The Winning Set (True Blood, Tarot Challenge)
Series Title: The Winning Set
Cards: Fool, Magician, High Priestess, Empress.
A/N: drabbles posted in sequential order.
Title: Trumped
Fandom: True Blood
Pairing: Sookie/Pam
Prompt: Tarot Cards, 0. The Fool
Spoilers: S2 finale
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 255
Sookie approached Fangtasia with a certain degree of irritation. She had been frantic with worry this past week, not to mention remorse. She could feel the place on her finger where the ring would have been had she managed to articulate one single word, rather than babbling incomprehensibly and fleeing into the restroom. Whatever had happened while she was in there…
Well, she needed to find him. And if that meant she had to put up with Eric for a single evening to get the answers she needed, at least the price had a name.
She barely made it past the bouncer before a hand grabbed her elbow and guided her into the back office.
“You know,” Sookie said, once the door had closed behind her, “I would probably say ‘yes’ more often if a few of y’all would even bother to ask.”
“Human manners bore me,” Pam said. “And I rarely care whether you agree with me or not.” She sat, leather-clad, in Eric’s usual position, though she did not seem to know how to rest easily in a desk chair.
“Why am I even talking to you?” Sookie asked. “Now that your boss can sense my presence and emotions, I hadn’t thought I’d even get in the bar before being accosted.”
“Eric is not here right now.” Pam paused for a moment, considering. Her gaze fell on the piles of paperwork on the desk and she sighed. “I am very annoyed.”
“Well, you’re about to get more so,” Sookie said. “I need your help.”
Title: Heat Spell
Fandom: True Blood
Pairing: Sookie/Pam
Prompt: Tarot Cards, 1. The Magician
Spoilers: S2 finale
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 260
Though Sookie liked the fact that the water lapping against the dock was the only break in the night’s silence, she wished the number of vampires enforcing it were fewer. The back of her dress stuck to her skin in the mugginess of the bayou, and she could only hope that it would be too dark when she met the Queen for the mosquito bites that dotted her arms to be glaringly obvious.
She really didn’t want to advertise her drinkablity.
“Why are we doing this again?” Sookie asked her traveling companion.
“Because we need to find both of our bosses,” Pam said calmly. Though none of the vampires that made up the Queen’s security had been particularly friendly to her, she seemed unfazed. “And this is the last place our Sheriff said he was going.”
“Bill is not my boss,” Sookie said, for what seemed like the hundredth time.
“Does that mean that you acknowledge that Eric is?”
“No!”
“He does pay you,” Pam reminded her.
“I’m not here for him.”
“Yes. You’re here for Bill. Who you don’t even respect enough to acknowledge his claim on you. You disobey him constantly.”
Usually Sookie would ignore her, but right now those words hurt. “Why are you so willing to belong to someone else?” she asked.
“He made me,” Pam said simply.
“Well, I listen to Bill when it suits me, and I’ve seen you do the same with Eric.”
“Eric prefers a challenge.”
Which is probably why he made you, Sookie thought, and then they were at the door.
Title: Poolside
Fandom: True Blood
Pairing: Sookie/Pam
Prompt: Tarot Cards, 2. The High Priestess
Spoilers: S2 finale
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 255
“Yahtzee!” cried the Queen triumphantly.
Sookie and Pam endured at least five full minutes of the table’s compliments to their Queen before anyone even bothered to acknowledge their entrance.
“Ah, one of Eric’s,” Sophie-Anne said when she finally turned to her new guests. “It’s been a long time, Pam. Too long.” She smiled, all fangs and fragility. “I enjoyed your last visit very much.”
“I live to serve, my Queen,” Pam said demurely, and even without being able to use her ability, Sookie could sense the nature of the unsaid passing between them. She tried her very hardest to fight a blush.
“No, darling, you don’t live at all,” Sophie-Anne said to Pam. She indicated Sookie’s flushed cheeks. “But this one does.” After a moment of scrutiny, Sophie-Anne clapped her hands in delight. “Is this the infamous Ms. Stackhouse?” she asked. “What a little doll.” She turned to Pam and beckoned her closer. “Is she very fun to play with?” she whispered conspiratorially.
Pam shrugged. “I wouldn’t know, she was claimed before I met her.” She joined in Sophie’s study of Sookie. “Besides,” she added, “she’s not my type.”
“And what type is that?” Sookie asked, tired of being left out of the conversation. “The type you can’t glamour away?”
For a moment Sophie-Anne looked surprised at this bit of temper directed towards a fellow vampire, then her laugh filled the silence, high and pealing, almost a giggle. “I begin to see why Bill Compton bothered to claim this one,” she announced to the group.
Title: Queen of Hearts
Fandom: True Blood
Pairing: Sookie/Pam
Prompt: Tarot Cards, 3. The Empress
Spoilers: S2 finale
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 180
“She is very entertaining, for a human,” said one of the half-dressed vampires sitting around the card table in a transparent effort to gain favor with his Queen.
“I’ll admit I still don’t see the draw,” Pam said before turning to address Sookie. “And I do not glamour my lovers away. I prefer to be-” she smiled sharply “-memorable.”
“Hardly a difficult goal for you to achieve,” Sophie-Anne said soothingly. “But really, I find this whole ‘formal claim’ idea charming-”
“I don’t,” Sookie said, ignoring Pam’s warning frown.
Sophie-Anne appeared more puzzled than offended by the interruption. “Would you prefer to belong to someone else?” she asked.
“I’d prefer to belong to myself.”
“She’s remarkably touchy about the subject,” Pam said in response to Sophie-Anne’s quizzical look.
“So she doesn’t acknowledge his possession then?” Sophie-Anne asked. “Interesting.”
“Stop talking about me like I’m not here!” Sookie only realized her mistake after the words had left her mouth.
Sophie-Anne slowly and purposefully turned to address Pam. “Did this human,” she asked quietly, “just give an order to the Queen of Louisiana?”
Cards: Fool, Magician, High Priestess, Empress.
A/N: drabbles posted in sequential order.
Title: Trumped
Fandom: True Blood
Pairing: Sookie/Pam
Prompt: Tarot Cards, 0. The Fool
Spoilers: S2 finale
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 255
Sookie approached Fangtasia with a certain degree of irritation. She had been frantic with worry this past week, not to mention remorse. She could feel the place on her finger where the ring would have been had she managed to articulate one single word, rather than babbling incomprehensibly and fleeing into the restroom. Whatever had happened while she was in there…
Well, she needed to find him. And if that meant she had to put up with Eric for a single evening to get the answers she needed, at least the price had a name.
She barely made it past the bouncer before a hand grabbed her elbow and guided her into the back office.
“You know,” Sookie said, once the door had closed behind her, “I would probably say ‘yes’ more often if a few of y’all would even bother to ask.”
“Human manners bore me,” Pam said. “And I rarely care whether you agree with me or not.” She sat, leather-clad, in Eric’s usual position, though she did not seem to know how to rest easily in a desk chair.
“Why am I even talking to you?” Sookie asked. “Now that your boss can sense my presence and emotions, I hadn’t thought I’d even get in the bar before being accosted.”
“Eric is not here right now.” Pam paused for a moment, considering. Her gaze fell on the piles of paperwork on the desk and she sighed. “I am very annoyed.”
“Well, you’re about to get more so,” Sookie said. “I need your help.”
Title: Heat Spell
Fandom: True Blood
Pairing: Sookie/Pam
Prompt: Tarot Cards, 1. The Magician
Spoilers: S2 finale
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 260
Though Sookie liked the fact that the water lapping against the dock was the only break in the night’s silence, she wished the number of vampires enforcing it were fewer. The back of her dress stuck to her skin in the mugginess of the bayou, and she could only hope that it would be too dark when she met the Queen for the mosquito bites that dotted her arms to be glaringly obvious.
She really didn’t want to advertise her drinkablity.
“Why are we doing this again?” Sookie asked her traveling companion.
“Because we need to find both of our bosses,” Pam said calmly. Though none of the vampires that made up the Queen’s security had been particularly friendly to her, she seemed unfazed. “And this is the last place our Sheriff said he was going.”
“Bill is not my boss,” Sookie said, for what seemed like the hundredth time.
“Does that mean that you acknowledge that Eric is?”
“No!”
“He does pay you,” Pam reminded her.
“I’m not here for him.”
“Yes. You’re here for Bill. Who you don’t even respect enough to acknowledge his claim on you. You disobey him constantly.”
Usually Sookie would ignore her, but right now those words hurt. “Why are you so willing to belong to someone else?” she asked.
“He made me,” Pam said simply.
“Well, I listen to Bill when it suits me, and I’ve seen you do the same with Eric.”
“Eric prefers a challenge.”
Which is probably why he made you, Sookie thought, and then they were at the door.
Title: Poolside
Fandom: True Blood
Pairing: Sookie/Pam
Prompt: Tarot Cards, 2. The High Priestess
Spoilers: S2 finale
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 255
“Yahtzee!” cried the Queen triumphantly.
Sookie and Pam endured at least five full minutes of the table’s compliments to their Queen before anyone even bothered to acknowledge their entrance.
“Ah, one of Eric’s,” Sophie-Anne said when she finally turned to her new guests. “It’s been a long time, Pam. Too long.” She smiled, all fangs and fragility. “I enjoyed your last visit very much.”
“I live to serve, my Queen,” Pam said demurely, and even without being able to use her ability, Sookie could sense the nature of the unsaid passing between them. She tried her very hardest to fight a blush.
“No, darling, you don’t live at all,” Sophie-Anne said to Pam. She indicated Sookie’s flushed cheeks. “But this one does.” After a moment of scrutiny, Sophie-Anne clapped her hands in delight. “Is this the infamous Ms. Stackhouse?” she asked. “What a little doll.” She turned to Pam and beckoned her closer. “Is she very fun to play with?” she whispered conspiratorially.
Pam shrugged. “I wouldn’t know, she was claimed before I met her.” She joined in Sophie’s study of Sookie. “Besides,” she added, “she’s not my type.”
“And what type is that?” Sookie asked, tired of being left out of the conversation. “The type you can’t glamour away?”
For a moment Sophie-Anne looked surprised at this bit of temper directed towards a fellow vampire, then her laugh filled the silence, high and pealing, almost a giggle. “I begin to see why Bill Compton bothered to claim this one,” she announced to the group.
Title: Queen of Hearts
Fandom: True Blood
Pairing: Sookie/Pam
Prompt: Tarot Cards, 3. The Empress
Spoilers: S2 finale
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 180
“She is very entertaining, for a human,” said one of the half-dressed vampires sitting around the card table in a transparent effort to gain favor with his Queen.
“I’ll admit I still don’t see the draw,” Pam said before turning to address Sookie. “And I do not glamour my lovers away. I prefer to be-” she smiled sharply “-memorable.”
“Hardly a difficult goal for you to achieve,” Sophie-Anne said soothingly. “But really, I find this whole ‘formal claim’ idea charming-”
“I don’t,” Sookie said, ignoring Pam’s warning frown.
Sophie-Anne appeared more puzzled than offended by the interruption. “Would you prefer to belong to someone else?” she asked.
“I’d prefer to belong to myself.”
“She’s remarkably touchy about the subject,” Pam said in response to Sophie-Anne’s quizzical look.
“So she doesn’t acknowledge his possession then?” Sophie-Anne asked. “Interesting.”
“Stop talking about me like I’m not here!” Sookie only realized her mistake after the words had left her mouth.
Sophie-Anne slowly and purposefully turned to address Pam. “Did this human,” she asked quietly, “just give an order to the Queen of Louisiana?”