Middle Night Excerpt Meme

[browngirl]

I was going to wait on this for... no good reason, really. (If it's not a good reason at 1:35 AM it's not a good reason. The inverse, however, is not true.) Henceforth: Snagged from emiime, including her addendum.

Tell me about a story I never wrote, (eg, "The one where Chris Pike and Winona Kirk discover they had the same dream about George*.") and I'll write you a snippet from it. ETA my addition: from the rough draft. I contemplated writing these all and letting them sit a couple weeks like I usually do, and decided against it.

Snippets will be 100-500 words.

Rules:
1. One per person, please.
2. AUs and mirror!verse fics are okay.
3. As usual, het, slash, femmeslash, gen requests are all okay.
4. Your request should begin: "The one where..."

Standard rules apply, if you need to know if I know a fandom, just give me a shout and I'll let you know!

If you want something else, ask me about it, or just request it. If I'm not familiar with the fandom/characters you request, I'll ask you to prompt again!

Emi's addition: I make no guarantees that I will get to, or be inspired by, each and every prompt. But I'll try! ETA: Whee, okay, I really have enough now, thanks. ETAA: More polished versions here.

*: lomedet and tigerbright, this one's for you. Don't let me forget to include the making out.

Comments

[rodneyscat.livejournal.com]

The one where Hikaru is helplessly proud of Pavel.

And lo, for I took your description literally.

[rubynye.livejournal.com]

Hikaru is frankly, dazedly surprised to wake up, and he's not at all surprised that everything hurts, threads of fire strung through his entire body as if all his nerves were incinerated inside him, his muscles crampishly sore and unstrung at the same time. Even his toes ache inside his boots, his lax fingers throb against the cool tiles beneath him. His chest aches on every shallow breath.

He's surprised, and then he's worried; his eyes won't open, all he can hear is a dull confused roar. He threw himself between Pavel and the pirate's weapon just in time to take that blast full in the chest, and all he can hope is that it was enough, that Chekov and Giotto got the captives to safety, even if he doesn't exactly like the idea of being left for dead.

Maybe that tingle means the Enterprise is to transport him. Or maybe it's just nerve damage. His toes twitch involuntarily, painfully; his fingers feel like a thousand pins are sticking them, and Hikaru thinks a thousand curses because he can't groan. The noise rises meanwhile in his ears, louder and louder, resolving into shouts and blast noises.

Hikaru's katana whistles overhead. He would know its sound anywhere. Another metallic whicker and someone screams, male and pained; a grunt, and the scream chokes off on a gurgle.

The prickling starts to fade from Hikaru's fingers. His eyelids throb and weigh a million kilograms each, but he can shove them open. He sees bright sky and a slender black leg, just as Pavel shouts, voice more steely than Hikaru's ever heard, "Put down your weapons and prepare to be taken into custody!"

The only answers are some snarled curses, but no more blast noises, and no sounds from the captives or the rest of the away team. Did Pavel's field-rigged EMP work? Where are Giotto and the girls? Hikaru's neck tenses as if it would turn if he wanted it to, but he catches himself -- he can't help right now, he could only be distracting-- and listens to Pavel shouting wordlessly, Hikaru's katana singing in his hands, another shriek and a heavy thump.

"Surrender or be destroyed!" Pavel actually bellows, no trace of reediness in his voice, and Hikaru's heart feels like it's glowing inside his chest. To think that when Pavel talked his way onto the team Hikaru had worried about protecting him.

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[rodneyscat.livejournal.com]

Yes, yes, yes! I hadn't thought of it like this, Hikaru being literally helpless, but lord it works beautifully! Especially since this bad situation gets a good ending. And how I love Pavel bellowing his threats?!

Thank you! ♥

Re: And lo, for I took your description literally.

[rubynye.livejournal.com]

I believe in the badassery of Pavel. *grin*

*beams and hugs you gratefully* You're welcome. :D

Re: And lo, for I took your description literally.

[secretsolitaire.livejournal.com]

Go Pavel! *cheers*

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[rubynye.livejournal.com]

Pavel for the win! I'm just sorry I couldn't work in "I will kill you if you touch him!"