story: the gravity of tempered grace (the imperial story)

Title: The Gravity of Tempered Grace
Fandoms: Original Work - The Imperial Story
Characters: Anitra Lambazzia, Vidal Florentine
Pairing: implied Anitra/Andros
Rating: Gen
Summary: A missing scene from Book 2: Phoenix. Vidal checks on a grieving Anitra.
Notes: Written for getyourwordsout Yahtzee challenge, with the prompt: lacuna.
Word Count: 1965


Waves lapped against the shoreline, a quiet soundtrack to my restless thoughts. I curled up inside the hollowed tree, my feet hanging a few feet from the ground, and stared. Moonlight reflected off the water, casting the island in ethereal shadows.

It was a beautiful hiding place. But that was all it was. The war raged elsewhere, and my family chose to run away from it.

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story: sometimes we're only flying for a while (one new message)

Title: Sometimes We're Only Flying For A While
Fandoms: Original Work - One New Message
Characters: Gabe Delaney, Becky Johnson
Pairing: implied Celie Rowe/Gabe Delaney
Rating: Gen
Summary: A missing scene from One New Message, from Gabe's POV as he travels to see Celie.
Notes: Written for getyourwordsout Yahtzee challenge, with the prompt: airplane photograph.
Word Count: 920


I looked out the window, tapping my fingers against the armrest. The passenger beside me, a woman old enough to be my grandmother, side-eyed me, raising an eyebrow. Being that it was Christmas Eve, the flight was packed, everyone trying to get home to their families. I was scrunched into my seat, desperate to stretch my legs, but I didn’t care. I was headed where I needed to be.

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story: be careful what you wish for

Title: Be Careful What You Wish For
Fandoms: Original Work
Characters: Panda, Rexy, Flamingo, Sarah the little girl
Pairing: none
Rating: Gen
Summary: Straight up crack story about toys in the window display.
Notes: Written for getyourwordsout Yahtzee challenge, with the prompt: cute store window.

This was inspired by a story a friend of mine wrote in high school. We had to write something based off three random objects from this giant pile on the floor. Derek wrote this insane story about Furby, Bear, and Baby fighting a shark on a boat.

So... this is my attempt at a Furby, Bear, and Baby story. XD
Word Count: 977


Lights twinkled in the store window. Music drifted from the box in the corner, a soft rendition of “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.” Toys lined the shelf, waiting for someone to pick them up and bring them home.

Outside the shop window, passerby rushed to their destinations, a blur of jackets, scarves, and handbags. A little girl stopped, eyes wide, pressing her hands and face against the cold glass. Her breath fogged up the window.

She pointed at the panda in the center of the shelf, beneath the hanging crystals in the shape of stars, moons, and snowflakes. “Look!” She jumped up and down. “Look at the cute little panda!” The glass muffled her words, but the children were all the same.

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story: here we go, life's waiting to begin

Title: Here We Go, Life's Waiting To Begin
Fandoms: Original Work - The Imperial Story
Characters: Anitra Lambazzia, Briyant Correleon (nee Andros), Rildan Waterston, Nidan
Pairing: referenced Anitra/Briyant
Rating: Gen
Summary: A potential missing scene from Book 3: Underground. Our crew finds an abandoned temple from the Old Empire.
Notes: Written for getyourwordsout Yahtzee challenge, with the prompt: overgrown building.
Word Count: 718


The tree grew over the building. Roots surged along the stone walls, crawling over the roof and mingling with the moss. This building had been here for generations based on the size of the tree alone. Branches hung low, shading what had once been a courtyard.

Figures were carved into the stone walls, depicting each of the seven gods. The windows were smashed, leaving square openings where they once were. Yet another casualty of the Empire’s attack on our people and our way of life. Such a beautiful structure left to rot because it was erected in the ways of the Old Empire and their beliefs.

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