Admin post: It's all about Vecchio
You know who doesn't get enough love, well, pretty much ever? VECCHIO. He's a loyal friend, a family man, and, according to aerye (and I so wholeheartedly agree), he's good in bed. So, let's fix give him a little festival of love! November 15 is VECCHIO DAY.
Any fic is good, gen, het, slash, what have you. As long as Ray Vecchio is the focal point, go for it!
Fics should be posted to the comm on November 15. I'd love to see a minimum of 1000 words, but I'm not going to be very strict about that.
So, comment and choose a prompt. Signups with go from TODAY (September 22) until all the prompts are claimed. PLEASE look through the comments in case I haven't gotten to someone's claim yet. I will cross it off and put your name next to it when it is claimed, then go forth! Write! Post your fic on November 15!
ETA: Also! If people really want to play after all the prompts are taken, I can post more. Participation is good, and I don't want anyone to be shut out if they really, really want to write!
All lyrics are courtest of Patty Griffin, because, well, I LOVE HER. (I will upload the songs if people request, just let me know. I don't want to do it if people don't need it!)
1. Everywhere is somewhere and nowhere is there
Everybody wants somebody with their wine and their beer
So I’m just a tragic figure in the corner over here
Go home to an empty apartment and a best friend who is a queer (“moses”) aingeal8c
2. Time will do the talking, years will do the walking
I’ll just find a comfy spot and I’ll wait it out
Time will do the talking, years will do the walking
Time will tell you, baby, what you can’t hear now (“time will do the walking”) pixiecatfish
3. Isn’t it hard sometimes? Isn’t it lonely?
How I still hang around here, there’s nothing to hold me (“florida”) brooklinegirl
4. I stay unseen by the light, I stay untold by the truth
I'm sold by a lie
By this I am able in all of my travels
To make these memories quit
But tonight I clearly recall every little bit (“every little bit”) primroseburrows
5. Headlights searching down the driveway
The house as dark as it can be
I go inside and all is silent
And seems as empty as the inside of me (“long ride home”) llassah
6. Say goodbye to the old street that never cared much for you anyway
Different colored doorways you thought would let you in one day
Goodbye to the old bus stop, frozen and waiting
Weekend edition has this town way overrated. (“useless desires”) lordessrenegade
7. If you break down, I’ll drive out and find you
If you forget my love, I’ll try to remind you
Stay by you, when it don’t come easy (“when it don’t come easy”) catwalksalone
8. Be careful where you bend me
Be careful where you send me
Careful how you end me
Be careful, with me (“be careful”) sdwolfpup
9. Up in the air, they would write your name there
But love would fall to pieces in the rain
Who would know better than you?
A hundred love letters and none of them true (“Christina”) justbreathe80
10. Take a walk on the bridge, right over this mess
Don’t need to tell me a thing, baby, we’ve already confessed
And I raised my voice to the air, and we were blessed
It’s hard to give and it’s hard to get
But everybody needs a little forgiveness (“forgiveness”) pearl_o
11. I wish I’d have known you, I wish I had shown you
All of the things I was on the inside
I wish it had been easier instead of any longer
I wish I could have stood, where you would have been proud
That won’t happen now, that won’t happen now. (“top of the world”) spikesloveslave
12. There's no mercy in a live wire, no rest at all in freedom
Of the choices we are given it's no choice at all
The proof is in the fire you touch before it moves away
But you must always know how long to stay and when to go (“let him fly”) izzybeth
13. You know you’ve done enough when every bone is sore
You know you’ve prayed enough when you don’t ask anymore
You know you’re coming to some kind of understanding
When every dream you’ve dreamed has passed and you’re still standing (“poor man’s house”) lozenger8
14. The further I go more letters from home never arrive
And I’m alone, all of the way, all of the way
Alone and alive (“rowing song”) akite
15. We had the real thing up there in the moonlight
Didn't cost nothing but each of our hearts
One day you stopped smiling and singing those love songs
Then you decided to make a new start. (“you don’t have me”) mondschein1
SO! Start claiming, ladies!
Any fic is good, gen, het, slash, what have you. As long as Ray Vecchio is the focal point, go for it!
Fics should be posted to the comm on November 15. I'd love to see a minimum of 1000 words, but I'm not going to be very strict about that.
So, comment and choose a prompt. Signups with go from TODAY (September 22) until all the prompts are claimed. PLEASE look through the comments in case I haven't gotten to someone's claim yet. I will cross it off and put your name next to it when it is claimed, then go forth! Write! Post your fic on November 15!
ETA: Also! If people really want to play after all the prompts are taken, I can post more. Participation is good, and I don't want anyone to be shut out if they really, really want to write!
All lyrics are courtest of Patty Griffin, because, well, I LOVE HER. (I will upload the songs if people request, just let me know. I don't want to do it if people don't need it!)
1. Everywhere is somewhere and nowhere is there
Everybody wants somebody with their wine and their beer
So I’m just a tragic figure in the corner over here
Go home to an empty apartment and a best friend who is a queer (“moses”) aingeal8c
2. Time will do the talking, years will do the walking
I’ll just find a comfy spot and I’ll wait it out
Time will do the talking, years will do the walking
Time will tell you, baby, what you can’t hear now (“time will do the walking”) pixiecatfish
3. Isn’t it hard sometimes? Isn’t it lonely?
How I still hang around here, there’s nothing to hold me (“florida”) brooklinegirl
4. I stay unseen by the light, I stay untold by the truth
I'm sold by a lie
By this I am able in all of my travels
To make these memories quit
But tonight I clearly recall every little bit (“every little bit”) primroseburrows
5. Headlights searching down the driveway
The house as dark as it can be
I go inside and all is silent
And seems as empty as the inside of me (“long ride home”) llassah
6. Say goodbye to the old street that never cared much for you anyway
Different colored doorways you thought would let you in one day
Goodbye to the old bus stop, frozen and waiting
Weekend edition has this town way overrated. (“useless desires”) lordessrenegade
7. If you break down, I’ll drive out and find you
If you forget my love, I’ll try to remind you
Stay by you, when it don’t come easy (“when it don’t come easy”) catwalksalone
8. Be careful where you bend me
Be careful where you send me
Careful how you end me
Be careful, with me (“be careful”) sdwolfpup
9. Up in the air, they would write your name there
But love would fall to pieces in the rain
Who would know better than you?
A hundred love letters and none of them true (“Christina”) justbreathe80
10. Take a walk on the bridge, right over this mess
Don’t need to tell me a thing, baby, we’ve already confessed
And I raised my voice to the air, and we were blessed
It’s hard to give and it’s hard to get
But everybody needs a little forgiveness (“forgiveness”) pearl_o
11. I wish I’d have known you, I wish I had shown you
All of the things I was on the inside
I wish it had been easier instead of any longer
I wish I could have stood, where you would have been proud
That won’t happen now, that won’t happen now. (“top of the world”) spikesloveslave
12. There's no mercy in a live wire, no rest at all in freedom
Of the choices we are given it's no choice at all
The proof is in the fire you touch before it moves away
But you must always know how long to stay and when to go (“let him fly”) izzybeth
13. You know you’ve done enough when every bone is sore
You know you’ve prayed enough when you don’t ask anymore
You know you’re coming to some kind of understanding
When every dream you’ve dreamed has passed and you’re still standing (“poor man’s house”) lozenger8
14. The further I go more letters from home never arrive
And I’m alone, all of the way, all of the way
Alone and alive (“rowing song”) akite
15. We had the real thing up there in the moonlight
Didn't cost nothing but each of our hearts
One day you stopped smiling and singing those love songs
Then you decided to make a new start. (“you don’t have me”) mondschein1
SO! Start claiming, ladies!