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.

Fic will be cross-posted here, feel free to friend me.

While the index at my livejournal is a detailed and orderly creature, maintaining two such lists is a bit beyond my reach right now. Please consult the tags down the right-hand side of this journal to find fics by fandom.

Because I'm a completist, and want this archived here for January. Thank you to everyone who already commented.

If It Looks Like a Duck
Gen, PG, 2,200 words. Spoilers for 1x04.
a/n: Owned by the BBC, although I see signs that I'm starting to get confused about the facts. Originally posted here for the merlin_flashfic transformation challenge. Many thanks to luzdeestrellas for the quick beta and Brit-pick.

Summary: Arthur gets turned into a duck. Merlin is woeful about it.

( So, there it was. Merlin couldn't punch Arthur. He could imagine all kinds of terrible torments for him, things involving bees and hedgehogs and dirty bathwater. )

Pretzels
Dean/Ellen, NC-17, 900 words

a/n: Written for Porn Battle VII to the prompts chocolate, pretzels. Set during early season 4, 'ware spoilers. Thank you to musesfool for the beta.

( His eyebrows go up. He couldn't have telegraphed that question louder if he tried. )

Two Weeks and Two Days
Merlin/Arthur, NC-17, ~800 words

Written for oxoniensis's Porn Battle VII, for the prompts "pride, fire." It was too long to fit into a comment. Thanks to luzdeestrellas for the quick beta.

( He wished Arthur would stop watching him like that. It was too hot in the room from the fire and he felt a flush rise warm to his face. He stood there holding the muddy boots like an idiot. )

Title: When the Hour Turns Over
Author: dotfic
Rating: Gen, PG
W/C: 2,100
Disclaimer: Never were mine. Never will be. I keep writing this stuff anyway.

a/n: Many thanks to luzdeestrellas for the beta.

Summary: In which Dean turns thirty.

( Sam was no longer working. He'd put his laptop away and lay on his side with his long body stretched out on the bench, hair over his face. He'd used his jacket as a pillow. At rest, with the tension gone from his face, Dean thought his brother looked really freakin' young. )

Title: slán sábháilte
Author: dotfic
Rating: PG-13, Arthur/Merlin
W/C: 6,400
Disclaimer: Property of the BBC.

a/n: Starts not long after 1x13, no major spoilers for any particular episode. Thank you to luzdeestrellas and pheebs1 for their superb beta-reading and Brit-picking skills and to smidirini and amchara for the help with the Irish (and to everyone who answered my post about language).

Summary: Arthur and Merlin keep saving each other. Eventually they may even admit it.

( He was Arthur Pendragon, son of Uther Pendragon; he was future king of Camelot and he absolutely, positively was not lost in the forests of Glywysing. )

Title: Watchful
Author: dotfic
Rating: Gen, G, set post-Nightcrawler
W/C: 100
Disclaimer: Owned by Warner Brothers and Shoot-the-Moon.

a/n: written for amilyn for Yuletide 2008, originally posted here.

( She checks Amanda next, finds her curled up with the blankets drawn tight. Dotty doesn't think it's because of the chill. )

Title: Benched
Author: dotfic
Rating: PG, Tami/Eric. Season 3 spoilers.
W/C: 1,600
Disclaimer: Owned by NBC

Written for musesfool for Yuletide 2008. Thank you to amilyn for the beta.

Summary: Tami gets the flu. Julie and Eric take charge.

( It was a hallucination. Had to be. )

Title: Playthings
Author: dotfic
Rating: PG, het, Titania/Oberon
W/C: 900
Disclaimer: The 'verse is owned by Disney, although the characters Titania, Oberon and Puck don't exactly belong to anyone as such, do they? Some situations inspired by Shakespeare. The rest is from the TV series.

a/n: Written for mtgat for Yuletide 2008, originally posted here. Thank you to amilyn for the beta.

Summary: Titania has always played games with Oberon. She has never feared losing before.

( It wasn't duty that made her gather up Bandhura's son, drawing the infant close to her as she took him with her through the boundary. )

Title: Four Times Chuck Was a Hero By Being Nerdy
Author: dotfic
Rating: Gen, PG (preseries-early season two)
W/C: 2,200
Disclaimer: Belongs to NBC and Wonderland Sound and Vision

a/n: Written for kiarasayre in the Yuletide 2008 challenge, originally posted here. Thank you to amilyn and batyatoon for being the brain trust, and to musesfool for the excellent and speedy beta.

( Chuck's lightsaber stuck out of his backpack like a sword, making him feel like David Carradine. He squinted in the sun while the other kids ran past him. )

Title: Always time for a good conversation
Author: dotfic
Rating: PG, het, Goliath/Elisa
W/C: 2,800
Disclaimer: All characters are owned by Disney, although Greg Weisman built the sandbox and filled it with sand.

a/n: Written for panther3751 for Yuletide 2008, originally posted here. Title from Creedence Clearwater Revival. For those keeping track, it's set 5-6 months after Hunter's Moon and the events of the Gargoyles comics issues #1-8. Big thank you to ljmouse and mtgat for betaing, and to amilyn for the brainstorming session.

Summary: Urban legends are real. Everyone has an opinion, and Goliath and Elisa have a disagreement. But they have always listened to each other.

( You want to go rushing in, headlong. You like confrontations. Things are different now. This is different. )

Title: The boy's still running
Author: dotfic
Rating: Gen, PG-13 (for language), post 4x10
W/C: 2,700
Disclaimer: None of them belong to me.

a/n: Title from Oysterband. Fic grew out of some wacky speculation I had about Castiel here. Thank you to meko00 for her comma-wrangling and beta skills.

Summary: There are a few things Sam still doesn't know about his brother's time in hell.

( Sam waited for a long time while cars rushed by, the breeze ruffling the grass. He waited, his shoulder inches from Dean's back, the hood of the Impala growing cool beneath him. He waited while Dean stayed turned away from him. )

Title: Bleodsian
Author: dotfic
Rating: Gen, PG
W/C: 2,600
Disclaimer: Not mine. I promise I'll put them back where I found them when I'm done. Maybe.

a/n: Thank you to innie_darling for the sharp-eyed beta. Set well after 4x10. Speculation, because I had this theory, but no spoilers. Title is the Old English word for the sprinkling of blood during pagan rituals, and the origin of the word "blessing."

Summary: Sam and Dean have a job to do. Some outside interference complicates things.

( Dean was sick of demons. What he really wanted to do was blast a ton of rock salt through a spirit, watch its form go poof. It was satisfying, simple, no actual human body to worry about. He didn't want to have to watch anything bleed tonight. )

Title: More Than the Flames of Me
Author: dotfic
Rating: slash, Dean/Castiel, NC-17
W/C: 2,200
Disclaimer: *laughs helplessly*

a/n: Title from Walt Whitman. Thank you to the wonderful smilla02 for the beta-read and encouragement.

Summary: Castiel has a purpose here, a mission. But there are things Castiel wants.


( He has lost track of his tie; Castiel isn't sure when he removed it or where it landed. That is part of what is frightening about Dean. )

Title: The Lazarus Phenomenon
Author: dotfic
Rating: Gen, PG
W/C: 1,000
Disclaimer: Not mine. And yet, here we are anyway.

a/n: Ten drabbles, one for each episode of season 4 so far. Drabble titles are from Easter 1916 by William Butler Yeats. Thank you to musesfool for the fine-tuning.

Summary: Sam can't think too much. If he does, he'll break apart.

( Nothing, now, will be enough. )

This was written at the beginning of November, posted over at the ostrich_2008 comm. Because apparently, my response to election anxiety is to write Chuck fic. Thank you to everyone who already read.

Title: Chuck vs. The Unresolved Sexual Tension
Author: dotfic
Rating: PG, Sarah/Chuck ust, season one
w/c: 1,400
Disclaimer: Owned by NBC.

a/n: Written for ostrich_2008. Prompts: dinosaurs, water balloons. Many thanks to writingpathways for the beta.

( So, it was supposed to be a date, the kind of date a couple who's been seeing each other for a while would have. A stay-in, watch movies and cuddle-on-the-couch date, and that was just fine with Chuck, except the thought was a little terrifying. )

Title: Never Travelled
Author: dotfic
Rating: slash, Dean/Castiel, hard R
Spoilers: for 4x10
W/C: 1,900
Disclaimer: No, they don't belong to me. I'm doing what I like with them anyway.

a/n: Many thanks to smilla02 for the beta-reading and enabling encouragement, and for helping me with the title (from ee cummings). Set at some point after 4x10.

( Dean feels like he's waiting to be graded or some bullshit like that, judged and assessed and what does Castiel know about kissing anyway? Zero. Zip. Zilch. )

This was written for the h/c meme tvm hosted right before Lazarus Rising aired, originally posted here. It's my take on an event we were bound to get, and we did. Canon jossed me thoroughly.

( Dean hasn't once asked Sam for anything else. )

It is the birthday of the talented and adorable innie_darling. Sweetie, I hope you are enjoying a few day of doing absolutely nothing and whatever you want.

Title: Unexpected Company
Author: dotfic
Rating: Gen, PG-13, preseries
W/C: ~7,200
Disclaimer: They all belong to people who aren't me.

a/n: Written for innie_darling's birthday. This started with a double drabble I posted earlier this year, It's Just One of Those Days. Insightful beta reading by smilla02, who nudged and poked and guided and refused to settle for less.

Summary: The one where John has wings, Sam is a toddler, Dean is seven, and Bobby is in way over his head.

( Worrying over people, that never came to any good. Liking them, that was fine, and Bobby was never one to turn away anyone who needed help. But the sooner the Winchesters were gone, the better. )

A bit late, but under the wire. Happy birthday to the smart and lovely embroiderama, wonderful fangirl and a terrific writer. We've had the hurt, here's my attempt to write some comfort.

Sleepless
Gen, PG
w/c: 1,000

Summary: Insomnia sucks. Sam and Dean have a late-night conversation.

a/n: Written for embroiderama's birthday. Set a few days after "Metamorphosis" and way more comfort than we're going to get between them in canon. Thank you to innie_darling for looking it over for me.

( His own heartbeat was all Sam could focus on for a moment and he thought maybe Dean was talking in his sleep, or maybe he'd said something else. Or maybe he hadn't spoken at all, and he was hearing Dean's voice in his head, the way he had during those four months. )