you can't take the firmament from me

Title: Shieldmaiden of Rohan
Fandom: Lord of the Rings
Rating: PG.
Length: 1523 words.
Characters/Pairings: Éowyn/Rosie Cotton.

Summary: There had been many battles won by the teeth of the shieldmaidens, but the men who ruled Rohan said that wolves and horses were ill-suited to one another. Men rode horses, of course, and they put them on their banners, and they slaughtered the wild wolves that roamed the plains and stuck their furs to the city walls in warning.

Shieldmaidens withdrew from the wars of men. Their great power, they decided, was only for themselves and whomever they deemed worthy.

Notes: Written for Queer Werewolf Ladies Fest for the prompt Éowyn/Arwen, Éowyn is a were! (Or any other pairing, actually, I just literally can't remember any other named female characters in LotR except for Rosie, who seems like an unlikely partner for Éowyn.) I couldn't resist. :D?

Also on AO3.

( Shieldmaiden of Rohan )

Title: and the music's all you've got
Fandom: Bandom (Panic! at the Disco and My Chemical Romance)
Rating: PG.
Length: About 2200 words.
Characters/Pairings: Jon, Ray, Cassie, and Christa.

Summary: Jon's music career dried up, so he had to take the job teching for U2. What's Ray's excuse?

Notes: I have no idea where this story came from, but it wouldn't leave me alone until I wrote. And then I wrote it, and it didn't match my Jon headcanon at all, so I tucked it away...and it still wouldn't leave me alone. Maybe my brain knows something I don't.

There are non-explicit references to past/present addiction in both Panic! and MCR. I tagged alcoholism because that's the most prevalent in the story, but there's also some discussion of marijuana.

Also on AO3.

( and the music's all you've got )

Title: The Drive Back Home
Fandom: Les Misérables
Rating: PG.
Length: About 2100 words.
Characters/Pairings: Éponine/Cosette, background Marius/Enjolras.

Summary: Éponine didn't expect to take a nightstick to the head at the protest. She didn't expect to wake up in Cosette's lap, either.

Notes: This was written for the free square on my trope_bingo card. (I'm going for a diagonal line, but seeing the "au: college/high school" square combined with an old thought gave me an idea, so...here it is!) It's mostly movie canon, but I have some familiarity with the stage show and a tiny bit with the book. If anything bled in, that's why.

Also on AO3.

( The Drive Back Home )

Title: Socks
Fandom: Bandom (My Chemical Romance)
Rating: PG.
Length: 133 words.
Characters/Pairings: Bob/Gerard.
Disclaimer: Fiction, yo.

Summary: Gerard needs Bob to think more quietly.

Notes: Originally posted on DW for the trope meme. Also on AO3 and LJ.

( Socks )

Title: Breathing Room
Fandom: Bandom (My Chemical Romance)
Rating: PG.
Length: 1080 words.
Characters/Pairings: Mikey/Frank.
Disclaimer: Like the shirt says, don't Google yourself.

Content notes: (skip) Contains depictions of depression.

Summary: Sometimes, on bad days, all Mikey needs is to be held.

Notes: Written for the "bondage (wrist/ankle restraints)" on my kink_bingo card. Also on AO3 and LJ.

Edit (10/8/12): argentumlupine made a podfic of this story!

( Breathing Room )

Title: Burn in purifying flame
Fandom: Supernatural
Rating: PG.
Length: About 1800 words.
Characters/Pairings: Sam, Dean, Castiel, Meg.
Content notes: (skip) Post-apocalyptic setting.

Summary: When the bombs fell, everyone fled to the cities. Except the hunters. (Danger Days AU.)

Notes: Happy first anniversary of my first-ever bandom fic! Have bandom-flavored Supernatural! The title comes from MCR's "The Only Hope For Me Is You", and there's spoilers through 7x17.

(Also on AO3 and LJ.)

( Burn in purifying flame )

Title: Chicken dinner
Fandom: Bandom (MCR) and actor RPF
Rating: PG.
Length: ~2270 words.
Characters/Pairings: Mikey Way/Ian McKellen, Gerard/Lindsey, Mikey/Alicia, Ian McKellen/Patrick Stewart.
Disclaimer: Unless my stories ideas are magical psychic visions? Really not real.

Summary: Gerard was a dork, but he'd like to see most people watch Ian McKellen walk out of a bright and steamy bathroom and not get a tear in their eye.

Notes: This takes place after Mikey and Gerard's conversation in A piece of chicken, but you can read this first if you're familiar with the fact that Ian McKellen checked out Mikey at a party once. (I love my life sometimes.)

Also on AO3 and LJ.

( Chicken dinner )

Title: The Mailbox
Fandom: Bandom (MCR, FOB/Black Cards, Cobra Starship) and Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys
Rating: PG.
Length: ~1800 words.
Characters/Pairings: Bob/Gerard, Pete/Mikey, Dr. Death Defying, Patrick, Show Pony, Victoria, Ray, Grace, Frank.
Content notes: Talk of loss and use of post-apocalyptic settings.
Disclaimer: Still not real.

Summary: "For everyone who's left their ghost or dust in the desert sand, and for everyone who will, we got a little piece of life in the zone. Forgiveness. Love. Loss. That's right, babies. I'm talking about the Mailbox."

Notes: This was posted for the Fandom Snowflake Challenge (day nine), partially written off the coast of Mexico, and dedicated to turlough. It's part of the Ghost and Dust 'verse, and it's spoilery for the first story, Giving Up the Ghost. Go read that first.

(Also on AO3 and LJ.)

( The Mailbox )

Title: Costume
Fandom: Supernatural
Rating: PG
Length: 98 words (apparently, bah).
Characters/Pairings: Various Sams, Lucifer, Dean.

Summary: Sam is never alone.

Notes: The second of drabbles I sent in my October 2011 holiday cards. This was written for probing_grays! (Also on LJ and AO3.)

( Costume )

Title: Stating the Facts
Fandom: Star Trek (reboot)
Rating: PG.
Length: 640 words.
Characters/Pairings: Kirk/Spock.

Summary: A quiet night of chess and talk about Spock paying Kirk for sex. You know, the usual.

Notes: Written for the "prostitution/sex work" square on my kink_bingo card. Also on LJ and AO3.

( Stating the Facts )

Title: The Way the Cookie Crumbles
Fandom: Fringe
Rating: PG.
Length: 1025 words.
Characters/Pairings: Astrid/Olivia, Peter, Walter.

Summary: Astrid was a professional. She knew how she worked best, and she knew how to keep feelings to herself.

Notes: Written for monanotlisa for help_japan. Thanks for letting me write my Fringe OTP! Thanks also to tsuxavier for the beta. (Also on LJ and AO3.)

( The Way the Cookie Crumbles )

Title: Sunny beaches
Fandom: Supernatural
Rating: PG for language.
Length: 910 words.
Characters/Pairings: Dean and Sam.
Spoilers: Season six through 6x11.

Summary: If Dean can just find some good weather, maybe everything'll be okay.

Notes: Also on LJ and AO3.

( Sunny beaches )