Don't Crash and Burn

I didn't sign up for this round of Seasons of Drabbles, but I had a lovely time browsing the collection yesterday afternoon. Here's a few that I liked (all authors are still anonymous!):

Listening for Something, Alien Movies, Jones the Cat & Ripley, triple drabble, super cute Jonesy POV!

Only One Boot, Discworld, Angua & Cheery, double drabble, Angua and Cheery working together on a snippet of a case - very cute and I appreciate the puns

after the game, Elementary, Joan & Sherlock, single drabble, great character voices and delightful banter

Challenge Accepted, Hawkeye (TV), Yelena/Kate, triple drabble, hot, flirty, stubbornly competitive sparring and target practice

an uninvited visitor, Hawkeye (TV), Yelena & Kate, triple drabble, Yelena demands Kate take her sightseeing - really funny dialogue!

Rumor Has It, Nimona (2023), Ambrosius/Ballister, single drabble, post-canon Ambrosius peruses a magazine article on the "secrets of Gloreth's Champion" - fun flirty banter in this one!

A Mutually Beneficial Arrangement, Star Trek Voyager, B'Elanna/Seven of Nine, drabble sequence, cute and funny fake relationship plot, with some great beats and excellent character voices

Compass, Star Wars Original Trilogy, Leia & Luke, triple drabble, tender moment of acknowledging grief and anger post-The Empire Strikes Back - I like this way of surfacing Leia's force sensitivity

From the Desk of a North American Conservationist, Original Work, Vampire who Rescues Bats & Friendly Monster, triple drabble, an epistolary delight! Super charming voice for the letter-writer, and fun glimpses into chaotic slice of life occurrences

Is it monsterfucking if the tail is out?, Original Work, Male Vampire/Male Werewolf, single drabble, so cute and funny! A vampire accidentally ends up in bed with a very adorable werewolf

Two Conversations at a Cash Register, Original Work, Owner of a Magical Bookstore & Sentient Magical Book, triple drabble, such a charming premise! love the bright and fun narrative voice

As seen by ... many people around these parts! I've enjoyed reading people's responses for this. I tried to use a different fandom for each letter.

Rules: How many letters of the alphabet have you used for [starting] a fanwork title? One fanwork per line, ‘A’ and 'The’ do not count for 'a’ and ’t’. Post your score out of 26 at the end, along with your total works count.

A: Agents of structural oppression (Life of Brian, Loretta/Reg)
B: Best Laid Plans (D&D: Honor Among Thieves, Edgin/Xenk)
C: Chatterboxing (Discworld & Derry Girls crossover, Death & Colm McCool)
D: does enchantment pour (out of every door) (Theater Camp, Troy/Glenn)
E: Emergency Protocols (Spy, Nancy/Susan)
F: Fall Fair Folly (Stranger Things, Steve/Eddie)
G: Got Rhythm (Supernatural, Sam/Dean)
H: Highly inconvenient (OW, Lady Knight/Maiden Princess)
I: Irresistible (Macdonald Hall, Bruno/Boots) *
J:
K: Key Change (We Are Lady Parts, Amina/Saira)
L: Logistics of a Three-Person Make-out Session (Leverage, Hardison/Parker/Eliot)
M: Morning After (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Sam/Bucky)
N: The Nautical Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (Les Aventures Extraordinaire d'Adèle Blanc-Sec, gen)
O: Oblige Me (The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting, Robin/Hart)
P: Painted Lady (Roswell New Mexico, Rosa/Isobel)
Q:
R: Raptors of the Lost Pumpkin Spice (Psych, Gus/Shawn)
S: Slice of (Heist) Life (Cat's Eyes (2024), gen)
T: Ten Simple Rules for Dragon-Sitting Tad Cooper (Galavant, Sidney/Galavant/Isabella)
U: Unwrapped (Ted Lasso, Roy/Keeley/Jamie)
V: Virtually Yours (Supernatural RPF, Jared/Jensen)
W: well-supplied (due South, Fraser/Kowalski)
X:
Y: you take your aim (England Series, Fen/Pat)
Z:

* Bonus: a duplicate title (oops!): Irresistible (Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, Jack/Phryne)

22/26! I have 152 works on AO3. Mildly surprised that I don't have anything for J, and I had to go back to 2009 to get G.

I created 9 (nine!) gifts for fandomgiftbasket this year! Eight fic and one logic puzzle. It was so great to feel a blossoming of creative energy with this fest, and I had a blast.

Also, two of the fics I wrote were the first for their fandoms on AO3. \o/

Bridgerton TV
Cat's Eyes (TV 2024)
The Chronicles of Chrestomanci - Diana Wynne Jones (logic puzzle)
Much Ado About Nothing
Original femslash (Lady Knight/Maiden Princess)
The Polar Bears' Midnight Feast - Harry Horse
Roswell New Mexico
Strangers Things (2 fics)

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