think of your pain like a big bunch of red roses

Title: No Imagination
Fandom: Inception
Spoilers: Many, many spoilers.
Rating: PG
Summary: Arthur's thoughts on Eames
Pairing: Gen, unconsummated Arthur/Eames
Word Count: ~3200
Warnings: None
Notes: 500 Themes #10: Shooting Star. Part of the Inception Epic timeline. Paired with Curiosity -- it stands alone, but works better as part of a set.

( If we're going to perform Inception, we need imagination. )

Title: The Art of Alone
Fandom: Inception
Spoilers: None
Rating: G
Summary: Eames realizes there's something odd about Arthur.
Pairing: Gen, Arthur/Eames implied
Word Count: ~3500
Warnings: None
Notes: 500 Themes #18: Alone in A Crowd. This started as an idea I've wanted to play with for a while (that Arthur has no projections or his projections are strange) but unfortunately turned into a rambling and directionless Nano-inspired word mine. Fits into the Inception Epic Timeline

( There would be no living in a world without Arthur’s consternation. )

Title: Time Past
Fandom: Pirates of the Caribbean
Spoilers: Jack Sparrow: Sins of the Father
Rating: G
Summary: James gets into trouble. Jack gets him out of it.
Pairing: Gen (James is 6)
Word Count: ~2300
Notes: Written for 500Themes @ LJ. Prompt 30: A Life of Lies

( His earliest memories of his father are actually memories of Nurse.  )

Title: Cats&Dogs
Fandom: Final Fantasy VII Compilation
Spoilers: None
Rating: PG
Pairing: Gen (Implied Vin/Reeve)
Summary: Biological imperative and an age-old rivalry
Warnings: Violence, serious injury, implied cannibalism
Word Count: 654
Note: Written for 30_wounds. Prompt 10: Hospital

( Vincent leans over the aluminum of the water-fountain and spits, but he can still taste the tang of blood on his tongue. )

Title: Duties
Fandom: Devil May Cry (Role Play-verse)
Spoilers: None
Rating: G
Pairing: Gen
Summary: Comic drabble. Because why not?
Word Count: 310

( It’s two AM, the city is entirely without power, and there’s a thick, unexpected fog hovering over Manhattan. You think anything normal will happen? Shut up and concentrate. )

Title: Hero
Fandom: Final Fantasy VII, Advent Children
Spoilers: Oblique references to the entire plot of AC.
Rating: G.
Summary: What happened between Cloud and Vincent's meeting in the woods and the next morning by the memorial? Sometimes the hero isn't the first one into battle.
Word Count: 602
Notes: Written for 30anthems @ lj (now defunct). Prompt 25: "Hero". 3/30

( They say that a hero can save us, I'm not going to stand here and wait. )

Title: The Next Step
Fandom: Final Fantasy VII Compendium
Spoilers: Through Advent Children
Rating: G
Pairing: Gen
Summary: Reeve and Rufus have a heartfelt talk and no one even pulls a gun!
Note: A Christmas fic for Kae Merry Christmas!

( Reeve had never liked hand-pressing events, even when he'd worked for ShinRa. )