My father is watching Centennial and I am writing fic and waiting to hear back about food plans for our holiday celebration. This is a nice combination.

Awhile ago I asked for prompts for holiday fics based on holiday music. (I'm still accepting prompts.)

Here is the first.

Title: Raise the Sound
Author: Carla
Disclaimer: Characters belong to Whedon and Brashares.
Written for: nikitangel for the prompt "Carol of the Bells" and Faith
Warning: AU apocalypse fic (Yes. Apocalypse fic from a Christmas carol prompt. I'm AWESOME.) Girl slash. Basic spoiler through the end of BtVS season seven.
Rating: 18+

Summary: The bells toll for the deaths, and cover the sound of the dead.

( Raise the Sound )

Title: My Empire of Dirt
Author: Carla
Disclaimer: Characters belong to Joss Whedon.
Setting: AU for end of season seven
Author's note: I started writing this early in season seven, but was unfortunately too busy with graduation to finish it. I thought I'd posted it already, but couldn't find it here.
Warnings: Character injury, death, SI

Summary: I hurt myself today / To see if I still feel / I focus all the pain / The only thing that’s real ("Hurt", Johnny Cash cover)

( My Empire of Dirt )

title: all the broken hearts
author: Carla
disclaimer: Characters belong to Joss Whedon.
rating: all ages

summary: Dawn should have been made of Willow's flesh and Willow's blood and Willow's painful love.

( all the broken hearts )

You guys, I don't even know! I blame southernbangel. (Hey, One Tree Hill marks the 30 fandom in which I've written fic, depending on how you count them. Woo.)

Title: It Was Totally the Wine, I Swear
Disclaimer: Characters belong to Joss Whedon and Mark Schwahn, among others.
Dedication: Comment porn for southernbangel who loves Nathan/Haley, Buffy/Angel, and wine.
Author's Note: Total, complete AU.
Rating: 17+ for adult situations

Summary: It's a good thing Haley loves to drink.

( It was Totally the Wine, I Swear )

Yeah, I know nikitangel's birthday isn't until 28 April, but I have been writing this since I wrote the fic for her birthday last year, and she has plans on her actual birthday, and posting fic makes me happy and I really need that today.

So. Happy birthday, Rebecca. This isn't nearly as cracktastic as last year's fic, but it is nearly as long, so you get more crossover bang for your buck. Or something. I have tangible gifts for you, too, but you have to wait a month for them.

Also, damn, Letty gets around.

Title: We Live It, We Breathe It
Author: Carla
Disclaimer: Characters belong to Rob Cohen, etc.
Dedication: Happy birthday, nikitangel
Spoilers: The movie, and through season seven of BtVS
Length: 5000+
Author's notes: Let's see. 1) The title is from Ja Rule's "Furious", from the soundtrack to The Fast and the Furious. 2) It would help a little to read the Letty section of "Ten Slayers Who Never Were (The Of All The Women In All The World Mix)", but basically Letty becomes a Slayer before the events of the movie. 3) BSs = Baby Slayers.

Summary: She's a superhero now. Why the hell can't she save the world?

( Murder, Murder )

Title: The Moon is on the Sea
Disclaimer: Characters belong to Joss Whedon and Disney.
Setting: After Lilo & Stitch but before the rest of the movies and the tv series. Set after Dawn arrives on Buffy, though not at any point in particular. Buffy’s in an animated Hawaii. Just go with it.
Rating: All Ages
Dedication: Inspired by something juleskicks said a long time ago
Author's Note: The title is from "Blue Hawaii"

Summary: Nani Pelekai thought she'd seen everything when her sister's dog turned out to be an alien.

( The Moon is on the Sea )

Title: She’s Gonna Save the World Before Dinner (The Mirror in the Hall Mix)
Author: Carla
Disclaimer: Characters belong to Joss Whedon and Katherine Applegate
Dedication: To Sarah, who has wanted me to write Making Out fic for years now.
Author’s Note: Written for the femgenficathon III, though it is extraordinarily late. assignment: 116. Never let a problem to be solved become more important than the person to be loved. -- Barbara Johnson.

Summary: There’s a Slayer in the Geiger household.

( There's a Slayer in the Geiger household. )

Title: Nearest, Dearest Enemy (Calm Before the Storm)
Author: Carla
Disclaimer: Joss, etc., owns everything.
Written for: blueanddollsome for the first annual oldschoolbtvs No School Like the Old School ficathon.
Rating: 13+
Timeline: season two ("Ted", "Bad Eggs", and "Surprise")
Pairings: Giles/Jenny, Cordelia/Xander, Buffy/Angel, Drusilla/Spike

Summary: "do I tell thee of my foes, which art my nearest and dearest enemy, thou that art like enough" - Shakespeare, King Henry IV

( Nearest, Dearest Enemy (Calm Before the Storm) )

So awhile back I posted half of a story for nikitangel's birthday. She continues to be the most awesome woman who ever awesomed, and I've just finished the second half, in celebration of her finishing her grading.

There are some small changes to the old pieces, and some structural changes, so here is the whole story.


Title: Ten Slayers Who Never Were (The Of All The Women In All The World Mix)
Author: Carla
Disclaimer: Characters belong to the creators of the various tv shows, movies, and books.
Distribution: My site
Dedication: For Rebecca, of course, for all her wonderful awesomeness.
Spoilers: Buffy the Vampire Slayer season seven, Lost season two, and the end of Blue Crush.
Rating: 13+ for language

Summary: Into every generation a Slayer is born. One girl, in all the world, a chosen one. She alone will stand against the vampires, demons, and the forces of darkness. She is the Slayer.

Except now there is more than one.

(Fandoms: Lost, Full House, Blue Crush, The Baby-Sitters Club, The Fast and the Furious, Bring It On, Resident Evil, Dawson's Creek, Girlfight, Buffy the Vampire Slayer Wishverse)

( She is the slayer. )

I found this easier than I expected, though harder to keep it just to five. I'm not one of those people who really like what I write, most of the time, especially once I finish it. I always look at it and see the ways I failed to do what I wanted.

However, I've really loved seeing other people's lists, and I've saved a bunch of them to my Fic To Read list, which means they were helpful, too. Here's a list of fic I like today (or I like at least pieces of the stories).

+ "Iteration", XMM, Gambit/Pyro

Summary: John lost a lot at Alcatraz, and gained a little bit in the aftermath.

( Iteration )

+ "Pyretic", XMM, John (Bobby)

Summary: He'll miss his memories and daydreaming about how the world will end.

( Pyretic )

+ "From Whence Salt Came", The Lost Boys, Star

Summary: Before Michael, Star wasn't very balanced.

( From Whence Salt Came )

+ "Monster In the Woman", Harry Potter, Viktor Krum (Hermione)

Summary: Viktor is always searching for something, even at the end of the world.

( Monster In the Woman )

These next two are a pair, unofficially. They mostly only match in my mind, but they are both a little twisted and a little wrong, which I love. (Plus Remus and Sirius will always go together in my mind.)

+ "sins of the flesh (tastes like chicken remix)", Harry Potter, Remus Lupin

Summary: Remus always loved the taste of meat.

( sins of the flesh (tastes like chicken remix) )

+ "Time Is Running Away (The Dream A Little Dream Remix)", Harry Potter, Sirius Black

Summary: Sirius dreams in layers, no delineation between past, present, and the future perhaps.

( Time Is Running Away (The Dream A Little Dream Remix) )

I love the Love, Once Given, a series set after The Fast and the Furious, cowritten with shisaiyan.

+ "Laundry Day (Extended Version)", The Fast and the Furios, Letty/Mia

Summary: Every three days or so, Mia has to do laundry.

( Laundry Day (Extended Version) )

+ "cannot see the stars at night", Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Dawn/Willow (Xander)

Summary: Dawn will never stop looking for stars.

( cannot see the stars at night )