sometimes you need a story

Hi, welcome to my fanfic archive. My main journal is still at http://dotfic.livejournal.com, with all fic, meta, and random squee posts.

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Fic index:

( Supernatural )
( Friday Night Lights )
( Torchwood )

( Gargoyles )
( Farscape )
( X-Files )
( Scarecrow & Mrs. King )
( SG-1 )
( Battlestar Galactica )

DCU 'toonverse and comics
( Batman 'toonverse )
( Batman Beyond )
( Justice League Unlimited )
( Teen Titans )
( DC Comics 'verse )


On the right-hand side of this journal you'll find the tags for all the fic. Thank you for reading!

For older works, please see my fanfiction.net account.

Title: Angle of Refraction
Author: dotfic
Rating: Gen, PG-13
W/C: 716
Disclaimer: Not mine, although that doesn't stop me any.

a/n: Coda for "Time Is On My Side." Written for the Women of Supernatural Gen Flashfic Challenge prompt #9 at spn_xx, Hell is more like boredom, or not having enough to do, and too much time to contemplate one's deficiencies. - Dorothy Gilman. Thank you to pheebs1 for looking it over for me.

Summary: Bela has too much time on her hands.

( She'd expected heat and screaming. )

Title: Percentages
Author: dotfic
Rating/pairing: Het, PG-13, Tony/Pepper
W/C: 800
Disclaimer: Owned by Marvel and Paramount.

a/n: Movieverse. Thank you to musesfool and mclittlebitch, the comma bringers, for beta reading.

Summary: Tony preferred to be an optimist when it came to odds and numbers.

( He was probably dreaming and he could already feel the let-down at the edges of his mind, like disentangling from the suit after flight, when the adrenaline rush was gone, sweat drying on his skin. )

Happy birthday, mtgat! So much over the years has been all your fault. You're not only a joy to be in fandom with, you're an awesome friend (and a delightfully corrupting influence). *hugs*

Title: Four Times Hunter Wanted to Kiss Dingo, and the First Time She Finally Did
Author: dotfic
Rating: Het, Hunter/Dingo, PG-13, with just a dash of h/c
W/C: 1,200
Disclaimer: Bad Guys is published by Slave Labor Graphics, the whole Gargoyles universe is owned by Disney, and it's Greg Weisman's sandbox I'm playing in.

a/n: Written for mtgat's birthday. Thank you to amilyn for the beta-read.

( She poured the antiseptic over the wound mercilessly; the fool needed a wake-up call and this was maybe the only way to do it. )

Title: A Thin Chain of Next Moments (4/4)
Authors: batyatoon and dotfic
Rating: Gen, AU, PG-13
Warning: Character death
Word count: ~22,000 (total)
Characters/pairings: Sam, Dean, John, Bobby and others (both canon and our own), Sam/Ava, Dean/CRD, Dean/OFC, Jo/OMC
Disclaimer: Sadly, none of them belong to us except the OC's.

a/n: Follows canon up to Crossroad Blues. Puts season two canon in the blender, diverges completely from season three. It took us a while to write this; during the process we got Jossed and Kripked so many times our heads were spinning. Many thanks to our beta reader destina for her patience and her careful editing above and beyond the call of beta-dom. Title is from Bruce Springsteen.

Summary: Dean makes a deal, and lives a life.

(  One long day, slowly drawing to a close. Sunset colors fan up from the horizon all around, and the road’s wide and open in front of them, and the Impala sings to him: Oh, I did somebody some good, somebody some good / Oh, did somebody some good, I must have did somebody some good.... )

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Title: A Thin Chain of Next Moments (3/4)
Authors: batyatoon and dotfic
Rating: Gen, AU, PG-13
Warning: Character death
Word count: ~22,000 (total)
Characters/pairings: Sam, Dean, John, Bobby and others (both canon and our own), Sam/Ava, Dean/CRD, Dean/OFC, Jo/OMC
Disclaimer: Sadly, none of them belong to us except the OC's.

a/n: Follows canon up to Crossroad Blues. Puts season two canon in the blender, diverges completely from season three. It took us a while to write this; during the process we got Jossed and Kripked so many times our heads were spinning. Many thanks to our beta reader destina for her patience and her careful editing above and beyond the call of beta-dom. Title is from Bruce Springsteen.

Summary: Dean makes a deal, and lives a life.

( It's like there's a tiny bubble of silence around him, just him, weirdly peaceful: it was worth it. It has to be. )

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Title: A Thin Chain of Next Moments (2/4)
Authors: batyatoon and dotfic
Rating: Gen, AU, PG-13
Warning: Character death
Word count: ~22,000 (total)
Characters/pairings: Sam, Dean, John, Bobby and others (both canon and our own), Sam/Ava, Dean/CRD, Dean/OFC, Jo/OMC
Disclaimer: Sadly, none of them belong to us except the OC's.

a/n: Follows canon up to Crossroad Blues. Puts season two canon in the blender, diverges completely from season three. It took us a while to write this; during the process we got Jossed and Kripked so many times our heads were spinning. Many thanks to our beta reader destina for her patience and her careful editing above and beyond the call of beta-dom. Title is from Bruce Springsteen.

Summary: Dean makes a deal, and lives a life.

( He drives for four hours without a break, fighting off exhaustion with truck-stop coffee and No-Doz and the loudest music he's got. Running on fumes by the time he pulls into the hospital parking lot, he staggers out of the car on legs that don't want to support him, and leans for a moment on the side of the Impala. )


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Title: A Thin Chain of Next Moments (1/4)
Authors: batyatoon and dotfic
Rating: Gen, AU, PG-13
Warning: Character death
Word count: ~22,000 (total)
Characters/pairings: Sam, Dean, John, Bobby and others (both canon and our own), Sam/Ava, Dean/CRD, Dean/OFC, Jo/OMC
Disclaimer: Sadly, none of them belong to us except the OC's.

a/n: Follows canon up to Crossroad Blues. Puts season two canon in the blender, diverges completely from season three. It took us a while to write this; during the process we got Jossed and Kripked so many times our heads were spinning. Many thanks to our beta reader destina for her patience and her careful editing above and beyond the call of beta-dom. Title is from Bruce Springsteen.

Summary: Dean makes a deal, and lives a life.

( Dean, how can you possibly think this is okay? )


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Title: To Bitch, With Love From Jerk
Author: dotfic
Rating: Gen, PG
Timeline: preseries-future
W/C: ~1,500
Disclaimer: Guess we know who's owned around here.

a/n: Thanks to marinarusalka for looking this over for me.

Summary: Dean has written to his brother a few times over the years. Sometimes he even gives Sam the letters.

( P.S. Lay down the salt every night. But you knew that. )

Happy birthday to amchara, who is kind and talented and a great person to be in fandom with. *throws streamers*


Title: The Rush
Author: dotfic
Rating: Gen, G, post-series
W/C: 100
Disclaimer: Smash Williams belongs to NBC.

Written for amchara's birthday. She asked for Smash, college graduation.

( He feels like it's happening to someone else. )

Title: A Cap of Lead Across the Sky
Author: dotfic
Rating: Gen, PG, preseries
W/C: ~1,000
Disclaimer: The Winchesters don't belong to me, this is all Eric Kripke's.

a/n: Written for the Women of Supernatural Gen Flashfic Challenge at spn_xx, prompt #3: "Glee! The great storm is over!" Many thanks to iamstealthyone for the excellent beta. Title, like the prompt, by Emily Dickinson.

Summary: Mary had never been afraid of storms, but this one was different.

( Lightning flashed, and Dean stopped his play. Mary paused with her pen in her fingers. A clap of thunder and her oldest son, who had never shown any fear of storms before, flinched. )

ileliberte, thank you for prettying up LJ with your character-driven drawings and being a great person to be in fandom with! Hope you have a lovely birthday.

Title: Clay Pigeon
Author: dotfic
Rating: Gen, G
Word count: 500
Disclaimer: I don't have to explain this, I think.

a/n: Set in a bubble of time during mid-season 1. This is for ileliberte on her birthday; the series is all sort of her fault to begin with anyway.

Previous parts: Next Time, Duck|Two Against One

Summary: Sam persuades Dean they should adopt an imp. Dean's convinced this can only end badly.

( Seeing how defeated Dean looked, he felt a twinge of guilt mixed with doubt. After all, Dean was the one who'd been hunting with Dad for years while Sam stayed in the sanctuary of a university library. )

Today is the fabulous and funny pheebs1's birthday. Hope you have a terrific one, with many laughs and possibly chocolate. *throws confetti*

Planning
Gen, PG, spoilers for Mystery Spot, 100 words

Written for pheebs1 on her birthday.

Summary: Ruby knows how to get attention.

( Demons never play fair. )

Happy birthday, vaznetti! I'm not sure, but this might be crack!fic. *checks* Yes, it's definitely crack!fic (I'm sure I'm not the first one around here to have done this, though) and I did it on purpose and it's John Winchester-shaped just for you.


It's Just One of Those Days
Gen, PG, 200 words. Preseries. Crack!fic

a/n: Written for vaznetti's birthday.

Summary: He hopes there's something in the hunter manual for this.

( John rubbed a hand over his face, wishing he could sleep for a month. )

Title: Only Pieces
Author: dotfic
Rating: Gen, PG-13
W/C: 1000
Disclaimer: The Harvelles belong to Eric Kripke (whether he still wants them or not).

a/n: Set a few weeks after "Born Under a Bad Sign." Thank you to the wonderful fryadvocate for beta reading. Written for the Women of Supernatural Gen Flashfic Challenge at spn_xx prompt #1.

Summary: Jo's listened to the stories, done her homework, tried to prepare for everything.

( The wind picked up, tugging at the flames even down in the hollow of the grave. Jo crouched at the edge, shielding the fire with her body. )

Happy birthday, luzdeestrellas. I don't have cake; how about some Sam & Dean?

Refusal
Gen, PG. 100 words. Coda, of sorts, for season 3.

Written for luzdeestrellas' birthday and for the prompt "acid test" at 100_ghosts.

( The word rips from Dean, taking the last of his breath and voice. )

Happy birthday, marinarusalka. *throws confetti* Somehow I got the idea that you'd like some Victor for your birthday...

Title: Cracking Eggs
Author: dotfic
Rating: Gen, PG-13 for language
W/C: 1,600
Disclaimer: Victor Henriksen and the Winchesters aren't mine. So I write fanfic.

a/n: Birthday fic for marinarusalka and for the "Victor Lives" challenge at copsandhunters. I've borrowed some of my own fanon about Victor from another story for use in this. Many thanks to minim_calibre for her sharp beta skills.

Summary: Coda for "Jus in Bello."

( Victor hasn't decided if that's the weirdest thing he's seen in the last twenty-four hours. )

This was literally just lying around on my hard-drive, written during Summer '07 for a 'zine that wasn't quite ready to happen. It wasn't AU when I wrote it, I swear.

Title: By Light of Moon
Author: dotfic
Rating: Gen, G, preseries AU
Characters: wee!Sam, mentions of John and Dean
W/C: 2,900

a/n: Thank you to marinarusalka for the beta.

Summary: Sam's not ready to do this. He shouldn't do this. But he has to.

( Now it seems more real, what he's about to do, now that he's actually outside by himself at night. He can't remember ever being outside by himself at night and he's pretty sure Daddy would be angry at him and maybe Dean too. )

Title: We Wonder Where We Are
Author: dotfic
Rating: Gen, PG
Characters: Tami, Eric, Julie
Timeframe: between season 1 and season 2.
W/C: 1,000
Disclaimer: Property of NBC.

Summary: The Taylors eat out while Eric struggles to hold on to home.

a/n: Written for picfor1000 challenge #6. Thanks to innie_darling, who is very good to me, for the beta. Title from Dar Williams. Image is at the end of the story.

( In the morning he's leaving, going back to Austin, and right then time seems to be both sped up and suspended. As if there's never been anything but this hot summer afternoon. )

Title: Home Front
Author: dotfic
Rating: Gen, PG, preseries
Word count: 3,300
Characters: Ellen, wee!Jo
Disclaimer: Harvelle's Roadhouse and characters are the property of Eric Kripke and The CW.

a/n: Written for the halfamoon 14 day challenge. Beta by the sharp-eyed innie_darling.

( Ellen was no coward, but as the door shut behind Bill she almost ran after him. )