beckyh2112 | Quick Meme: Harlequin Redux

Transformers.

The Flaming Altar of Desire

Rodimus Prime cupped Elita One's cheek. "I'm not him. I may carry his spirit, but I'm my own self. And..."

And he wanted to kiss her and press her against the wall, but he couldn't accept a relationship where she was always thinking of Optimus Prime.

Everything had changed in the last vorn, and he knew he was stupid for falling in love with her in the first place. It should have just been desire and release - a reprieve from her grief, a balm for his responsibilities. It had been.

Until it wasn't.

He knew he couldn't replace Optimus in her heart, but he didn't want to. He just wanted her to love him as a person himself. Not just desire, love.

...oooh, I love this. No one does much of anything with Elita-1 in Season Three, and if they usually do, it is usually either her 1) being dead, 2) moping, or 3) having illogical sex.

This sex is more... faintly disturbing and creepy but in a good, good way. And hey, Rodimus clearly likes pink cars...

Thank you so much! *Snugs.*

And thank you for putting up these indices. It makes things easier to find.

Shi Kai/Long Feng: Untouched Until Marriage

Edited 2011-03-14 04:04 (UTC)

"I don't think you can do this," Long Feng murmured.

"I didn't hear you objecting." Shi Kai grinned as he tied the rope to bind their hands together. "A handfast is a very old way to show the dedication of both parties to a certain agreement."

The man from Ba Sing Se gazed at him with cool eyes. "It's a form of marriage."

Shi Kai's grin sharpened. "You want the Ashtun Tribes' cooperation, Emperor, you have to cooperate with me. Ba Sing Se's betrayed us before."

"The Ashtun Tribes have betrayed us before."

Shi Kai imagined he was thinking of the moment earlier this afternoon when his men hit the Emperor's convoy. He knew he couldn't get that moment out of his own head, or the moment his eyes met Long Feng's.

He especially couldn't forget the moment when he thought he knew exactly what Long Feng would do with his earthbending and Long Feng did something completely different.

He tied the knot and pulled it tight. "We'll seal the deal later, Emperor. For now, this is enough."

For now.

Forbidden or For Bedding?
Jack/Norrington :3

"There's something a bit... off about him," Jack said, waving his hand in the ex-commodore's general direction. The man was still wearing his uniform, salt-worn and bedraggled as it was. Why was he doing that when he was working on Jack's crew?

Why was he working on Jack's crew? There really wasn't anything to recommend him; young William at least had a streak of rebellion in him from the beginning. The not-so-good commodore just had unwashed hair and broad shoulders and an unfortunate tendency to snipe at Jack.

Given Jack had taken him in out of the goodness of someone's heart, the sniping really wasn't called for.

Why was Miss Swann spending so much time around the commodore? Didn't she have work to be doing? Important compass-reading? There was no need to make the ex-commodore smile; the man wasn't getting paid to smile. He was getting paid to sail the Pearl.

He obviously hadn't been thinking when he hired the man. There'd been rum. Jack was fairly certain there had been rum involved. Somewhere. They'd been on Tortuga, there was always rum involved when he visited Tortuga.

"Aye," Mr. Gibbs said thoughtfully, "but a man who comes through a hurricane at sea alive always has the feel of the storm in his bones."

"... No, that's not it at all."

Sometimes he wasn't sure why he hired Mr. Gibbs, either. Where was the rum when he needed it?

I love this! ^_^ I absolutely love the backward-train-of-thought Jack has. Makes for something interesting and entertaining.

There'd been rum. Jack was fairly certain there had been rum involved. Somewhere. They'd been on Tortuga, there was always rum involved when he visited Tortuga.

It's past my bedroom and I'm having a lot of chest pains at the moment (hence why I'm up) so I definitely should not be laughing. But... I couldn't help myself. Why must you make me laugh???

In all seriousness, I do love it. *pets*

Eeee! Love! <3 Thank you! <333

Ami/Rubeus - Enemy Territory

"Ta-takagi-san?" Ami whispered, and her boyfriend laughed low in the dark.

"You know that isn't my name, Ami-chan." His lips brushed against the curve of her ear, his hands settling on her hips.

She closed her eyes. No, that wasn't his name. But it was the name of the man she cared for. This man was an enemy, a destroyer. He served the forces of chaos and evil.

He wasn't Takagi-san.

But his hands felt the same.

Oh.

Oh MY.

*purrs* Oh, Rubeus. You're so... evil is not the word I want here. Dangerous, yes. No the word I want, but still dangerous.

I wonder what brought them to this, and why he discarded the charade.

Thank you, darling. <3

Urzai, Reunited...with child

"What do you mean 'she's gone'?" Ozai demanded.

"She fled in the night," his brother said, spreading his hands helplessly. "We have not been able to find any trace of her."

He sucked in a breath, and all the lanterns in the corridor went out. "I know you had something to do with this, Iroh," he said in a low, dangerous voice. "You never liked Ursa. But she is my wife, and I'm not going to lose her."

***

He nearly gave up in despair three times over the next six months. Until he found the bounty-hunter and handed over Ursa's favorite obi.

The woman dumped him in front of an Earth Kingdom hovel, and as he laid his hand on the door, he heard the wail of a newborn child come from within.

"I'm not going to lose her"

*glees over the Urzai* It's too pretty. ;_;

And, oh! Such mystery! Why should you torment me with the mystery? *purrs* I'm close to tears, woman, and I'm not sure which is major cause of it-- the chest pains, the squeeable and dedicated Ozai to Ursa, or the fact something tells me that that newborn child should not be there?

Magnificent, as always. :)

This is just a goddamn tease. =DD I wish I could read the next act...

Hakoda/Ozai, Sworn to Protect

"No," Chief Hakoda snarled. "No, Koh and Kuruk, you can't be. You aren't!"

Ozai licked blood from the corner of his mouth. The Water savage's ambush in the heart of his palace had been- well, a very good ambush. The swing of the man's club had nearly cracked his jaw, and it had sent him sprawling among the fire lilies.

When the sharp side of the club had come down, he'd only barely knocked it aside. The hook near the top had caught in his robe and torn the upper part off, baring his chest.

Baring the bird-shaped birthmark over his heart.

"You are not!" the savage said again, and Ozai snapped his hand up to blast fire at the intruder.

Chief Hakoda leapt to the side and threw his arms in front of his face. The move undoubtedly saved his life, but Ozai's blast still caught the right side of his tunic and shoulder. Leather and skin burned, and the dark shape of a bird-shaped birthmark on Hakoda's chest was revealed.

Well. Wasn't that interesting?

o.o Very interesting...
I think I've read a similar 'verse of yours (if it's a verse at all-- my delusional state of mind could be confusing it with something else entirely), but it escapes my mind at the moment. Help?

Also, this is very lovely too. Please excuse the sudden in flux of comments in your inbox. :)

That is INDEED interesting. :D Thank youvery much for writing!

Contract Girlfriend

~~Sailor Moon~~ Wait, you said pairing, not fandom. Um. I don't want to limit your choice of pairing! I just want either Ami or Usagi. >_>

:D :D :D

Edited 2011-03-14 05:07 (UTC)

Usagi nibbled on her lower lip as she stared up at the poster for L'Arc~en~Ciel. They had a concert just next week, and she'd finally gotten enough money for a ticket today!

But they were sold out. She'd almost started bawling there at the ticket-counter, but Luna jumped into her arms and started purring. She'd still sniffled a little.

"Tsukino-san!" a familiar voice called, and Usagi turned to see Ami's gaijin boyfriend walking towards her. A slightly older boy walked beside him, white-blond hair down to his chin and just yummy. Ooooh.

It wasn't betraying Mamo-chan just to look, right?

"Takagi-san," she said, ducking a quick bow.

"You're one of Ami-chan's best friends, right?" he asked, eyes flicking towards the poster.

Usagi nodded. Ooooh! Was he planning something? He wanted her help! Well, of course he did! Minako wasn't the only senshi of love on their team!

"My cousin Kaneto here got tickets to the show a month ago," Takagi-san said, and Usagi tried not to wilt at the sheer unfairness of it all. Ami-chan got to go? Ami-chan wasn't interested in pop-idols!

"Only my girlfriend dumped me before I told her I had them," Kaneto-san said. "Takagi thinks Mizuno-san might want to attend, but that will still leave me with an extra ticket..."

Ooh.

Usagi grinned. "Welllll, Ami-chan might not want to go, you know..."

Takagi-san's face fell.

"She'd be a lot more likely to go if one of her other friends was going, Takagi-san. You know how shy she is." she grinned at the two older boys.

Takagi-san grinned, and Kaneto-san nodded at the wisdom of this. "Well, would you like to go, Tsukino-san?"

"I'd love to!"

The boys laughed, and Kaneto ruffled her hair. She smacked him playfully for that, and he just grinned. Then he stepped back and offered her a formal bow. "Kaneto Kongou, your boyfriend for the concert."

She grinned and bowed back. "Usagi Tsukino, your girlfriend for the concert."

The boys grinned again then made their excuses and headed off together. Usagi waited until they were around the corner to whoop. She was going to see L'Arc~en~Ciel!

Luna washed her paw patiently. "Don't you think there's something a little strange about those boys, Usagi?"

"Nope!"

Luna gave her a look of pure feline disdain. "Kaneto Diamond and Takagi Ruby? Isn't that a little bit suspicious?"

"They're gaijin, Luna," Usagi said, picking up her cat and snuggling her. "And they're taking me to the concert! They're fine~"

Edited 2011-04-19 21:41 (UTC)

Oh, USAGI. *facepalms*

...although at that age, I would totally have gone to the concert and dealt with the fallout AFTER. >_>

*griiiiiins* I had so much fun with this. She is so cute!

THE STUNTICON'S BABY

"Little wingy trucks!" Fireflight gleed and dove into the middle of the toddlers. "Lookit!"

"You can have them!" Silverbolt snarled. Air Raid and Skydive took a step back towards the door. Slingshot looked intrigued.

"Not one of nature's mothers," Ratchet drawled as he worked on welding the Aerialbot's abdomen back together. "Bit runty for their age, but carrying a quint will do that. They look healthy-"

Silverbolt covered his optics with his hands. "-And hungry. Air Raid, Skydive, get Fireflight out of there before they manage to do some serious damage."

...I glee over little cannibal-vampire wingy trucks.

They are just very hungry. <3 And Mama is not giving them food! D:

how did i not see this before

but

D'AAW.

Omg, lol. Little wingy trucks! :D

Poor, poor Silverbolt. D:

*snrk*

Flight's adorable, as are the babies and Flight's name for them. Little wingy trucks, lol!

Silverbolt . . . is so ME, if I ever carried five at a time. Or two at a time, or possibly even one.

Annnd oh, they bite! Well, that takes care of who the father is, doesn't it? (I can see Motormaster being the glowing parent, just cause he scored that one over Prime.)

Usagi/Mamuro

the Earth barbarians prisoner

Prince Endymion brooded. The sun shone warmly, the air was fragrant with rich flowers, the beer in his hand was the very best. Yet his mind's eye turned again and again to the distant Moon Kingdom. He imagined the glittering spires, the rippling fields of golden grain, the wine flowing from fountains, the lunar silks, the diamonds and rubies dripping like baubles from pale hands.

The patronizing contempt the Lunars always turned on Terrans.

His people stood against the dark. His people lived and suffered and died so the Moon could be beautiful, peaceful, and perfect.

For what? Knowledge someone else had a paradise? He laughed derisively. Worthless.

"Prince Endymion." Nephrite, one of his four generals, appeared before him. "The stars have revealed something to me you may find of great interest."

Endymion's father had never trusted astrologers like Nephrite, but the prince well knew the value of his servant. "Show me."

Nephrite spread his hands, and starlight flared between them. It cleared and revealed a flowering meadow by a Terran river. A crystal chariot rested on the sandy banks, and a maiden in shimmering white plucked up a flower under the indulgent eye of an old soldier.

Endymion leaned forward, riveted. The Moon Princess!

"Where?" he demanded harshly.

"The Rubicon," Nephrite said softly. "The far side from our Land of the Rising Sun."

"Ready my chariot!" Endymion commanded, rising to his feet. "We have a long way to go, Nephrite, and a short time to get there."

Edited 2011-04-20 00:54 (UTC)

Is it wrong of me if I want to read more of this story?

Not really. I probably won't write it, though. More likely to do a Rubeus-centric Sailor Moon story if/when I get the motivation.

ANYONE/Ratchet - Wife in Public

"I hate humans, I hate this, and I hate you," Slingshot announced. Since he'd been saying the same thing for the past three weeks, Ratchet just tuned the kid out.

Not a kid, he reminded himself. Your spouse. Your spouse who would rather be shagging First Aid, but is nineteen while First Aid is two. Your spouse who had to have Skyfire sit on him to keep from attacking Optimus when he decided they would have to go with human standards of legal minority.

"This is stupid, and we're not going to listen," Silverbolt had said.

"Just don't get caught," Prowl had said. "I don't want to figure out how to deal with this problem."

Slingshot wouldn't know subtle if it kicked him in the head, and First Aid was a sweet kid with bad taste in boys. Neither of them could hide very well, and one of them didn't want to.

Which was how the other ambulance got involved in this mess. Blurry photos of a jet snuggling with an ambulance could be waved aside nicely because they had an ambulance well over the age of majority.

"It's just until we leave Earth," Prowl had said. "A few years at the most."

Three weeks was already excruciating. A few years would drive him up the damn wall.

"Hey!" Air Raid stuck his head into their shared quarters. "Wanna go taunt the Lambos, Slingshot?"

"Damn straight!"

Ratchet decided to nip down to Wheeljack's still as soon as he could get away with it.

AHAHAHAHA. Ratchet's gonna need LOTS of high grade for this! Human norms, holy cow!

Thanks so much; it was absolutely lovely!

Poor, Poor Ratchet. Poor Slingshot also, but more poor Ratchet, because none of this is really his fault.

I continue to blame Lady Jaye. :v

You picked a nice snippet of this overall concept to showcase.

Do I read this right that Ratchet and Slingshot are sharing quarters? :D

Not one currently on the lists, but the very first Harlequin I encountered- and bear in mind you asked for silly!

Jet/Azula, or whatever you want- The Pauper and the Pregnant Princess

"I detest you," Ying hisses, her fingers digging into his side hard enough to leave bruises.

"That's just the pregnancy talking, sweetie," Jet says in a syrupy voice, and her fingers dig in even harder. He can't say he blames her - he'd want to deck someone talking to him like that. But it just makes the Fire Nation guards, especially the lady sergeant, smile at them indulgently and wave them through.

So far, so good. That was the last checkpoint out of the colonies; now he just has to get Ying someplace safe with her baby.

He doesn't know why she's running from the Fire Nation, but any enemy of their's is a friend of his.

Classic^^

~~Ying.... I must find who she is.~~ *reads request comment*

Well that was very surprising. I love the probably unintentional twist. I can't help but love the last line.

I love this one as well. :)

Unintentional twist?

"unintentional twist" being that it was supposed to be blatantly obvious but I was delirious at the time, it wasn't to me. Twist, I think, means I love the irony of Azula running away from the Fire Nation and I would love to see why.

Sorry... I know- I'm a bit odd and slow at times...

Quick Meme: Harlequin Redux

Glee!

The Flaming Altar of Desire

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Untouched Until Marriage

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Forbidden or For Bedding?

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Enemy Territory

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Reunited... With Child

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Sworn to Protect

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oh oh oh yes please :D

Contract Girlfriend

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The Stunticon's Babies

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The Earth Barbarian's Prisoner

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Wife in Public

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The Pauper and the Pregnant Princess

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