Thursday: Quotes

[reeby10.livejournal.com]

Hi, everyone! I’m reeby10 yet again, and today's theme is quotes. Prompts can be any quote from a person, tv show, movie, book, etc.

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...
+ White Collar, Neal Caffrey/Peter Burke/El Burke, "You know, it's sexy watching you plan a heist."
+ Hannibal (tv), Hannibal Lecter (+/ any), “Most people sell their souls, and live with a good conscience on the proceeds.” - Logan Pearsall Smith
+ any, any +/ any, "I want my life to mean something. That's all I've ever wanted." (The Following)

We use 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 2017 collection. See further notes on this new option here.

Not feeling any of today’s prompts? Check out Lonely Prompts Spreadsheet 1 (not very current), Lonely Prompts Spreadsheet 2, or the Calendar Archives, or for more recent prompts, you can use LJ's advanced search options to find prompts to request and/or fill.

While the Lonely Prompts Spreadsheets and LJ's advanced search options are available, bookmarking the links of prompts you like might work better for searching for in the future.

Comments

[reeby10.livejournal.com]

any, any +/ any, "You can't make something right by doing something wrong." (Person of Interest)

[reeby10.livejournal.com]

MCU, Tony Stark, “Reinvention requires a passionate anger about something that doesn’t work.” - James Dyson

[reeby10.livejournal.com]

White Collar, Neal Caffrey/Peter Burke/El Burke, "You know, it's sexy watching you plan a heist."

[reeby10.livejournal.com]

Hannibal (tv), Hannibal Lecter (+/ any), “Most people sell their souls, and live with a good conscience on the proceeds.” - Logan Pearsall Smith

[reeby10.livejournal.com]

any, any +/ any, "I want my life to mean something. That's all I've ever wanted." (The Following)

FILL: any, any, happy life

[cozy-coffee.livejournal.com]

My home is where I can find my heart
It's where I can express my art
Where I can bury all my worries
And where I can seek my peace

My home is full of morning laughter
Cherish talks and smiles from each other
We will be living here together
Inside my home forever, and ever, amen.

(END)

[brumeier.livejournal.com]

Stargate Atlantis, David Parrish +/ Any, "I don't want to come off as arrogant here, but I'm the greatest botanist on this planet." (The Martian)

[brumeier.livejournal.com]

Stargate Multiverse, Rodney McKay + Any, “Every time I think you’ve reached the limits of arrogance, you show me new heights. Truly, your egotism is like the Universe – ever expanding.” (Ilona Andrews)

[jdl71.livejournal.com]

Supernatural, Dean Winchester
"Like I said before - Demons I get. People are crazy."

[squidgiepdx]

Stargate Atlantis, John Sheppard/Rodney McKay -and/or- Evan Lorne/David Parrish, "Miss it by that much!" (Get Smart)

[brumeier.livejournal.com]

Hawaii Five-0, Steve McGarrett, "Excuse me. I have to go. Somewhere there is a crime happening." (RoboCop)

Hawaii Five-O, Steve McGarrett Excuse Me

[jdl71.livejournal.com]

Steve would like to say it was a typical day in the Williams-McGarrett household. He really would, but that would be lying. Something he doesn't take to. But, today, wasn't like any other day. He was on his own. Well, not really. He was on his own with Grace and two of her teenage friends. This was uncharted territory for him.

He sits on the couch, listening to the giggling and the music coming from Grace's bedroom. He tries to remember how he was the one who ended up here and not Danny. Oh, that's right. Charlie was sick and needed to be taken to the doctors. Right about now he's wishing he was sitting in the waiting room with a sick Charlie instead of here. The cackling from one of the girls breaks into his thoughts. He shudders at it. How was it possible to laugh like a hyena when you're a teenage girl? He brings his hands to his face and rubs at it. Dealing with a vomiting child seems like heaven right about now.

The noises from Grace's room become amplified. He looks up in horror as the three stumble out into the living room. Oh, crap now what? He looks at his watch, it's only been thirty minutes since Danny left. That's all? Surely it's been more like three hours. Maybe his watch has stopped. The girls continue on to the kitchen, giggling all the while. Food, they need snacks and hopefully that will silence them. Please, God, let there be silence.

No such luck. In fact, his luck worsens as they spill out into the living room and settle on the floor and couch. Just far enough away from him to allow for personal space. He shifts uncomfortably on the couch. He loves Grace. Considers her and Charlie his children. But, Grace and two other teenage girls? Why God, why?

One of the girls, Eliza? grabs the TV remote and clicks it. The TV starts out softly at first. But they're chattering away like howler monkeys and can't hear the TV. So, Deena? turns it up. Inwardly he groans, knowing he's not escaping today without some hearing loss. Maybe he'll slip into unconsciousness from the TV volume. No such luck.

Now, they have their phones out. Snacks, giggling, talking, the TV and now cell phones. One of the girls is playing a video on her phone, adding to the ever increasing noise. At this point he's wishing he was deaf. Or in a coma. Or dead. Anything really.

Then, the boys enter the picture. Not living, breathing boys. Not here in the house. But, the talk of boys. Teenage boys. Who has a crush on which boy of the week. He thinks about stabbing a pencil in his ear to end his suffering. How does Danny do it? How does he deal with a teenage daughter, her friends and everything else that goes along with her? It's only been an hour and he's ready to commit himself to an asylum to get away.

He needs to remember to tell Danny that he's a fantastic parent when he gets home. Because honestly, he's exhausted and Danny deals with this every day.

His phone rings and he groans out loud. Now what? Please let it be anything other than one of the girls calling him when they're sitting less then six feet away. He's heard it happened before. And if it is, he's probably going to loose his mind. But, it's not. It's a wrong number. But, he can use this to his advantage. A smile comes over his face at that thought. He looks at Grace and stands up. This is it, time to escape from this hell he's in and back to sanity.

"Excuse me." He yells over all the noise. "I have to go. Somewhere there is a crime happening." The girls look up at him briefly before going back to whatever it was they were doing. He takes that as his dismissal and makes his hasty retreat to his truck.

He just prays that the house will still be standing when he gets back and Danny isn't too pissed at him.

[squidgiepdx]

Any, Any male/Any male, "“I’m glad he’s single because I’m going to climb that like a tree.” (Bridesmaids)

[squidgiepdx]

Any, Any male/Any male, "Excuse me while I whip this out." (Blazing Saddles)

[tigriswolf]

Marvel movieverse, Steve Rogers + Bucky Barnes, Heroes get remembered. Legends never die.

[squidgiepdx]

Any, Any male/Any male, "Insanity runs in my family. It practically gallops." (Arsenic & Old Lace)

[jdl71.livejournal.com]

Supernatural Dean Winchester
"Honestly, I think the world's going to end bloody. But it doesn't mean we shouldn't fight. We do have choices. I choose to go down swingin'."

[brumeier.livejournal.com]

Marvel Cinematic Universe, Any, "Suck my dick, every one of you bastards." (Long Kiss Goodnight)

No fill...

[squidgiepdx]

...but OMG that's one of my favorite lines in one of my favorite movies! Gena Davis as an action movie star ROCKS!

[tigriswolf]

The Last Unicorn, author's choice, For light and for beauty, and wondering why

[squidgiepdx]

Any, Any male/Any male, "Hey, don't knock masturbation. It's sex with someone I love." (Annie Hall)

[tigriswolf]

Highlander, Methos, the song of the storm, and lightning flashing

[tigriswolf]

author's choice, author's choice, Out-doors the wild winds blow

Fill - Star Wars: TFA, Rey

[drabblewriter.livejournal.com]

Rey has been tingling with excitement all day. The stormclouds were visible on the horizon that morning, she'd watched them drift closer all day, even calling it quits on her scavenging early in order to make it home before the rain began. As soon as she arrives, she sets every viable container she owns outside, and though it looks ridiculous, water is precious on Jakku and doesn't often come free.

She sets about making her dinner; she managed to trade for a large number of portions today even if it had been a short one. Just as she's flipping the food onto her plate, the wind starts to pick up, noisily whipping sand against the armor plating of the AT-AT. Her home is weather-proof for the most part, so she doesn't have to worry. Oddly enough, as some might think, she enjoys the sound of the howling gale. It's a change of pace from deadly silent Jakku nights, at least.

She stands there, head cocked, listening...and after another minute or two, it comes. The pitter-patter of raindrops on metal. Rey's eyes dart to the entrance, and she grips her plate. You're not a child anymore, she tells herself.

As if in response, the storm climb into a deluge, pounding angrily against her home. Thunder rumbles, and her will breaks. Rey sets down her food and runs for the door, not even bothering with her tattered cloak. She emerges from the hatch into rain so thick it's like mist.

Sheets of water wave across the landscape, lightning skittering above the distant dunes. Over the din, Rey can barely hear the rain plunking into her containers. A few have overturned from the force, and she rights them before standing and taking in the scene again, one hand raised to shield her eyes.

There's a helpless grin on her face. Storms like this are so rare; an oasis in life here on Jakku. Come morning, the sand will steam under the blistering sun, and the scavenging will be good, the winds having uncovered new wrecks. For now, though, she puts those things out of her mind and simply enjoys the feel of rain pelting her skin and wind whipping the tassels of her clothes and loose locks of hair about her. She raises her arms in the wildness of the storm and somehow, for a moment, feels free.

[tigriswolf]

Supernatural, Dean Winchester + Sam Winchester, all must be endured

[brumeier.livejournal.com]

Any, Any, "It takes seven fewer muscles to smile than it does to frown. Save your energy, you're going to need it in your child bearing years." (due South)

Fill: Push (Cassie/Nick)

[profshallowness.livejournal.com]

They’re being shadowed by Pinky while they wait for Hook’s call. Cassie restrains herself from flipping through her notebook again, but she can’t help twisting it around in her hands and frowning. It’s either playing with that or the dirty bowls and cutlery on their table that haven’t been collected yet.

She and Nick should be safely off Division’s radar here. After all, anyone who’d read their files wouldn’t expect them to be this close to Hong Kong. They’d picked their direction at random, and hadn’t baulked when it headed this way, beyond exchanging grimaces before taking the first step.

“Nobody would expect us to do this,” Nick had said.

On the other hand, in this part of mainland China, Westerners stick out. Having seen Nick’s money, the wait staff don’t care about them, but Pinky can't protect them from the curious gaze of the old lady who has been watching them for the past ten minutes, seated on a low stool in a shadowy corner of the restaurant they’re waiting in.

None of them are eating now, but it’s not the kind of place where staff are going to hurry you out.

Inevitably, the woman comes up to them. She’s short, wearing a shapeless dark blue tunic and pants, her hair a bristly grey. By Cassie’s side, Nick sits up straighter. Cassie tries to fix a neutral expression on her face, while reminding herself that this could be nothing but idle curiosity. But they’re armed. Just in case.

The woman speaks briefly in Cantonese, fast and in an impenetrable accent. Cassie looks to Nick for a translation, because the old lady was addressing her. She probably wasn't cursing Cassie, and, from the way the guys have relaxed slightly, she’s no threat, but still, Cassie would like to know what she said. After a pause, Nick obliges her.

"Uh, she says it takes seven fewer muscles to smile than it does to frown. You should save your energy. You're going to need it." Nick speak gruffly, not looking at Cassie, probably because he knows she has good reasons for frowning, having been there for the visions and the drawings and the dull, miserable panic that led them here.

Before Cassie can form a response that isn't rude, or no ruder than the piece of advice was, something about how Cassie would love to have a future to expend energy in, but that’s slightly in the balance, Pinky butts in.

"You left out a bit, Nick."

Cassie's head snaps toward Pinky, as she senses Nick shifting in his seat beside her.

"She said Cassie'll need her energy for when she has kids." Pinky says.

Cassie stares at the woman, noting that her eyes are switching between her and Nick. It's been a few years since Cassie made her way into Nick’s apartment, and she passes for older than her age, but she wonders about this woman’s life, if she only had the one child and how old she was when she did. Although Cassie is trying not to think of her mom, she can’t but make the calculation that this woman is old enough to have been Cassie’s mom’s own mother.

Cassie smiles, and it's more bemused than sarcastic. Pinky chuckles and thanks the lady, saying something about Cassie hearing her. Cassie says nothing. She smiled, didn’t she? Pinky continues to chuckle as the woman walks away, out to the street.

It’s Nick who seems the most unsettled by what just happened. But then he doesn’t know about all of Cassie’s visions, and though there’s been no baby in them, there has been plenty of the act that could lead to babies.

If Pinky weren’t there, Cassie might force Nick to talk about it, because every such vision leaves her a bit more frustrated about waiting, especially as she gets lots of other visions where they die. But then if Pinky hadn’t been there, she’d have been stuck with Nick’s incomplete translation and nothing else. In fact, she reminds herself, if Pinky weren’t there, there would definitely be a need for their guns, if they’d even made it this far. So, she says nothing as Nick goes to order some more soup, even though she knows he’s not hungry.

Still, Cassie stops frowning as she continues to wait, having been reminded she’s got a future to fight for.

[vanillafluffy.livejournal.com]

Any, any, "It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove any doubt."

[vanillafluffy.livejournal.com]

MCU, any, "Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in."

[drabblewriter.livejournal.com]

any, any female, I'm just a person trapped inside a woman's body. (Elayne Boosler)