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topaz119 ([personal profile] topaz119) wrote2012-03-27 07:41 pm

drive-by update

Hunger Games: Viewing accomplished on Friday night. House of Boys + GF + 2 neighbor children. PACKED theater. All thumbs up. Me? Team Gale, all the way.

Oldest: Now 19, omg.

Spring break: 4 days and counting. Land of Mickey, ho.

Random meme seen last seen via [livejournal.com profile] powrhug:

Supposedly, it's #777 challenge day?! Who knew?

You go to the 7th page of your WIP, 7th line down, and copy/share the next 7 lines.


hah, the question is: which WIP? (I may be having completion issues. Big, honking Little ones.) The first 3 that I do have 7 pages to work with, behind the cut...



WIP #1, Avengers, Darcy/Clint: Not even Jarvis relaying that Agent Coulson would like to see Darcy in his office if she feels up to it really brings her down. She knows she’s gonna get yelled at some point for the stupidity last night; she might as well get it over with. Steve is going over the the SHIELD offices, too, so Darcy laces up her Chucks and takes his spare helmet and hitches a ride with him, because Captain America and a motorcycle on a sunny summer day? So much better than the standard SUV and driver drone it’s not even in the same galaxy.

She hits her first snag when the security guys tell her Coulson is waiting for her in Fury’s office,

WIP #2, MI4, Hunt/Brandt: "I'm not really interested in scenarios where he's the good guy, though, so it's not like I'm making this shit up. If this was any other situation--if we were here on a job and trying to assess the set-up before we went in--I'd fight you to the end on that read." Ethan keeps his eyes on their hands and the patterns he's tracing. "Maybe I'm just trying to balance out the part of me that's really fucking happy that he has no idea what he walked away from, even now. Because I do know."

"Competitive freak," Will says lightly, but he doesn't move his hand and Ethan can feel the tension easing out of him--out of both of them. When Will finally moves, it's only to slide his


WIP #3, H50, Kono/Danny/Steve: Kono threw on a pair of cargoes and a tank, and grabbed an overshirt for when the hospital AC went into hyperactive mode and made the drive back up to the hospital in silence, no radio, no phone, just her and the daily mess on H1. Steve was nowhere to be found when she got to Danny’s room, which meant she was working on the divide-and-conquer strategy, but otherwise didn’t change that she walked in and crawled into bed on the side with the fewest lines and tubes and tucked herself as best she could around Danny.

“If you want to be with Grace, I have no problem living in Rachel’s house,” Kono said softly.

[identity profile] simplyn2deep.livejournal.com 2012-03-28 12:31 am (UTC)(link)
well damn. I need to read more of WIP #3

[identity profile] topaz119.livejournal.com 2012-03-28 01:34 am (UTC)(link)
hah, that one has been around for a while, but for some reason I've been poking at it again recently (probably because I'm wigging out about my SPN Big Bang and it makes for a nice distraction.)
ext_40947: (H50::mcdanno purple)

[identity profile] failegaidin.livejournal.com 2012-03-28 02:39 am (UTC)(link)
GALE ALL THE WAY. I'm just sayin'.

And I need more of WIP #3 as well :D

[identity profile] topaz119.livejournal.com 2012-04-17 10:26 pm (UTC)(link)
I loved Gale and how Katniss trusted him implicitly with her family and how he delivered, no problem, even though he was already taking big chances with his own entries.

That Kono/Danny/Steve is the story that won't die... Every time I think I have to give up on it, out pops another 500 words. Of course, then it all goes away, too, so it's not GETTING DONE, but it's not dying either. :D

(also, wow, late reply is late, so sorry! I fell down on answering comments for a couple of weeks.)

[identity profile] kare.livejournal.com 2012-03-28 02:56 am (UTC)(link)
19 OMG!!!!!

That said, would love to read more of #3

[identity profile] topaz119.livejournal.com 2012-04-17 10:28 pm (UTC)(link)
BabyBoy is 12 now, and #2Son is about to turn 17. YIKES.

Like I said to [livejournal.com profile] failegaidin, that Kono/Danny/Steve is the story that won't die--it won't keep going until I can finish it, but it won't die!

(sorry for the late replay--I kind of lost track of things the last few weeks.)

[identity profile] kaelie.livejournal.com 2012-03-28 04:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Haven't seen the movie but have read the books and OMG YES TEAM GALE gah.

*waves* Hey Missy! Spring break ahoy!

[identity profile] topaz119.livejournal.com 2012-04-17 10:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Hi k!

Spring break was fun--but OMG!SO!CROWDED!

And I think you'll love Gale even more after the movie--he's very understated, but so strong and trustworthy and dependable (which makes him sound boring, but he's so NOT.) Plus, Liam Hemsworth is too damn good-looking. :D