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Disclaimer - Marvel's. Slash. No explicit sex or swearing. Let's call it PG-13 by default. AU of some sort.
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"What you're planning is foolish - a result of masculine pride."
He says something about kitchen utensils, an idiom that eludes me. And laughs. At me.
I allow it, because I seldom hear his laughter now. We quarrel incessantly, even when we're post-coital and only half-serious.
"It's *not* pride, it's faith," he continues. "This plan can make any man's dreams a reality."
Now it's my turn to laugh, bitterly. "You call *me* proud, but I don't seek to unite two species with divergent and opposed interests through *faith*."
Sobered, he frowns. Yet he doesn't draw away from me, and no matter what hostility I reveal he seems unafraid. He's so trusting . . . so naïve. A fool. But a fool can have his charms.
"You care. You love. That makes you human."
I clench a fist and draw the power. The iron sings in his blood as my thoughts sing in his head.
/This makes us more./
He dares not answer, for he dares not dream what I say is true.
Instead he puts his mouth on mine, and soon I feel my arguments melt beneath a tide of desire. It's an underhanded tactic, but effective.
/I surrender./ For now.
/If I can make you concede so quickly twice in one evening, I must be a better kisser than I thought./
"You are superb," I admit, drawing back for a moment, "but you talk too much."
We do not talk any more.
The End
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Note
This was a response to this challenge, by Darklady on comicslash:
Following the Buldhaven example, this is for a `short slash'. I wont quite limit you to 150 words, but something in that range. Now ! Here's the trick.
The prize for this is a 1980 copy of the Justice League of America
(Vol. 21, #176)
Back then the line up was: Superman / Flash / Wonder Woman / Batman / Green Lantern / Hawkman / Hawkgirl / Zatanna / Red Tornado . . . so . . . extra brownie points for slashing one of them. But that is not required. What *is* required is that you use one of the following *slashy* lines taken from that issue. It does not have to be your first line - just used.
"What you're planning is foolish--- a result of masculine pride."
"He's so trusting . . . so naive"
"I must be a better kisser then I thought."
"Our heroes have reached and passed a climax."
"This ( . . . ) can make any man's dreams.. a reality."
"You care. You love. That makes you human."
"He dares not answer, for he dares not dream what ( . . . ) says is true."
Yes, those are all taken from one comic. Makes you want to read it, right? So why not try your hand at this short fic? Really, it's painless. Trust me. ;-)
Oh, one more thing. Some of the lines above have gender, but that can naturally be changed. And the fic can be m/m f/f (or even het). Even pre-slash for the modest. This is Friday night. Contest will run until next Sunday sometime. Decisions of the Darklady are arbitrary and final.
I used all but one of the sentances, although it's a little long. Hey, I'd like to see *you* try to shut those two up when they're having an argument :).
Disclaimer - Marvel's. Slash. No explicit sex or swearing. Let's call it PG-13 by default. AU of some sort.
***
"What you're planning is foolish - a result of masculine pride."
He says something about kitchen utensils, an idiom that eludes me. And laughs. At me.
I allow it, because I seldom hear his laughter now. We quarrel incessantly, even when we're post-coital and only half-serious.
"It's *not* pride, it's faith," he continues. "This plan can make any man's dreams a reality."
Now it's my turn to laugh, bitterly. "You call *me* proud, but I don't seek to unite two species with divergent and opposed interests through *faith*."
Sobered, he frowns. Yet he doesn't draw away from me, and no matter what hostility I reveal he seems unafraid. He's so trusting . . . so naïve. A fool. But a fool can have his charms.
"You care. You love. That makes you human."
I clench a fist and draw the power. The iron sings in his blood as my thoughts sing in his head.
/This makes us more./
He dares not answer, for he dares not dream what I say is true.
Instead he puts his mouth on mine, and soon I feel my arguments melt beneath a tide of desire. It's an underhanded tactic, but effective.
/I surrender./ For now.
/If I can make you concede so quickly twice in one evening, I must be a better kisser than I thought./
"You are superb," I admit, drawing back for a moment, "but you talk too much."
We do not talk any more.
The End
***
Note
This was a response to this challenge, by Darklady on comicslash:
Following the Buldhaven example, this is for a `short slash'. I wont quite limit you to 150 words, but something in that range. Now ! Here's the trick.
The prize for this is a 1980 copy of the Justice League of America
(Vol. 21, #176)
Back then the line up was: Superman / Flash / Wonder Woman / Batman / Green Lantern / Hawkman / Hawkgirl / Zatanna / Red Tornado . . . so . . . extra brownie points for slashing one of them. But that is not required. What *is* required is that you use one of the following *slashy* lines taken from that issue. It does not have to be your first line - just used.
"What you're planning is foolish--- a result of masculine pride."
"He's so trusting . . . so naive"
"I must be a better kisser then I thought."
"Our heroes have reached and passed a climax."
"This ( . . . ) can make any man's dreams.. a reality."
"You care. You love. That makes you human."
"He dares not answer, for he dares not dream what ( . . . ) says is true."
Yes, those are all taken from one comic. Makes you want to read it, right? So why not try your hand at this short fic? Really, it's painless. Trust me. ;-)
Oh, one more thing. Some of the lines above have gender, but that can naturally be changed. And the fic can be m/m f/f (or even het). Even pre-slash for the modest. This is Friday night. Contest will run until next Sunday sometime. Decisions of the Darklady are arbitrary and final.
I used all but one of the sentances, although it's a little long. Hey, I'd like to see *you* try to shut those two up when they're having an argument :).