ficathon: not my ship

[lirazel]

Meh, whatever, let's try this thing.

NOT MY SHIPCOMMENTFICATHON



Prompt a ship. Any ship. A ship you like, a ship you hate, a ship you don't understand.

Someone else writes a fic for that prompt in the comment. But only write fic for ships you don't ship. They don't have to be ships you hate, just ships you don't typically ship yourself.

But: don't bash the ship. Try to be fair to it. If you think it's messed up, you can explore that, but do it in a not-bashy way. I realize the line might be fuzzy, but use your best judgment, okay? I trust y'all.

Prompt like this:

Fandom - Pairing - Prompt

All fandoms, all pairings welcome.

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This is an awesome idea! I'm leaving some promps now and am coming back tomorrow to see if I can write something (it's midnight here so I should not start rn)

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Harry Potter - Ron/Hermione - the future's gone and all behind me

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Parks and Rec - Ann/Tom - i believe i can fly (I cannot imagine a world in which the Space Jam soundtrack isn't still in regular rotation on Tom's iPod, y'all)

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First Ann/Tom fic. First Parks and Recreation fic.

I Believe (I Can Diddley Swag) - PG/FRT

I believe I can fly.

“Diddley….”

Tom’s fingers wiggle spasmodically in front of her face, distracting her from the muted, flashy images of this week’s Jersey Shore. She rolls her eyes instinctively, but she can’t help but feel a bit of amusement over his ardent enthusiasm to teach her his not-so-secret handshake.

“We’re not doing this tonight, Tom. Not when you have Bugs Bunny music playing in the background.”

Instantly affronted, Tom frowns. “This is not Bugs Bunny music, boo. R. Kelly is a classical poet. A lover of lyrics. A soother of souls. You just gotta relax, boo. Let the man slide of inside you.”

A lecherous grin splits open his face and he nudges her thigh with his own, leaning over to give her a smooch.

“Or you could let me do all the sliding?”

Ann groans, turning her head away from Tom’s spit-slick lips.

“Just…teach me the handshake.”

Tom sighs, leaning back against the couch in mild defeat. “All right, Ann-bear. Just remember, it’s like my pal, R. Kelly says: if you can see it, you can do it. If you just believe it, there’s nothing to it.”

“Right,” Ann replies, pursing her lips and half-heartedly moving her fingers into position.

“Diddley…”

Her fingers wiggle too fast and he narrows his eyes.

“Diddley…”

Her fingers wiggle too slow.

“Diddley…”

Her fingers catch his, linking them together. The interruption bothers him at first, but he’s a playa’ and playas play on. Instead of giving her five, he closes the space between them and finally gets that kiss he had been trying for just as R. Kelly launches the word “Fly” into a daring crescendo of unadulterated awesomeness.

“Swag.”

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Vampire Diaries - Damon/Elena - when you shout to the Devil do you hear him back?

[snickfic]

BtVS - Faith/Giles - They each had their wild days, but those are past now. Sure.

[snickfic]

SPN - Sam/Jo - Turns out they have a whole lot more in common than just Dean.

[pocochina.livejournal.com]

.....but what if one starts shipping it while writing?! PARADOX.

[snickfic]

SPN/BtVS - Sam/Buffy. What if Sam ended up at UC Sunnydale instead of Stanford? We all know he's exactly Buffy's type...

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SPN/BtVS-Sam/Buffy. PG-13. Part One

The first time they met was at a party.

His roommate had dragged him out of their dorm room. Sam had tried to protest, saying he had a paper due Monday, but his roommate just said getting out would be good for him and ignored any other objections. It had been fine at first but then his roommate had left to talk to friends, leaving Sam stranded in the middle of some stupid frat party where he didn't know anyone.

He didn't even know why he stayed so long when he had a lot of homework. Sighing, he made his way over to the door but he wasn't paying attention to where he was going, his mind was back on his paper, and ended up crashing into someone on the way out. He imediately apologized to the person, who turned out to be a really pretty blone girl.
He smiled sheepishly. "Sorry, I wasn't really looking where I was going."

"Don't worry about," she replied, smiling. She had a nice smile. "I'm Buffy by the way."
"Sam."

"So how do you like the party so far?"

He must have grimaced because she winced in sympathy. "That bad, huh?"

"I don't know, it's ok. I just don't really know anyone here."
She smiled. "Well, now you know me."

He found himself smiling back. "I guess so."

He ended up staying for almost the whole night, hanging out with Buffy, until his roommate reappeared saying it was time to leave. He was disapointed until he got back to his room and noticed that she had slipped her number into his pocket.
***
After that things had gone really well. He and Buffy went on a few dates and decided to make their relationship offical.
He really liked her friends too. Willow, Xander, Anya, and Tara were all pretty nice and welcomed him into the group; well, Anya was actually kind of weird but he got used to her.

The only thing that was off was that Buffy had a habit of abruptly leaving at unexpected moments. He asked her about it but she would just mutter something about work and change the subject. He let it go, she would tell him when she was ready.

He ignored the little voice in the back of his mind that tried to bring up the fact that Buffy's behavior really reminded him of when he and his family made excuses to go off hunting. But there was no way that Buffy could be a Hunter, she was too normal.
***

[snickfic]

Ats - Faith/Gunn - They're freakin' hot together, but that's not the whole reason.

[snickfic]

Ats - Wes/Illyria - In which Wes compares Illyria to an alcoholic beverage of some kind.

[snickfic]

Firefly - Wash/Zoe - The first thing she despises about him is his mustache.

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BtVS - Buffy/Riley, it's classic for a reason

[laeria.livejournal.com]

mended, Buffy/Riley, no warnings

Okay, so the sex? Is still really, really good.

He stays over for a few nights when Sam leaves him, because his team is in New Zealand and most people wouldn't understand "my wife left me for a blue demon and is living in a hell dimension now but we still text sometimes". When the sex happens, that's just because it they're lonely (and both remember how really, really good it was), but they both know it's just a short-term thing, both of them getting over exes.

"It just wouldn't work," Buffy says as they share a big post-coital pizza, "we're not meant to be."

"Definitely," he agrees and then they talk about That Time Buffy Was a School Counselor. She tells him she kind of wants to look into that, so he gives her some links and book recommendations. He's the first person she tells who doesn't treat it as a joke, so somehow some more sex happens after that.

"I wish we were right for each other," Riley says in the morning, and leaves for Bratislava.

He sends her pics of the cities he gets to see and she writes him a short and really bad poem about the monsters she's fighting now. Then they end up sexting, just to see if they can.

"I think I have a penpal with benefits arrangement with Riley," Buffy tells Willow and Willow gives them her blessing and privately thinks long-distance-fucked is a good look on Buffy.

The next time he comes to Cleveland, he sleeps in her bed rather than the couch, and they have spanking-waffles before he leaves. Next time she takes him out for dinner, because she knows he'd love the pears in brandy thing.

"I'm getting back together with Buffy," he laments at Xander via Skype afterwards. Xander previously declared he wants in on the penpal action, though strictly sans benefits. "We're starting to date. I'm taking her to see Toy Story next week."

"It may be the lack of depth perception talking," Xander says, because Riley hasn't heard all his eye jokes yet, "but I fail to see why this is a bad thing."

"She doesn't love me, remember?"

"She likes you, man. Right now, that's huge."

When he moves into her flat entirely, they celebrate with costumes, and she tells him he's still the most attractive French maid of her life. She's a little bit tipsy and entirely adorable and as they waltz through their tiny kitchen, he whispers something in her ear.

"Thanks," she says, with a serious little smile full of warmth, "I don't want you to cry for me either."

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AtS - Angel/Cordelia - higher being to lower demon

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Firefly - River/Mal - personification

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Leverage - Parker/Hardison - it's hard to make friends

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AtS - Darla/Lindsey - still like that old-time rock'n'roll

That Old-Time Rock 'n' Roll, PG? G? no real warnings. Discl: not mine, it's Mutant Enemy's. early s2

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"Are you sure this is a good idea?" Lindsey asked her gently, as they stood outside his apartment. He held his keys in his good hand, and it took all his energy to steady them.

"I thought they hired you because you didn't have a *good* idea in your little head," Darla responded with a smile. "They don't pay you for propriety."

"They pay me for judgment," Lindsey said quietly. "It's not too late to go back. You haven't been in any other environments other than your apartment for weeks." He stroked her hair with his plastic hand, the imagined sensations somehow creeping through his arm.

"It's either this or going back outside, and I don't think the sun agrees with me, even now." She smiled at him with that smile. She was coy, almost, but it was fake; he knew it was fake, but he hoped it was covering something real underneath. She reached up and squeezed his hand on her hair, drew it up to her face. He knew she did that because he saw it. "Besides," she continued. "I'm human again. Which means it's again time to enter men's spaces." She hovered her hand over the doorknob for a second. "You know, time was I could break this with my hand." She took the keys from his hand and swifly shoved them into the lock, turned it, and shoved the door open, with a speed that surprised him. She walked in the room. "But time was I wouldn't be able to do that without asking nicely."

"The twenty-first century has its advantages," Lindsey responded, thinking of how many men's bedrooms she was paid to enter, coy and submissive.

"Not being a vampire has its advantages," she said, and Lindsey cringed realizing he mistook the reason she enjoyed not having to ask to gain entry into his space.

"Would you like a drink?" he said, struggling to think of what to do. He tried to remember the last girl he had taken to his apartment. But of course there was no last girl to this apartment: this was Holland's reward for his sacrifices to bring Darla into this world.

Darla looked at him and smiled. "Always. But sadly I doubt you have what I'd like in sufficient quantity, and I threw up last time I had some." She looked around the room, sizing it up. Saw a closet door just barely open, a guitar inside. "You play?"

"Oh." Lindsey went over to close the closet door. "I don't know why I brought that thing over here. I don't really--"

"Play something for me. Something...to set the mood."

Lindsey looked from one hand to the other. It was worth a try, if she wanted it. He picked it up and strapped it, with some difficulty, around his shoulder. He thought of L.A.. Pretty as a picture, she is like a diamond ring.... He carefully placed his fingers along the frets, certain that he could do that right. He only had to strum, anyway, right?

"Darla, I'm not sure --"

"Lindsey. You know how long it's been since I've heard live music? You wouldn't keep this from me, would you?"

Lindsey ran his tongue along his lips, and concentrated. This might be the thing to make her see him the way.... "You won't tell anyone at the office about this?" he pleaded for a moment.

"Lindsey, I'm sure they already know."

Right, of course.

He breathed. He strummed the first note. A string snapped, the sound was cacophonous. "DAMMIT!" he yelled, tossing the thing to the ground, looking at this thing he couldn't control. Darla laughed and laughed. He stared at her. "You think this is funny! That I can't -- that I can't --"

She laughed again. "Oh Lindsey. Don't you see? If you're going to offer me a drink, the least you could do is show me what you can't do either."

He seethed, embarrassed. Darla walked to the window, and stood for a moment in the sunlight, letting it hit her directly. "It feels good to hurt someone again, if only in modest ways."

Lindsey picked up his guitar and threw it in the closet. "Glad to be of service."

"Lindsey, I know what being of service is like. You're not glad." She smiled her coy smile again, but he saw the wickedness behind it this time, before banishing it from his mind. "But I am. And that is what they pay you for." His anger dissipated and he laughed. She strolled up to him, kissed him on the cheek, and held his plastic hand, and squeezed.

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TVD - Damon/Elijah - you clean up good

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SPN - Dean/Bela - these precious things

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TVD - Katherine/Elena - mirror, mirror, on the wall

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Harry Potter - Neville/Ginny - we will still be there when the war is over

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Harry Potter - Remus/Sirius - When you went away, you were just a kid

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Firefly - Mal/Inara - does she stay or does she go?

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Merlin - Gwen/Lancelot - he comes back for her wedding day (ETA: doesn't need to be in any way canon-compliant, btw)

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Community - Jeff/Annie - What will it take to make or break this hint of love?

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Downton Abbey - Mary/Lavinia - "It is rather intriguing, isn't it?"

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Would anyone believe me if I said I didn't ship this, so that I could write this?

[dollsome.livejournal.com]

Lost - Kate/Sawyer - Walk this world with me