Harry Potter: Marcus/Katie [Shooting Star: 50 sentences]
Title: Shooting Star: 50 sentences
Author: namistai8
Character/Pairing/Group: Marcus/Katie, mentions of Katie/Oliver
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer/Notes/Whatever: A snapshot look of their relationship, the idea and themes were stolen from 1fandom. In honor of jenszabo's seminal fic "Detained", which turned me into a Marcus/Katie shipper.
Came out to a shooting star / But she moves so fast / That I can't keep up / I'm chasing / I'm in love with a shooting star / But she moves so fast/ When she falls then / I'll be waiting
The Bag Raiders
Number.PromptSentence
001.MoveMarcus Flint has always known he's fast - fast growing up, fast enough to beat bigger boys, faster on a broom and against bludgers.
002.SleepWhen Katie Bell first makes the Gryffindor Quidditch Team, she doesn't sleep that night, she's so excited.
003.InspireMarcus, like all other Slytherins, live in fear and awe of Snape. When he was a first year, Marcus would practice sneering, trying to copy the Potion Master's level of disdain and scorn.
004.SweatKatie doesn't mind the bruises, the sweat, the stink of Quidditch. She's happiest on her broom with the quaffle, aiming for the goal.
005.LovelyAlthough Marcus is obsessed with Quidditch, he doesn't understand why Gryffindor would let a pretty little girl be a Chaser. Surely Gryffindor wasn't that hard up for players, were they?
006.BreatheKatie found it hard to breathe the first time she gets a bludger to the chest during a game.
007.RoughQuidditch is quidditch, and Marcus has no problems playing rough... even against little girls.
008.StrikeWhat Marcus isn't ready for is after the game, when Oliver Wood smashes his fist against his face over his treatment of the Gryffindor chasers.
009.HelpHe's even more taken aback, when Katie Bell jumps on Oliver Wood's back and starts pounding at him like a monkey, telling him to LAY OFF HIM, and how IT'S JUST A GAME and how she can take care of herself.
010.ResistAfter that, Marcus finds himself watching her from the corner of his eyes. He tries to stop, but he can't.
011.MeetThey don't often run into each other with him being four years older than her. Something for which Marcus is thankful for.
012.TautMost people mistake the tension between Katie and Marcus as hatred. After all, he's nearly decapitated her twice during Quidditch games.
013.ThirstKatie doesn't know why but looking at the Slytherin Captain after his Quidditch practices makes her mouth go dry.
014.AllEveryone in Gryffindor assumes that Katie, including Katie, has a crush on Oliver Wood, mainly because they seem to spend so much time together.
015.FogThis doesn't explain why Katie feels tongue-tied around a certain Slytherin Quidditch player. Thankfully for her, he doesn't talk to her.
016.BeforeMarcus tries to think of his life before had this awareness of her, but he can't think of anything.
017.HurtKatie doesn't know that Marcus has strict instructions for his Beaters not to aim quite as many bludgers her directions.
018.KindMarcus doesn't think of it as kindness, but he can't name why he thinks it's important or why it should be done. Thankfully for him, the Slytherins are too afraid to ask.
019.WarmWhen he sees Katie talk to Oliver and give him that golden smile of hers, Marcus finally understands what despair really is about.
020.PatternKatie is good at intuiting the behaviour of others, but she still can't understand what Marcus Flint would want from her.
021.CycleMarcus forces himself to fail - so that he can come back another year to Hogwarts. He doesn't even try to explain it to himself.
022.GlowKatie has a great Fourth year at Hogwarts - it's like nothing has changed from last year. She's happy even when things don't go her way.
023.ZeroAt the end of the Fourth year however, Katie knows that next year is going to be different and suddenly she's not looking forward to her fifth year. At all.
024.WonderMarcus sometimes wonders if he's taken too many bludgers to the head. He must be daft to think so much of one little girl.
025.ScoldWhen he hears about the necklace incident, Marcus wants to go down to St. Mungo's and scream at her FOR BEING SO BLOODY STUPID and HOW DARE SHE SCARE THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS OUT OF HIM!
026.FigureHe decides instead to pay Draco Malfoy a visit, since he obviously forgot what he had learned during his tenure as Seeker for the Slytherin Quidditch team.
027.ThenHe still doesn't go to see Katie at the hospital because he knows he doesn't belong there.
028.LieKatie lies when she comes back from the hospital - lies to her parents, her friends and to herself about not being different, about not being afraid.
029.HuntMarcus knows that the Death Eaters would love for him to join - but he's got two strikes against him already: as an internationally famous Quidditch star, and as the only student in 20 years to have failed his NEWTs and had to go back and repeat his seventh year.
030.MistakeKatie knows she's being stupid and taking risks, but she can't help it. She refuses to live in fear.
031.BirthKatie doesn't know that her friends understand and shield her as best they can as they try to curb her self-destructive behaviour.
032.CutThey meet again at St. Mungo's - Katie is there to see her therapist and Marcus is there for a routine physical.
033.DoubleTheir verbal fight becomes so vicious that they need to be separated by twice the amount of nurses. Any other onlooker would have thought it was a physical fight and not a verbal one.
034.CoverKatie sneaks out of her therapist's office and goes looking for Marcus - she tells herself it's because he doesn't want him to have the last parting shot and not because her heart is pumping, her eyes are blazing and she finally feels alive, after so long.
035.LickHer rampage is stopped short because she finds Marcus stark naked and her mouth goes dry and she licks her lips, trying to figure a way out of the mess she's landed herself in.
036.WheelMarcus would have thought it's funny how quickly you can go to anger to lust, if he actually thought about it.
037.SlightAll Marcus knows is that he feels a slight trembling in his body the minute that Katie Bell's blue eyes darken as they take in his naked form.
038.FlingKatie figures it's gotta be a fling. Why would Marcus Flint, international Quidditch star, want with her anyway?
039.SorryAlthough he apologizes and offers to fix them every time, Marcus is not sorry that they have broken a table, three dining room chairs, two bedposts, cracked four walls and knocked the bathroom sink out of alignment of her flat.
040.CallKatie is used to not having any forewarning before Marcus shows up - even if she is out, she knows he'll wait for her. Even if she can't bring herself to ask why.
041.JewelMarcus doesn't buy her stuff - no flowers, stuffed animals, jewelry - not even dinner. Instead, he brings her take out, tickets to sold out Quidditch games and crossword puzzles that they like to fill out after dinner.
042.FruitAlthough Marcus doesn't know, Katie has tried several times to make apple pie because once said he was partial to it but she's horrible at baking.
043.HouseKatie has never been to Flint Manor, but she's not sure she would even if Marcus asked.
044.SwimThe first time they go away for a weekend, Marcus takes her to Tahiti all because Katie said she fancied a swim.
045.FamilyThey haven't said anything to their respective family or friends - it isn't something that can be explained and it's none of their business anyway.
046.InterestOf course, everyone they know is dying of curiosity to know who Katie/Marcus is dating - but no one can bring themselves to ask.
047.RecordIt doesn't sink into Katie that Marcus has basically moved in until after he brings his massive record collection over. After all, his toiletries, clothes, shoes and Quidditch gear was just stuff, right?
048.GlassKatie likes how Marcus doesn't treat her like she's some fragile, fainting female. Marcus likes how Katie can bend but never break.
049.ShapeNeither of them really knows how their relationship has developed into what it is, they only know that it feels right.
050.LiveEven with how crazy everything is around them, and that it could come crashing down upon them at any moment, they know that they have been lucky.
Comments and criticisms always welcome.
Crossposted in bell_flint
Author: namistai8
Character/Pairing/Group: Marcus/Katie, mentions of Katie/Oliver
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer/Notes/Whatever: A snapshot look of their relationship, the idea and themes were stolen from 1fandom. In honor of jenszabo's seminal fic "Detained", which turned me into a Marcus/Katie shipper.
Came out to a shooting star / But she moves so fast / That I can't keep up / I'm chasing / I'm in love with a shooting star / But she moves so fast/ When she falls then / I'll be waiting
The Bag Raiders
Number.PromptSentence
001.MoveMarcus Flint has always known he's fast - fast growing up, fast enough to beat bigger boys, faster on a broom and against bludgers.
002.SleepWhen Katie Bell first makes the Gryffindor Quidditch Team, she doesn't sleep that night, she's so excited.
003.InspireMarcus, like all other Slytherins, live in fear and awe of Snape. When he was a first year, Marcus would practice sneering, trying to copy the Potion Master's level of disdain and scorn.
004.SweatKatie doesn't mind the bruises, the sweat, the stink of Quidditch. She's happiest on her broom with the quaffle, aiming for the goal.
005.LovelyAlthough Marcus is obsessed with Quidditch, he doesn't understand why Gryffindor would let a pretty little girl be a Chaser. Surely Gryffindor wasn't that hard up for players, were they?
006.BreatheKatie found it hard to breathe the first time she gets a bludger to the chest during a game.
007.RoughQuidditch is quidditch, and Marcus has no problems playing rough... even against little girls.
008.StrikeWhat Marcus isn't ready for is after the game, when Oliver Wood smashes his fist against his face over his treatment of the Gryffindor chasers.
009.HelpHe's even more taken aback, when Katie Bell jumps on Oliver Wood's back and starts pounding at him like a monkey, telling him to LAY OFF HIM, and how IT'S JUST A GAME and how she can take care of herself.
010.ResistAfter that, Marcus finds himself watching her from the corner of his eyes. He tries to stop, but he can't.
011.MeetThey don't often run into each other with him being four years older than her. Something for which Marcus is thankful for.
012.TautMost people mistake the tension between Katie and Marcus as hatred. After all, he's nearly decapitated her twice during Quidditch games.
013.ThirstKatie doesn't know why but looking at the Slytherin Captain after his Quidditch practices makes her mouth go dry.
014.AllEveryone in Gryffindor assumes that Katie, including Katie, has a crush on Oliver Wood, mainly because they seem to spend so much time together.
015.FogThis doesn't explain why Katie feels tongue-tied around a certain Slytherin Quidditch player. Thankfully for her, he doesn't talk to her.
016.BeforeMarcus tries to think of his life before had this awareness of her, but he can't think of anything.
017.HurtKatie doesn't know that Marcus has strict instructions for his Beaters not to aim quite as many bludgers her directions.
018.KindMarcus doesn't think of it as kindness, but he can't name why he thinks it's important or why it should be done. Thankfully for him, the Slytherins are too afraid to ask.
019.WarmWhen he sees Katie talk to Oliver and give him that golden smile of hers, Marcus finally understands what despair really is about.
020.PatternKatie is good at intuiting the behaviour of others, but she still can't understand what Marcus Flint would want from her.
021.CycleMarcus forces himself to fail - so that he can come back another year to Hogwarts. He doesn't even try to explain it to himself.
022.GlowKatie has a great Fourth year at Hogwarts - it's like nothing has changed from last year. She's happy even when things don't go her way.
023.ZeroAt the end of the Fourth year however, Katie knows that next year is going to be different and suddenly she's not looking forward to her fifth year. At all.
024.WonderMarcus sometimes wonders if he's taken too many bludgers to the head. He must be daft to think so much of one little girl.
025.ScoldWhen he hears about the necklace incident, Marcus wants to go down to St. Mungo's and scream at her FOR BEING SO BLOODY STUPID and HOW DARE SHE SCARE THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS OUT OF HIM!
026.FigureHe decides instead to pay Draco Malfoy a visit, since he obviously forgot what he had learned during his tenure as Seeker for the Slytherin Quidditch team.
027.ThenHe still doesn't go to see Katie at the hospital because he knows he doesn't belong there.
028.LieKatie lies when she comes back from the hospital - lies to her parents, her friends and to herself about not being different, about not being afraid.
029.HuntMarcus knows that the Death Eaters would love for him to join - but he's got two strikes against him already: as an internationally famous Quidditch star, and as the only student in 20 years to have failed his NEWTs and had to go back and repeat his seventh year.
030.MistakeKatie knows she's being stupid and taking risks, but she can't help it. She refuses to live in fear.
031.BirthKatie doesn't know that her friends understand and shield her as best they can as they try to curb her self-destructive behaviour.
032.CutThey meet again at St. Mungo's - Katie is there to see her therapist and Marcus is there for a routine physical.
033.DoubleTheir verbal fight becomes so vicious that they need to be separated by twice the amount of nurses. Any other onlooker would have thought it was a physical fight and not a verbal one.
034.CoverKatie sneaks out of her therapist's office and goes looking for Marcus - she tells herself it's because he doesn't want him to have the last parting shot and not because her heart is pumping, her eyes are blazing and she finally feels alive, after so long.
035.LickHer rampage is stopped short because she finds Marcus stark naked and her mouth goes dry and she licks her lips, trying to figure a way out of the mess she's landed herself in.
036.WheelMarcus would have thought it's funny how quickly you can go to anger to lust, if he actually thought about it.
037.SlightAll Marcus knows is that he feels a slight trembling in his body the minute that Katie Bell's blue eyes darken as they take in his naked form.
038.FlingKatie figures it's gotta be a fling. Why would Marcus Flint, international Quidditch star, want with her anyway?
039.SorryAlthough he apologizes and offers to fix them every time, Marcus is not sorry that they have broken a table, three dining room chairs, two bedposts, cracked four walls and knocked the bathroom sink out of alignment of her flat.
040.CallKatie is used to not having any forewarning before Marcus shows up - even if she is out, she knows he'll wait for her. Even if she can't bring herself to ask why.
041.JewelMarcus doesn't buy her stuff - no flowers, stuffed animals, jewelry - not even dinner. Instead, he brings her take out, tickets to sold out Quidditch games and crossword puzzles that they like to fill out after dinner.
042.FruitAlthough Marcus doesn't know, Katie has tried several times to make apple pie because once said he was partial to it but she's horrible at baking.
043.HouseKatie has never been to Flint Manor, but she's not sure she would even if Marcus asked.
044.SwimThe first time they go away for a weekend, Marcus takes her to Tahiti all because Katie said she fancied a swim.
045.FamilyThey haven't said anything to their respective family or friends - it isn't something that can be explained and it's none of their business anyway.
046.InterestOf course, everyone they know is dying of curiosity to know who Katie/Marcus is dating - but no one can bring themselves to ask.
047.RecordIt doesn't sink into Katie that Marcus has basically moved in until after he brings his massive record collection over. After all, his toiletries, clothes, shoes and Quidditch gear was just stuff, right?
048.GlassKatie likes how Marcus doesn't treat her like she's some fragile, fainting female. Marcus likes how Katie can bend but never break.
049.ShapeNeither of them really knows how their relationship has developed into what it is, they only know that it feels right.
050.LiveEven with how crazy everything is around them, and that it could come crashing down upon them at any moment, they know that they have been lucky.
Comments and criticisms always welcome.
Crossposted in bell_flint