It's Friday, so that means it's time to get out of town!

[squidgiepdx]

Have you had the kind of week I have? Okay, so I'm not daydrinking or anything yet, but I've been tempted!

Salaam, everyone! I’m squidgiepdx and if you're ready to kiss this week goodbye, then today's your special day. Today's prompts are all about vacation; planning one, going on one, kicking and screaming and burying yourself in the sand do you don't have to come back from one - whatever it is, if it's about vacations, then let's do it! Want examples? So how's about some crazy-haired Polish cop accompanies a crazy RCMP Mountie up to the wiles of Canada in the middle of winter, complaining about frostbite. Maybe some spiky-haired Colonel drags the city's CSO through the Stargate for a much needed leave. Or maybe some short Italian cop is sitting in his office on Oahu, counting the days until he gets to go back to a freezing New Jersey.

So pack your bags, and let's get on the road!

Just a few rules:
No more than five prompts in a row.
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Use the character's full names and fandom's full name for ease adding to the Lonely Prompts spreadsheet.
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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...
+ Person of Interest, Harold Finch +or/ John Reese, Taking John to that special spot that nobody knows about

+ Breakfast with Scot, Sam Miller/Eric McNally + Scot, The first overseas vacation for the family

+ Captain America, Steve Rogers/Bucky Barnes, They end up in Europe, and it brings back so many memories

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[squidgiepdx]

Person of Interest, Harold Finch +or/ John Reese, Taking John to that special spot that nobody knows about

[squidgiepdx]

Breakfast with Scot, Sam Miller/Eric McNally + Scot, The first overseas vacation for the family

[squidgiepdx]

Captain America, Steve Rogers/Bucky Barnes, They end up in Europe, and it brings back so many memories

[squidgiepdx]

Stargate Atlantis, Evan Lorne/David Parrish, Traveling through New England's fall and getting to see the changing of the leaves

[squidgiepdx]

Donald Strachey Mysteries (movie 'verse), Donald Strachey/Timothy Callahan, The airport is snowed in, so they're forced to make their own warm vacation at home.

[megan-moonlight.livejournal.com]

Breakfast with Scot, Eric McNally/Sam Miller + Scot Latour, deciding where they want to spend their next summer vacation (when each of them has a different idea)

[megan-moonlight.livejournal.com]

MCU/Justice League Cartoon, Sam Wilson/John Stewart, planning vacations is difficult when they're members of two separate superhero teams

[megan-moonlight.livejournal.com]

MCU, Phil Coulson/Clint Barton & Nick Fury, Clint wants to spend a few days with Phil without interruptions, so he talks(read:annoys) Nick into giving them some time off

[megan-moonlight.livejournal.com]

MCU, Darcy Lewis/Sif, a trip to Asgard

[megan-moonlight.livejournal.com]

The Flash(/Legends of Tomorrow), Hartley Rathaway/Barry Allen (or Hartley/Leonard Snart or Hartley/Mick Rory), Barry (or Leonard or Mick) surprises Hartley with a one-day trip to (place of your choice), since he can get them there quickly (running or using the Waverider)

[nagi-schwarz.livejournal.com]

Stargate Atlantis, John Sheppard/Rodney McKay, taking their child to Earth for his/her first Earthside vacation.

Not a fill...yet

[brumeier.livejournal.com]

You never disappoint me. ::grins::

Fill: post-series

[nagi-schwarz.livejournal.com]

Evan guided the car along the road. He didn't mind taking windy back roads. Having grown up in San Francisco, where it was crowded and he always had to make his way on public transport, taking long drives like this was a rare thing, and as far as Evan was concerned, it was the next best thing to flying. New England was beautiful, too. All the colors the leaves turned before they drifted off the trees - Evan wanted to capture every single hue in a single joyful dash of paint on canvas.

But David had told him to drive and keep on driving and not stop, not ever, so Evan was going to keep at it, even if he wanted a chance to pause and just snap a few pictures for reference. David was small in the passenger seat, shoulders hunched, hands white-knuckled where he was twisting them on his lap.

Finally David said, "I'm sorry."

Evan glanced at him. "What for?"

"For my parents. We only get two weeks on Earth, and -"

"You can't have known they'd react like that."

"They were so disappointed I became a botanist instead of a soldier like everyone else. I should have known. When I told them I was coming home with an Air Force Lieutenant Colonel, they were so pleased, so relieved. I - all of my siblings are straight, and all of the grandkids seem straight so far, so I never thought -"

Evan sighed. He pulled the car off to the side of the road, cut the engine. David made a small sound of distress.

"Evan -"

Evan reached across the front seats, put his hand on David's. "You're not your parents. This isn't your fault. I'm not angry about what they said to me. I'm angry at what they said to you. You're their son."

"My family's not like your family -"

"You didn't hear what everyone on the commune said to me when I signed on with the Air Force." Evan bit back the bitterness in his own voice. "No family is perfect. I'm sorry our leave plans got turned on their head. But we still have each other."

"You sure your mom won't mind us just showing up?"

"I'm pretty sure me showing up with a lovely botanist like you might put a dent in the Everest of disappointment I caused my family when I decided to work for The Man," Evan said. "They'll adore you. Just...don't let my sister talk you into getting a tattoo."

David sighed. "I'm sorry. I -"

"Stop apologizing. We're taking a nice drive through a beautiful part of the country I've never seen before. We're back on Earth, and there's no ocean in sight, an there are no Wraith shooting at us. I'm here with you, and I'm happy, okay?"

"Are you sure?" David peeked at him from beneath spiky wet lashes.

Evan paused. "Well, there is one thing that would make me happier."

"What?"

"This." Evan rolled down the windows, fired up the radio to something slow and jazzy, and stepped out of the car. He circled around the front of the car and opened David's door, offered him a hand.

"What are you doing?"

Evan pulled David into his arms and began to sway with him, and around them the beautiful leaves fell, and for the space of a song, everything in the universe was perfect.

Re: Not a fill...yet

[nagi-schwarz.livejournal.com]

I am excited for whatever you write. You said ideas, but oblivious!Nagi is oblivious, so I tried to make it as open-ended as possible.

[brumeier.livejournal.com]

Stargate Multiverse, Any, a team-building trip goes awry

[brumeier.livejournal.com]

Stargate Atlantis, John Sheppard/Rodney McKay, Traveling for a high school/college reunion

Re: Not a fill...yet

[brumeier.livejournal.com]

It's perfect!!

[brumeier.livejournal.com]

Any, Any, Traveling with small children and/or pets

[cozy-coffee.livejournal.com]

Supernatural, weechesters, seaworld

Lilo&Stitch/Despicable Me, Edith/Lilo & Nani/David

[tigriswolf]

(follows this)


"You know," Edith says five hours into the flight, "Dad has a private jet we could've used."

Nani sighs heavily. David's crooning a lullaby to their youngest, barely a year old, while Stitch is trying to entertain the other three, and everyone else in first class (and Nani is SO GLAD she accepted Mr. Gru's offer to pay for first class) pretends Stitch is a dog, and Lilo's been asleep since twenty minutes in.

"Thank you, Edith," Nani says as graciously as she can because she really does like Lilo's fiancée. But while flying first class is one thing, putting her babies into that death-trap plane-thing the Grus use is not an option. She's seen the news footage.

Edith laughs quietly. "Margo's never been that fond of it, either," she confesses, like she read Nani's mind. Maybe she did. She smiles down at Lilo, who's plastered to her side the way she used to do to Nani, ages ago.

Ailani finally falls asleep in David's arms. She's usually very quiet but she apparently hates planes as much as Nani does. Akela and Hiki try slipping away, the little monsters, but Stitch is faster and catches them both up without even pulling out his extra arms. They're bigger than he is now, nearly nine, but they both laugh. The other passengers ignore it.

While Stitch is distracted with the twins, Kai manages to escape and he toddles over to Nani. "How do you keep track of them all?" Edith asks. "I mean, at least the minions are indestructible."

Nani glances at her. "Do not ever introduce them to Stitch," she orders and Edith buries her laughter in Lilo's hair.

[drabblewriter.livejournal.com]

Star Trek TOS or AOS, any(/any), pleasure planet

[drabblewriter.livejournal.com]

Star Trek TOS or AOS, any/any, a couple who's been keeping their relationship to themselves runs into another member/s of the crew while on a date during shore leave

Re: Lilo&Stitch/Despicable Me, Edith/Lilo & Nani/David

[brumeier.livejournal.com]

LOL! So funny! That's quite the crew to be taking on a commercial flight, but I can see how Nani wouldn't be too enthusiastic about the alternative. ::grins::

Thank you!

Re: Fill: post-series

[brumeier.livejournal.com]

There's no enough aww in the world for this. For reals. Poor, sad David. He must've been mortified at how his family reacted. Good thing he's with Lorne, who is Mr. Chill.

Dancing in the falling leaves? Soooo romantic. And sweet. Where can I get a Lorne of my very own? ::grins::

Re: Fill: post-series

[nagi-schwarz.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you liked it. If I could get you a Lorne of your own, I would. You could have two! Real!Lorne for a boyfriend, and robot!Lorne for an office assistant. :)

While I was looking at the prompt, I couldn't stop thinking of that one thing from Harry Potter, the moving picture of Harry's parents dancing in falling leaves. So...stargate version!