Stories, Part I: Popslash

For this year's DWNOGA, amuse wrote Windmills for me, which is a breathtakingly lovely Chris/Justin story about friendship and love and reaching for the stars. Chris's voice is just perfect--and it's written in second person singular, too, so that's doubly impressive--as witness in just a few of my many favorite lines:

"How the hell do you keep finding me?" you snarl, only slightly good-naturedly. "I'm a moving target for fuck's sake."

and

"That might be the stupidest thing you've ever said. Seriously, if you're trying to tell me that I'm not truly living because I won't jump off a bridge, I'm gonna kick your ass."

and

And it's not something you're bitter about. You're not angry. Mostly, it's just a wistful sort of pride that your boy done growed up and left the flock.

Then you beat yourself over the head with a Corona bottle for being a sentimental idiot.

Justin's nicely characterized, as well: a wonderful blend of ambitious and caring.

More recently, cjmarlowe wrote me a ficlet, Brian and Bono and fatherhood, set at the What's Going On video shoot, and it's just touchingly sweet.

Finally, my own DWNOGA contribution: Inside Out (Kevin/Nick) for _bettina_ Kevin is not having a midlife crisis.

Stories, Part II: Harry Potter

Thematically appropriate icon provided by the lovely kittywitch.

For merry_smutmas, mousapelli wrote me Worthy Prey, a delicious, faintly dark Remus/Draco story in which Remus hunts his prey through the rooms of Grimmauld Place.

The chase of course, wasn’t that different from hunting, which Remus had no doubt was why he enjoyed it so much. You caught sight of your prey, scented it, tracked it, seized it, and if all went well, then there was
biting.

A little less with the chewing, but then again, sex had a better chance of repeat business than hunting did generally.

There are a number of other snort-out-loud lines (though that one's my favorite), as well as marvelous characterizations--in the form of a quietly dangerous Remus and a snooty Draco--and unapologetically hot sex.

The merry_smutmas story I wrote for mousapelli (yes, we wrote each other's presents; Mousapelli was one of the participants generous enough to volunteer her services in writing a second story when the person who'd originally been assigned to write for me backed out) can be found at my shiny new Harry Potter website: Home for the Holidays (Sirius/Remus) Sirius knows what he wants for Christmas.

(By the way, if anyone could recommend a good, free site tracking system, I'd greatly appreciate it.)

I've also received an embarrassment of ficlets in the past few days:

To Pieces by babyofthegroup (James/Sirius) Filch is on the warpath, and they're just trying not to get caught.

Sirius/Remus by callmesandy People said that the Gryffindor Quidditch team always beat the Slytherin team because Sirius Black had been to bed with every member of the Slytherin team and stole their secrets.

James/Remus by deepsix Being forced to sit out a Quidditch match might as well be termed cruel and unusual punishment.

James/Remus by lcsbanana Remus thinks James's test-taking strategy might have a few problems.

And it's rather past time for me to reciprocate, so: leave a comment with a pairing and either a setting or a plot element or something I can use as inspiration if you'd like a ficlet. I'm willing to write Harry Potter (no OotP characters), popslash, or Lucky Starr. Anyone who actually: 1. recognizes that last fandom, and 2. wants a ficlet written in it, automatically becomes my new best friend for the day.