#500 words chapters

[void-of-unparalled-chaos]

Jason's not sure that he's ever been so stressed, even while stealing tires from the damn batmobile. Hell, this was worse than waiting to die in a warehouse while a maniacal clown beat his head in with a crowbar. How could this be worse than his own personal nightmare? It feels like he is fifteen again. It feels like his heart has stopped.

    The moment he (finally, finally) hears a responding chirp it's like the world has been kickstarted back to life. His heart is pounding in his ears, blood rushing and pulsing as if to make up for lost time. 

[xaphrin]

Anyway I just spent all morning plotting out my next long fic, and uh... wow that outline is something. Hope it doesn't suck? Have a taste?

(Actually trying to see how people feel about this)

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When Trigon finally conquered Earth it felt like the world had become a strange, tilted reflection of itself. Warped like the mirror in a funhouse, but somehow still the same. On the surface things continued as normal, people went to their jobs, the public transit system continued, and the stock market miraculously stayed stable. The conquering felt less like an ending, and more like a blip in the timeline. Most people assumed that after a few months it would all clear itself up. 

But, underneath that facade of normalcy, there was a wound festering. 

Dissenters quietly disappeared overnight. World leaders vanished on their way to summits. Pacifists simply ceased to exist. Slowly, like a small leak in a boat, little bits of civilization disappeared, letting more and more horrors fill the space until the boat started to sink and there was nothing left but accept the inevitable truth:

There was no saving what Trigon had destroyed.  

And here stood Raven, at the edge of it all. She wasn’t supposed to exist. After her body had been used as a portal for Trigon, she had been left to die and decompose into the earth. Even her soul wouldn’t have found rest anywhere, since it was welcome nowhere. 

“You good?” 

Raven turned and looked at Dick as he stood next to her. “Not sure yet.” She gave a one shouldered shrug and stared out into the skyline. 

The city still looked inhabited, but there was a soft quiet that rumbled in and around the buildings. Look closer and you could see shattered windows and the rust-colored stains of long-dried blood. Everyone ignored it. If someone had died, they had it coming. Keep your head down. Don’t stir up trouble. Those were rules, and they were meant to be followed. 

Dick sighed and crossed his arms over his chest. “I got a message from my brother.” 

Raven lifted an eyebrow. “A Robin?”

He nodded. “The last one, actually. He was there the day Batman was…” Dick trailed off, unsure of what to call the death of the last man he considered a father. 

“Taken,” Raven supplied. The word didn’t feel like an end. It felt like a book with the last pages ripped out, so you never really knew the ending. “I thought he disappeared. Your brother, I mean.”

“He went back to the League of Assassins.” 

Raven lifted an eyebrow, surprised. They were the one group of people who had managed to resist all of Trigon’s control, walking a very fine line of neutrality. She huffed out a soft breath. “And what does he want?”

“To join the cause.”

[epiphainie]

you still love me anyway (4/6)

bucktommy, established relationship, 5 + 1, fluff and angst

chapter: 4/6

rating: M

words: 27.4k (ongoing; chp length: 7.5k)

summary:

“In hindsight, Tommy should have realized earlier. During their first date. Before their first date.” aka five times buck was being too much and one time tommy told him so

chapter excerpt:

But Tommy had good eyes. Tommy had good sight. That of a birdman’s, so when he looked into Evan, and he looked into him close, he saw what was lingering right under that veneer. The ghost of that recklessness, dormant but still there.

read on AO3

[nostalgia-tblr]

how do i get the fic out of my head and onto the page i know every single thing that happens in it and most of the dialogue but it is STUCK in my stupid brain not arcing magically from fingers to keyboard D:

[the-lonelybarricade]

Personally, I'm excited for the moment Elain discovers that Lucien sleeps naked

[loveshotzz]

what is this secret third au that u have been thinking about ….

….

[mayorofcattown]

Needed something to post for Tanuma's birthday so I figured I'd neaten up some sketches I did for my fic In the Dark, including a bonus teaser of a scene from the next chapter ;)

and obligatory link to the fic

[fruityumbrella]

feel like the only fic writer on earth who does not do research. i cant relate to all the posts about getting stuck in a six hour wikipedia page rabbit hole trying to find out when canned ravioli expires, im just writing anything, idgaf. its my world now brother everything happens the way i say it does sorry.

[lighthouseshepard]

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[suddencolds]

almost done... 🙏

[eternalglitch]

I don’t know if you reply to these but just going to start this rant off with i don’t normally like fan fic, but jesus crust LFLS was by far the best one i’ve ever read. You did an amazing job getting the characters personalities, and the way they talked and interacted was just PERFECT!! It felt like i was reading a script of the show. I started reading this at 6 this morning and finished at 4 pm. the way you write just had a chokehold on me. Everything was so descriptive that there was no questioning what you wanted a character to look like or the tone of a scene. I wanted you to know you are an amazing writer and definitely have a way with words!!

Bread deities aside, thank you!! It means a lot!

[inkameswetrust]

The Window Sill (Pt. 2)

Pairing: James Diamond x Kendall Knight

Characters: Kendall Knight, Katie Knight, Jennifer Knight, (The Mention Of) James Diamond Content Warnings: Fluff, BL, SFW

Word Count: 2,093

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In quick, erratic motions, Kendall almost tumbled down the stairs and into the kitchen. His feet were light on the floor while his arms hurriedly flailed about. He shuffled over to Jennifer's side near the oven, lightly panting and smiling bravely. "You called?" Kendall uttered, his flushed cheeks punctuating his words.

"Honey, are you alright? You don't look too good." Jennifer entreated, bringing the back of her hand to meet Kendall's forehead, "Did you magically come down with something in the time it took you to run downstairs?"

The memory of James blessing him with a quick goodbye kiss conquered the crevices of Kendall's mind and played in slow motion. His face soured and drooped at the thought of this moment playing back as reality broke away piece by piece. Amidst Kendall's nervous daydreaming, Jennifer waved her other hand in Kendall's face, saying, "Hello? Are you okay?"

Kendall shook himself back to reality, swiftly swatting Jennifer's hands away from his face. "Y-Yeah, I'm fine!" Kendall responded sheepishly, "Never better."

"Okay..." Jennifer muttered, slowly shifting her focus back on preparing dinner, "Anyway, I just need you to watch over the food while I change out of uniform. There's mac and cheese on the stove and dino nuggets in the oven."

Puzzled and indifferent, Kendall knit his brows and scoffed, saying, "Don't you think I'm getting a little too old to eat dinosaur-shaped chicken?"

"But you love your dinosaur chicken!" Jennifer cooed, a reminiscent smile stretching across her face. Kendall rolled his eyes, wearing a smirk to combat his mother's smile. "Yeah, when I was eight," Kendall replied.

"Just watch over the food, please. I'll only be gone a minute." Jennifer sighed as she turned around and retreated upstairs to her bedroom. Kendall turned around to face the stove. He took the serving spoon from the kitchen counter and stirred the pot of mac and cheese in hopes it would diminish his inner turmoil.

"You are such a bad liar." Katie sneered, tapping away at the buttons on her Nintendo DSi.

Kendall's shoulders shot up like rockets at the sound of Katie's voice from the dining table. The serving spoon slipped out of his hand and flopped onto the stove with a clump of cheesy residue.

"How long have you been sitting there??" Kendall cried, his eyes bulging and his heart racing.

"Not very observant either..." Katie jested with a mocking grin etched into her face.

Kendall, ignoring Katie's snide remark, turns the oven light on to watch the dino nuggets cook. He leans over the kitchen counter, doing everything in his power to silence his thoughts and stick to the task at hand.

"Y'know, you're gonna have to tell her sometime," Katie remarked, her eyes never leaving the DSi screen.

"Tell her what...?" Kendall queried, his voice laced with distress as he took the serving spoon from the counter and wiped it off.

"You think I don't know when you sneak James into the house?" Katie scoffs, pressing pause on her game of Castle Smashers, "I keep finding him hiding in the bathroom when Mom comes home, and he bribes me with hair gel to keep me quiet."

After a brief moment of awkward silence, Kendall's voice, just barely audible, squeaks its way through the atmosphere. "...Did it work?"

"Kendall!" Katie barked as she stood up from her seat at the dinner table.

"Okay, okay, I get it!" Kendall replied hastily, "But I am not going to tell Mom anything. It's just not that simple."

Katie scoffed once more, crossing her eyes and wearing a neutral look on her face. Amidst her palpable indifference, Katie glanced over Kendall's shoulder to see the pot of mac and cheese starting to boil over.

"Uh, Kendall?" Katie muttered.

"Not now, Katie. I need you to understand how important this is." Kendall began, almost as if to implore Katie, "This is teenager stuff, and it's a lot more complicated than it looks."

"Kendall—" Katie chimed in.

"Let me finish." Kendall announced, speaking with his hands, "James and I have a lot we need to figure out right now, and I'm not too sure if—"

"Kendall! The pot!" Katie cried as she pointed toward the stove.

As Kendall turned to face the stove, he saw bubbling water pooling out from the pot of mac and cheese. His breath hitched with a silent scream as he rushed to cover the pot with its glass lid. In scrambling to retrieve the lid, Kendall dropped it on the floor, causing it to shatter upon impact.

Kendall and Katie shared an uneasy glance, knowing Jennifer heard the sound of shattering glass. "What was that?!" Jennifer cried from upstairs.

"Nothing!" Kendall and Katie replied in unison, their voices laced with false positivity.

Kendall narrowed his eyes, laser-sharp focus fueling his gaze as he widened his stance in preparation. Katie looked at him in understanding as she listened to his plan to deter Jennifer's suspicions.

"Okay, you sweep up the glass. Be careful, by the way." Kendall commanded, "And I'll deal with the pot."

"Why do you get to deal with the pot??" Katie groaned in annoyance.

"Why would you think I'd let you handle boiling water??" Kendall replied, stretching out his hands as his words crescendo with concern.

"Okay, fine!" Katie grumbled as she left the kitchen in search of a broom.

Kendall returned his hand to the dial on the stove, desperately trying to turn it off to no avail. It stuck in the same position every time, and each clicking sound of the moving dial chipped away at Kendall's temper.

Katie returned holding a broom and a pail, standing awkwardly as she watched her brother panic. Kendall almost instantly changed his mind by the time Katie returned and refused to let her anywhere near broken glass.

"Y'know what, why don't I take care of this?" Kendall suggested, taking the broom and pail from Katie's hands and quickly sweeping up the shards of glass. As he took the pail over to the garbage can to dispose of the glass, a pungent smoke circling from the pot of mac and cheese triggered the smoke alarm.

"Kendall!" Katie cried, wanting to step in and help despite Kendall's protests.

"Stay out of the kitchen, I'll deal with this!" Kendall retorted as he lowered the pail to the floor and rushed back over to the stove.

"What's going on down there?!" Jennifer hollered as she came rushing downstairs from the sound of the alarm.

"N-Nothing, Mom!" Kendall shouted in response as he desperately fidgeted with the stovetop dial. After continuing to unsuccessfully turn the dial, he rushed to open the kitchen windows to avoid excess buildup of smoke.

"Kendall, you're turning it the wrong way!" Katie called out as Kendall dashed around the room in a stupor.

Kendall stumbled back and forth, trying to tackle each issue at once before he could process what was happening. Jennifer hurried into the room, her face dropping from shock and her voice just barely audible at first. She scuttled over to the stove, turning the dial in the correct direction to shut off the burner. Jennifer then removed the pot from the stove and poured the contents out into a bowl to reveal dried, clumpy, burned residue sticking to the inside.

After placing the pot in the kitchen sink, Jennifer turned around to face Kendall and Katie, her face sullied with worry. "What happened here? The truth, now."

"Well... it's a funny story." Kendall began, "It's just that... Well, what I mean is... I just—"

"It was my fault." Katie chimed in, her gaze falling to the floor and her voice dropping, "I distracted Kendall from watching over the food and it burned... but at least the dino nuggets are okay." Katie assured, a weak smile just barely stretching across her face as she gestured to the oven.

"Go to your room." Jennifer sighed, massaging the bridge of her nose with her thumb and index finger, "I need to talk with your brother."

Katie shuffled away and retreated to her bedroom without a second to look anyone in the eye. Jennifer turned to Kendall, refusing to ignore the truth he was hiding from her.

"What's actually going on here, honey?" Jennifer implored, "You've been acting strange the entire time I've been home today."

"I can't tell you," Kendall replied sheepishly, struggling to meet Jennifer's gaze.

"Why not?" Jennifer queried.

"I just... can't." Kendall insisted, stuffing his hands into his pockets.

Jennifer sighed defeatedly at Kendall's resistance. She knew he couldn't force the words out of him, especially if he couldn't form them himself. Jennifer placed her hands firmly atop her hips, a sympathetic glint in her eyes flickering faintly.

"I know things get a little more complicated and scary as you get older, Kendall," Jennifer began, "I hope you know I'm not here to judge or ridicule you."

Jennifer brought her hand to Kendall's cheek, attempting to ease any sense of turmoil with the gentle caress of her thumb. "If something's bothering or confusing you, I want to be here to help you."

An apologetic grin stretched to the side of Kendall's face as he leaned into his mother's embrace. "Thanks, Mom."

"You're very welcome, sweetie." Jennifer replied happily, "Now let's try to salvage dinner."

After cleaning the kitchen and an awkward meal of frozen foods, everyone but Kendall retired to their bedrooms to conclude their day in preparation for the next. Kendall noticed an eerie sense of silence in Katie's stead. While clearing the table, he noticed Katie's Nintendo DSi still sitting by her chair. Kendall swiped Katie's DSi and made his way to her bedroom.

Kendall contemplated knocking on Katie's door, wondering if she needed more time and space to process her feelings. He figured there was no harm in trying, and gently knocked on Katie's door before entering.

"Knock, knock, haha." Kendall chuckled awkwardly, closing the door behind him, "You left your DSi on the table."

"Thanks," Katie spoke in a monotone voice while lying in bed. She stared blankly at the wall, barely moving a muscle or making a noise.

Kendall gazed sympathetically at his sister, feeling remorseful about her taking the fall for him. He wished he wasn't as erratic and irresponsible as he was. Kendall sat down at the foot of Katie's bed, glancing at her with a faint grin he hoped would lift her spirits. He then placed Katie's DSi on the dresser beside him.

"You didn't have to take the blame for me, y'know," Kendall admitted, a defeated sigh slipping past him.

"Yes, I did." Katie retorted, sitting up on her bed.

"No. You didn't." Kendall refuted, "I'm your big brother, Katie, I should've been more focused and responsible."

Katie hugged her knees and remained silent for a moment. She feared saying the wrong thing in response and withdrew herself as a result. Katie hated the way Kendall constantly blamed himself for everything, even when they weren't necessarily his fault. But she knew she couldn't change his point of view.

"Is Mom mad at me...?" Katie asked reluctantly.

"No, Mom is not mad at you, Katie," Kendall assured as he knelt at Katie's bedside, gently hovering his hand over hers.

"Are you mad at me?" Katie continued.

Kendall was taken aback, his brows rising and eyes widening. His heart winced for Katie, not knowing she could ever be this vulnerable and remorseful.

"No, Katie." Kendall replied, his voice firm and confident as he cracked a grin on Katie's behalf, "Not at all."

Katie lunged in Kendall's direction, hooking her arms around his neck and pulling him in for a tight hug. Kendall, mildly bewildered by Katie's actions, took a moment to process what had happened before hugging her back.

"What's gonna happen with you and James?" Katie inquired, "Are you gonna start dating?"

Kendall chuckled warmly, continuing to hold Katie in his embrace as he pondered her question. "I don't know, I haven't asked him yet," Kendall replied, slowly pulling away from the hug, "I think I'd like to, though."

Katie laid herself down in bed as Kendall pulled the covers up to her shoulders. She found solace in her brother's words and appreciated how he came to reassure her. Though, she'd never admit that out loud.

"You really like him, don't you?" Katie queried, her head sinking into her pillow.

"Oh, you have no idea." Kendall chuckled, combing Katie's bangs back with his hand, "Good night, baby sister."

"Good night, big brother," Katie replied, yawning quietly as her eyes fluttered shut.

[timeofjuly]

Heyhey I was wondering what design of papyrus is used in wishbone? Like any specific look to him?

(What? No I'm not making a two panel comic of him and mc... *vanishes like gaster*)

!!!! Omfg, if you do, I would absolutely LOVE to see it!!! I still don't really know the difference between all the various swapfell/fellswap aus and designs lol, BUT I do imagine him (and his brother) with purple eyelights and magic, rather than the gold or red some people go for. There's no real reason behind this, purple is just my favourite colour haha, and I think a lilac-flushed skull is the cutest thing ever. I've also written him with a gold fang and cracks around one socket. I imagine that these facial injuries came from the same attack, so it makes sense that they'd be on the same side. He also describes his bones as yellowy and dull in chapter 3 but that's mostly self-deprecation talking, I don't think he's actually that discoloured. In terms of outfits, his usual is the classic long, fuzzy-hooded jacket and skinny jeans a lot of people draw him in, with a turtleneck or similar underneath, and big, chunky boots.

[varpusvaras]

Looks at the word count and where I am at the timeline: Yeah, I'm adding a fourth chapter

[sade-alicious]

im writing a short fanfic rn and i am SO CLOSE to being done i just need to fill in a conversation its so ANNOYINGGGG😭😭