Summary: Despite the arguments and despite the failures, Jessie and James still need each other. From best friends to lovers, from the heat of a fight to the heat of passion, they're all each other has really got. Which, at the end of the day, is all they really need. One sentence excerpts about a boy and girl who never knew love until they met each other.
A/N: I wasn't intending on posting anything else until I'd finished my Christmas fanfics in draft form, but that sort of went out the window when I stumbled across a Bill/Lanette fanfic using the same format from the 1sentence community at LiveJournal. These have been great fun to write and although most of them are way to nauseatingly fluffy to be allowed (consequently rendering them quite useless for Jessie/James, they've been a great way of getting the muse flowing for the Christmas fanfic. :) The other four tables will follow shortly.
Disclaimer: I don't own Pokémon. I don't own the tables used for the prompts. They can be found at LiveJournal.
As Thick as Thieves
1. To Protect the World from Devastation
1. Comfort
Jessie has always claimed that she is strong, that she doesn't need anyone's comfort in times when she's down but now, with her head pressed firmly against James' chest, her lavender haired friend thinks that perhaps she hasn't been honest with herself all these years.
2. Kiss
He's not prepared for the brushing of her lips against his cheek as she accepts his consolidations on her Contest loss; all she knows is the sincerity in his eyes as he returns the gesture.
3. Soft
When he looks at her like this, with his eyes shining with that soft, trusting glow, she is reminded of all the times she's yelled at him, smacked him, put him down, and that makes everything that much harder to bear.
4. Pain
Every day they suffer at the hands of the twerp and his Pokémon, but the pain his body regularly endures is nothing compared to the pain in his heart as he watches her twirl away from the beach and out of his life.
5. Potatoes
He's never tasted a chip until she picks some up on one of their missions; now they sit beneath the stars sharing the open bag, and James finds that the riches of cold, hard money are nothing compared to the riches of life that he shares with her.
6. Rain
They stand there as the rain pounds down around them; he reaches tentatively through the space between them and grasps her wrist and, as she squeezes his fingers reassuringly, the rain washes away the last of his fears.
7. Chocolate
Chocolate is one of his biggest weaknesses and he has a secret stash of the stuff, but when he finds her kneeling in the midst of it with wrappers littered on the floor and the delicious concoction smearing her mouth, he finds that he just can't be mad at her.
8. Happiness
Everyone always claims that happiness is a feeling, a feeling as elusive and rare as a Mew, but Jessie knows that her happiness is much more concrete than that, with lavender hair and a smile to light up the world.
9. Telephone
They have to spend the first night after their initiation as full-fledged Team Rocket members apart, but instead of shrugging it off and standing alone as she has done in the past, Jessie spends the evening with the telephone jammed to her ear, listening to his voice, allowing it to qualm away any doubts she has left like a salve against a weeping wound.
10. Ears
He usually has his hair falling down around his face, but for today's disguise he has decided to tie it back loosely; now they are squatted down planning their latest assault and he is speaking, but all she can concentrate on are his cute little ears now showcased for the world like dainty pieces of art.
11. Name
She'd been christened Jessica but Jessie is what everyone calls her…unless James wants something from her, and with the way that her given name rolls deliciously from his lips coupled with the hand that strokes her thigh, she finds that she cannot help but succumb to him every time.
12. Sensual
There is something alluring about the way they constantly spar and lock heads with each other, the way that their words of frustration quickly transform into wet cries of lust, the way she presses him against the ground and makes him forget why he was angry in the first place.
13. Death
The Metagross roars loudly and prepares to finish the pair of them off; Jessie's final words to him in this life resound in his head and remind James that she'll always be there for him, even in death.
14. Sex
Their first time is clumsy and fumbling as both learn the art of playing their partner's body like a delicate instrument, but it is still enough for Jessie to secretly acknowledge that she's found her other half as he pants for breath and brings her more pleasure than she'd ever dreamed of.
15. Touch
He's been with her for long enough to recognise what each stroke of her fingers means: a tap to the shoulder shows her rising annoyance with him; a squeeze of his wrist conveys her confidence in the two of them; the feel of her hand in his own – his favourite of all – lets him know that she likes him around.
16. Weakness
Before James, Jessie had thought that love was a weakness, designed to burn and destroy if she didn't close her heart to it but now, as she lies beside him with her head pillowed on her chest, she realises that love is the greatest strength of all.
17. Tears
James' sobs after Cacnea's departure are soul-destroying, his tears scalding his face an ugly red, his nose runny, yet Jessie does not balk at this as she takes him in her arms and waits for the tears, if not the pain, to stop.
18. Speed
They do everything at a breakneck pace – blast off at the speed of light, change disguises in a heartbeat, finish each other's sentences with nary a thought – so it's no surprise that Jessie and James find themselves falling hard and fast for each other.
19. Wind
The first time James sees Jessie with her hair flowing gracefully down her back, with the wind fingering the strands lovingly, takes his breath away and makes his knees feel weak.
20. Freedom
If anything has sealed James' determination to live out his freedom, it's the look in her eyes and the smile on her face as they grasp each other's hands and sail away into the sunset.
21. Life
As a child, James' parents expected him to learn the proper lessons of etiquette, settle down quietly with Jessibelle and raise a couple of children between them in order to continue the family line; with Jessie, James is able to eat with the manners of a pig and can roam freely across the land as they complete their Team Rocket work…and although they are poor whereas James could be rich with Jessibelle, James knows that life with Jessie is much more fulfilling than his other life could ever be.
22. Jealousy
When she sees Cassidy running her filthy hands all over her partner, Jessie cannot stop the spark of jealousy from igniting within her heart; it's enough to have her blood simmering underneath the surface as the blond bimbo simpers over him; it's enough to have her kicking out at the nearby fire extinguisher as she drags him away to do whatever she pleases with him.
23. Hands
Jessie's hands are slim and slight, belying the power James knows they possess, and yet, against the tense knots in his back, they are surprisingly soft, chasing away the aches, soothing the pain.
24. Taste
There are many tastes in the world that James appreciates, but none is more entrancing than this one, with his head between Jessie's soft thighs, the sweet taste of her essence hot on his tongue, a secret fountain only he can drink from.
25. Devotion
The fake fortune book had said he was a Moltres type, the real ones tells him he is a Magikarp, but Jessie secretly thinks he is a Growlithe, for his devotion and loyalty to her is unmatched by anything else.
26. Forever
Forever has always been a fleeting concept in Jessie's life, with a mother who left her much too young and boyfriends who promised it, only to shatter her heart days later when she wouldn't give them what they wanted; but she knows the words are true when James, the one constant in her life so far, takes her hand in his and promises himself to her for the rest of his life and beyond.
27. Blood
As a child James had had a very weak stomach when it came to blood and now, on his yearly check up at the Team Rocket Medical Centre, he thinks he might pass out once again…until Jessie makes him look at her and he forgets all about the doctor drawing blood from him as he gazes into her understanding eyes.
28. Sickness
He tries not to let anyone know how worried he is when he realises that Jessie has inhaled Stun Spores; even though he knows that the chances of anything happening to her are truly minute, he cannot help but think about her lungs freezing and refusing to let her live and that's what terrifies him the most, for if she died then he would die from cancer of the heart.
29. Melody
Jessie cannot remember much about her childhood, but one memory that will always stay with her forever is the lullaby that her mother used to hum at her to keep away the nightmares; now, as she sits by James' side and watches him sleep the innocent sleep of the untouched, that same melody blossoms on her lips and blooms like a flower in the night, wrapping itself around him, staving away the darkness.
30. Star
"One day we'll be the stars of Team Rocket," James had promised her, and Jessie clings to these words every time they fail because she doesn't want to think about the consequences of James letting her down.
31. Home
They say home is where the heart is, and James' heart lies with Jessie.
32. Confusion
He's infuriating and endearing, someone she wishes was more worldy and someone she fiercely wants to protect, a mystery wrapped in an enigma and the reason why her heart hammers confusingly in her chest whenever she sees his smile directed at her.
33. Fear
Before Jessie entered his life, James had been terrified of everything; of the shadows at night, of being forced back to Jessibelle and his parents, of the future; but now, with Jessie by his side, James knows he has nothing to fear anymore.
34. Lightning/Thunder
Thunder and lightning go together like two halves of the same soul, like the sun and the moon and day and night...and, Meowth thinks, like his Jessie and James – neither of them existing without the other and together creating a masterpiece to be envied by the rest of the world.
35. Bonds
Everyone says that Ash Ketchum, the lovely boy from Pallet Town, has such good friends who will stand by his side no matter what…but the bond the twerp shares with his travelling companions is nothing compared to the one that James shares with Jessie – after all, he thinks as he glances up at the sky, reflecting on the day's events – the twerp's friends probably wouldn't stick by his side in the face of imminent death at the mercy of an enraged Metagross, and that's what makes the bonds of friendship he shares with Jessie unbreakable even by death.
36. Market
They wander together through the many different stalls, twisting their heads left and right to take in all the sights; Jessie pauses as they pass a particularly kooky stand where a strangely familiar man is advertising an unbeatable piece of machinery guaranteed to procure any Pokémon imaginable, and the two share identical evil grins before enquiring about its price.
37. Technology
Jessie internally wishes that she'd let James pick their latest piece of machinery as they sail through the air, another attempt at capturing Pikachu wasted, because as much as she hates admitting it, the man has more of an eye for it than she does; outwardly she blames the technology for its stupid glitches.
38. Gift
"It's for you," he says nervously, and she takes the tiny box curiously from his hands, flushing slightly when she realises that he's bought her a pendant with a picture of the three of them inside, letting her wear her two friends close to her heart always.
39. Smile
She rarely smiles at him anymore as they follow the twerps around Hoenn, but when she does grace him with it, it's enough to make him believe that everything will be alright in the end.
40. Innocence
When she sleeps, she has an air of innocence about her that James hasn't seen in a very long time, and he wishes more than anything else that he'd been strong enough to protect her innocence as she protected his.
41. Completion
It's at times like these, when they're clutching desperately at each other's naked skin, sharing one body, one heart, one mind, that James knows he's found the only person who can ever make him feel complete.
42. Clouds
Every cloud has a silver lining (or so they say) and Jessie is James' silver lining – ever determined to succeed, ever determined to make something of herself, the kind of person that can inspire determination in him too.
43. Sky
"Team Rocket's blasting off again!" they scream as they hurtle through the air, the after effects of Pikachu's Thunderbolt still crackling on their clothes, and she reaches out a hand to him as they soar, grasping hold of him, ensuring that they are not separated.
44. Heaven
James isn't sure if he believes in the afterlife or not, but if there ever was a Heaven, it's this: lying on the grass with Jessie by his side, their bodies just about touching, dreaming of the future together.
45. Hell
His own personal Hell is the feeling of being trapped in the basement of his home with that mad woman cracking her whip at him, with Jessie nowhere in sight and the feeling of utter helplessness as Jessibelle advances on him like a stalking Persian.
46. Sun
The sun is something James adores for its fiery colours, the colours that remind him of flaming red tresses, of a blazing passion and a fascinating, dangerous temper to set the world on fire.
47. Moon
The moon is something that Jessie thinks is stunning for its unnatural beauty, the beauty that reminds her of lavender hair as fine as spun gold, of pale, too-dainty features and innocent green eyes that hide away with the blanket of night.
48. Waves
The waves crash on the beach unnaturally loudly as he screams for the world to hear; all they do is drive home the point that he is well and truly alone now.
49. Hair
Jessie's hair can somehow be manipulated into any style she wants: the iconic gravity-defying curl she favours above all else; the two geeky pigtails she uses when in her Jessilina guise; the more reserved look of reporter's bun, not to mention the hundreds of other styles she has used over the years; but James' favourite of all is the natural, cascading style that is only apparent when they are alone at night, the style that he can run his hands through and clutch at and marvel at as it falls modestly past her breasts as she lies in his arms and enhances her beauty so much that it makes his heart ache.
50. Supernova
The realisation of her feelings for him hits her so suddenly and so unexpectedly that her knees buckle beneath her and she has to collapse to the ground as the internal explosion of love threatens to snap her carefully seamed exterior.
A/N: Wow, I've abused so many sentences rules here that it's not even funny. I also wanted to make comments on some of these sentences, but didn't know where to put them without making them annoying. Therefore I've created a post at my LiveJournal to talk about some of these. The link is in my profile for those of you who are interested.
Finally, please review. Whether you loved them or hated them, wanted to gag at the fluffiness and OOCness or they just made you smile, let me know. :)