonely prompt archive and brighten someone’s day. For more recent prompts to write, you can also use LJ’s advanced search options to limit keyword results to only comments in this community.
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Date: 2014-10-21 10:25 am (UTC)Re: FILLED!
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Date: 2014-10-22 10:24 am (UTC)The knife flashes out quickly, but Ling is quicker, catching Lan Fan's wrist before she can drive the blade between Ed's ribs. "Be still," he murmurs over her soft cry of outrage.
She doesn't struggle in his grip, though he knows she could throw him off easily. Behind her mask, her eyes burn. She's angry with him, as she so often is when she feels he's doing something that makes him harder to protect. "It is death for a commoner to touch a member of the royal family!" she hisses.
These people are my friends, not commoners, Ling wants to tell her, but it's a distinction he knows she won't draw. Her duty is to protect him, and in this strange land she's adhering to it even more rigidly than usual. "Not in this country it isn't," he reminds her. "They do things differently here. We're going to have to go along with some of their rules if we want their help."
"Your safety is my only concern," Lan Fan insists. "I'm not concerned about diplomacy."
"But I am. Which is why you need to follow my lead on this." He gives her a gentle, patient look. "The Elrics are our allies. They may be barbarians with no idea how to treat a prince, but they mean me no harm." No lasting harm, anyway, he amends inside his head. He's pretty sure Ed would love the chance to punch him in the face once or twice. "Let me handle this, Lan Fan."
It's clearly not an answer she likes, but it's not one she can argue with, either. The fire in her eyes banks, and Ling releases his grip. She slips the knife back into the folds of her clothes and holds up her hands to show him that they're empty. They both know it's just a symbolic gesture -- she could draw another blade and kill half the people on this street before Ling drew breath if she felt it necessary -- but it's enough of one for now. "My lord," Lan Fan says, so coolly it stings. Ling nods his thanks, and they set out to regroup with Ed and his other allies.
Ling doesn't blame Lan Fan for not being satisfied with his argument. He's not satisfied with it, either. But he doesn't think she'd approve of his real reason for allowing these Amestrians to get so close to him. He's not sure he could explain how much the way they touch each other fascinates him. Restaurant owners pat their clients on the back as they put down bowls and plates. Neighbors embrace when meeting on the street. Workers shake hands and sling an arm around each other's shoulders as they part at the end of the day. It's a whole country of people whose hearts seem directly connected to their hands, and now some of those people have decided to hold out their hands to him, even if they don't quite trust him yet. It's new and strange compared to the formal distance he's used to at home, and Ling thinks he might be growing to like it. He wishes he could find a way to make Lan Fan understand.
When they arrive at the hotel, Winry wastes no time in clasping Lan Fan's hands in hers in a warm greeting. Ling sees his bodyguard's eyes go wide with wonder, and he thinks that maybe he won't have to explain after all.
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Date: 2015-01-26 03:17 am (UTC)Pepper frowned. Since when did Tony show up when summoned, and since when did he act on his best behavior? This wasn't like Tony at all. She watched him suspiciously. “I had a few things to run through with you before the ceremony.”
“Seeing the bride before the wedding?” Tony asked. “Isn't that a taboo?”
“Please tell me that doesn't turn you on, Tony.”
He shrugged, smiling. “What can I say, Pepper? I love you. Everything with you turns me on.”
She sighed. “Why did I agree to marry you again?”
“So you could keep me in line for the rest of my life?” Tony answered helpfully. “Oh, and because you love me.”
“All true,” she agreed, stopping to adjust his tie. “You are going to be there when I get up to the altar, right?”
“Of course. Would I miss our wedding night?”
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Date: 2014-10-21 11:31 am (UTC)There’s no escape
I can’t wait
I need a hit
Baby, give me it
You’re dangerous
I’m lovin’ it
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Date: 2014-10-21 11:31 am (UTC)Avengers, pre-Cap1
Date: 2014-10-21 06:41 pm (UTC)(In this 'verse; pre-Captain America 1, pre-Steve/Bucky.
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When they were 9, after the first time Pa came home drunk and raised such a fuss, Bucky and Kenna snuck out the fire escape and went to Steve’s. Kenna was a dark shadow above him, swooping through the air as a bat they didn’t have a name for, guiding Bucky through the night. It was a struggle, jumping high enough to grab the fire escape outside Steve’s apartment building, but Bucky finally managed it, and with Kenna clinging to him, they climbed.
Ealga met them at the window; Bucky had known Steve was sick, but he wasn’t even awake enough to hear them slip inside. “What’s wrong?” Ealga asked Kenna, nosing at her; Ealga had been a beardie for a few weeks now.
Kenna landed on Ealga’s shoulder and folded up her wings. “Pa was angry,” she said.
Bucky’s eyes went to the bed, where Steve hadn’t even stirred. He didn’t know what to do about Pa, about the money Pa wasted tonight, about the girls having to see Pa like that. He wanted to go to Ma – but Ma was dealing with Pa, and Grayson with Laurel. He couldn’t comfort the girls when he needed – he sighed, settling at the window, sinking down and letting his head rest on the sill.
He ignored the tears, bringing one of his hands up to cover his eyes. Steve’s breath was wheezing, and the daemons were whispering to each other, and he matched his own breaths to Steve’s.
He startled when Ealga said, “Bucky.” She was very close when he looked over, within touching range, and he carefully shifted his body away from her. Kenna was still on her head.
“Bucky,” Ealga said again. She stepped closer, her whole body intent. “It’s okay,” she assured him, angling her head the way she did when wanted Steve to rest his hand between her ears. “Kenna and I talked it over.”
His eyes went to the bed. “’s’not right,” he said, “not without Stevie.”
“I’m sayin’ it’s alright.” Ealga tossed her head, her ears flopping. “You callin’ me a liar, Buck?”
“No, I’d never do that,” he said, looking at Kenna. “You sure this is alright?” he asked her.
Kenna said, “I promise.” She fluttered her wings a bit. “Please, Bucky. We need this.”
So he reached out a trembling hand, and Ealga stepped in close, and he started to cry the moment his palm touched her fur. She whined, pressing against his torso, and he curled his arms around her.
It felt – like warmth in every part of him when he’d been cold for so long, like knowing there’d be enough food for tomorrow and every day after, like there’d be money to get the girls the pretty things they deserved, and that dress Ma wanted, and Steve all the art supplies he’d ever eyed with longing. He buried his face in Ealga’s neck, muffling his sobs in her fur, and cried and cried and cried till he fell asleep.
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Date: 2014-10-21 01:16 pm (UTC)Highlander, Methos, he teaches his students to fight dirty – because the only rule is survival
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Date: 2014-10-21 01:20 pm (UTC)Avengers movieverse, Clint/Natasha, did some things you can’t speak of but at night, you see them all again
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Date: 2014-10-21 03:05 pm (UTC)She comes to him still smelling of another man, and there's a part of him that wants to put her in the shower and wash it off, but you don't look a gift horse in the mouth and you don't stop and ask questions when the Black Widow is sitting in your lap, whispering into your mouth, "Make me forget."
She tells him sometimes about the other men, how she thought of him when they were touching her, how she imagined his archer hands into theirs and missed the calluses. She guides his hands to where they touched her, and there's a part of him that wants to growl and claim her, but you don't claim the Black Widow's weapons for your own, even if those weapons are offered as gifts to you for a time.
She never lets a man finish the job or take what she doesn't want to offer if Hawkeye isn't there to see it, but when he's looking out for her through a scope for rifle or bow, she shows off her body, shows off her moves, and glances down the sightline as if to see if he's watching. Do you see something you want? Do you see what thinking of you does to me? It's wrong on so many levels, watching another man take her, but you don't stop being assassins and spies and you can't wipe the blood from your fingers and you don't stop to ask questions when the Black Widow is breathing hot into your mouth, "You're the only one I want."
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Date: 2014-10-21 01:22 pm (UTC)Avengers movieverse, Steve/Bucky, loving him was red
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Date: 2014-10-21 01:24 pm (UTC)Teen Wolf (TV), Stiles, there’s no going too far and no line that can’t be crossed