Finding Families on Wednesday

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Morning! Pardon the later post. I’m schweinsty and today's theme is found families! Prompts should revolve around families formed by choice.

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 spoiler cut.
If there are possible triggers in your story, please warn for them in the subject line!

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...
+ The Fast and the Furious series, Brian O'Conner + Everyone, He's finally home, with his family, and everything is absolutely copacetic
+ Rogue One, Rogue One Team, Boarding House AU
+ The Force Awakens, Finn + Poe Dameron + X-Wing Squadron, Somewhere between Starkiller Base & waking up on Yavin, Finn acquires a family

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[schweinsty.livejournal.com]

Rogue One, Rogue One Team, Boarding House AU

[schweinsty.livejournal.com]

The Fast and the Furious series, Brian O'Conner + Everyone, He's finally home, with his family, and everything is absolutely copacetic

[schweinsty.livejournal.com]

The Force Awakens, Finn + Poe Dameron + X-Wing Squadron, Somewhere between Starkiller Base & waking up on Yavin, Finn acquires a family

[brumeier.livejournal.com]

Stargate Atlantis, Team Sheppard (with Ronon, not Ford), what they each lacked in biological family they found in each other

[brumeier.livejournal.com]

Hawaii Five-0, ensemble, coming together to celebrate when something good happens to one of their ohana

FILL: Steve McGarrett/Danny Williams, background Kono Kalakaua/Adam Noshimuri Pt 1/3

[geckogirl89.livejournal.com]

(Minor Spoilers up to 7.13 for this one, so I'm putting the relevant parts behind a spoiler cut.)

Danny was sitting in Steve's backyard, watching as the rest of the ohana danced to the song Jerry was playing. Once again, Danny was impressed by Jerry's vocal chops. He was a pretty good singer.

Danny immediately turned when Steve sat in the chair next to him. After so many years of knowing Steve, Danny had a sixth sense of his partner's comings and goings.

"You having fun, Danno?" Steve asked.

Danny nodded. He felt relaxed and content.

Steve shuffled a bit, almost as if he was nervous about something. "I was wondering why you weren't out dancing with everyone."

Danny shrugged. "In case you didn't notice, Grace is busy." He gestured to where she was dancing with Will, who thankfully, was touching Grace only by the shoulders in an appropriate manner. For a few minutes, Danny had watched them like a hawk, but he had chilled out just a little when he saw that Will grinned at him nervously when he noticed Danny paying attention to them and continued to act like a gentleman. Danny liked Will, but he still felt protective over his daughter.

Danny waved the beer he was holding to gesture at Kono and Adam. "And I would dance with Kono, but I don't think her husband is gonna let go of her anytime soon."

Steve smiled. "With them having a baby together, I can't say that I blame him."

Danny hummed thoughtfully and watched the happy couple. Kono was rocking to the beat as Adam led her around the dance, and she had an enormous smile on her face. Adam, for his part, was giving Kono the same lovestruck expression he had sported on his wedding day. After almost two years of marriage, they still acted like newlyweds. Danny had the feeling they would never stop.

Steve's voice drew Danny out of his musings. "You know, you could always dance with me."

Danny turned to his partner, who had a goofy grin on his face. He chuckled and stood up. "Sure, what the hell."

Steve took hold of his hands, which eventually landed on Steve's shoulders. They danced around a little bit, and Danny shook his head as he was struck by something. "Why is it that you always want to dance with me at other people's important events?" First, he had pulled Danny into a dance at Kono's wedding. Then, at Max's going away party, Steve had said that Danny didn't have to dance with him that night, which implied that ordinarily Danny would be obligated to dance with Steve. (Eventually, he did, a couple of times). Now, at this event to celebrate Kono's pregnancy, Steve wanted to dance with Danny again.

Steve glanced away, as if he was trying to hide something from Danny. "I don't know. I guess I just like to dance. There's nothing wrong with that, is there?"

They passed by Kono and Adam. Kono's eyes widened comically, and she mouthed the words "Go for it!" and smirked at Danny the way she had when Danny had been demonstrating how that Spencer guy was touching Bridget for Steve and Kono walked in on them. In retrospect, that situation looked a little... suspicious. But this was just Danny innocently dancing with a friend. Kono didn't need to make it out to be more than it was.

Danny hoped that the moonlight wouldn't show how much he was blushing from Kono's teasing. The fact that the next song was a slow, romantic tune obviously meant for couples didn't exactly help. Danny needed to disengage from this situation, and fast. There weren't many platonic boundaries left in Steve and Danny's friendship, but they had never slow danced together before.

Danny started to pull away, but Steve tugged his hands and put them back on his shoulders. "Don't. We just barely got started."

Danny could have sworn that the look in Steve's eyes was raw, needy, and almost desperate, but he must have been imagining things. He cautiously began to sway with Steve, wondering what exactly was going on, and where the hell this was going to lead. He could barely hear the music over his own racing heartbeat.

[brumeier.livejournal.com]

Marvel Cinematic Universe, Steve Rogers +/ Any, as an orphan out of his own time Steve is looking for connections

Fill: MCU - Steve Rogers + Bucky Barnes + Peggy Carter - Steve Rogers Vs. Himself

[lil-1337.livejournal.com]

Steve hated it. The feeling of disconnect that hit him when he was least expecting it. The big things, like holidays, he knew were coming and he could plan for them. It was the little moments, the tender touch of a hand or laughter that spoke of history shared between friends that would catch him unaware, with his guard down. The realization that the world he knew was dead and gone would come rushing back with the force of a blow to the from Thor's hammer.

It brought with it a crushing grief that would steal his breath in a way that asthma could only envy. He could and would fight a disease. After all, the name Steve Rogers had long been a synonym for stubborn. But this, this overwhelming sense of loss, weighed him down until more than anything he wanted to give up and sink back into the peacefulness of oblivion.

Still, he couldn't quite let go. No matter how deep the pain ran, he had a mission. There was always another war or a new villain to fight. Injustice needed to be fixed and he, through the power of his name and symbol he represented, could do that. He, Steve Rogers not Captain America, had things to accomplish and that made him push back against the lethargy that threatened to drag him down.

That knowledge drove him now even as it had driven him in the past. Bucky had liked to tease Steve, saying he had a savior complex, though he never used those exact words it was what he meant. Taking the super serum had only strengthened his resolve. It gave him a purpose, a reason to put one foot in front of the other, but no joy; just grim determination.

Joy, he hadn't felt that since Peggy had agreed to save him a dance. What a fleeting, whimsical thing it had been. One moment firmly in the palm of his hand and the next just gone. As far as he could tell, forever.

The closest he had come since being taken out of the ice was the sense of accomplishment and camaraderie he'd shared after the attack on New York had been repelled and before the recriminations had begun. He'd almost been happy, flushed with pride and sense of possibility. It reminded him that he needed to belong somewhere that he could believe in. If he was to survive and maybe even thrive in this brave new world he needed, more than life itself, a place and people who would help him to find a way to be a part of something bigger than himself.

[brumeier.livejournal.com]

Stargate Multiverse, Any, "This is my family. I found it all on my own. It's little. And broken. But it's still good."

Fill: Star Wars AU

[nagi-schwarz.livejournal.com]

Jeannie's entire body was focused on a single nerve ending, cut open and raw, exposed and burning, agonizing. She was down. She couldn't breathe. She couldn't see. All she knew was pain.

And then she heard Darth Merat's voice.

"Join me. You are a Skywalker by birth, a wielder of The Force by blood, and the next pupil of Darth Siddious by right. Get on your feet. Fight me. Give in to your anger. This is where you belong. With family."

Family.

Jeannie gasped in a breath, pictured Rodney, with his dramatic hands and his blue eyes. Pictured John, leaning in the doorway of the Puddle Jumper and smirking. Pictured Ronon, sitting meditatively in the middle of the chaos of a dozen disassembled blaster weapons. Pictured Daniel, hovering at Rodney's elbow and trying to ply him with tea. Pictured Evan, stepping into the droid chute to walk in the vacuum of space and perform heroic repairs on the Puddle Jumper's shield systems.

This is my family.

She felt the Force flickering in her fingertips. Could Rodney sense her, like she sensed him?

I found it all on my own.

She remembered dashing down the hallway, unlocking the cell with hands clumsy in the Storm Trooper uniforms, hearing Rodney's disdainful Aren't you a little short for a Storm Trooper?

It's little.

She remembered waking from a nap while the Puddle Jumper flew through space and looking around, seeing the others sleeping or powered down, getting up and roaming the ship and thinking how big and empty it was, how small a number six people really were.

And it's broken.

She remembered Rodney and John storming around her quarters, arguing about staying and going and whether either of them really cared, their shouting and then their kissing.

She remembered Daniel chasing after Evan yet again, fretting while Evan made a beeline for certain danger.


But it's still good.

She thought of Rodney's sudden, desperate hug, the way John tousled her hair, the way Ronon shot first and asked questions later whenever one of them was in danger.

Jeannie pushed herself to her feet, stretched forth her hand. Her lightsaber leapt into it, and she fired it up with a flick of her thumb, assumed an attack stance.

"Darth Merat," she said. "Samantha Skywalker. We don't have to do this. There is good in you."

[brumeier.livejournal.com]

Any, Any, finding a family in a post-apocalyptic world

Fill 1/2: Glee/SG Multiverse zombie apocalypse AU, Sue POV

[nagi-schwarz.livejournal.com]

Colonel Carter said this would be the hardest part, the drive through the city to the pier where they’d have to unload all of their supplies and ship them over to Atlantis. Sue knew, intellectually, that a city would be more dangerous. It was full of people, and even more full of zombies. Zombies wanted to eat them. At best, the humans wanted to steal from them. At worst, the humans wanted to eat them too.

They were about half an hour out from the city, navigating around abandoned cars, when the general driving rhythm faded, ratcheted up into pre-battle tension. The singing ended, and all of the soldiers got onto the radios with each other, sending orders back and forth. Sue was a strong woman, fit, could handle a shotgun with aplomb, but she was under no illusion that she was as competent as a professional soldier. Hummingbird Hummel and Brainless Britney had proved the big surprises, being as competent with firearms as they were. Granted, Hummel had been trapped with Creepy Nathan, been trained up by him, so he’d had an advantage before they started on this roadtrip. Britney was a natural, though.

It should have been scary, but it wasn’t.

In this new feral world, Britney’s skill with a firearm was beautiful.

Everyone was doing their best to prove themselves useful, to stay relevant in this brave, undead new world, so they could pull their weight, wouldn’t get left behind.

Sue knelt beside Walker and Stevens, shotgun in hand. Major Lorne and Doc Parrish were up front, Parrish driving, Lorne on alert with his gun. They were at the rear of the little caravan. Colonel Carter’s truck was at the front. Colonel Sheppard’s truck was in the middle, and contained the most important medical and technological supplies.

Sue curled her hands around the stock of her shotgun and heard the sound of the road shift beneath the wheels. They were slowing down, entering the city now. Time to be alert. Time to be cautious.

Sue had been in a lot of high-pressure situations. Sure, no one had been out to eat her at cheerleading competitions, but she knew for a fact that more than one coach had made attempts on her life. She’d survived them. They were a hell of a lot smarter than some zombies or nervous rednecks. No reason to be nervous.

Static and chatter emitted from Stevens’s radio, low but not too low to understand.

“How’s it looking up there, Mitchell?” Sheppard asked.

“Five by five for now. Keep on rolling. Stick to the route Lorne and Sheppard mapped out. It’s the fastest. I’d like to avoid unnecessary detours.” Mitchell had the kind of Southern drawl Sue typically associated with white trash, the chronically illiterate, and Elvis. She knew, however, that Mitchell had an engineering degree, so he couldn’t be illiterate.

He didn’t look much like Elvis either.

“Stevens?” Sheppard asked. “How’s our six looking?”

“All clear, sir.” Stevens narrowed his eyes and scanned the horizon.

And then Santana said, “Tina? Tina!”

Rachel let out a cry of pain.

It was Mercedes who shouted, “Take cover!”

“Hold your position,” Walker said to Stevens and Sue, and he ducked back into the truck.

Stevens’s radio exploded with Walker’s voice a moment later. “We’re taking fire!”

Sheppard let out an impressive string of curses. “Dammit. Artie’s been hit.”

“Where’s it coming from?” Mitchell demanded.

Walker swore. “They’re using - they’re darts, sir. Like tranq darts.”

“Get out the shields,” Mitchell ordered.

“Low-velocity projectiles can penetrate the hand shields,” Carter said.

“We can’t just open fire willy-nilly,” Mitchell protested.

“We can’t let them keep shooting at us either,” Jackson said.

“Even if we can’t use the hand devices as shields, we can use them for cover fire,” Vala offered.

“Right.” Mitchell cleared his throat. “Strap in.”

Sue had thought New Directions singing sounded bad. The hand devices weren’t painful to listen to, just uncanny. Their weird whine-vibration made the hairs on the back of her neck stand up, and the longer she heard the sound, the more she was convinced she was going insane.

There it was, the first blast. They’d split themselves into three even groups - four soldiers per truck, one hand device wielder per truck.

[leni-ba.livejournal.com]

Lilo & Stitch - any - family vacation

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Tara Maclay - Her real family.

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Blood + - Diva - Searching for family

[leni-ba.livejournal.com]

any. any. This feels more like home than my home.

Fill: MCU - Clint Barton - What You Make

[lil-1337.livejournal.com]

The cafeteria was surprisingly busy considering the lateness of the hour. Judging from the mixture of recruit polos and dirty tact uniforms multiple groups happened to be converging at the same time. That was one of the great things about SHIELD headquarters, the cafeteria was always open and the food was hot, fresh, healthy, and plentiful. All of those were things that Clint liked, a lot.

It was one of the things that made SHIELD so much better than any other place he'd ever lived. Knowing that people had his back, that he could rest and feel safe was another big one. They might prank each other and be outright shits on occasion, but everyone on the job had too much respect for the sanctity of sleep to ever mess with that. Recruits learned that early and well.

The best part though, was that he felt accepted and safe. Like any other bureaucracy there were those who tried to stretch the limits of their importance, but they were few and far between. For the most part Clint could avoid them with a minimum of effort. He'd worked hard and earned his clearance so in general he was treated with at least basic courtesy and respect. He could deal with that. In fact, it was a lot easier than the hero worship.

All in all SHIELD was his family and his home. Considering what biology had given him he'd take it, warts and all, any day.

[vanillafluffy.livejournal.com]

Any, any, a mentor who's more like a parental figure.

Fill: Gundam Wing - Duo Maxwell + Howard - Hanging On

[lil-1337.livejournal.com]

"You're looking good, old man." Duo grinned, pulling Howard into a tight hug that lasted just a fraction too long to match the jovial lightheartedness of his greeting. He hadn't lied, Duo might misdirected or evade, but he never outright lied. Especially not to the man he considered a second father. Father Maxwell having been the first.

Howard did look good. For a man his age. Or for that matter a man half his age. Still, Duo couldn't stop the thought that Howard wasn't young. Never had been in Duo's memory. That worried him because he wanted the old goat to live for a long, long, time. He'd already buried Sister Helen and Father Maxwell. That was enough for a lifetime.

"I'm hanging in there, kid. How are you? The world treating you well?" Howard let Duo be the one to pull away then grinned, ruffling his hair as if he was still the kid who had sneaked onto a sweeper ship so many years ago instead of a grown man with a mortgage and a well established career.

"It's..." Duo paused, biting back a flippant answer. Howard's gaze was as piercing as ever and to tell the truth Duo didn't want to do that anyway. He spent too much time putting on a public face to enjoy it. "Good. For the most part. We've had a rough couple of missions the last few weeks, but everyone is either okay or on the mend." He took a drink of his beer, using it to cover the naked worry in his voice. "It was touch and go there for a while, but we made it."

Howard nodded, pushed his beer to the side, then leaned in. "Tell me about it."

Blowing out a breath, Duo slumped back in his seat and began to talk.

[vanillafluffy.livejournal.com]

Scorpion, Paige Dineen, Instead of one child, she now has five.

[vanillafluffy.livejournal.com]

Any, any, No matter how old you are, you'll always be my baby.

[withasmile87.livejournal.com]

RPF, Louis Tomlinson & any member, They became like family fast.

[withasmile87.livejournal.com]

The Walking Dead, Daryl Dixon & any of team family, He's never had a real normal family before but now this feels like one and he kind of likes it.

[withasmile87.livejournal.com]

any, any, I wouldn't change a thing now.

[withasmile87.livejournal.com]

any, any, almost like a big sister

FILL: Winifred Burkle+Cordelia Chase (With Winifred Burkle+Angel and Angel/Cordelia Chase), S2 & S3

[geckogirl89.livejournal.com]

Cordy was actually the first person in Angel Investigations that Fred met. She tried to give Cordy advice on how to survive being a cow in Pylea, but she didn't end up needing it anyway since the Pyleans decided to make her their princess. That kind of thing would have never happened to Fred.

If Cordy hadn't had that vision about her, Fred would have been stuck as a slave for the rest of her life. She would always be grateful to Cordy for finding her and for giving her a friendly voice to talk to in that stable. Fred hadn't spoken to someone who treated her with respect in a long time.

When she was brought back to her home dimension, Fred was just kind of terrified of everyone at first. She stayed in the room Angel had provided for her, where she felt safe. It was a lot like her cave in Pylea, and she covered it with drawings and writings, just like her cave. At the beginning, she only really felt comfortable around Angel. They had bonded when she took care of him in her cave, and she had a hero worship crush on him as the "handsome man who saved her from the monsters."

Gradually, Fred found the courage to come downstairs, sitting under tables and then more out in the open. She started to interact more with the others, and she developed a sisterly bond with Cordelia.

Cordy was just so cool, so regal, poised, and confident. Fred was actually a few years older than her, but with the way Cordy guided her and the way Fred admired her friend, she was more like the big sister Fred had never had. Fred was an only child, and now, with Cordelia, she could see what she had been missing out on her entire life.

Cordy had been the one to convince Fred to first go out of the hotel for the evening. That night had gone pretty badly, with Gunn's old gang showing up at Caritas, but Cordy had put an arm around her and said she wouldn't leave without her. That gesture helped give Fred the courage to later take that crossbow and fool Gio by aiming it as him instead of Angel. Fred felt proud of herself that day.

As the only other woman in the hotel, Fred felt more comfortable talking about girl stuff with Cordy, like crushes, skinny models in fashion magazines, and shopping. Cordy had been the one to comfort her when Fred found Angel making out with that random brunette woman on his desk. She had crawled over to Fred in the elevator and soothed Fred through her sobbing. Cordy explained how Angel could only ever be Fred's friend, and then Fred talked to Angel after he was no longer possessed by that lecherous old man.

It didn't take long for Fred to understand that Angel was always meant to be like her big brother, not her boyfriend. Those trips when they went out for ice cream and saw Charlton Heston movies were still special, but they weren't romantic. Fred's new understanding wasn't just due to the fact that Angel was like some doomed Fitzgerald character who could have everything but love. Without the blinders of her crush, Fred could see the way Angel looked at Cordy, the sheer love written all over his face. Admittedly, Fred was kind of sentimental, so seeing Angel fawning over Cordy always made her swoon.

Watching them training downstairs and witnessing that awkward little moment where Cordy fell into Angel's arms and looked like they both wanted to kiss had pushed Fred to tell Angel about kyerumption and moira. Fred also thought it would be smart to drop some hints for Cordy. That's why, when they shopped for dresses for the ballet (Cordy had explained how hiding the tags could actually let them wear the expensive gowns), Fred slipped in a few statements that she hoped would make Cordy think.

"And then we have to find a dress for you. Something that will make Angel crazy." (Directly after Cordy had talked to her about finding a dress that Charles would appreciate.)

"Well, I know he's gonna wanna look his best for you."

Both Angel and Cordy had done a lot for Fred and become like family to her. She wanted them both to be as happy as they could be (within the boundaries of Angel's curse, of course). When she saw them walking downstairs for the ballet that evening, she hoped that tonight would bring them closer. In her opinion, they could obviously make each other happy and were clearly meant to be.

[withasmile87.livejournal.com]

any, any, when their parent dies they go to their mentor figure for a shoulder to cry on.

[geckogirl89.livejournal.com]

Hawaii Five-0, Max Bergman, Keeping in touch with his ohana after he moves to Madagascar

[geckogirl89.livejournal.com]

Friends, Monica Geller + Rachel Green, "No one has been more like a sister to me."

[geckogirl89.livejournal.com]

Angel the series, Angel +/ Cordelia Chase, "Don't be embarrassed. We're family."

[geckogirl89.livejournal.com]

Any, any, How can we not talk about family when family is all that we got?

[geckogirl89.livejournal.com]

Hawaii Five-0, Steve McGarrett +/ Danny Williams, "Maybe you're not as alone around here as you think, Danno."