Title: late night with cats (the bathroom edition)
Content notes: none
Challenge: Ear


Summary: Why I can never pee in peace, lol.

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Title: see how deep the bullet lies
Fandom: Wiseguy (tv)
Content notes: spoilers for the whole Sonny Steelgrave arc; starts shortly after nothing you can do to change it back
Challenge: Looking back
Length: ~650 words

Summary: None of it feels real. All of it feels real.

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Title: nothing you can do to change it back
Fandom: Wiseguy (tv)
Content notes: spoilers for the whole Sonny Steelgrave arc, panic attack
Challenge: Real
Length: ~350 words

Summary: Sonny wakes up.



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Title: in defiance of science and common sense
Fandom: none
Content notes: none
Challenge: Flower

Summary: We need to talk about the dandelions.

(Title from Guante's Dragons: In defiance of science and common sense / We don't belong together, I see it / But I ain't gone yet)

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Title: still life with slot machines
Fandom: none (though it's Wiseguy-adjacent, with Atlantic City casinos)
Content notes: none
Challenge: Late
Length: double-haiku

Summary: late night at the casino

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Title: turn to salt, turn to stone
Fandom: Wiseguy (tv)
Content notes: spoilers for the whole Sonny Steelgrave arc, set during 1.08
Challenge: Avalanche
Length: 100 words

Summary: It's quite a party.

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Title: where your worries go
Fandom: Wiseguy (tv)
Content notes: none
Challenge: Gentle
Length: 100 words

Summary: Carlotta Terranova, and the weight of a mother's concern.

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Title: It takes all that I have just to cry for help
Fandom: Wiseguy (tv)
Content notes: Missing scene from Loose Cannon; very definitely spoilers.
Challenge: Fragile
Length: ~750 words

Summary: But that’s why he came here, isn’t it?

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Title: the same deep water as you
Fandom: Wiseguy (tv)
Content notes: I noticed the matching pinky rings somewhere around episode 6; otherwise, no spoilers.
Challenge: Obstacle
Length: ~300 words

Summary: Another present.

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Title: undutiful
Fandom: Ariadne by Jennifer Saint (mods, please use the generic book tag)
Content notes: I've only read the first two chapters so far, and I doubt if it goes this way. But I want it to.
Challenge: Beam
Length: 100 words

Summary: Ariadne has the sun's blood in her veins. It won't be enough to save her.


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Title: the smell of cigarettes
Fandom: Wiseguy (tv)
Content notes: Takes place during the pilot episode.
Challenge: River
Length: 100 words

Summary: A missing scene: Vince and Greco, burying Winfield's body.


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Title: cycle
Fandom: War of the Worlds 2005 (mods, you can use the generic movie tag)
Challenge: Plant

Summary: Life goes on.


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Title: some fences will forever stay unmended
Fandom: The Double
Content notes: Spoilers you probably knew before watching the show, but definitely by the third episode.
Challenge: Anticipation
Length: 100 words

Summary: Some day, Jiang Yuanbai and his daughter will meet again.


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Title: shattered
Fandom: The Story of Yanxi Palace (mods, you can use the generic Cdrama tag)
Challenge: Yellow

Summary: All those broken yellow teacups.


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Title: all claws and teeth
Fandom: The Story of Kunning Palace
Content notes: none
Challenge: Melt
Length: 100 words

Summary: Rebirth didn't really change her.


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Title: Christmas in the rain garden
Challenge: Star

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Title: begin again
Fandom: The Story of Yanxi Palace
Content notes: none
Challenge: Second Chances
Length: 100 words

Summary: Yinglou contemplates her rise to Empress.


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Title: The SID as Sock Patterns
Fandom: Guardian
Challenge: Sock
Note: contains links to Ravelry sock patterns


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Title: the sand in the gears
Fandom: US Politics
Challenge: Sand
Note: Haiku; references recent violent events


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Title: The world according to historical Chinese dramas (from the perspective of your mum as she does the washing)
Fandom: Your Mum Does the Washing – Joshua Idehun
Challenge: Clean



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