Title: “Silent Night”
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 2,008
Characters: Daniel/Betty
Spoilers: Everything up to 4.09 “Be-Shure”
Summary: It’s Christmas Eve when Daniel suddenly realises his true feelings for Betty.
Disclaimer: Nothing is mine, just borrowing. All ABC's and Silvio Horta’s. I am playing, so do not sue me, please.
Author’s Notes: So this came out of a discussion over at daniel_betty about how Detty could potentially get together.

Hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

( He loves her. Loves his best friend, confidante, some time saviour; loves that irrepressible girl from Queens who’s taught him so much without really trying. )

I'm posting this early b/c I think this is one of those fics that would benefit from um, feedback. Plus it's a new fandom so it's always good to see whether I'm hitting the mark on characterisation, etc.

Rating: PG-13
Characters: Merlin/Morgana, Arthur/Gwen (implied)
Summary: Merlin’s horizons broaden after Morgana discovers his secret. Takes place a while after 2.03.
Spoilers: Up to and including 2.03.
Notes: Dipping my toes into the fandom with my first Merlin fic! But really, after 2.03, Merlin/Morgana was begging to be written.
Disclaimer: Nothing is mine, just borrowing from BBC and the show’s creators. I am not profiting financially from this.

( They stare at each other, lost in the breathless silence that accompanies revelation. )

Title: For Whom The Bell Tolls
Characters/Pairings: Nathan/Claire, Peter/Claire (implied)
Rating: NC-17
Written for: sinverguenza, as part of the Spring heroes_exchange.
Wordcount: 1,350
Spoilers: Season 3, but AU from 3.24
Warnings: Angst, Incest
Disclaimer: Do not own Heroes, because Tim Kring and NBC do.
A/N: It was a battle to get it done, but it's done. Hope it didn't disappoint sinverguenza too much!

Summary: "Her life is burning before her eyes, but Claire knows she’s powerless to stop it."

( Her life is burning before her eyes, but Claire knows she’s powerless to stop it. )

Title: "Home"
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 2,642
Characters: Peter/Claire (canon), Claire/Alex (implied)
Summary: After she loses Nathan's protection, Claire is free to run back to the only person who's ever made her feel safe.
Spoilers: AU after 3.17
Disclaimer: Nothing is mine, just borrowing from NBC and Tim Kring. I am not profiting financially from this. Please don’t sue!
Author’s Notes: Written after 3.17; my version of what Claire might have done after helping Alex at the comic book store.

( She doesn’t mean to sound so broken or frightened, but he has a way of getting under her skin. )

Title: "Home"
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 2,642
Characters: Peter/Claire (canon), Claire/Alex (implied)
Summary: After she loses Nathan's protection, Claire is free to run back to the only person who's ever made her feel safe.
Spoilers: AU after 3.17
Disclaimer: Nothing is mine, just borrowing from NBC and Tim Kring. I am not profiting financially from this. Please don’t sue!
Author’s Notes: Written after 3.17; my version of what Claire might have done after helping Alex at the comic book store.

( She discovers how their emotions play off each like two counterpoints in a melody. )

Title: "In Plain Sight"
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 1,343
Characters: Peter/Claire (canon)
Summary: Christmas at the Petrellis, with Claire and Peter enjoying each other's company in front of the fire. It's a simple, but treasured, moment.
Spoilers: Everything to Volume 3, speculation for Volume 4.
Disclaimer: Nothing is mine, just borrowing from NBC and Tim Kring. I am not profiting financially from this. Please don’t sue!
Author’s Notes: Written for summer_cities as part of heroes_exchange as a response to the prompt: A Petrelli Christmas.

( Instinctively I reach out just as he takes my hand in his, our entwined hands bridging the chasm that will always exist between us. )

♥ the fanficcers love meme, continued ♥

I don't think I did this the first time around, so post away!

Stolen from a lot of people on my flist: 2008 Fic Meme.

( I wrote heaps more fic than I realised in 2008 )

Title: "Secrets"
Rating: R for adult concepts
Word Count: 330
Characters: Peter/Claire (canon)
Summary: She knows his whispers in all its guises.
Spoilers: Everything to Volume 3, speculation for Volume 4.
Disclaimer: Nothing is mine, just borrowing from NBC and Tim Kring. I am not profiting financially from this. Please don’t sue!
Author’s Notes: 2nd Place for challenge #20 at pairechallenge: Whispers (drabble). Still trying to finish my heroes_exchange fic. Damn Paire for being so darn prolific.

( She feels him cradle her from behind, hands and arms still heated from passion trailing fire and brimstone across her skin. )

Thanks heaps to paynesgrey for the banner - brought a smile to my face today.

Title: "Tomorrow"
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 1,856
Characters: Peter/Claire (canon)
Summary: Peter is imploding after the events of 3.13 "Dual" and no one seems to notice but Claire.
Warnings: Angst
Spoilers: Everything to Volume 3.
Disclaimer: Nothing is mine, just borrowing. All NBC’s and Tim Kring’s. Please don’t sue!
Author’s Notes: Originally started as my fic for the heroes_exchange, but it veered a hard right from the prompt so I'm starting from scratch with that and posting this. Bringing some post-Christmas cheer to everyone, no doubt!

( It only takes a moment for him to break and shatter into a thousand million pieces )

As promised, Part 2!

Title: "Small Things"
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 3,007
Characters: Daniel/Betty
Summary: It's only when they dance that Daniel notices the thousand small things he's never seen about Betty. Primarily Daniel's POV, with bits of Betty's thrown in.
Spoilers: Everything to 3.10 "Bad Amanda"
Disclaimer: Nothing is mine, just borrowing. All ABC's and Ugly Betty's creators. I am playing, so do not sue me, please.
Author’s Notes: Written for the daniel_betty Advent Calendar, Day 23. RL made a meal of me this week, so I'm sorry if this isn't as polished as it should be. Merry Christmas!

Previous part here.

( They dance without music and it’s effortless really, how well they come together, no awkwardness at all, like they’re the only two people in the world. )

Title: "Small Things"
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 3,007
Characters: Daniel/Betty
Summary: It's only when they dance that Daniel notices the thousand small things he's never seen about Betty. Primarily Daniel's POV, with bits of Betty's thrown in.
Spoilers: Everything to 3.10 "Bad Amanda"
Disclaimer: Nothing is mine, just borrowing. All ABC's and Ugly Betty's creators. I am playing, so do not sue me, please.
Author’s Notes: Written for the daniel_betty Advent Calendar, Day 23. It's way too long for one part, so I'm chopping it in two (posting second part tomorrow). Also, RL made a meal of me this week, so I'm sorry if this isn't as polished as it should be. Merry Christmas!


( One minute they’re dancing in the darkened office to non-existent music only they can hear and the next they’re still, frozen by the sudden heaviness of the moment.  )

10 Ways You Can Tell You're Reading a Fic by eowyn_girl meme.

Stolen from shimmeree.

10. The opening sentence to a chapter or story will either be dramatic or poetic. If poetic, no one will actually know what the sentence means. But hey, it'll sound pretty!
9. Scenes always end with a key dramatic moment or cliffhanger to lead into the next chapter. Dun dun dun!
8. Smut will be highly descriptive smut; fluff may involve cookie dough, angst will involve Peter/Claire/Daniel/Betty/Justin/Rebecca mooning about being all deep and introspective but doing very little otherwise. In RL, they would all be sissies for such softies.
7. Use of musical imagery to enhance the lyrical word play/flow.
6. Use of unusual words to describe ordinary things in a desperate attempt to make the writing more interesting. Example: golden orbs to describe hazel eyes.
5. Repeated references to the following: light, warmth, sunshine, brightness, sparkling, glow, moonlight.
4. At least one unusual word used in the middle of a very ordinary sentence that makes you go WTF?
3. Opposite things are lumped together and made to mean the same thing regardless of whether they do or not. Example: "They're not the same but they are, two halves of different wholes splintered apart." As in 4), it makes you think WTF.
2. Repeated contrast between light and dark, day and night, white and black and the greyness and gloom in between. Because you know, it's interesting.
1. Use of a curious style of present tense. To this day I have no idea where I got it from.

Not very entertaining, but I think I am too close to my own fics, so ... there you have it!

I'd promised joanna_484 a commentary on this chapter yonks ago (months, okay, I'm a very bad poster!) but I haven't forgotten. So Joanna, here it is! And I am so sorry it took me so long to do!

Title: "Dreaming Through The Twilight"
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Peter/Claire (friendship), Noah
Summary: It's Claire's turn now to take a leap of faith, to help those in need. Set after the explosion.
Spoilers: 1.23 How to Stop An Exploding Man
Disclaimer: Nothing is mine, just borrowing. All NBC’s and Tim Kring’s. Please don’t sue!
LJ Disclaimer: Situations depicted in this story are entirely fictional and should not be taken to promote any illegal or morally ambiguous activities.
Author’s Notes: My reaction fic after watching HTSAM. Thanks also to sinverguenza for making the lovely banner.

Feedback is love!

Previous parts here.

( Here be the commentary. Spoilers for Season 3 )

Title: "Regret"
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 1,241
Characters: Peter/Claire (canon)
Summary: They save the world while keeping their own souls white as snow. Future fic. A rambling, introspective piece from Peter's POV. 1st Place for pairechallenge's One Shot Challenge #5: Unhappy endings.
Spoilers: Everything to end of Volume 3.
Disclaimer: Nothing is mine, just borrowing. All NBC’s and Tim Kring’s. Please don’t sue!
Author’s Notes: Aha! I'm back on the Paire horse. So to speak. It's a bit wishy washy but it's good practice, so I'm posting it.

( And so they save the world while keeping their own souls white as snow. )

Title: "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 19,335
Characters: Daniel/Betty
Summary: "He doesn’t tell her – not for a long time at least – that she’s somehow become his best friend." How Daniel and Betty's friendship changes through the years, from Daniel's POV.
Spoilers: Everything to 3.09 "When Betty Met YETI".
Disclaimer: Nothing is mine, just borrowing. All ABC's and Ugly Betty's creators. I am playing, so do not sue me, please.
Author’s Notes: So it's finished! It's unashamed fluff but we all need to read happy fic once in a while, yeah? Anyway, thanks to all the lovely feedback I got while posting this fic. Every single comment is treasured.

Previous parts can also be found here.

( He shrugs, tries not to think about the one thing they’ve both danced around but haven’t alluded to but come on … a man has needs. )

Title: "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 18,504
Characters: Daniel/Betty
Summary: "He doesn’t tell her – not for a long time at least – that she’s somehow become his best friend." How Daniel and Betty's friendship changes through the years, from Daniel's POV.
Spoilers: Everything to 3.09 "When Betty Met Yeti".
Disclaimer: Nothing is mine, just borrowing. All ABC's and UB creators. I am playing so do not sue me, please.
Author’s Notes: The story keeps jumping up and down for attention, so attention it gets. Thank you for all the lovely feedback I've gotten so far!

Previous parts can also be found here.

( He’s in his office with his head on the desk, thinking seriously about using it to literally knock some sense into himself. )

Title: "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 17,564
Characters: Daniel/Betty
Summary: "He doesn’t tell her – not for a long time at least – that she’s somehow become his best friend." How Daniel and Betty's friendship changes and transitions through the years from Daniel's POV.
Spoilers: Everything to 3.08 "Tornado Girl".
Disclaimer: Nothing is mine, just borrowing. All ABC's and UB creators. I am playing so do not sue me, please.
Author’s Notes: The story keeps jumping up and down for attention, so attention it gets. Thank you for all the lovely feedback I've gotten so far!

Previous parts can also be found here.

( He knows it’s not the brightest idea in the history of Daniel, doesn’t dwell on the fact that he’s pushing forty but still feels compelled to run away like a scared little man-boy when things get confusing. )