Bite Sized Bits of Fic

Friends, Rachel Green/Joey Tribbiani (possibly implied Ross Geller/Rachel Green),
And yesterday I knew just what you wanted
When you came walkin’ up to me with him
So I told you that I was happy for you
And given the chance I’d lie again
(Tim McGraw, “Just To See You Smile”)

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Buffyverse, any, nodus tollens (The realization that the plot of your life doesn’t make sense to you anymore—that although you thought you were following the arc of the story, you keep finding yourself immersed in passages you don’t understand, that don’t even seem to belong in the same genre—which requires you to go back and reread the chapters you had originally skimmed to get to the good parts, only to learn that all along you were supposed to choose your own adventure.)

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MCU, Wanda Maximoff/Vision, I wish being in love was enough. I wish it counted for anything at all. (A Softer World, 1199)

Edited Date: 2018-09-15 04:48 pm (UTC)

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Veronica Mars, anyone who isn’t an ‘09er:
I wanna be a billionaire so fuckin’ bad
Buy all of the things I never had
I wanna be on the cover of Forbes magazine
Smiling next to Oprah and the Queen
(Travie McCoy ft. Bruno Mars, “Billionaire”)

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Hawaii Five-0, Steve McGarrett,
Like my father's come to pass
Seven years has gone so fast
Wake me up when September ends
(Green Day, “Wake Me Up When September Ends”)

Feel free to substitute whatever number of years works for you.

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Stargate Atlantis, John Sheppard/Rodney McKay, high school AU

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Hawaii Five-0, Steve McGarrett/Danny Williams, the by-the-book principal and the rogue teacher AU

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Marvel Cinematic Universe, ensemble, elementary school AU

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Any, Any, Breakfast Club (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Breakfast_Club) AU

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Trixie Belden Mysteries/The Three Investigators, Trixie Belden +/ Jupiter Jones, a mystery at the school fair

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Any, any,

Stupid Cupid, you're a real mean guy
I'd like to clip your wings so you can't fly
I'm in love and it's a crying shame
and I know that you're the one to blame
Mandy Moore, "Stupid Cupid".

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Any, any,

You made yourself look perfect in every way
So, when this goes down, I'm the one that will be blamed
Your plan is working, so you can just walk away
Baby, your secret's safe
Hilary Duff, "Stranger".

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Jessica Jones, Faith Lehane + Jessica Jones, whiskey, superpowers, and fighting the good fight.

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Harry Potter/Doctor Strange, Harry Potter /& Hermione Granger + Stephen Strange, Harry /+ Hermione ends up at either Kamar-Taj or the New York Sanctum and learns a different kind of magic.

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Stargate 'verse, Buffy Summers, Buffy falls through a portal and end up on an alien planet.

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LOL, Steve would be a very rogue teacher. XD

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Right? LOL! He'd drive Danny crazy.

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LOL, the first thing that's comes to mind is Steve as some kind of science teacher demonstrating something with some kind of explosion. And then poor Danny has to field phone calls about his shenanigans from worried parents.

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tigriswolf

Cinderella (2015), author's choice, if Ella's father had died at home instead of on the road, would anything have changed?

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But of course he's the teacher the students love most, and all his kids are passing with flying colors, so what can Danny do? LOL!

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Any, any, round the twist

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Harry Potter, Neville Longbottom, Neville is the BWL

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Any, any, can’t say I’m sorry

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Doc Martin, Martin/Louisa, an apple a day

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Any, any, “Thoughts that found a maze of mermaid hair/tangling in the tide’s green fall” (Plath)

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Any (please no SPN), any, I don't like bullies

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Star Trek TOS, author's choice, the whole crew has a running bet on which of the Bridge Crew gets together with the Captain (some are longer shots than others)

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Tortall/Bob's Burgers, author's choice, Louise and Tina try for their shields while Gene cheers for them

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Dragon Age, anypair, I just want to cuddle

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Greek Myth, Hades/Persephone, she loves Cerberus so much, he is the goodest bois

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evil-little-dog.livejournal.com

Once she returns (for good), Hades assumes Persephone will flail around and wail around and shed a great many tears about being torn away from the land of the living and her mother.

Instead, at least at first, she seems resigned.

Oh, they'd made up their own differences, and enjoyed one another's company (in many, many different ways), and Percy would come traipsing down, looking for him and greeting Charon in a way to make the old pile of bones blush (and Hades had no idea that was even possible). She made friends with everyone, in ways that made Hades both proud and sometimes uncomfortable.

Especially Cerebus.

Truth be told, Hades was not a Dog Person. He preferred Cats. Cats did their own thing. They didn't need to be coddled. They didn't mind if you left them alone for days or weeks or centuries on end (why, just look at the sphynxes! Perfectly content to sit like stone for ages and ages until someone came along to pester them for their riddles and safe passage).

But on first sight of Cerebus, that slobbering, howl-deafening, monstrous beast, the corners of Percy's mouth had turned down. Her eyes had welled. She'd rounded on Hades and asked, no, demanded, "Why is he chained?"

Hades had drawn himself up. "Cerebus is the guardian to the Gates of Hell!"

"He has no water! Where's his shelter? His food bowl?" She wrinkled her entire face. "And that smell - doesn't anyone clean out his area? This is awful!"

It turned out Percy was a Dog Person, much to Hade's chagrin. And she didn't stop with the questions, no, she wanted action. A dog house with straw for Cerebus to lie in and fresh water available at all times and good food, rather than just bones. And then - then, once she'd argued for (and won) all that for the beast, Percy insisted Cerebus should be let off-chain.

"Are you crazy?" Hades asked. "That's a beast! It's a horror!"

"You let the sphynxes run around loose!"

"That's different! They're intelligent! They cover up their poop so people don't step in it!"

"I am letting Cerebus off their chain. They're all good dogs, they just need a chance to show you that."

Hades froze. "Percy, did you say 'they're all good dogs'?"

She folded her arms, chin jutting out in that adorable, sphynxian way. "Yup."

"Have you gone near the beast?"

"They're not a beast! They're a misfortunate being who deserves a chance to be loved."

The shoe dropped. "You've been spending time with it, haven't you?"

Her proud, defiant smile made Hades both delighted that she'd taken the time to do this and horrified that she'd taken the time to do this. "Yes." And then she was Percy again, cheerful and pleasant and giving him big, pleading, puppy dog eyes (dammit). "They're very good dogs. Being chained up makes them frustrated. They're a high energy breed and need to run and play and have jobs that make them think."

Hades pinched the bridge of his nose. "And you propose to do that how?"

And a very delighted Persephone told him.

Which is how Cerebus went from being the guardian of the gate to being the very beloved pet of Persephone. The three heads each had their own names - Busy, to the right, was forever getting into things. Reby, the middle head, was more placid and wanted pettings and treats. And Cere, the left head, was the one who actually seemed to think, the one who's barks meant something.

And seeing Percy cuddling those broad heads, well, Hades could not deny her happiness.

And yes, he had to admit, they are good dogs.

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nagi-schwarz.livejournal.com

I grew up loving that song. Only the version by Connie Francis. Didn’t know Mandy Moore ever did a cover.

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She recorded it for the Princess Diaries. Her character performs it in the movie and it appears on the soundtrack.

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This is amazing! They're good dogs, Brent! I mean Hades.

And Hades being a Sphynx person and Percy being a dogs person and oh, I just love it! Thank you!

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