Bite Sized Bits of Fic

Stargate SG-1/Stargate Atlantis, Cameron Mitchell/John Sheppard,

Meet me in the back with a jack and the jukebox
Just cut to the chase kid
'Cause I know you don't care what my middle name is
I wanna be naked but you're wasted
Kesha/3OH3, "Blah Blah Blah".

From:

Any, any, freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose.

From:

Hawaii Five-0, Steve McGarrett/Danny Williams,

And I am telling you I'm not going
Even though the rough times are showing
(Jennifer Hudson)

From:

cozy-coffee.livejournal.com

Any, any, self care

From:

Any, any, it's one thing to shop for furniture, but trying to assemble thing is an exercise in frustration.

From:

cozy-coffee.livejournal.com

Any, any, heat

From:

Any, Any m/m, Wild West AU

From:

cozy-coffee.livejournal.com

Any, any/any, the little moments in life are just as important as the big moments

From:

Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Faith Lehane, she finally gets a dog.

From:

Stargate Atlantis, Rodney McKay, “Courage can’t see around corners, but goes around them anyway.” (Mignon McLaughlin)

From:

Marvel Cinematic Universe, Steve Rogers/Bucky Barnes, Always Too Much and Never Enough (Jasmin Singer)

From:

Stargate Atlantis, John Sheppard/Nancy Sheppard, waking up, naked, in bed together (post-EatG).

From:

(Future fic with established Steve/Danny. Also, I have the maturity of a 12-year-old, so there's some very mild innuendo regarding dowels and connector parts. Hope you enjoy.)

It was the week before Grace started her junior year of college, and Steve and Danno were helping her move into her first apartment. For her first two years at the University of Hawaii, she had lived in the campus dorms with a roommate, but this year, she had wanted to live in an apartment. It would help her get used to living on her own after she graduated.

The day had been rather long for the group, as they had needed to move a lot of stuff and buy new furniture for her apartment. Assembling the futon that would go in her living room was their last task of the day, and it had been surprisingly difficult. To both Steve and Grace's consternation, Danno had been a stereotypical man and had thrown away the instructions because he believed that putting together the futon would be a "piece of cake." Steve and Grace had inevitably been roped into helping Danny with the futon, but they weren't having much luck.

Danny stared was currently staring at a small part connector part. "I can't find the doohickey that goes with this thing."

Steve barely glanced at Danny before rolling his eyes and handing over a wooden dowel. "Here. This ought to work."

Grace winced when she saw this exchange. She looked at the two parts in Danno's hand and knew that they didn't go together. She waited to see how Danno would react to this.

He didn't disappoint her. "Steven, are you nuts? There's no way that this thing is going to fit in this other thing." He gestured with the two parts to emphasize his point.

The effect was completely lost on Steve, who scoffed. "It'll fit just fine. Just, y'know, push it in a little."

Push it in. Grace pursed her lips to contain a laugh. If she wasn't in the room with them, it wouldn't have sounded to her like her dads was talking about something as innocent as furniture.

"Push it in?! Have you completely lost your mind? You can't do that! If you try, you're gonna break something!"

Grace couldn't help it. It started with a snigger, and then it turned into giggles that made tears pour out of her eyes. She had to lean against the wall behind her for support. Her dads were being even more ridiculous than usual.

Eventually, she was able to calm down a little and opened her eyes, which had closed during her laughing fit. Her heart melted when she saw two faces gazing at her with identical looks of concern. Grace was lucky to have two dads who cared about her so much. Most people only got one, if that.

And it definitely brought a lot of entertainment to her life, especially when they were being a matching pair of idiots, like they had been that day.

She smirked and shook her head at the two of them. "Danno, you probably shouldn't yell like that. My neighbors might end up thinking they know way too much about you and Dad's sex life."

Danno took a few seconds to process what she said, and Grace rolled her eyes when she saw him get all pale and look like his eyes were about to bug out of his head. He seemed shocked that she had referred to sex so casually, but he shouldn't have been. Grace was an adult now, but her Danno seemed to forget that a lot of the time.

She turned her attention to her other father and felt some pity for him when she saw how embarrassed he was. Steve was blushing heavily, and he couldn't seem to meet her or Danny's eyes. His gaze was focused instead on her new floorboards.

She plucked the connecter part and dowel out of Danno's frozen hands. "Dad?" she said gently.

Steve glanced up at her, and Grace smiled at him. "Maybe you ought to look before you hand stuff over, because Danno was right." She opened his palm and dropped the two pieces into his hand. "There's no way that dowel would have fit."

Steve glanced down at his palm and nodded. She knew he would agree when he actually looked at the two items together. The dowel was about twice as big as the opening of the connector part.

Grace turned, satisfied that she had made her point, and looked out at the parts spread out on the floor.

Edited Date: 2017-05-27 10:51 pm (UTC)

From:

She chuckled to herself. "I don't know where you got the idea that something that big could fit in something that tiny."

It was fortunate that she was not looking at either Steve or Danny at that particular moment, because she missed their automatic reaction to her words. If she had seen Steve's smug smirk or the amused glint in Danny's eyes, she would have known exactly where Steve got that idea. It was better, for everyone's peace of mind, that Grace didn't know certain things about Steve and Danny.

Grace made an irritated noise, and her fathers immediately schooled their expressions into ones of neutral concern. "What is it?" Steve asked.

Grace turned towards them and revealed a strange item that didn't seem to go with any of the other futon parts. "Do either of you know what the hell this thing is even supposed to be?"

The couple simultaneously shook their heads. Even Steve, who was generally better at furniture assembly than Danny and had been instrumental in setting up Charlie's race car bed when he was younger, didn't have a clue.

Grace set down the item in front of her and reached up to rub her forehead, which was starting to develop a tension headache. She couldn't wait until this stupid futon was finally assembled. She wanted dinner, and then she wanted to go to sleep. "God, this has been frustrating. Next time, I think I should just get a couch that's already been put together."

There had been a lot of bickering between them that day, but that sentiment was something both of her dads could agree with.

Edited Date: 2017-05-27 10:52 pm (UTC)

From:

vanillafluffy.livejournal.com

The stranger rides into Duke City on a thin chestnut horse, both of them dusty from weeks on the trail. He doesn’t stop for chow, or turn in at the livery stable, but meanders until he reaches a lot where a building with a steeple is under construction.

Children are playing tag in the open field. The rider sits his horse, listening for one particular laugh. When it rings out, he smiles.

Dismounting, he stands watching the game. Presently, one of the girls squeals and runs directly to the rider. Reaching him, she flings her arms around him, then hastily draws back. “Phew! Papa, you stink!”

“Like an old bear after a long winter,” he agrees. “Once I get Bayonne stabled, I’m going to get new clothes and take a bath.”

The girl reaches out and strokes the horse’s muzzle. They’ve been friends for most of her nine years. She looks up at her father, smiling.

He clears his throat. “How’s your mother?”

“I don’t know,” Grace says after a moment. “She was awfully thin by the time we got here--we all were--but at first she was happy and making plans for the parsonnage. And then she started getting sick a lot and staying in bed until noon.”

Her father nods sagely. “And Stanley? They’re getting along?”

“Mr. Edwards is very good to us! A lot of the time, when we were on the trail, he’d take the smallest portion so we’d have enough. He’s promised Mama a set of real china dishes when we’re settled in, and I’m to have my own pony!”

“Is there a problem here?” asks a deep voice behind them.

“No, Sheriff!” Grace glances at him. “This is my papa!”

“Go back to your game, Grace.” Her father has a strained smile. “I’ll see you again later, when I’ve cleaned up.”

“We have services here every Sunday morning--maybe you could come.”

“That certainly gives me something to look forward to” The girl scampers back to the gaggle of children, and the two men study one another.

The sheriff is half a head taller…dark hair and eyes, well-tailored clothes, including a striped red and blue vest with ivory buttons. Beyond his flashy looks, he radiates a confidence that gives the newcomer conflicting feelings. It attracts him…at the same time, it’s infuriating.

“Why does the preacher’s daughter call you ‘Papa’?”

“My name is Danny Williams, and Grace calls me Papa because I’m her father.”

“Sheriff Steve McGarrett. So you and Mrs. Edwards…?”

Danny sighs. “The truth is, Grace’s mother and I were never married. Back in Jersey, I was a carter and worked hard. I took care of my family. Then Rachel started going to Edwards’s church. He decided she was a fallen woman and he was going to save her, so her married her and dragged her--and my daughter--out here. Rachel’s a grown woman, but the first time I held Grace, I made a promise that I’d always take care of her.”

“And here you are. What are your plans now, Williams?”

“I hear there’s silver in the hills. I think that’s why Edwards came out here. He said he was ‘called’. I suspect he thought it would be a rich town and he’d get fat off the collection plate.”

The sheriff chuckles. Surprising how his whole face lightens up when he smiles. Danny feels a little shiver run through him. “I don’t advise that. Mining is a tricky business. It’s not like there are nuggets littering the ground. You’d be out there alone for long periods of time. That’s time away from your little girl, and there are a lot of claim-jumpers. You might find a rich strike and wind up robbed and dead, never heard from again.”

“Is this your way of telling me to get out of town?” Danny bristles.

“Not at all. As a matter of fact, I happen to be on the lookout for a deputy.”

“Me?”

MCGarrett smiles. That grin is deadlier than his gun, Danny thinks.

“You want this town to be a safe place for your little girl, don’t you? It pays $10 a month, free stabling for your horse, and the town provides living quarters. You’d be welcome to share them with me.”

Danny smiles back. “When do I start?”

…

From:

ami-ven.livejournal.com

Firefly, River Tam/Jayne Cobb, his mama sends her a hat, too

From:

ami-ven.livejournal.com

Supernatural, Castiel/Dean Winchester, it doesn't seem creepy for Cas to watch Dean sleep, anymore

From:

ami-ven.livejournal.com

Any, any family of choice, calling each other mom/dad/sister/brother(/whatever)

From:

Angel the series, Angel/Cordelia Chase:
If you're not the one for me
Why do I hate the idea of being free?
And if I'm not the one for you
You've gotta stop holding me the way you do
Oh, honey, if I'm not the one for you
Why have we been through what we have been through?
(Adele, "Water Under the Bridge")

From:

Friends, Rachel Green/Joey Tribbiani:
Looking at you, holding my breath
For once in my life, I'm scared to death
I'm taking a chance, letting you inside
(Lifehouse, "The First Time")

From:

Friends, Rachel Green/Joey Tribbiani:
So I will share this room with you
And you can have this heart to break
(Billy Joel, "And So It Goes"

From:

Hawaii Five-0, Steve McGarrett/Danny Williams (+ others), They don't love you like I love you (Yeah Yeah Yeahs, "Maps")

From: