Title: Heartache
Author: brumeier
Challenge(s): #91 Clint Black - Heartache/Better Man
Fandom(s): Stargate Atlantis
Pairing(s): John Sheppard/Rodney McKay, past Jennifer Keller/Rodney McKay
Wordcount: 1,163
Warning(s): emotional h/c, mention of unhealthy past relationship, alcohol consumption

Summary: Jennifer is having a difficult time getting over her breakup with Rodney.

Title: On Little Cat Feet
Author: brumeier
Challenge(s): #90 The Equalizer - Shades of Darkness
Fandom(s): Trixie Belden Mysteries/The Three Investigators
Series: The Inconsistent Witch
Pairing(s): Trixie Belden/Jupiter Jones
Wordcount: 2,924
Warning(s): inferred animal strangulation, recovery from psychic trauma

Summary: The incident with the dark spellbook has sapped Trixie of her confidence as a witch. When something dark shows up in her yard, she needs Jupiter's help to recover her belief in herself and find a way to dispel the darkness.

Title: An Order of Magnitude
Author: brumeier
Challenge(s): #89 Robbie Williams - How Peculiar
Fandom(s): Stargate Atlantis/SG1/Real Genius
Series: The Adventures of Rowdy Roddy McKay at Pacific Tech
Pairing(s): John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Wordcount: 2,348
Warning(s): beer drinking, betrayal by an authority figure, on-again off-again McShep

Summary: Chris is acting peculiar, even for him, but it's even worse than anyone could have suspected when it turns out he's been betrayed by one of his teachers. And Rodney reluctantly gets drawn in for more shenanigans.

Title: Don't Get Mad...
Author: brumeier
Challenge(s): #88 Law & Order - Justice
Fandom(s): Stargate Atlantis/Real Genius (1985)
Series: The Adventures of Rowdy Roddy McKay at Pacific Tech
Pairing(s): John Sheppard/Rodney Mckay
Wordcount: 1,445
Warning(s): mention of canon humiliation and past bullying

Summary: Rodney gets roped into another one of Chris Knight's pranks, but it leads to a kiss that's really a kiss this time, however brief it might be.

Title: Bottled Poetry
Author: brumeier
Challenge(s): #86 New Tricks - Family Business
Fandom(s): Stargate Atlantis
Pairing(s): John Sheppard/Rodney McKay, Jeannie Miller/Kaleb Miller
Wordcount: 8,937
Warning(s): mostly some fluff with mentions of past family dysfunction

Summary: Rodney didn’t know why he kept letting Jeannie talk him into these things - a blind date that spans several days and two countries, in a location without wifi or cell service, seems doomed to fail. But maybe the location, the unusual amount of downtime, and a handsome winemaker will turn things around.

Title: The Inevitability of Spring
Author: brumeier
Challenge: #85 The Eagles - Waiting in the Weeds
Fandom(s): Stargate Atlantis
Pairing(s): Evan Lorne/David Parrish
Wordcount: 3,630
Warning(s): not really character death, emotional h/c, grief and loss

Summary: After suffering a huge loss, Evan left Atlantis and went back home to the commune to grieve. A year later he's wondering when things are going to get better and then they do, just not in the way he expected.

Title: The Moonless Midnight
Author: brumeier
Challenge: #84 Murder She Wrote - A Little Night Work
Fandom(s): Stargate Atlantis
Pairing(s): John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Wordcount: 7,194
Warning(s): character with a life-threatening genetic disorder, emotional angst

Summary: Due to a rare genetic disorder, John is forced to live in the shadows and out of the sun. But it's in the shadows that he meets Rodney, and suddenly his life seems a lot less limited now that he's not alone.

Title: What Have You Done?
Author: enchanted_jae
Character(s): Harry/Draco
Rating: PG
Warning(s): Mild angst, hurt/comfort
Word count: 355
Summary: Draco gets an inkling of what Harry has been up to.
Disclaimer: Characters are the property of JK Rowling, et al. This fic/drabble was written for fun, not for profit.
Written for: ficlet_zone Prompt No. 84 – Murder She Wrote. I chose Armed Response, Unfinished Business, Angel of Death

What Have You Done?

Title: Blank Space 86
Author: enchanted_jae
Characters: Draco/Harry
Rating: PG
Warning(s): Mpreg
Word count: 100
Disclaimer: Characters are the property of JK Rowling, et al. This fic/drabble was written for fun, not for profit.
Written for:
♦ ficlet_zone Prompt No. 83 – Barry Manilow songs. I chose Somewhere Down the Road
♦ hp_bunintheoven February prompt of fixed
Summary: Draco is planning for the future.

Blank Space 86

Title: Another Four Years
Author: brumeier
Challenge(s): #83 Barry Manilow - I'm Your Man
Fandom(s): Stargate Atlantis
Series: The Leader We Deserve
Pairing(s): John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Wordcount: 724
Warning(s): political wish-fulfillment

Summary: President John P. Sheppard's inauguration speech, on the event of being elected for a second term of office.

Title: Babies, Each a Kiss Receive
Character(s): Harry/Draco, ocs
Rating: PG
Warning(s): None
Word count: 370
Summary: Bonding with the babies
Disclaimer: Characters are the property of JK Rowling, et al. This fic/drabble was written for fun, not for profit.
Written for:
♦ Jae's Advent Drabbles No. 10
♦ dracoharry100 Christmas Challenge 2024 No. 10 - Christmas Angel
♦ newyearcntdown New Year's Countdown Challenge, Day 10 - Overdone/trite
♦ slythindor100 Traditional Prompt No. 10 - Etched Christmas Bauble
♦ ficlet_zone Prompt 81 - Dean Martin songs. I chose Silver Bells

Babies, Each a Kiss Receive

Title: I place these days into your hands
Fandom: Don Carlos (Verdi opera)
Author: Zdenka
Rating: T
Challenge: #81, song titles: Dean Martin ("Sogni d'Oro")
Characters: Carlos
Relationships: Carlos&/Rodrigo
Warnings: none
Word Count: 200 words
Notes: Falls into that zone between gen and m/m where you passionately tell your friends you love them and swear to be united in life and death. ;) Sogni d'Oro is Italian for "sweet dreams," literally "golden dreams".

Summary: In prison, Carlos finds he is no longer angry at Rodrigo's supposed betrayal.

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Title: Love, Honor, & Protect
Author: luvbarryfefe
Fandom: Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage
Characters/Relationship: George Cooper Jr./Amanda "Mandy" McAllister
Prompt: #71 Elvis Presley: She Wears My Ring
Word Count: 200
Spoilers: None
Summary: Georgie doesn't take too kindly to people disrespecting Mandy.

Love, Honor, & Protect on DW 

Title: In A (Space) Jam
Author: brumeier
Challenge(s): #77 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Cosmic Cowboy
Fandom(s): Trixie Belden Mysteries/The Three Investigators
Pairing(s): Trixie Belden/Jupiter Jones
Wordcount: 2,592
Warning(s): minor injuries, gunfire

Summary: In which Jupiter helps Trixie out of a jam, and in turn she has something that could turn the tide of an intergalactic war.

Title: The Naturist in the Nylon
Author: brumeier
Challenge(s): #76 NCIS - Dead and Unburied
Fandom(s): Stargate Atlantis
Series: The FBI & the Forensic Anthropologist
Pairing(s): John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Wordcount: 5,949
Warning(s): non-graphic descriptions of a dead body/skeleton, discussion of patriotism

Summary: A body is found wrapped in an American flag in Shenandoah National Park, and it'll take the combined efforts of the FBI Agent Sheppard and the Jeffersonian's forensics lab, headed by Dr. Rodney McKay, to find out what happened. It might also be time for Rodney and John to take the next step in their relationship.

Title: It will be fun, he said
Author: enchanted_jae
Characters/Pairing: Dee/Ryo
Rating: PG
Word count: 255
Written for: ficlet_zone Prompt No. 75 - Willie Nelson. I chose: Are You Sure, Goin' Home, Three Days, What Do You Want Me To Do.
Warnings: None
Summary: Camping isn't a spectator sport.
Disclaimer: Characters are the property of Sanami Matoh, et al. This drabble/fic was written for fun, not for profit.

It will be fun, he said

Title: Déjà Vu All Over Again
Author: brumeier
Challenge(s): #75 - Willie Nelson: Heebie Jeebie Blues No2
Fandom(s): Trixie Belden Mysteries/The Three Investigators
Pairing(s): Trixie Belden/Jupiter Jones
Wordcount: 3,517
Warning(s): brief mention of non-graphic violence of the stabby variety, some light angst

Summary: In which Jupiter is a Sentinel, Trixie is his Guide, and she's getting a strong sense of déjà vu lately that's giving her the heebie jeebies.

Title: A Trip to Normandy
Fandom: Miss Marple
Author: smallhobbit
Rating: PG
Challenge: #74: Suits - Normandy
Spoilers: None
Summary: Colonel Bantry is going to a reunion and Dolly and Miss Marple are accompanying him
I realise I have adjusted the Miss Marple timeline

A Trip to Normandy

Title: Welcome to the Hellfire Club
Author: brumeier
Challenge(s): #72 - Stranger Things: The Hellfire Club
Fandom(s): Stargate Atlantis
Pairing(s): David Parrish/Evan Lorne, John Sheppard/Rodney McKay, Teyla Emmagan/Elizabeth Weir
Wordcount: 4,076
Warning(s): historical setting with period-typical attitudes toward homosexuality

Summary: It all started with an unfinished painting David's sister found in a shop. It led him to the Hellfire Club, artist Evan, and a way to enrich his life in ways the society of the time wouldn't allow.

Title: Dragon Brew 80
Author: enchanted_jae
Characters: Harry/Draco, Dean, ocs
Rating: PG
Warning(s): None
Word count: 610
Disclaimer: Characters are the property of JK Rowling, et al. This fic/drabble was written for fun, not for profit.
Written for: ficlet_zone Prompt No. 71 - Elvis Presley songs. I chose All Shook Up, He'll Have to Go, Kiss Me Quick, Men With Broken Hearts
Summary: Harry gets dragged out of bed before sunrise.

Dragon Brew 80