Panache
PM . Follow . Favorite . Feed
since: 10-15-02, id: 280991
country: USA
Author has written 32 stories for Power Rangers, Harry Potter, X-Men: The Movie, Heroes, Traveler, JAG, Smallville, Warehouse 13, Dexter, Parks and Recreation, Once Upon a Time, and Newsroom.

Updated 2/11/07

So as usual, after a long hiatus, I'm trying to write again. If you're still reading please let me know. Below is where the stories stand and the scraps that sit on my desktop.

ICF: This story honestly surprises me almost as much if not more than it may you. I've lost almost complete control of what Beltane wants to do.

Old Soldiers: Hey I updated it, that's got to earn me points. For those who want to know what's up with Billy, I promise that will unfurl in the next few parts and he'll get more page time.

Superfluous Soldiers: I have to admit that I'm stuck on this one. Not because I don't know where it's going, I just seem to have hit a roadblock in getting there.

In the Works (Stories which may or may not come to fruition, if there's one that intrigues you feel free to tell me)

Eulogy: Kind of in the vein of Potter's Field (because CrazyGirl begged and Dagmar threatened), but with different, equally messed up people (Adam/Aisha this time)

Fine Fine Line: A long time ago when I still wrote for BtVS, I did a piece of fiction where every chapter was based off a line from one particular song; there's a great song from Avenue Q that goes through as series of things that there's a fine line between (Lover and Friend, Fairytale and Lie); I've been thinking of trying it again with a Chip/Vida pairing, but really I'd need someone more familiar with the series than me to read it. Let me know if you want it.

Someone to Fall Back On: HP - Ginny/Neville; I fell in love with the movie 'Besieged' and I want to try my hand at the same kind of quiet wearing down that happens there; set after the second war;

Those are the ones that have materialized into something more than a few words, or a random concept.

Very basic facts -

Age: Old enough to know better, too irresponsible to care

Hobbies: Avid collector of Broadway musicals, and I enjoy yoga and cross-stitch.

Occupation: Lawyer (finally)

Favorite Pairings: While I'll eat up anything that's well written, my preferences include Billy/Kat (PR), Faith/Wes (Angel), Simon/Inara (Firefly), Mal/Kaylee (Firefly), Wolverine/Rogue (X-men), Ginny/Neville (HP), Snape/Lily (HP) (yes I'm one of those), Remus/Lily (HP), Tonks/Lupin (HP) (oh look something canon)

Favorite TV Shows: All Joss Whedon Shows (Buffy, Angel, Firefly), West Wing, and an odd enjoyment of the Power Rangers (mainly for Billy, although if I could manage to sit through more than one episode at a time I think I could fall for Cam or Chip)

Favorite Musical Artists: Ani Difranco, Bif Naked, Mandy Patinkin, Stephen Sondheim, Michael John LaChuisa, Jason Robert Brown

Please feel free to IM me. I love company

For those who are wondering whether they might like my fic I thought I'd give you a sense of my favorite love stories since they influence how I write:
- Jo/Professor Bhaer (Little Women) -- this has to go down as having the most influence, I read this when I was seven and never once thought she should have married Laurie. Periodically I read this again just to experience that little rush of euphoria when that shabby blue umbrella comes above Jo's head. (To be clear this does not include the most recent movie which despite my fondness for Gabriel Byrne just didn't work for me)
- The Secretary -- I'd totally suggest this movie. Despite the S&M qualities (or perhaps because of) this is a truly beautiful love story - Beatrice/Benedict (Much Ado About Nothing) -- You can't but laugh with their joy, and the catherdal scene is too potent for words
- Sense & Sensibility -- I have to confess I have never read the book, however the movie is a joy to watch, and I love that the younger sister made her match with the Colonel (which may have a lot to do with Alan Rickman)
- Remains of the Day -- Both the movie and the book (are you noticing that I have a penchant for restrained passion?)
- Besieged -- I love this movie. I've watched it way more times than I can count. The whole idea that someone so awkward and unlovable can become beautiful because of the love he has and what it prompts him to do gets me every time.
- Painted Veil -- The most recent version with Naomi Watts and Edward Norton. Okay its no Maughn, but that doesn't mean it didn't reach out and grab me.


1. with moonlight in your hand » reviews
The first time Sloan talks to him, Don Keefer's an asshole. In retrospect, she realizes she probably should have taken it as a warning. :: A Sloan/Don gap filler tracing the characters from pre-season through post-finale.
Newsroom - Rated: T - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 2 - Words: 8,388 - Reviews: 19 - Updated: 5-21-13 - Published: 9-4-12 - Don K. & Sloan S.
2. Small Weapons » reviews
The first time Rumplestiltskin sees her, Belle is covered in blood and laughing. :: The first time Gold sees her, she is barefoot and screaming.
Once Upon a Time - Rated: T - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 5 - Words: 15,258 - Reviews: 55 - Updated: 4-8-12 - Published: 3-12-12 - Rumpelstiltskin/Mr. Gold & Belle
3. Escape Hatch reviews
"I don't remember you being such an asshole in Pawnee." "Yeah, well. That was Pawnee, wasn't it?" :: Stemming off of "Media Blitz," Ben and April go back with Chris to Indianapolis.
Parks and Recreation - Rated: M - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 11,791 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 11-8-11 - April L. & Ben W. - Complete
4. Snapshots Left on the Negative » reviews
Simple version? Five conversations Leslie and Ben have in formal wear; But of course life is always more complicated than that .
Parks and Recreation - Rated: T - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 9 - Words: 91,503 - Reviews: 79 - Updated: 9-20-11 - Published: 4-14-11 - Complete
5. A Beautiful Mess reviews
It doesn't hit her until Monday when she walks by his office, and it's not his office anymore. :: After the Harvest Festival Ben goes back to Indianapolis. Written for Hiatus Fest
Parks and Recreation - Rated: T - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 7,284 - Reviews: 20 - Published: 4-9-11 - Complete
6. All Roads Lead to You reviews
Sometimes the journey and the destination aren't that far apart. :: Ben and Leslie and the road that brought them to each other.
Parks and Recreation - Rated: T - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 7,136 - Reviews: 16 - Published: 3-10-11 - Complete
7. It's All Your State of Mind reviews
Forty eight hours later, someone's uploaded the video of his on air breakdown on YouTube and because that's just how his life works . . . it goes viral :: BenxLeslie
Parks and Recreation - Rated: T - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 5,623 - Reviews: 18 - Published: 2-23-11 - Complete
8. Wish I Were Here » reviews
You can be a thousand miles away from someone and they're still with you every second of every day. There are two words for that: love and hate. :: Dexter and Lumen try to figure out how to go on.
Dexter - Rated: T - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 3 - Words: 4,958 - Reviews: 22 - Updated: 2-11-11 - Published: 2-7-11 - Dexter M. & Lumen P.
9. And I'm Trying to Enjoy It reviews
But I'm Missing All the Fun :: She sits on the edge of the bed for a long time and asks herself the same question over and over—"Is this the only way?" Keeps hoping the answer will be 'No.' It never is. :: The Big One Post-ep.
Dexter - Rated: T - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 674 - Reviews: 9 - Published: 12-12-10 - Dexter M. & Lumen P. - Complete
10. Bonnie and Clyde Ain't Got Nothin' On Us » reviews
It turns out the hard part comes after. :: Dexter and Lumen in wake of everything.
Dexter - Rated: T - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 2 - Words: 4,041 - Reviews: 25 - Updated: 12-11-10 - Published: 12-8-10 - Dexter M. & Lumen P.
11. The Effort of Connection reviews
Does it get easier? Connecting with people who aren't us? :: Set after Age Before Beauty, Claudia and Artie do a little bonding over the difficulties of reaching out to people when you work at the Warehouse.
Warehouse 13 - Rated: T - English - Friendship/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,564 - Reviews: 12 - Published: 9-13-10 - Claudia D. & Artie N. - Complete
12. I'll Keep You in My Pocket reviews
The thing about having a Farnsworth is it works both ways :: In the aftermath of McPherson, Claudia deals in her own way. Artie Claudia friendship.
Warehouse 13 - Rated: T - English - Drama/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,959 - Reviews: 10 - Published: 9-10-10 - Claudia D. & Artie N. - Complete
13. At Some Disputed Barricade » reviews
There is a before and there is an after. And in the after, what came before doesn't matter quite so much. :: Set in the Alt-Post-Apocalyptic-Future of "Pandora"; The end of the world makes strange-bedfellows.
Smallville - Rated: T - English - Drama/Angst - Chapters: 2 - Words: 5,482 - Reviews: 14 - Updated: 2-3-10 - Published: 2-1-10 - Chloe S. & Lex L.
14. Collaborator » reviews
Chloe's willing to do anything to protect her friends, even if its from herself. :: Post-Freak. Scared by the implications of what her meteor infection might mean, Chloe strikes a deal with the devil. Chlex eventually.
Smallville - Rated: T - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 21 - Words: 68,531 - Reviews: 153 - Updated: 1-30-10 - Published: 12-13-08 - Chloe S. & Lex L.
15. Christmas in Metropolis » reviews
Lex and Chloe have been corresponding by letter for years, but have never met. When they finally have the opportunity to do so at a LuthorCorp Christmas event, neither seems as excited about it as they should be. Slight A/U; Chlex and Clois.
Smallville - Rated: T - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 8 - Words: 26,160 - Reviews: 84 - Updated: 1-15-10 - Published: 12-19-08 - Lex L. & Chloe S.
16. Life Unplanned reviews
Life is what happens when your making other plans, and sometimes when you can't bring yourself to plan at all :: Set in the alternate timeline of Reckoning where Lana did die in the car crash, Chloe and Lex stumble forward and crash into each other.
Smallville - Rated: T - English - Angst/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,642 - Reviews: 8 - Published: 11-17-09 - Chloe S. & Lex L. - Complete
17. There Are No Heroes Here reviews
"There are no heroes here, Chloe. Just . . . Us. Villains all." Set after Season 8's 'Bride', a post-Brainiac Chlex confrontation.
Smallville - Rated: T - English - Angst/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,525 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 1-13-09 - Chloe S. & Lex L. - Complete
18. We Are Who We Have Always Been » reviews
She's never been unbiased when it comes to him. That's her problem. :: For the end of every relationship there is a story about what brought them here. Chlex
Smallville - Rated: M - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 4 - Words: 12,521 - Reviews: 18 - Updated: 12-14-08 - Published: 12-12-08 - Lex L. & Chloe S. - Complete
19. Hard Truths » reviews
When Mac and Webb run into each other in Italy in the middle of a CIA operation old hurts and unspoken issues come to the surface. Set two years after the series finale.
JAG - Rated: T - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 7 - Words: 30,687 - Reviews: 53 - Updated: 7-7-08 - Published: 10-14-07 - C. Webb & S. MacKenzie
20. At First Sight » reviews
Traveler Fic:: Series of vignettes centering around the ever so interesting relationship between Kim Doherty and Agent Fred Chambers
Traveler - Rated: T - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 2 - Words: 6,151 - Reviews: 5 - Updated: 4-25-08 - Published: 6-24-07
21. Recipes and Rituals » reviews
Four Thanksgivings Mac and Webb didn't spend together, and one they did.
JAG - Rated: K+ - English - Romance - Chapters: 5 - Words: 9,770 - Reviews: 19 - Updated: 12-14-07 - Published: 11-26-07 - C. Webb & S. MacKenzie - Complete
22. One Pure Thing reviews
"You always come here. I've seen you." How a moment of reconnection can change the world. [MollyMohinder set during Five Years Gone]
Heroes - Rated: T - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,028 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 5-28-07 - Complete
23. Old Soldiers » reviews
Old soldier never die . . . they just fade away. Ten years after the end of Zeo a series of strange interconnected events brings some of the old guard together again, but they are hardly the shiny young soldiers they once were.
Power Rangers - Rated: T - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 3 - Words: 22,791 - Reviews: 53 - Updated: 4-1-07 - Published: 6-15-06 - Billy C. & Tommy O.
24. Five Rangers Billy Never Kissed » reviews
Part of my and Dagmar's five things that never happened fic game. Billy met and spent time with all of the first five female rangers but he never kissed a single one. So here are the five kisses that Billy never shared, ranging from angsty to sweet.
Power Rangers - Rated: T - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 5 - Words: 7,471 - Reviews: 73 - Updated: 3-10-07 - Published: 2-14-07 - Billy C. - Complete
25. If Camelot Fell » reviews
Zeo:: Through all the dangers they faced, what kept them alive was each other, so they never thought it might be the one thing that could destroy them. Continuation of Conversations at 3 a.m.
Power Rangers - Rated: T - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 7 - Words: 29,086 - Reviews: 125 - Updated: 2-10-07 - Published: 11-4-05 - Billy C. & Kat H.
26. Impossible Boundaries reviews
[SPD] There are boundaries. It is a truth upon which Dr. Kat Manx has built her career, her life. There are things which can and cannot be done. A notquite Kat Cruger story.
Power Rangers - Rated: K+ - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,673 - Reviews: 14 - Published: 7-9-06 - Doggie Cruger - Complete
27. Living in Potter's Field » reviews
MMPRZeo: Darker grown up Rocky vignette with a bar and a beautiful woman. Ch. 2:: Trini's Turn
Power Rangers - Rated: T - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 2 - Words: 4,410 - Reviews: 20 - Updated: 6-3-06 - Published: 3-1-06 - Rocky D. & Trini K. - Complete
28. Home reviews
Post X3 Spoiler:: In the aftermath of X3, old friendships become important once again. BeastStorm undercurrents.
X-Men: The Movie - Rated: K+ - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,022 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 5-30-06 - Beast & Storm
29. Superfluous Soldiers » reviews
He thought he had left her strong, ready to take on the world. Harry Potter had never been more wrong. And he'd been wrong quite a lot in his lifetime. Post HBP, GWNL kinda. Ch. 4:: Sick Leave
Harry Potter - Rated: K+ - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 4 - Words: 13,018 - Reviews: 29 - Updated: 1-2-06 - Published: 11-8-05 - Ginny W. & Neville L.
30. Things You Can Tell Just By Looking at Her » reviews
Series of POVs. One for each male ranger regarding his female counterpart up through Zeo. Ch. 4: Jason's go 'round.
Power Rangers - Rated: K+ - English - Romance - Chapters: 4 - Words: 8,385 - Reviews: 49 - Updated: 12-10-05 - Published: 12-9-02 - Jason L. S. & Kat H.
31. Conversations at 3 am » reviews
Late night conversations spark something between Billy and Kat. Ch. 18 Seeing Dawn:: Yup, I think the title pretty much sums it up. Panache
Power Rangers - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 18 - Words: 79,513 - Reviews: 264 - Updated: 11-4-05 - Published: 10-15-02 - Billy C. & Kat H. - Complete
32. The Road Less Traveled » reviews
What if Harry hadn't seen everything Snape was trying to keep from him? Ch. 2 ::Penance:: "Stop indulging yourself. You're not a victim, so stop pretending." Contains some SSLE
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 2 - Words: 5,274 - Reviews: 17 - Updated: 2-24-04 - Published: 11-30-03 - Severus S. & Lily Evans P.
Manager of:
Community: Five Things That Never Happened
Focus: TV Shows » Power Rangers