Tags: lead

happy steel

Written for the October Prompt

Title: If the Shoe Fits
Author: Spikesgirl58
Rating: G
Word count: 693
Prompt: Wrongly Convicted


It was small things at the start and never anything dangerous, just merely inconvenient. There was a misplaced bit of material or a moved piece of equipment.  Then, over time, and only time the way an Elemental would measure it, things escalated.


“It’s Silver, I tell you!” Jet was not a happy camper.  She had been using the hand torch to smooth some battle scars given her by her latest assignment.  Now it was nowhere to be seen.  Instead, a box of matches was in its place.  “I need that torch.”


“I think you look fine, Jet.” Gold was being magnanimous.  They’d learned to look past outer appearances, but Jet was just a little vain.


“Thank you, Gold.” Jet studied her reflection in the mirror, touching a shallow cut running down one cheek.  Unlike many of the others, she didn’t have the same degree of hardness.  “But it’s still Silver.”

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Steel needs a blanket
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Sapphire and Steel fic: Ruby and the Good Time

Title: Ruby and the Good Time
Author: kaffy_r
Fandom: Sapphire and Steel
Characters: Sapphire, Silver, Steel, Lead, Ruby
Rating: PG-13
Words: 2,898
Edited by: unedited
Summary: Ruby was used to fighting Time Gone Wrong. She was quite unprepared for what she met when she ran into Time Gone Right. A rumination on joy and Elements.
Author's Note: This was written, with a great deal of affection, for clocketpatch, during the 2014 fandom_stocking fun over on Dreamwidth.
Disclaimer: None of the characters in this story are mine. They are the sole property of Peter J. Hammond, ATV and their various creators. I intend no infringement and take no coin.
Read at: my DW, LJ, or AO3

Sapphire & Steel: "The Ghosts in the Walls" - Prologue

Title: The Ghosts in the Walls - Prologue
Rating: PG-13. Not there yet, but I'm sure it'll get there.
Word Count: 1099
Characters: Steel, Sapphire, Lead
Summary: "There's another difficult job waiting for us..." Takes place immediately following Assignment #1.
Author's note: It's still in draft form, more or less, but I'm going ahead with posting it anyway, so there might be another version of this somewhere down the line before I'm satisfied with it. Also, Silicon and Quartz belong to giftofgalliard, and are used with her gracious permission. Thanks, hon!

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As I said, this is still a work-in-progress, so I'd appreciate any con-crit you have to offer.