Alphabeticised: ASOUE, Kit/Dewey, theme set delta
Fandom: A Series Of Unfortunate Events
Pairing: Kit Snicket/Dewey Denouement
Theme set: Delta
Rating: PG
Notes: First of two claims involving Kit. These are not in chronological order at all, but they are in order of prompts, hence the title. I thought it was appropriate, because, y'know, librarians. Contains spoilers for The Penultimate Peril and The End.
Alphabeticised - Kit/Dewey
#01 - Air
He recognises the sensation; it’s the way he felt as a boy, the first time he gripped the rope and swung away from the wall.
#02 - Apples
Once Hal leaves Kit scrapes most of their inedible curry into the garbage chute, and produces six apples and a huge bar of chocolate from her briefcase.
#03 - Beginning
They spend long evenings reading through the very oldest records, marvelling together at how much simpler everything seemed back then, although Kit doubts they have the full story.
#04 - Bugs
In unassigned rooms there are no cameras to watch them, no microphones to pick up the secrets they whisper to one another.
#05 - Coffee
Even the times he ends up working late into the night, squinting at stained and faded documents with only a mug of black, bitter coffee to keep his eyes open, are easier now she’s working beside him.
#06 - Dark
“If all goes well,” Dewey echoes, and they say goodbye, pretending not to notice they’re both fighting back tears.
#07 - Despair
She knew before Sunny said a word.
#08 - Doors
She’s memorised most of the numbers by now; partly for her own convenience, mostly for his smile when she gets them right.
#09 - Drink
Actually (Kit pretends to be appalled when he tells her this) Dewey really does take sugar in his tea.
#10 - Duty
With every piece of information they collect, the world becomes a little quieter.
#11 - Earth
The earth that the builders of the catalogue removed became a hill in the middle of the grounds; they have picnics there sometimes, on days when few people will be watching.
#12 - End
But it ended in smoke and mirrors after all.
#13 - Fall
“You can’t,” he says, turning her face away from the drop, “because I’m holding you.”
#14 - Fire
The sight of a burned out building always leaves Dewey shaken, drained; Kit holds him while he shivers, and whispers comforting words, and never lets him see how much she wishes she could still share his horror.
#15 - Flexible
There are certain advantages to having an ambidextrous rope climber for a boyfriend.
#16 - Flying
The rope held, as he said it would, and when her urge to scream and flail passed she looked up into his eyes, and found herself laughing with delight for the first time in what might have been years.
#17 - Food
Dewey checks the instructions in the telegram against the contents of the fridge one last time, then returns to his vigil outside the locked door of Kit’s room, hoping that when she wakes up this message, at least, will reach her.
#18 - Foot
Kit’s learning now why her instructors told her always to look up when she enters a room - it’s extremely disconcerting to think you’re alone, then hear a cough and discover your partner dangling a foot above your head.
#19 - Grave
He lowers the paper and looks at her, his expression so grave that Kit knows the truth instantly, and opens her mouth to ask which one? even as Dewey says “It’s your brother…”
#20 - Green
Officially, that lumber was retired years ago on safety grounds, but Dewey still has enough left over for at least one wall of their house - and by the time they build it, he knows, the safety issues won’t matter.
#21 - Head
The pencils in her hair weren’t what intrigued him as such - it was that, and the ribbon in her pocket.
#22 - Hollow
“Well,” Kit says, when she can speak again, smiling at him as he waits anxiously for her reaction, “it’s a bit more impressive than keeping things in a hollowed out book.”
#23 - Honour
The official reason Ernest is still there is to honour their parents’ wishes; he’s never spoken to Kit about the true reason, because they both know it.
#24 - Hope
“It’s kicking, Dewey, come here and feel it!”
#25 - Light
For the first time in years, he steps out of the shadows.
#26 - Lost
They both know what it’s like to lose a brother now, and neither of them can decide who has it worse.
#27 - Metal
The back of his mouth tastes of metal and pain and black water is closing above him, but there’s just enough air left to say her name one last time, and somehow that last word means everything.
#28 - New
He’s spent his life among the remnants of the past, but now at last, between the two of them, they’ve created something new.
#29 - Old
She loves to watch him handle the very oldest of the documents, fingers caressing the fragile paper as though it were her face, or their child’s.
#30 - Peace
At a quarter past midnight they twirl across the floor of the deserted lobby, dancers in their own small quiet world.
#31 - Poison
After the incident with the taxi brakes, Dewey secretly begins tasting her food, unaware, of course, that she’s been doing the same for him for a month now.
#32 - Pretty
Her ankles are swollen and every morning she wakes up nauseated, but as Dewey holds her limp hair away from her face, he thinks she might be among the most beautiful things in the world.
#33 - Rain
From below, the sound of raindrops hitting the lake is almost deafening, but somehow soothing as well, drowning out the clamour of the world.
#34 - Regret
He hears the click too late, and he looks down and for some reason the first thing he thinks is we never even decided about that wallpaper…
#35 - Roses
“I’ll wear it until the last petal falls,” she told him, slipping the stem through her buttonhole.
#36 - Secret
Sometimes he thinks she’s the only person to know he exists.
#37 - Snakes
The facial expressions of snakes are hard to read, but Kit is sure that Ink agrees; Dewey will forgive her when she gets home.
#38 - Snow
Any room where Kit’s working looks as though a blizzard hit it, papers scattered like giant snowflakes; Dewey shudders, yet marvels at the way she can always find what she needs.
#39 - Solid
Most of what they find crumbles to ashes with their touch, but amid even the worst devastation some things survive.
#40 - Spring
The baby will be born around False Spring, Kit calculates - she can’t work out whether that’s a good sign.
#41 - Stable
Beneath the lake, and in his arms, she can believe in safe places.
#42 - Strange
“Tekcins Tik,” he says, straight away without even having to write it down, and Kit repeats it to herself, as though the strange words are a charm.
#43 - Summer
The hotel is even busier than normal, meaning that Dewey gets to deal with some of the guests for once - with Kit here this year as well, it’s almost like having a normal life.
#44 - Taboo
The day Frank cut Ernest out of all the photographs, or maybe Ernest cut out Frank, without saying a word they went through the garbage together and collected up all the little faces.
#45 - Ugly
Kit can’t quite get used to the knowledge that he’s seen the ugliest parts of her past already, accepted them in advance - it doesn’t seem natural to have nothing to hide.
#46 - War
She’d never use the expression in front of Dewey, but Kit can’t help thinking of Ernest’s room as “enemy territory”.
#47 - Water
Every time she sees the reflection in the water now she smiles, knowing that of all the people in the world only the two of them know the secret.
#48 - Welcome
Dewey rarely greeted the guests himself, but sometimes he made an exception.
#49 - Winter
His hands and feet are growing numb from the cold, but he watches the taxi vanish into the distance, hoping he has no need to, that this grey winter’s day will have been just like any other.
#50 - Wood
One day they’ll inscribe their names in the trunk, proclaiming their love for as long as the tree still stands - for now, they write their initials in pencil, and for now, that is enough.
Pairing: Kit Snicket/Dewey Denouement
Theme set: Delta
Rating: PG
Notes: First of two claims involving Kit. These are not in chronological order at all, but they are in order of prompts, hence the title. I thought it was appropriate, because, y'know, librarians. Contains spoilers for The Penultimate Peril and The End.
Alphabeticised - Kit/Dewey
#01 - Air
He recognises the sensation; it’s the way he felt as a boy, the first time he gripped the rope and swung away from the wall.
#02 - Apples
Once Hal leaves Kit scrapes most of their inedible curry into the garbage chute, and produces six apples and a huge bar of chocolate from her briefcase.
#03 - Beginning
They spend long evenings reading through the very oldest records, marvelling together at how much simpler everything seemed back then, although Kit doubts they have the full story.
#04 - Bugs
In unassigned rooms there are no cameras to watch them, no microphones to pick up the secrets they whisper to one another.
#05 - Coffee
Even the times he ends up working late into the night, squinting at stained and faded documents with only a mug of black, bitter coffee to keep his eyes open, are easier now she’s working beside him.
#06 - Dark
“If all goes well,” Dewey echoes, and they say goodbye, pretending not to notice they’re both fighting back tears.
#07 - Despair
She knew before Sunny said a word.
#08 - Doors
She’s memorised most of the numbers by now; partly for her own convenience, mostly for his smile when she gets them right.
#09 - Drink
Actually (Kit pretends to be appalled when he tells her this) Dewey really does take sugar in his tea.
#10 - Duty
With every piece of information they collect, the world becomes a little quieter.
#11 - Earth
The earth that the builders of the catalogue removed became a hill in the middle of the grounds; they have picnics there sometimes, on days when few people will be watching.
#12 - End
But it ended in smoke and mirrors after all.
#13 - Fall
“You can’t,” he says, turning her face away from the drop, “because I’m holding you.”
#14 - Fire
The sight of a burned out building always leaves Dewey shaken, drained; Kit holds him while he shivers, and whispers comforting words, and never lets him see how much she wishes she could still share his horror.
#15 - Flexible
There are certain advantages to having an ambidextrous rope climber for a boyfriend.
#16 - Flying
The rope held, as he said it would, and when her urge to scream and flail passed she looked up into his eyes, and found herself laughing with delight for the first time in what might have been years.
#17 - Food
Dewey checks the instructions in the telegram against the contents of the fridge one last time, then returns to his vigil outside the locked door of Kit’s room, hoping that when she wakes up this message, at least, will reach her.
#18 - Foot
Kit’s learning now why her instructors told her always to look up when she enters a room - it’s extremely disconcerting to think you’re alone, then hear a cough and discover your partner dangling a foot above your head.
#19 - Grave
He lowers the paper and looks at her, his expression so grave that Kit knows the truth instantly, and opens her mouth to ask which one? even as Dewey says “It’s your brother…”
#20 - Green
Officially, that lumber was retired years ago on safety grounds, but Dewey still has enough left over for at least one wall of their house - and by the time they build it, he knows, the safety issues won’t matter.
#21 - Head
The pencils in her hair weren’t what intrigued him as such - it was that, and the ribbon in her pocket.
#22 - Hollow
“Well,” Kit says, when she can speak again, smiling at him as he waits anxiously for her reaction, “it’s a bit more impressive than keeping things in a hollowed out book.”
#23 - Honour
The official reason Ernest is still there is to honour their parents’ wishes; he’s never spoken to Kit about the true reason, because they both know it.
#24 - Hope
“It’s kicking, Dewey, come here and feel it!”
#25 - Light
For the first time in years, he steps out of the shadows.
#26 - Lost
They both know what it’s like to lose a brother now, and neither of them can decide who has it worse.
#27 - Metal
The back of his mouth tastes of metal and pain and black water is closing above him, but there’s just enough air left to say her name one last time, and somehow that last word means everything.
#28 - New
He’s spent his life among the remnants of the past, but now at last, between the two of them, they’ve created something new.
#29 - Old
She loves to watch him handle the very oldest of the documents, fingers caressing the fragile paper as though it were her face, or their child’s.
#30 - Peace
At a quarter past midnight they twirl across the floor of the deserted lobby, dancers in their own small quiet world.
#31 - Poison
After the incident with the taxi brakes, Dewey secretly begins tasting her food, unaware, of course, that she’s been doing the same for him for a month now.
#32 - Pretty
Her ankles are swollen and every morning she wakes up nauseated, but as Dewey holds her limp hair away from her face, he thinks she might be among the most beautiful things in the world.
#33 - Rain
From below, the sound of raindrops hitting the lake is almost deafening, but somehow soothing as well, drowning out the clamour of the world.
#34 - Regret
He hears the click too late, and he looks down and for some reason the first thing he thinks is we never even decided about that wallpaper…
#35 - Roses
“I’ll wear it until the last petal falls,” she told him, slipping the stem through her buttonhole.
#36 - Secret
Sometimes he thinks she’s the only person to know he exists.
#37 - Snakes
The facial expressions of snakes are hard to read, but Kit is sure that Ink agrees; Dewey will forgive her when she gets home.
#38 - Snow
Any room where Kit’s working looks as though a blizzard hit it, papers scattered like giant snowflakes; Dewey shudders, yet marvels at the way she can always find what she needs.
#39 - Solid
Most of what they find crumbles to ashes with their touch, but amid even the worst devastation some things survive.
#40 - Spring
The baby will be born around False Spring, Kit calculates - she can’t work out whether that’s a good sign.
#41 - Stable
Beneath the lake, and in his arms, she can believe in safe places.
#42 - Strange
“Tekcins Tik,” he says, straight away without even having to write it down, and Kit repeats it to herself, as though the strange words are a charm.
#43 - Summer
The hotel is even busier than normal, meaning that Dewey gets to deal with some of the guests for once - with Kit here this year as well, it’s almost like having a normal life.
#44 - Taboo
The day Frank cut Ernest out of all the photographs, or maybe Ernest cut out Frank, without saying a word they went through the garbage together and collected up all the little faces.
#45 - Ugly
Kit can’t quite get used to the knowledge that he’s seen the ugliest parts of her past already, accepted them in advance - it doesn’t seem natural to have nothing to hide.
#46 - War
She’d never use the expression in front of Dewey, but Kit can’t help thinking of Ernest’s room as “enemy territory”.
#47 - Water
Every time she sees the reflection in the water now she smiles, knowing that of all the people in the world only the two of them know the secret.
#48 - Welcome
Dewey rarely greeted the guests himself, but sometimes he made an exception.
#49 - Winter
His hands and feet are growing numb from the cold, but he watches the taxi vanish into the distance, hoping he has no need to, that this grey winter’s day will have been just like any other.
#50 - Wood
One day they’ll inscribe their names in the trunk, proclaiming their love for as long as the tree still stands - for now, they write their initials in pencil, and for now, that is enough.