Title: Stare Square into the Sun
Prompt: 037. Lonely Road
Rating: K
Character(s): Silas
Word Count: 219
Warnings: mention of alcohol
Summary: A short writing exercise in distraction.
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( One man as an island in the tin sea swell. . . )

Title: Spellbound
Type: freeverse
Rating: K
Word Count: 139
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( That night we perched between the heavens. . . )

Title: Penance: A Tragedy in a Single Act
Prompt: 001. Threat
Characters: Ukitake, Kaien, and Rukia
Rating: T
Word Count: 654
Warnings: mentions of blood, character death, and alcohol use; spoilers for Bleach chapter 136/episode 49
Notes: (o)choko-a small, cylindrical sake cup; tokkuri-a ceramic sake flask
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( Ukitake knows he shouldn't drink. . . )

Title: It's What's for Breakfast
Characters: Byakuya
Rating: G
Word Count: 211
Warnings: *cough* crack?
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( In truth, it wasn't Byakuya's fault. . . )

Title: I Don't Need a Soul
Characters: Ukitake Jyuushirou and Kyouraku Shunsui
Rating: T
Word Count: 271
Warnings: Possible character death and generally dark fic ahead. Caveat emptor.
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( The pained façade of a smile tugged lamely at the corners of Jyuu's mouth. . . )

title: A Dose of Winter Magic, Part 1/?
giftee/prompt: for moonchild10 / "something playing on how no two snowflakes are alike", hot chocolate, candy canes, snowmen
rating: K+
characters/pairings: general Host Club / eventual TamaHaru
word count: 1,687
summary: While Tamaki watches his extravagant Christmas party plans erupt in flames due to Haruhi's occupied ( Read more... )

Title: Chloroform Assassin
Rating: T
Character(s): anonymous
Word Count: 191
Warnings: mentions of blood/injuries
Summary: This is a piece of a larger story that's been percolating in my head since this past summer.
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( You recoil at the sight of yourself in the mirror, bloody, battered, and a hair's breadth shy of broken. . . )

Title: The Great Compromise
Rating: K
Character(s): anonymous
Word Count: 640
Warnings: none
Summary: This is a dramatization of sorts concerning a simulated compromise conducted in a 2007 class.
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( Art thou truly such a necessary evil, o mighty compromise, that even the most steadfast of men, should he be found, would crumble for thy sake? )

Title: Madness Incarnate
Rating: T
Character(s): Sen
Word Count: 272
Warnings: mentions of blood/gore
Summary: To unearth madness incarnate, to hold insanity in the palm of one's hand. . .
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( So why don't you give me a reason to live? )

Title: {Writer's} Sanctuary
Rating: K
Character(s): Noah
Word Count: 435
Warnings: none
Summary: A young writer steals sanctuary for a moment in a sidestreet bookstore.
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( Shield of white lies, still a reason to write. . . )