When the child was born, he came too early and too small. But where others saw weakness, his mother saw defiance, and she named him Eugenides.

A series of ficlets inspired by the prompts created by fans, for fans. I hope to work my way through all of them. Gunther/Jane, Jester/Jane, Gen.

Character studies of the Holmes brothers and John plus a short case!fic. Mycroft, Sherlock, and John Watson.

An ongoing collection of short drabbles, featuring a variety of characters, genres, and ratings. Responses to the prompts on The Heart of Camelot website. #21 - An exploration of a moment in 4x01.

A collection of answered requests, indulgences and ideas that tickle my fancy. All gen all the time. Ratings, warnings and characters will vary by story, but the rating will never go above T. Labeled complete since, technically, this is a collection of individual completed works.

A series of one-shots based on Alanna, from different characters' perspectives.

Coming home, finding Evvy in the white robes of a temple novice sort of felt like being uprooted. Spoilers through Melting Stones. Written for the TPE Bingo challenge. Prompt: Sprouting.

"You should call it Thaw. But drag out the 'aw.' Because it's fluffy." Written for the TPE Autumn Bingo Challenge 'travel' prompt. Enjoy! xx

Driven out of Emelan by a political coup, Sandry, Briar, Tris, and Daja attempt to start over in a new land where they hope they can live quiet lives. Unfortunately for Tortall, they were never very good at keeping a low profile. Emelan/Tortall Crossover

"I am going to sleep," Arthur drawled as he dragged his feet up the stone stairs, "For one thousand years."

Ordinary women and girls in Tortall find their own adventures.

A collection of hurt/comfort oneshots. Latest: "Everything" Merlin keeps having nightmares about burning at the stake and-what do you know-burns himself one day while tending to a fire. Thankfully, Arthur is there to comfort him and assure him everything will be alright.

Everything Rapunzel needed to know about the outside world could be taught by a mechanical chameleon. Right? Steampunk AU

All Merlin ever wanted was to be a mechanic in peace without anyone giving him grief for the magic he was born with. But his life is flipped upside down when he is sucked into an epic adventure alongside the famous protectors of the realm, The Order of Avalon, as they set out in search of the mysterious Emrys. Magic, mechanical dragons and swashbuckling abounds. Steampunk AU, Gen.

A band of renegade druids kidnap Merlin in order to use a dragonlord gift he never knew he had against Camelot, and end up releasing the dragon within. Gen, friendship.

Contrary to popular opinion, Gwaine was actually quite used to rejection. Merlin did not reject him. What he did was worse. NOW COMPLETED.

Sometimes when they talk, Arthur has a feeling that he and Merlin are operating on completely different levels.

A series of drabbles taking place in and around The Avengers.

One-shot fixit tag to 5x13, co-written with Caitydid. Modern AU (sort of). Merlin and Gwaine deal with their feels at Morgana's Christmas party. Bro moments all around and happy endings.

An AU of 4x07 in which Agravaine successfully kills Gaius. Dark!Merlin. Rated T for descriptions of violence.

The very words themselves. Various drabbles revolving around a single word. Current word: Philter - a potion or charm supposed to cause the person taking it to fall in love. Merlin didn't have enough fingers to count how many times some ignorant sorcerer or narcissistic witch had tried to bring Camelot to its knees through the use of petty love spells and ridiculous poultices.

The Avengers reunite to save one of their own. However, things are not what they seem to be...

Missing scene from Squire when Buri goes with Raoul to his great-aunt's Midwinter party.

written for TPE's Halloween Challenge 1. Life as Fin's wife is bleaker than Sandry imagined.

Rapunzel's an honorable, crime fighting hero. And she's having a tryst. With a cat burglar. AU.

Written for the scene at Emily's house towards the end of 1.10. Nolan didn't mean to make Emily cry, and he wishes he could take back what he's said. Now he's there to pick up the pieces he's shattered. A bit of Nolan/Emily.

AU retelling of 4X06 "A Servant of Two Masters". Little did she know it, but Morgana could not have chosen a better assassin to kill Arthur than Merlin. A story in which Arthur is not as oblivious as usual and Merlin actually remembers he's a warlock.

Prize for the 3000th reviewer of Chasing the Sun: Snape's grumpy inner monologue at breakfast in the Great Hall, set during Goblet of Fire. He is not a morning person. Complete.

Merlin has taken off, Arthur isn't happy. A sort-of tag to the season four finale. Gen. Friendship.

Emily breaks after the revelation and gives into impulse. Set after 1x22, "Reckoning."

Percival learns something important about Merlin. Friendship. H/C. Reveal fic. Gen. Important announcement at end of story.

Hunith witnesses her infant son performing magic and must make a choice. Some disturbing themes.

Irene Adler thought she was going mad, and then she had tea with a ghost

Mycroft knows when to leave the British Government behind and become a big brother.

James hears of two love stories, one from an imprisoned girl the other from the infamous Dark One, having no idea that it is the same story. Set during the finale. Inspired by the song October and April. RumBelle.

In the end, she'd stayed, and Selina doesn't want to think about why. — Selina Kyle/Bruce Wayne, The Dark Knight Rises.

Mycroft remembered the first time he had been forced to pull John aside and explain. It was obvious that no one had warned the doctor that the addiction came with a higher price, when Sherlock's control floundered and the spark of his restraint went out, leaving him in darkness.

Sometimes winning doesn't feel like a victory.

Tony wakes up feeling like crap and finds himself longing for the times he lived alone and it was a lot easier to get a simple cup of coffee.

Five Times Pepper Took Care of the Avengers and One Time They Took Care of Her, or Pepper shows why she belongs in Avengers Tower.

Sherlock Holmes has always been too much for one person to manage, but before Doctor Watson, Mrs Hudson and Inspector Lestrade there was only Mycroft. Currently Pre-Canon. WIP. Mystrade sub-plot.

Sherlock is ill - grudgingly . Mycroft reads him his favourite book - cheerfully. Brotherly love!

Post S3. When a patrol goes missing under strange circumstances, Arthur is determined to find out what happened, and no one can persuade him otherwise. With nothing to go on but a foreboding story, Merlin fears that their luck might finally run out.

The year is 1036KF and a mage has been scouring the country for four children-all very different and yet forced to work together, becoming strangely familiar in the process. This time, Niko struggles with his powers, and Paras struggles with other things

Written for SMACKDOWN 2011. There are many things that separate Daja Kisubo from her siblings, and many things that do not.

And every time they do this, they slide further into despair. Briar/Daja/Sandry/Tris. Yes, really.

The Circle, after Namorn, as seen through the lenses of a song from The Muppet Movie. Slightly Sandry/Briar.

Briar takes a walk down memory lane when he visits Hajra briefly on his way to Chammur. Written for Fief Goldenlake's Malorie's Peak Prompts MPP #59 "King fr a day".

For once, Mycroft's power and connections can't fix the problem. A glance at the broken relationship between Sherlock and Mycroft Holmes.

Darcy should have seen it coming. She couldn't hang around the spandex crowd forever and not end up with a great big target painted on her back eventually. She was just surprised it took Loki so long.

Emma Swan never liked fairy tales.

Mycroft Holmes is the most indispensable man in Britain, and practically no one knows his name.

Want and need are intertwined but separate things. Roy/Riza, drabble.

One-on-one scenes between each and every crew member of Serenity. If I get through all of them there will be thirty six in total. Can it be done? Mainly General and Fluff. Chapter Eight: Mal and River.

Rosethorn and Crane have long, winding history, and a set of memories to match. Crane/Rosethorn Lark/Rosethorn. 6 - The final, triumphant end of an epidemic is not exactly triumphant at all.

A wintry take on how Kaddar came to be Emperor Ozorne's new heir. Inspired by Varice's comment about Kaddar not wanting to disappear like the old heir. Written for First Day of Midwinter at TPE.

Pascal needs a bath, and possibly some comfort.

Briar has been under a lot of pressure lately. Fortunately, he has a good friend to listen to him.

"After Darkness, Light." A chance meeting ten years after the war may not be just a coincidence, and may prove to have very far-reaching consequences. A story of many things, but primarily of healing. SS/HG; rated M for later chapters. Complete.

In which the Circle continue the time-honored sibling tradition of threatening each others' suitors. Or something like that.

For countless seasons Little Bear had been fawned over by his humans. Over time he'd grown from a titch of a puppy to a respectable-sized dog, and there had never been a shortage of people to pat him whenever he demanded it. Until now. *APRIL CHALLENGE

It's become very clear to Eugene that Rapunzel has little to no understanding of amorous affection.

In Breckenridge, Colorado, Reid sees Gideon for the first time since Gideon left the BAU. Gideon doesn't see Reid. Reid. Team. Case fic. Gen.

Life for those on the brink of completing their novitiate can be tumultuous. Lark and Rosethorn, before they knew-or were-each other. A love story in four parts. Written as part of the Goldenlake Ficmas Exchange

Kora wants to know what Rosto will do about the Pell brothers. Written for Fief Goldenlake.

There is more to magic than a wave of a hand or a surge of power. A certain weather-witch teaches her student that you don't have to be a mage to use magic.

Rather bleh oneshot that should take place on their wedding night...I was always irked that the Myrelle issue was never aired; they're so good at communicating about everything else. Still, she deserves a sentance or two, I think. Needs tweaking.

George Cooper walks into a bar.

Lacuna: a gap or missing part, as in a manuscript, series, or logical argument. A collection of drabbles and one-shots set throughout the Immortals series. DN, many different themes/emotions, various points of view.

One-shot. Set during WotE. Pasco dances to a song only he can hear, of blue eyes and bravest heart - he dances to the tune of Sandrilene fa Toren. Runner-up for Piercefic10 in the Emelan category.

The resiliency of the human spirit never ceased to amuse him. Drabble.

She won't, won't, won't. Except, in the end, she does... Lady Sandrilene fa Toren, and the monster within. When everyone else is gone, there's no one to catch you if you fall. Dark!Sandry

Alfred took one look at his face, at the lines of stress and pain and exhaustion, and set down a steaming plate in silence. Drabble.

Either the gods were displeased with Jon for making his champion do his paperwork, or George called in a favor with Kyprioth. Either way, Alanna's having a great day. Set in Keladry's third year as a squire.

She used her exquisite ability to understand, and laughed, vivacious, burning, the life of the court, making his heart skip a beat - but surely, that was just the dance. Gorse/Berenene

The poisoning of Morgana plagues Merlin's conscience. The living haunt us more than the dead, the voices say.

Post LAST. In the wake of WWI, Watson is planning to re-join the army. How will the world's Greatest Consulting Detective -retired- stop his closest friend from going back to the front line? Told from Watson's POV. COMPLETE.

A new recruit discusses the romance of the commander with the men of the Own...

The prince cannot look. He turns his face away, and the flickering candle light catches the lone tear track at his cheek. The night of Merlin's execution is upon them.

A series of one-shots that offer glimpses into the lives of Attolia, Sounis, and Eddis's young rulers. Spoilers through Conspiracy of Kings. Gen/Irene and Sophos/Helen.

It is said that humans dream of monsters...

"Hundreds will die so he can live, but he will not kill his cousin." Aymery. Trisana. The sort of person who helps raze a peaceful temple to the ground. Winner of the Circle of Ficship Competition, Winter 2010!

One-Shot. Humanity is the rarest form of virtue. First place winner in the 2010 Goldenlake Drabble Tournament for the 250 word category.

It's always hot, hot like the smothering heat of ancient, white Tharios, where my husband has left his heart - thousands of miles south and a decade away from now. From me.

There's an unspoken rule that they're not going to look at each other. His secret is out. M/A-Friendship

An empty palace garden, a boy in a tree, and an awkward girl; a beginning.

Tobe goes on an adventure deep in the Great Southern Desert with some soldiers of the Own, some Riders, Raoul, and Buri. Complete. Written for the Tamora Pierce Experiment: Writing Challenges for April and May.

Five times the Circle gave their teachers a heart attack... including being chased by a barn owner intent on murder. And the reason Briar Moss is running around without a shirt. Frostpine, Niko, Lark, Rosethorn: the character studies.

Wouldn't happen, wasn't happening, never happened. The story of how Briar and Sandry didn't get together. BriarSandry, anti-BriarSandry

Zahir didn't used to have a problem with hazing, but a lot can change over a summer, as he is about to find out, and a little bit of maturity can change everything...

The Immortals war is over, but for Daine and Numair, the rest of their lives has only just begun - and there's a lot to sort out. Sequel to Lost & Found. Complete.

RosiexCrane, Lightsbridge. Meaning to write the precursor but oh well. Sweet little bit of fluff. All plants need sun; a wilted Niva finds an unnexpected source of strength. For once, she saw him not as a man, but as a friend.

A further examination of the circumstances behind Numair's never before considered discovery.

SotL-era. A moment from Arram Draper's past, involving a near-accident, Ozorne-who-looks-like-he-wants-to-kick-puppies, and a legend of four mages who spun their magic together in a land called Emelan. Slight cross-over, but not really. Oneshot

So they sit side by side, scrubbing mud off Arthur's hunting boots, and trying to hide their smiles.

“Alright guys,” Sam took a deep breath; “what’s the damage?” Ratchet leaned a little closer, authoritative voice a shade less confident and also a shade more jocular than usual. “I would call it an…upgrade, young human male.” Post RotF.

One-shot; the full version of Chapter Six of 'Little By Little'. Daine and Numair's first night together. Complete.

Moira and the God of Thieves watch their plans unfold.

Costis repays a debt.

Oneshot. In the weeks preceding their marriage, Eugenides and Attolia are becoming more comfortable in each others' company.

When Rosethorn was Niva, and Crane was Isas, and the future was a far off cloud that she couldn't quite grasp but was happy to wait for. Rosethorn/Niva centric, with a dash of Crane love too. Oneshot.

When the minister of war meets the King’s Thief’s daughter for the first time in years, it is not under the most favourable of circumstances.

“So,” he begins. “These are for you.” // Arthur/Gwen, mid-series two.

Five lessons learned by Arthur Pendragon.

Maybe she loves him. Maybe she doesn't. Maybe she just doesn't want to find out. Pepper thinks about her feelings for Tony.

Her earrings may be the color of blood, but do they have a history of their own? - Tag to QoA.

After the Immortals War, Anders and Wyldon meet at the healers and discuss the wounds that Tortall has sustained and how they can be healed.

Alanna unrolled the parchment, eyes flying over the words. After finishing, she stared at the fire, crumpling the parchment in her hand. Myles had gone missing.

During the peace conferences after the Tusaine War, a young girl from Tusaine meets Wyldon of Cavall - a member of the Tortallan delegation, and finds love where she least expects it.

While waiting in the Chapel of the Ordeal, Maura of Dunlath reflects on her association with Joren of Stone Mountain.

One-Shot. The griffin knew Keladry only by her calm voice and caring hands, but she affected him in more ways than one: she is the song he will sing forever. First place winner in the 2009-10 Winter Ficship Competition.

One-Shot. Rispah worries over Coram as he reminisces about bygone days, when a little girl with bright copper curls chased her twin brother through the Trebond gardens. Second place in the 2009-10 Winter Ficship Competition.

The Immortals Quartet: Realms of the Gods, written from Numair's perspective. Sequel to Divine Intervention. Complete.

They call it madness, those humans. -oneshot, outside pov of Daine-

You wish you could be mad, you wish that you feel that unbridled anger that you are so used to. However you’re too busy trying to show how NotAfraid you are.

The Immortals Quartet: Emperor Mage, written from Numair's perspective. Sequel to Power. Complete.

Short drabble inspired by a scene in the episode "The Mark of Nimueh". Arthur notices something about Merlin.

The Immortals Quartet: Wolf-Speaker, written from Numair's perspective. Sequel to Teacher. Complete.

A character study of Rosalie.

The Immortals Quartet: Wild Magic, written from Numair's perspective. Complete.

This is a one-shot drabble, inspired by the Goldenlake Drabble Challenge #2 hauntings . What haunts Lord Wyldon of Cavall?

A slightly different take on Bonnie's view of House and Wilson, post the divorce. One-shot.

As he and Sam settle back into hunting, Dean wonders if he was really even missed.

All about Sarugani of Temaida. Winner in the Knighthood of Ficship Oneshots Competition, 2009!

It's the Great Pumpkin, Sam Winchester tag: Sam's not sure what's worse, the pain after the exorcism or Dean's reaction.

Stormwing fic. Summary courtesy of Gavin Gunhold: "There is pretty terrible serial killing, but then those serial killers are in love and basically it's awful but you can't look away."

Numair sighed. "As I recall, this word's use means somewhere there is a tree that is now a-a two-legger."

How Briar ended up not being a successful burglar. /pre-series gen-fic

Five times Tris did or did not reconcile with her family, and that other time.

A missing scene from near the beginning of Ariel. Simon visits River in her room after her attack on Jayne. River thinks Jayne looks better in red.

Drabble SunnyKyle/ Somewhere along the way, Kyle became confused.

They always said that it would begin with the end. She never expected the end to break her heart. Sunny/Kyle

His little sister, his genius, and he found her broken. He holds her together and he tries to fix her but River knows it won't work, and he gave everything to save her. But he can't.

Upon George’s return from the Copper Isles, a conversation between him, Myles, and Jonathan, with spectacularly little dialogue.

Bruce Wayne and Batman share the same face, but they aren't the same people. One-shot.

In a moment of vulnerability, Bruce Wayne unknowingly exposes himself. But Gordon knows that there are some things better left unsaid.

I was thinking about how the Joker always tells a different story of how he got his scars. And then I thought... What if he can't remember? Just a one-shot that I wrote a couple of days ago.

The Host. Spoilers for ending. The strongest flowers have steel laced inside themselves. Ian/Wanda

Set immediately after the end of Ptolemy's Gate. Bartimaeus talks.

A year is a long time to think, to dream, to wait.

The future, things change, others don't. After all is said and done there is a moment between friends.

Though she doesn't remember, Sabriel has met Mogget before. Mogget remembers all too well.

As the crew buries Tracy Smith, Simon goes in search of his missing sister. Alone in the woods, Simon encounters something that doesn't answer to the name "River"...

Angst OneShot. Mal-centric. Pre-series. After the war, Mal finally loses faith.

The duel in 1945, its aftermath, and apologies for distorting Japanese folklore. Just to reassure you: no, Dumbledore isn't dying. This is mainly from Gellert Grindelwald's POV.

Short snippets of the thoughts and events of assorted characters in Circle-verse. Small mentions of Melting Stones characters.

After Faith, a job has the boys looking for missing hikers in Wyoming. While Sam worries it’s connected to what happened to Dean ten years ago, Dean wonders if Sam would be better off back in the world of normal.

[AU][Tris and Briar] Life measures things in stages [conversations and cups of coffee, comets and spare change]. They are no different.

Oneshot They're too old to be playing in the mud, really. Gunther & Jane. A tad childish, a tad fluffy, and very, very messy.

Emily's gone. Bonejangles remembers. [mild angst, very mild BJxE]

Blacktie parties were never Jim Gordon's thing.

He's a crazy old man. A cell's the safest place for him, really. [Iroh. Zuko. And the newly acquired space in between.]

This is about the woman who turned the prince into the beast. Anyone else hate the idea of some woman going around, randomly turning people into monsters for no good reason? I do! Can anyone say Punitive Damages? This is essentially a rant. One shot.

Oneshot, futureset. One wrote the music, the other wrote the words. Both love the same girl. 'Mean each word you sing, or do not sing them at all.' GuntherJane, JesterJane. Onesided?

They are a bundle of pain. Because by now, tragedy is no longer novelty. Circle of Magic.

Set during Superman Returns. Perry White is putting together the mockup for the Superman Is Dead front page and notices something odd.

It’s funny, isn’t it? How ham and cheese toasted sandwiches and shattered blue vases are the things that cause you the most pain…the things that make you fall to pieces. Oneshot.

Alanna and Jon are keeping a secret from each other. It is the same secret. Hijinks ensue. Set in ItHoTG.

Jane had grown to love his hands. Future set one shot, rated for slight impliedness, but nothing graphic. Probably AU. GuntherJane.

Bobby Singer first met John Winchester in 1987.

A conversation by moonlight, between an unusual pair. Featuring Rikash.

Mal was the only one who understood. A postBDM drabble just so I could get this idea out of my head.

[When I howled at Sabriel to take off the collar, I did not have immediate hostile designs on her life.] More Mogget musings.

Check it out. You won't regret it.

Dr. Jonathan Crane and Scarecrow have a chat in the time before the breakout from Arkham. Just what does go on in an insane mind?

Neville's most spectacular Potions failure ever. 'You have twelve minutes to complete your cackhanded concoctions and hand them in to me.' Snape is going to wish he never said those words...

Missing scene that takes place after Wayne Manor burns and Alfred and Bruce are in the Batcave. Completed. Please read and review!

Arram Draper tries to cope with hunger, hopelessness, and the haunting memory of his last few days in Carthak...but it's a difficult task when all he has to get by are trick coins and cards.

When Clark goes to save Lois, he leaves some telltale items behind...

“Sometimes at night, she swears she hears her whispering.” Kaylee oneshot, postBDM.

Old Sophie realizes her growing feelings for Howl, and smothers them in the best way she knows how: rage. Oneshot.

When you love someone enough, leaving some things unsaid doesn't seem to matter. AG

Long years have gone by, and there is an intruder in Crane's greenhouse.

He liked to take his coat off and stand outside when it was cold, or raining, or both.

At a parentteacher conference, a principal expresses some concerns to John Winchester. His sons are special... very, very special.

I get a kick out of Disney movies. All of those stories could be SO angsty, if someone read it right. I'm rewriting some passionate scenes from a variety of those movies for my own personal enjoyment. Probably not for the kiddies.

A short look a the man Simon Tam is becoming. Post Serenity The Movie

A world of green and red making black, and reasons to celebrate over broken glass.

I guess this is an offshoot of Darkness...What gets me in Disney movies is that the bad guy is always BAD. There's never any gray. Why is he bad? What happened? Is there no pity in you at all for him?

They are the unsung, the forgotten. They will never be a Boy Who Lived. Yet their victories, unnoticed and uncelebrated, mean the difference between victory and defeat. Part Five: Terry Boot now posted.

Young Will Turner said he left England after his mother died... these are (my version of) the events that led up to her no doubt premature death. [complete, one-shot]

Jack has regained the Black Pearl and his freedom, but he has other reasons for his straight rum nights.

Severus Snape has come to say goodbye...in a very different sort of way. Spoilers for the Order of the Phoenix.

Goku can't sleep. Perhaps a chance meeting with Vegeta is all he really needs...[nonslash]

In which Jonathan and George spar, and more is revealed than normally is, in a knife fight.

A look at two professors the night after the third task. They are worried, scared, and desperate to protect their charges. The resulting tension is very nearly catastrophic to the future of Hogwarts and Light magic.