Christmas Comment!fics [2011]

[soera]

Merry Christmas, everyone!

Last year, I offered comment!fic in a number of fandoms as a Christmas present to all you lovely folk out there. I got some wonderful prompts and really enjoyed myself writing ficlets for them, so I’ve decided to do the same this year. For those of you who don’t know how this works, let’s go over things:

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[sariagray]

Jack/Ianto, Ianto finds something in Jack's bunker or office that makes him realize or question something about their relationship. Can be a Christmassy something. Vague prompt is vague. ;)

[soera]

[Not a Christmassy something, but I hope you like it anyway. =D]

boxesThe thing about being immortal is that you forget

[sariagray]

This was so lovely and quietly sweet! <3 Brilliant job, thank you! :D

[silverfoxflower]

Merlin reincarnation!fic, Arthur/Merlin

CEO!Arthur and his longsuffering personal assistant!Merlin are snowed in at the office

ty <3

[soera]

warmth

“Turkey sandwich, crisps, there’s drinks in the vending machine but they’re horrible and I’m not getting them,” Merlin announces, kicking the door shut behind him. “Also, I think everyone else is commandeering the third floor for a party of some sort. There may have been alcohol involved, but since I have no clue where it came from, I didn’t grab any. It looked a bit dubious anyway.”

“Do you have any matches?” Arthur asks. “Or a lighter?”

“No,” Merlin says slowly. “We’ve got these things called electric lights, you see, and radiators -”

“To set these bloody papers on fire,” Arthur adds. Merlin takes a step back, and Arthur vainly attempts to tamp down the murderous glare.

“No,” Merlin repeats. “The last time something caught on fire here, we were lectured for three hours on proper safety protocol

[trialanderror12]

“No,” Merlin says slowly. “We’ve got these things called electric lights, you see, and radiators -”

Hahahahaha. That is *brilliant* and I don't even watch this show xD Their banter is hilarious and the ending is so sweet <3 Love it!

~T

[silverfoxflower]

So adorable :D Loved all the references to their past life!

[les342]

I'd love a H50 fic. I'd like to read a fic with Steve, Danny, and Grace spending time together after a close call with a bad guy for Danny.

Thanks for this. It's very nice of you to offer!

[soera]

the splendid ones

“It makes me feel almost afraid,” Steve reads, “as if something strange was just going to happen. The Splendid ones always make me feel like that.”

Danny gently strokes Grace’s head. “I think she’s asleep,” he says quietly. “Let’s leave the rest for the next time.”

Steve marks the page and sets Grace’s book aside, then leans back against the head of the bed and looks down at Danny and Grace, who are both comfortably sprawled over the bed. Grace has tucked her face against Danny’s neck and wrapped her body around his chest, carefully avoiding his right leg. The bandages are hidden by Danny’s hospital gown and sheets, but they still loom large in Steve’s mind.

He can still remember the blood. The knife had lodged itself in Danny’s thigh and Steve had known it had to have nicked an artery. He’s seen men die of similar wounds, felt their lives slipping through his fingers. A part of him had expected Danny to die there on that street, surrounded by useless gawkers, even as he’d frantically wadded his shirt against the

[les342]

Oh, I just love this! It's so sweet and so perfectly them. I can definitely see this happening. Thank you!

[trialanderror12]

Awww. Poor Steve, seriously, he has so much trauma. *pets him* But he's got Danny and Gracie now, and it'll take some time but they'll train him to realize that not everything has an unhappy ending :)

Great job!

~T

[trialanderror12]

Oh, this is excellent! : D Comment!fic is always fun. I can't wait to read it all!

As for a prompt...hmm. Okay, I know this has been done before, but I seriously *never* get tired of reading it, so would you please write something Steve/Danny that involves the repeal of DADT? Preferably they're not in a relationship yet and this is when they get together, but established relationship works too : D (And also I didn't like the whole Danny/Rachel thing at the end of S1 either, so you can just pretend that never happened ;D).

Thank you so much for doing this, it's awesome! Can't wait to read all the H50 and Torchwood comment!fics you write :)

(Though I am curious--you like Torchwood but not Doctor Who? Just wondering, as I adore them both. And agree with you in that S3 of Torchwood made me sad and I didn't finish S4 because of...well, lots of things. xD)

<3 Merry Christmas!

~T

[soera]

[I’ve watched a little Doctor Who, but it never grabbed me the same way Torchwood did. I liked some of the episodes, but I was mostly just ambivalent about it, so I didn’t make it past… mid-S2, I think? Which is funny, because I honestly think the acting’s better in Doctor Who than in Torchwood - I just liked the tone of TW better, that blend of darkness and cheesiness and humour. The change in how Torchwood was handled in S3 is the main reason why I went off that, too. =P]

inarticulateSteve’s been odd all day, and Danny’s not quite sure what to make of it. Nothing particularly earth-shattering had happened recently, and there weren’t any anniversaries he was aware of that might be affecting Steve’s mood. It could, of course, be something related to Steve’s time in service, but if that was the case, there was probably nothing Danny could do about it

[trialanderror12]

[Ah, I see. I like Torchwood a lot, really I do, but Doctor Who...I just love it. ^^ I'm surprised S2 is where you dropped off, because I think it's probably my favorite season! But then I really was a fan of the banter between the 10th Doctor and Rose :) I can see how you might not like it as well, though, if the darkness is part of what drew you to Torchwood. There *is* darkness in Doctor Who but it's not really the same, because it's got to be kid-friendly, where as Torchwood obviously isn't! I actually think Doctor Who got significantly darker when the 11th Doctor took over; not that you could tell from his first few episodes, but as you go on, you can really see that darkness hiding inside him. Ahem. But yes, Torchwood, good stuff xD I was always a fan of Jack <3 I felt like S3 wasn't really *Torchwood* anymore, though, because Torchwood was always about them figuring things out and solving problems, and changing the format to one-enemy-for-five-episodes gave them so much down time. Add in the political drama and...it

[trialanderror12]

Aaand just because you said we could leave 2 prompts just in case, I'd love some angsty Steve/Danny hurt/comfort with a happy ending. : D Never get sick of reading that either, haha. <3

~T

[soera]

[Um. Nooot quite sure this is what you were thinking when you requested h/c, but I hope it works for you anyway?]

like children, we never stop hopingDanny’s always an odd mix of contradictions after Grace goes back to Rachel’s after the weekend. On the one hand, he’s still delighted from the time he recently spent with his daughter; on the other hand, he’s sullen that he won’t see her for another two weeks. He fluctuates wildly between these moods, but Steve’s gotten used to it. Danny being out of sorts on Mondays after Grace-weekends is normal