A Lar by any other name

I wrote this late last night for a challenge. All in all, from start (coming up with an idea) to finish (posting), it was an hour. I didn't even take the time to post it at my own journal.


(click on picture to take you to the story posted at AO3)

*stares at it in wonder* It hasn't even been up for 24 hours yet. And I just hit 500. Like 15 minutes ago. I'm... aghast.

I think I need to go write some more comment fic just to clear my head.

For thefandomzoo
Fandom: Graceling (book)
Character: Lady Katsa, Po, Ashen
Rating: PG-13
Spoilers: Well, if you haven't read the book, there is spoilers aplenty. At least take a glance and see if maybe this is a book you'd be interested in, though, because it's glorious!

( She never expects to learn a new truth about her own grace - or about a terrible secret that lies hidden far away... )

Title: Don't Ask Me For Forever
Author: lar_laughs
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters: Ginny/Dean
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 2193
Prompt: After her divorce/break-up with Harry, Ginny is pissed off and too proud to take any money from Harry or her family. When she winds up broke and needing cash fast she turns to her old friend Dean, a bounty hunter, and convinces him to give her a job. Things get crazy. at hp_diversity
Author's Note: This story doesn't present Harry in the best light. This isn't meant as a slam on the character but I needed to abuse him to make the prompt fit. I apologize to anyone who finds that offensive.
Summary: She thought she knew what she wanted but she was wrong.

( If she hadn't needed the coin, she might not have ever found the courage to track him down after all this time. )

Gah! I forgot just how much I hate having my word count cropped to a certain number. I used to love writing drabbles but now I feel stifled. Will have to expand this later on but need to get it in for the challenge.

Title: Ghost Town
BONUS: N
Word Count: 110
Rating: PG
Original/Fandom: Fandom - movie!Avengers
Pairings (if any): none
Warnings (Non-Con/Dub-Con/etc): possible spoiler for the current Avengers movie although no one is mentioned by name
Summary: Things happen when extraordinary comes to town.

( The city should be familiar with the routine... )

Title: Grey Sky Morning
Word Count: 1002
Prompt: For writerverse- use a text from textsfromlastnight.com in your story - I used My bed is full of blood and feathers.
Rating: PG
Original/Fandom: Original - Streetlight People 'verse
Pairings (if any): Xie/Cyril Ann
Warnings (Non-Con/Dub-Con/etc): none
Summary: Cyril Ann wakes up from one of the bad dreams that keep plaguing her of late. She knows she needs to be doing something but Xie's fear is holding her back.

( The dreams woke Cyril Ann long before... )

Fests
SGA Santa 2011: Innovation is Our Middle Name (SGA AU) (on AO3) words: 23294

Angelic Big Bang 2011: Consumed by Fire (Allen Street 'verse) (on AO3) words: 21822

Fandom Stocking 2011: The Moment (Victorious) words: 530

Fandom Stocking 2011: Part of the Team (Leverage AU) words: 2184

SG_Flyboys: Wanted You All Along (John/Cam) words: 4732

OUaLand Gift Giving: Decorated Up Nice (Glee) words: 1484

OUaLand Gift Giving: His Heart Could Handle That (Leverage) words: 1524

Writerverse drabbles
All My Days Add Up To This (Cousins 'verse) words: 700
Batter Up (Flashpoint) words: 342
Names (OUaT) words: 269
Near (OUaT) words: 346
Blue Tiger (original) words: 315
There For You (Hunger Games AU) words: 1026

Stargate Atlantis
The Way A Man Handles His Weapon (Ronon, Rodney) words: 499
Balcony Five (Ronon/Teyla) words: 2562
Add One (Chuck, Amelia) words: 736
On the Right Note (1/5) (SGA AU) words: 1012
On the Right Note (2/5) (SGA AU) words: 1683
Give Me Something (Evan/Amelia) words: 2009
Quest (SGA AU) words: 2367

Streetlight People
Walk with Pride words: 524
Come Out Ahead words: 667
Like a Home words: 494
Warning words: 361

Word Count for January: 69116 (~40k from fests that were actually written in Nov-Dec 2011)

satedan_grabass is live so I can stop giggling behind my hands every time rubygirl29 mentions it. I wrote her this story:

Title: Set Your Priorities
The prompts used: Friendship, h/c, family background, intimacy (slash) - I tried to fit a little of everything in there just because I couldn't decide which one I wanted to concentrate on
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: ~5400
Warnings: language
Summary: Atlantis is back on Earth and John is focusing on all the wrong things. He needs a wake up call to get him back on track to what is really important.

At AO3

It's literally been done for like ten minutes. I was having a hard time finding an ending because it kept going on tangents and I would have to reign it in again. Once again, my muse was wanting to put it over the 10k mark but I was wise and kept it from going in that direction.

Now I'm on to find the ending for the cm_tropefic that also seems to be eluding me. Since I have a few more days to get that in, I figure I might let the muse wander about for a while to see if there's anywhere else it might want to go.

I must beg your forgiveness. As you know, all of these stories are just world building for the ideas that have been in my head lately. I came to a point, last round of writerverse, that required something of the plot I'd come up with. The problem I ran into was that I still needed to world build! There are still things in my head that I haven't been able to get out that you need to know before I get much further.

One of the sticking points in my head has been Lady Cyril Ann Bray's past. She was the one character that came into this world with a name and an identity already sort of intact because she came from the previous incarnation of the Streetlight People. Part of the reason that she made the jump was because I liked her so much! Problem was, when I started to write out some of her past, I tried to tweek it too much so that it came out all twisted up and not right at all.

So the reason that I must beg your forgiveness is because this is not necessarily what you've been led to believe about Cyril Ann from some of the past stories. This, I believe, is more in line with the history that I want her to have, though.

I also must beg your forgiveness because this ends on a cliff-hanger that I never intended to have! With any luck, I'll find time to write tomorrow (Easter Sunday) and will get CA out of the predicament she finds herself in.

Title: Tea in the the Day Room
Prompt: Coming Home
Word Count: 1508
Rating: PG
Original/Fandom: Original - Streetlight People 'verse
Pairings (if any): none (although this is in the implied Xie/Cyril Ann part of the story)
Warnings (Non-Con/Dub-Con/Underage): none
Summary: Commander Bray has requested the presence of his daughter. She would never dream of turning him down. If she'd known how this would all turn out, she might have at least tried to come up with an alternative for the day.

( ...It was all Cyril Ann could do to keep the smile plastered on her face... )

Title: The Violence of Suppressed Memory
Word Count: 1364
Rating: PG
Original/Fandom: Original - Streetlight People 'verse
Pairings (if any): None
Warnings (Non-Con/Dub-Con/etc): None
Summary: A look back at what got Tevan and Rika to where they are in the current time of the story.
Sentence: This, I understand.
Sentence included? Y/N: Y

( After they got to school... )

First - I'm reading Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter and it's SO GOOD! It's been a long time since I've been so unwilling to come back from lunch just because I'm reading that I don't want to put down. Granted, I'm ALWAYS unwilling to come back from lunch but it only makes it worse when I'm reading a good book.

I went looking for trailers for the movie... OMG! I WANT TO SEE THIS MOVIE! I can't wait for P&P&V to come to theaters, as well.

Okay, now to the real reason I opened this window. I posted a story yesterday to sg1_five_things but I just put it on AO3 and not here. Well, I'm going to post it here just to say that it's here. I'm just a little amazed that I've already gotten 127 hits there. It's a Flyboy fic and I always get AMAZING hits on those stories. How I love that group... and not just because they read my stories. They are just truly amazing people and I love them all!

Incidently... this is my first 5 things story. I've never gotten one finished before because they just never flowed. Love the prompt, though.

Title: Doorsteps
Fandom: Stargate SG-1/Stargate Atlantis
Characters: John, Dave, Ronon, Cam, Trent (OC)
Prompt: Four times John went to see his brother and the one time he went with Cam to visit Cam's brother at sg1_five_things
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Pretty much the same as the PROMPT.

Here at AO3