Alright, so I finally got to the requested speedwrites. Lightningidle and Coralineslayerxxx I hope you guys like them!
Everybody Loves Me (OneRepublic)
Up until that moment, she'd never feared him. But looking at him now, even hours after the fact still reveling in the crowd's adoration, she had to admit that she'd never been more terrified.
"Did you hear it? Min, you saw them today, the people love me," he said, tipping back in his chair, his eyes glowing with pride. "We can't lose."
She almost spoke, but she knew he only heard the cheering. He was stunned by his glory. Made deaf by his own name, exalted by their lips. Blinded by their adoration to the truth. They loved him, that much was true, but they loved a charismatic party boy with a tenuous at best claim to the throne. Everybody loved him, but none would follow and he was drunk on false hope.
I Can't Decide (Scissor Sisters)
It had never had such a hard decision. There were four of them, four of them. Did it absorb them now or did it wait and play with its prey? Would they even give a good game? This one had. Its host had been fun. Would the others? Could it perhaps take one or two now and then play with the rest?
But which ones to take and which to leave. They all looked to be equally fun. The little one would be easiest to torment, but the brown haired boy seemed unsure of himself. It could hunt them down one by one and remove each by their own element, burn the girl, bury the large boy alive. Make them think the host had snaped and revel in the delicious physical and psychological torment it would inflict.
Walk Away (The Script)
This was it. She was finally going to do it. It would be better for both of them if she just ended things now. He would need to make a political marriage eventually and she would need to move on with her life. Their relationship would come to nothing and it would be better for both of their futures if there was a clean cut now.
It would hurt, but in the long run it would be better to leave. He would want to stay with her and she wanted to stay with him, but they needed to be done if they were to survive.
Dirty Dancer (Enrique Iglesias)/b
That was one of the things she liked about Settekh, he could keep up with her in every way. Their arrangement was war, but that just made things all the better. It was the intensity, the spark, even the fury, at brought her back time and time again. Right now, she wouldn't have it any other way. Unlike many he kept her interested, insisted on changing things when it got too boring.
The best part though was that she didn't have to care about him, she could just appreciate his taught muscles and expert handiwork without worrying about petty emotional hangups.
Goodbye Apathy (OneRepublic)
And at once, the world froze. A chill ran through her body and her breath caught in her throat. It wasn't supposed to go this way. She couldn't believe the blood spreading across his shirt as the trident slid out with a silent squelch.
She moved across the battlefield, at the same time numb and filled with dread. She vaguely remembered Dashi calling, "Min, no!" later on, but at the time she only saw a small form crumpling to the ground.
She'd thought she'd protected herself from something like this, built a shield of indifference, but now it all came crashing down.
Lovestoned/I Think She Knows Interlude (Justin Timberlake)
"What do you say we get out of here?" she said, placing her hands on his chest and leaning in close. "This party is a bit dull don't you think?"
"Very," he said, setting his wine down on a nearby ledge and wrapping his arms around her waist. "Have I told you that you look stunning tonight?"
"Not nearly often enough," she said, as they took their dalliance to a secluded corner of the gardens.
The shadows cast by the moonlight across his skin made him look almost ethereal tonight and his hands on her body felt like the hands of a god. Each touch felt electric, intoxicating. She would happily lie here in the grass, blissed out on pleasure, for the rest of her life. Flawless, his smooth skin beneath her hands, her nails digging into his back just slightly, and the feel of his mouth on her collarbone.
X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X
He was almost confused to wake up to an empty bed the next morning. He was seventy-five percent sure that this was the hangover talking, but he couldn't help but imagine Minerva next to him, imagine watching the dawn break and bathe her in soft golden light. No, not light. Light was not a friend right now.
Even as he covered his eyes against the bright light, he could still see her. Damn that woman. She had a hold on him that he couldn't quiet explain, nor did he want to. He wanted to spend hours looking into those strange eyes and try and figure out whether they were blue or gray, but he had responsibilities and she was a distraction. He had his own life, she shouldn't be such a big deal, but how could he move on when her subtle laugh rang in his ears?
"Damn," he whispered. I think I'm starting to love her.
If I Had a Million Dollars (Bare Naked Ladies)
"If you had a million dollars, what would you do with it?" she asked, laying back in the grass.
"Don't know. I reckon I'd get some of land and build a house," he said.
"You'd build a house?" she said, giving him a questioning look.
"Yeah. That way we can make it however we want," he said.
"Huge library?"
"Yeah."
"Armory?"
"What kinda butt-whooping warriors would we be without an armory?"
"Tree fort?"
"What kinda self-respecting house wouldn't have a tree fort?" he laughed. "We could have a little fridge in it."
"With really fancy ketchup."
"And there'd be a buncha guest rooms so our friends could visit whenever they want."
Pinball Wizard (The Who)
"ay girl. You're good at the new games. I'm the king of old school," he said, gesturing to the beautiful machine not without a touch of pride.
"Is that a challenge Rai?" she said, putting her hands on the buttons.
"Please. I am the Grandmaster Xiaolin Dragon of Pinball," he said, wrapping his arms around her waist and putting his head on her shoulder. "Tell you what, you beat my highschore and I do your chores for a week."
"You're going down," she said.
You're My Best Friend (Queen)
"So let's get this straight, stuff like this happens and you have, 'feels'," he heard a familiar voice say. He could not fathom why Lexis would be here or why they would be talking about feelings or anything, so what was a good dragon to do but listen at the door.
"Yes. You see, when something like that happens, it's supposed to make you feel good," Eliza replied.
"I see. So it's like…" Well this was certainly a strange conversation.
"Yes. It's supposed to make you feel warm and fuzzy." Well, this could get very awkward very quickly. He was moving on and seeing what Omi and Clay were doing.
"So why then does Moffat keep killing off Rory?"
Thriftshop (Macklemore)
"Wait…what is this place?" Kimiko asked, eyeing the building with trepidation.
"You said we could go wherever I wanted to go. You trusted me with the Silver Manta Ray. I took us here," Emma replied, gesturing to the thrift shop. "Trust me, they sell nothing but the coolest stuff."
"If you call coolest infested with bedbugs," Kimiko muttered, following the witch into the store.
"Come on. It'll be fun," Emma said, ignoring her friend's horrified expression at the motheaten clothing and nicknacks. "Holy carp that's an Avenger's lunchbox!"
While Kimiko had to admit, it was oddly nice to see Emma getting excited over clothes shopping, but she certainly hadn't expected this.
Notes Time!
1) Settekh was an ass as a younger guy. He was a bit of a self-absorbed hedonistic fame seeker and it took him a while to grow out of it.
2) I'm not sure if this one turned out right, but that song is so fracking psychotic I couldn't think of anything else to do.
3) Oh boo hoo Min. Stop angsting.
4) This could have been mad awks. Instead, I made it less mad awks. You're welcome.
5) She cares about her boy. She really does. She just doesn't have an easy time showing it.
6) The two part version of this song is better than the one with just Lovestoned. I split it where the song changes tone to hopefully show that while Minerva does care about him, they are at different places in the relationship.
7) Frack everything I couldn't resist writing older Emma and Clay fluff.
8) They would totally play pinball together. But Master Fung would beat everybody because that's how Master Fung rolls. On another topic, I have a hard time taking The Who seriously now because of a CSI Miami marathon.
9) I hope I got what you wanted. I think I did most of it to the best of my ability.
10) I'm not sorry. I unironically love that song and Kimiko would totally be horrified by a thrift shop.
Anywho, please review my nonsense and if you want, I'll take requests for speedwrites!