Thursday: fix-it

[tigriswolf]

Well, I'm tigriswolf and I'm still hosting here on the final day of the year. Today's theme is fix-it. Ever disagreed with something that happened in canon? Didn't like the way it ended? Change it.

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.
If your prompt or fill contains anything that can be a trigger for the reader, please add a warning for that to give the reader the chance to decide if they want to read or not.
No spoilers in prompts for a month after airing. 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...

Harry Potter, author’s choice, if Remus Lupin had drunk his wolfsbane before going after Sirius Black in Prisoner of Azkaban

Marvel movies, Tony Stark + Steve Rogers, Barnes is Cap’s Pepper and Cap’s Rhodey in one convenient package – so Tony knows where he stands, when it comes to the Winter Soldier






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Not feeling any of today’s prompts? Check out the just created Lonely Prompts Spreadsheet. 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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[tigriswolf]

Harry Potter, author’s choice, if Remus Lupin had drunk his wolfsbane before going after Sirius Black in Prisoner of Azkaban

[tigriswolf]

Marvel movies, Tony Stark + Steve Rogers, Barnes is Cap’s Pepper and Cap’s Rhodey in one convenient package – so Tony knows where he stands, when it comes to the Winter Soldier

[tigriswolf]

Author’s choice, author’s choice, “I can’t save you – all I can do is help you save yourself.”

[tigriswolf]

Harry Potter, author’s choice, “Ask yourself this: whose ‘Greater Good’ is he working towards?”

[tigriswolf]

Avengers movieverse, author’s choice, after Thor 2, “Odin” puts the Warriors 3, Sif, and Heimdallr on trial for betraying two separate kings (and they’re found guilty, please)

[gehayi.livejournal.com]

Harry Potter, author's choice, if Minerva McGonagall hadn't decided that all the Slytherins should be escorted from the Great Hall based on Pansy Parkinson's actions

[likewinning.livejournal.com]

Batman comics, Dick Grayson/+Tim Drake, if Tim had stayed on as Dick's Robin after Bruce's death

[likewinning.livejournal.com]

DCU, Tim Drake/Roy Harper, if Tim had accepted Roy's offer to join his Teen Titans

[likewinning.livejournal.com]

Batman comics, Jason Todd/Bruce Wayne, Bruce brought Jason back right away

filled - haha i don't know if FIX it is the right term here...

[oh-mcgee.livejournal.com]

"Do it," Bruce growls so loud the stone walls of the catacombs seem to shake and it may be the first time he's ever seen anything like fear on Constantine's face.

"I can," Constantine says. "Of course I can, but mate. You don't want this, yeah? He's not gonna be --"

"Do it now or I will kill you where you stand."

"You can bloody try --"

"John," Bruce says weakly, desperately. He looks from Jason's cold, lifeless body, then back to Constantine. "Please. We don't have much time."

"Yeah, alright," Constantine says, then shoos Bruce back out of the way so he can work. There's a bit of chanting in a language Bruce has never heard before, John forming a circle out of something he sprinkles on the ground, then John's cutting sigils up and down his arms with a blade that glows and lets the blood drip onto Jason's body.

Bruce almost calls it off when John screams and his body goes taut, his back bending and his knees giving out, but then it's over. John collapses next to Jason's body and Bruce rushes over, checks his pulse.

"M'alive, you arse," John says weakly to him. "So's your boy there."

"Jason," Bruce says impatiently, rushing to Jason's side, picking up his hand and bringing it to his face. He's not cold anymore. He's --

"Bruce," Jason says, his throat scratchy, but definitely his own. He lets Bruce hold him, lets him sob into his shoulder and touch his face, his hair, until he's thoroughly convinced that it's really him.

"John," Bruce says once they get outside the catacombs. "I don't know how to repay you. Or thank you."

"Don't thank me yet, mate," John says and when Bruce turns to ask him what he meant, he's already gone.

"How are you feeling?" He says to Jason instead.

"Starving." Jason says. "There a burger joint in this place?"


: : :


A week later Bruce wakes up to the cold steel of a knife against his throat, Jason perched over him with eyes dark as pitch.

"I want to kill you," he says chillingly, then starts to shake. "Bruce, why do I want to kill you?" He flings the knife across the room as if it was burning his hand and Bruce reaches for him, holds him until he stops shaking.

"It's fine," Bruce says, rubbing soothing circles into Jason's back. "Everything's fine."

Once Jason's asleep he calls every number he has for John Constantine, but all of them are out of order.


: : :


Two weeks later he hears Jason sneak in after midnight, finds him sitting on his own bed with blood all over his clothes, staining his hands. There's some of it in his hair and Bruce almost loses his dinner at the sight and smell of it.

"It's alright," he says when he takes Jason into the bathroom and washes him with a warm cloth. Jason's eyes are black again just like the night he attacked him in bed, nothing like the bright blue of the boy who died in a warehouse in Ethiopia. "Everything's okay. You're okay."

"I think I killed someone," Jason says calmly, almost disinterested. "I think..."

"Shh," Bruce says and wraps him in a towel, brings him to bed and wraps his body around Jason's.

"I think I came back wrong," Jason says when he comes back to himself hours later, shivering and shaking in Bruce's arms.

"You came back," Bruce says and runs his fingers through Jason's hair, presses a kiss to each of his temples. "There could never be anything wrong with that."

[gehayi.livejournal.com]

The Dresden Files -- Jim Butcher, Susan Rodriguez, if Susan had not been manipulated into losing her humanity, but had deliberately chosen to sacrifice it instead

(I just want Susan to be granted agency and dignity. Because canon didn't give her that.)

[likewinning.livejournal.com]

Batman comics, Dick Grayson/+any, Dick never stopped being Robin

[gehayi.livejournal.com]

Harry Potter, author's choice, if one or more of the teachers during Riddle's time as a student (and perhaps Headmaster Dippet as well) had recognized that some students were so "weak" [read: terrified] that they'd "seek protection" from, among others, "the thuggish gravitating toward a leader who could show them more refined forms of cruelty" and had done everything in their power to help the scared victims and break the power of Tom Riddle and his fellow bullies

(All words in quotes are from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 17--A Sluggish Memory. The full quotation, spoken by Dumbledore, is: They [Tom Riddle's friends] were a motley collection; a mixture of the weak seeking protection, the ambitious seeking some shared glory, and the thuggish gravitating toward a leader who could show them more refined forms of cruelty.)

[doreyg.livejournal.com]

Völsunga saga, Regin/Sigurd, Sigurd doesn’t kill Regin

[doreyg.livejournal.com]

Guardians of Time – Marianne Curley, Neriah Gabriel, Neriah is nowhere near as nice as she pretends to be

[doreyg.livejournal.com]

Batman (comics), Jason Todd/any, Jason never dies

[doreyg.livejournal.com]

Agents of SHIELD, Leo Fitz/Mack + Jemma Simmons/Will, double dating BFFs

[doreyg.livejournal.com]

Justice League International, Ted Kord/Booster Gold, Ted only almost dies. This finally pushes Booster to confess his feelings

[samueljames]

London Spy, Danny Holt/Alex Turner, plausible fix-it or twist.

[samueljames]

Torchwood, Owen Harper/Ianto Jones, everybody lives.

[samueljames]

NCIS, Tony DiNozzo/Kate Todd, Ari was caught earlier.

[samueljames]

Primeval, any except Helen, it was close but they didn't die.

Denial fics are so the way to go here :)

Fill: Primeval, Danny Quinn/James Lester – He Made It

[megan-moonlight.livejournal.com]

He was back. Until the last second he had been sure that he would miss the anomaly and the raptor would catch him, rip him apart, but he made it back. Barely.

As soon as he laid down on the bed he closed his eyes and inhaled deeply, focusing on the way soft, clean sheets felt against his body and the pillow supported his head. It's been so bloody long since he even saw a bed. It's been even longer since he could close his eyes and truly relax, not having to worry about anything trying to attack him in his sleep.

Not counting a few bruises, minor scratches and feeling like his legs might fall off, he was okay. He would have to take things slowly until his leg healed, of course, but running away from dinosaurs that considered you a threat could have ended much, much worse. More importantly, Patrick had agreed to come back with him. He was now in a room next to Danny's, hopefully resting. Knowing that his brother was safe with Abby, Connor and Becker helped him to calm down.

Only when he closed his eyes he realized how tired he actually was. Good thing he was lying down already, because everything that had happened earlier started to catch up with him. He knew he'd have to tell everyone about how they had managed to came back, how they had survived, but it could wait. It was nothing compared to running away from raptors. The most important was that he and Patrick were alive. He could handle everything else.

Danny exhaled quietly and was about to wrap one arm around the pillow, hoping to fall asleep, but then he heard the door open. The instinct kicked in and he sat up quickly, preparing to jump out of bed if necessary. When you were running from bloody dinosaurs you always had to be ready to run, and it wasn't easy to break the habit. He calmed down a bit only when he noticed the familiar figure entering the room was James Lester. He was holding a cup in one hand and a few folders full of papers in the other.

James, still looking flawless in his suit even if it was long past midnight, blinked a few times, looking Danny right in the eye before he stepped closer and put the cup on the bedside table.

"I'm sorry, mister Quinn, I was not aware you were still awake. I thought you might want to drink something when you wake up," he said and Danny exhaled, relieved. "I shall make sure no one disturbs you."

"Is he okay?" Danny asked, just to reassure himself again.

"He is. We are keeping an eye on him."

They both fell silent and Danny had no idea what else to say. He also had no idea if James felt equally lost, since he couldn't read anything from his face. "Listen, James. I..."

"Get some sleep," James interrupted him. "You must be exhausted."

Danny nodded, looking at his hands nervously, but he did not lie down again. He couldn't, not while James was still standing in the room. There were so many questions he wanted to ask, so many things he wanted to say, and now he had no idea where to start. What could he even say after all this time?

"Danny."

He looked up as James took a few steps forward and put his hand on Danny's shoulder gently. His hand was warm, even warmer than Danny remembered. After a while James moved his hand closer to Danny's neck, his thumb almost touching his skin.

"I will stay in the building and I promise you, we will talk, but only after we all get some rest. It was a long day."

Their eyes met as Danny raised one hand to touch James' and it was difficult not to lean into the warmth of the other man's skin. But James was right, he was exhausted. Sighing, Danny laid down again, but his eyes never left James'.

"Thanks, guv," the corner of Danny's mouth raised slightly, and when James mirrored the smile Danny felt his body relax. How much did he miss this smile...

"Good night, Danny," James said, his voice quiet and gentle.

"’night, James."

He had no problems falling asleep after that.

[samueljames]

Whitechapel, Joe Chandler/Emerson Kent, they did get to go for that drink.

[3am-moonlight.livejournal.com]

Harry Potter, Harry Potter, Harry chose to emulate Hermione's work ethic rather than Ron's, and later chose Ancient Runes and Arithmancy, instead of the easy option of Divination. How would this have affected his life?

[3am-moonlight.livejournal.com]

Criminal Minds, Jennifer Jareau, she didn't loose the baby she was pregnant with in season 6.

[3am-moonlight.livejournal.com]

Charmed, Prue Halliwell/Andy Trudeau, when Andy was killed he became a Whitelighter and the Elders fudged things so he was still a Detective when he came back from Whitelighter Training. Also Phoebe was the one killed in All Hell Breaks Loose instead of Prue. How would things go if the reconstituted Charmed Ones were Prue, Piper, and Paige, and they had two and a half Whitelighters (Leo, Andy, and Paige)?

No fill, but...

[helsinkibaby.livejournal.com]

I cannot do justice to this in a comment doc, but I am so bookmarking for future reference!