does she play the viola? does she embroider?

Title: Over the edge, I’m just breathless
Author: quirkytaverna
Fandom: RPF – Disney - HSM
Characters/Pairing: Zac Efron/Vanessa Hudgens/Ashley Tisdale
Disclaimer: Not mine, no gain, don’t sue please.
Rating/Warning: Vague sexual imagery
Summary: "It’s weird how it isn’t awkward. Or it’s weird how it’s not weird that it’s not awkward," Ashley said

A/N: 1,000ish words: for adventurepants & pirateygoodness, who I always owe fic.

( over the edge, I’m just breathless )

... because I won't finish a fic I'm writing for her in time. adventurepants!! THESE ARE SOMEWHAT RELEVANT TO YOUR INTERESTS; happy birthday!

( 1:High School Musical:Sharpay+Ryan )

( 2:Angel, The Series:Fred )

( 3:Dead Like Me:George+Reggie )

( 4:The Suite Life of Zack and Cody:London Tipton )

( 5:Gossip Girl RPF:Blake Lively/Leighton Meester )

( 6:Buffy the Vampire Slayer:Anya )

( 7:High School Musical:Troy/Gabriella )

( 8:High School Musical RPF:Ashley Tisdale/Vanessa Hudgens )

( 9:The Suite Life of Zack and Cody:Maddie )

( 10:High School Musical:Kelsi )

Title: some people cannot handle a woman on the loose
Author: quirkytaverna
Fandom: RPF - E! - Keeping Up With the Kardashians
Characters/Pairing: Khloe Kardashian, largely + some Khloe/OFC
Disclaimer: Not mine, no gain, don’t sue please.
Rating/Warning: Vague girl/girl imagery. It's no more evocative than a raunchy pop song.
Summary: The Factory isn't exactly the quietest little gay club in West Hollywood at all, but it's not exactly photographed when you're inside, and Khloe's not Kim, no one outside their bubble gives a fuck where she parties, what she drinks, and how she stumbles home.

A/N: 1,300ish words: Title: Crossfire, by the incomparable Staceyann Chin: Inspired by adventurepants

( some people cannot handle a woman on the loose )

Title: I Wish You Couldn't Figure Me Out
Author: quirkytaverna
Fandom: The West Wing
Characters/Pairing: Sam, Toby, a little Sam/Toby
Disclaimer: Not mine, no gain, don’t sue please.
Rating/Warning: N/A
Summary: You've been in his office all day, crunch-curled in a chair and writing, knees almost to your chest serving as an impromptu desk. The paper is spidered with your words, and they make more sense on the paper than they did in your mind, which is something more inexplicable than even you can grasp.

A/N: 1,100ish words. Title: Nicest Thing, Kate Nash. For the tww_minis "Write in second person" prompt: Inspired by raedbard

( I Wish You Couldn't Figure Me Out )

Title: Never Took Piano Lessons, But Baby You're A Grand
Author: quirkytaverna
Fandom: RPF - Bandom
Characters/Pairing: Ashlee Simpson/Pete Wentz + Bronx
Disclaimer: Not mine, no gain, don’t sue please.
Rating/Warning: None. Um, this is sweeter than most of my stuff.
Summary: A quiet afternoon, and Ashlee is stretched out on her stomach on the living room carpet in sweats and a t-shirt. The sweats ride low on her hips and the shirt bunches at her waist; the exposed swathe of skin is alabaster-white and not quite stretched tight, and Bronx's little hands caress it in a curious, little kind of wonder.

A/N: 1100ish words. Title: Might Tell You Tonight: SS. This is to be blamed for this fic existing.

( Never Took Piano Lessons, But Baby You're A Grand )

Title: She's Happy When She's Proud
Author: quirkytaverna
Fandom: RPF - Music/Disney
Characters/Pairing: Demi Lovato/Selena Gomez
Disclaimer: Not mine, no gain, don’t sue please.
Rating/Warning: Chicks kissing, clutch your pearls
Summary: "Sixteen, and things are so much brighter - life is too dazzling to stare down directly and Demi has never hated the spotlight when she knows why she has it; she gets swept away and giddy, and the best part is that Selena is right there with her, like it's the thing that makes sense most in the world."

A/N: 1,200ish words.

( she's happy when she's proud )

Title: A Whisper in Your Ear, A Piece of Your Cake
Author: quirkytaverna
Fandom: Veronica Mars
Characters/Pairing: Lilly-centric; gen
Disclaimer: Not mine, no gain, don’t sue please.
Rating/Warning: Um, blood.
Summary: Lilly Kane doesn’t quite die, exactly, in the textbook way. (Vampfest 09!)

A/N: 1,700ish words. Vampfest 09! (Title: Cheers Darlin’, Damien Rice)

( a whisper in your ear – a piece of your cake )

Title: More Than The Average Stitch in These Times
Author: quirkytaverna
Fandom: RPF – Music/American Idol
Characters/Pairing: Kelly Clarkson/Tamyra Gray
Disclaimer: Not mine, no gain, don’t sue please.
Rating/Warning: N/A
Summary: Every time Kelly complains she hears disparaging tones and sees waggled fingers and there are tsk tsks and do you really want another My Decembers. Kelly wants to say that it's exactly what she wants, but somewhere in the Davis dance, she has lost her voice.

A/N: 1,200ish words. Title is from the wonderful ‘Lesbian Chasing Straight’ by Staceyann Chin

( More Than the Average Stitch in These Times )

Title: Wintry and Warm
Author: quirkytaverna
Fandom: BSC
Characters/Pairing: Shannon Kilbourne/Stacey McGill (brief mention of Shannon/Dawn)
Disclaimer: Not mine, no gain, don’t sue please.
Rating/Warning: N/A
Summary: “It had been a natural time for the girls to re-connect; when your friends party a little too hard when it’s time for the standardized testing that determines your entire life, you seek out those you know with similar principles”
A/N: 1,000ish words. For escritoireazul (!) and the Shannon round at short_takes

( wintry and warm )

Title: Sonnet XVII
Author: quirkytaverna
Fandom: The West Wing
Characters/Pairing: Charlie Young/Zoey Bartlet
Disclaimer: Not mine, no gain, don’t sue please.
Rating/Warning: N/A
Summary: 'There’s no time in the morning to sit down and take things slow, there are too many things to do, too many snooze alarms that Zoey hit too many times.'
A/N: 1,200ish words.
Title honors Sonnet XVII by Pablo Neruda:

I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where.
I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride;
so I love you because I know no other way

than this: where I does not exist, nor you,
so close that your hand on my chest is my hand,
so close that your eyes close as I fall asleep.

( Sonnet XVII )

Title: copious notes on futility.
Author: quirkytaverna
Fandom: RPS: Actors (The West Wing)
Characters/Pairing: Richard Schiff/Rob Lowe
Disclaimer: Not mine, no gain, don’t sue please.
Rating/Warning: It’s a bit maudlin.
Summary: It isn’t that Richard doesn’t know what to say to Rob; he can imagine up a veritable novella of dialogue, of conversation and camaraderie, relativism and relation and experiential discussion.
A/N: 1,200ish words. For raedbard, who in the zillion years I've known her, has inspired.
Title comes from ‘fingernails; nostrils; shoelaces’ by Charles Bukowski.


( copious notes on futility )

Title: I believe in unexpected and capricious friendships
Author: quirkytaverna
Fandom: RPS: Actors (Twilight)
Characters/Pairing: Nikki Reed/Kristen Stewart
Disclaimer: Not mine, no gain, don’t sue please.
Rating/Warning: Girls kiss.
Summary: The best part about the Twilight gig - aside from the cash, the locked-down franchise, and oh yeah, the cash - was having a brand-new excuse to hang with Catherine again pretty much 24/7. They were having a coffee and a smoke and bitching about the cold when it happened.
A/N: 1,300ish words.
Title comes from “…. and these are just some of the things I believe” by Staceyann Chin.

( I believe in unexpected and capricious friendships )

Title: Over Bough and Branch
Author: quirkytaverna
Fandom: Marvel 1602
Characters/Pairing: Scotius/John Grey
Disclaimer: Not mine, no gain, don’t sue please.
Rating: N/A
Summary: Scotius knows enough to see and understand that it must be breathtaking, the interplay of the warmth of sun and the fire of her hair where it rests, curling so softly, at cheek and chin.
A/N: 1200ish words. Written for likeadeuce for yuletide.

( Over Bough and Branch )

Title: Best Kept
Author: quirkytaverna
Fandom: RPF - Authors
Characters/Pairing: Ann M. Martin/Paula Danziger
Disclaimer: Not mine, no gain, don’t sue please.
Rating: N/A
Summary: Pieces of Ann and Paula. "Paula doesn't call Ann when she's writing."
A/N: 800ish words. Written for wisdomeagle as a last minute treat for yuletide.

( Best Kept )

Title: Silver Bells and Cockle Shells
Author: quirkytaverna
Fandom: The Secret Garden
Characters/Pairing: Mary/Dickon
Timeline/Spoilers: Post-book
Disclaimer: Not mine, no gain, don’t sue please.
Rating: N/A
Summary: It seemed so fitting to wait for him in the Garden that was no longer secret. It seemed so right to curl in the bower with roses in her hair.
A/N: 800ish words. Written for Roxie Ann for yuletide as a last minute treat.

( Silver Bells and Cockle Shells )

Title: An Unsupervised Party and an Empty Beer Bottle
Author: quirkytaverna
Fandom: BSC
Characters/Pairing: Byron/Jeff
Timeline/Spoilers: Poooooost-series. The lads are 15
Disclaimer: Not mine, no gain, don’t sue please.
Rating: Boys kiss.
Summary: Byron. Jeff. An empty beer bottle. Uh-oh!
A/N: 1,200ish words. Written for mizzmarvel and the First Kisses Meme, just in time for the holidays!

<3 you, M!

( An Unsupervised Party and an Empty Beer Bottle )

Title: Hello, Again
Author: quirkytaverna
Fandom: BSC
Characters/Pairing: Mallory Pike/Tiffany Kilbourne
Timeline/Spoilers: post-post series. Let’s put Mal early in her college life
Rating/Warning: Nothing, really. Girls flirt.
Disclaimer: Not mine, no gain, don’t sue please.
Summary: Mallory remembers how a year used to be a big deal
A/N: About 750 words; for the Mallory round over at short_takes. This is written for leithal, who seems to get stuck with my writing all the time!

( Hello, Again )

Title: Your Fingers Graze That Dress (and you hear the sound of a knife cutting paper)
Author: quirkytaverna
Fandom: Gossip Girl (TV)
Characters/Pairing: Blair/Serena
Timeline/Spoilers: N/A
Rating/Warning: Mmm, femslash. Mmm, girlsex.
Disclaimer: Not mine, no gain, don’t sue please.
Summary: Blair knows that she and Serena aren’t best friends in a simple, unconditional way; only one of them can be Queen – the other needs to acknowledge that. And the other is going to be Serena.
A/N: about 1,000 words, etc. Title is from Conversation by the wonderful poet Ai, inspiration below.

( Your Fingers Graze That Dress… )

Title: Don’t Overthink
Author: quirkytaverna
Fandom: BtVS
Characters/Pairing: Buffy/Satsu
Timeline/Spoilers: Season Eight comic
Rating/Warning: Pretty veiled references to girlsex. You know you’re there.
Disclaimer: Not mine, no gain, don’t sue please.
Summary: When Buffy and Satsu end things, there’s one more night before the goodbye
A/N: about 1,100 words. Etc!

( Don’t overthink )

Title: I Picture You in the Sun/Wondering
Author: quirkytaverna
Fandom: Heroes
Characters/Pairing: Nathan/Peter
Timeline/Spoilers: Season one, definitively
Rating/Warning: Boys kissing. Also, this is incestuous. Be warned please.
Disclaimer: Not mine, no gain, don’t sue please.
Summary: Nathan’s life isn’t where it should be. But Peter is still present.

A/N: Just shy of 1,000 words. Written for raedbard and the First Kisses meme (and I meant to post this last week). Don’t shoot me: if this doesn’t float your boat, the nature of it – brothers kissing – then don’t read it. You’ve been duly warned about this work of fiction.

Joseph Arthur’s ‘In the Sun’ has slipped into my head every time I sit down to work on this. Hence the title.

( I picture You in the Sun/Wondering )