Title: Living Someone Else's Life
Word Count: 330
Note: Written for all_unwritten prompt, "living someone else's life."

( It happened slowly, unexpectedly. )

Title: Overcast Skies
Word Count: 163
Note: Written for the all_unwritten prompt, "overcast skies."

( To most, overcast skies would portend of something darker and stormier on the horizon. )

Title: The Street Was Quiet
Word Count: 166
Note: Written for the all_unwritten prompt, "the street was quiet."

( The festival had lasted long into the wee hours of the morning... )

Title: He Lied
Word Count: 121
Note: Written for the all_unwritten prompt, "he lied."

( The young woman sat there... )

Title: Forever is an Awfully Long Time
Word Count: 96
Note: Written for the all_unwritten prompt, "Forever is an awfully long time."

After watching the movie, one lone quote from the film stuck in Jeanne's mind:

"For-ev-er, for-ev-er, for-ev-er..."

It rang in her mind like a bad memory for the week thereafter, like a skipping CD or a stuck video. She'd find herself mouthing the words during especially powerful bouts of contemplation, like when she did her math homework, or when she was completing perfectly mindless tasks, like putting away the dishes. It was annoying really.

So, it was with much deliberation one day that she realized, out loud no less, that "Forever is an awfully long time."

Title: Nightmare Scenario
Word Count: 314
Note: Written for the all_unwritten prompt, "a pen with no ink." I just finished working with a local TV personality who repeatedly causes nightmares for me whenever I have to work with him...

( I need a pen! )

Title: Waiting
Word Count: 129
Note: Written for the all_unwritten prompt, "This time there was nothing to do but wait."

( She was never good at waiting... )

Title: Tomorrow
Word Count: 128
Note: Written for the all_unwritten prompt, "tomorrow."

( While her companions slept peacefully... )

Title: Three Little Words
Word Count: 122
Note: Written for the all_unwritten prompt, "three little words."

( Wait for me! )

Title: He'd Never Seen the Ocean
Word Count: 118
Note: Written for the [Bad username: all_unwritten"] prompt, "he'd never seen the ocean."

( To be honest, he'd never seen the ocean. )

Title: Signs
Word Count: 128
Note: Written for the all_unwritten prompt, "signs."

( How had she not noticed it sooner? )

Title: Wishful Thinking
Word Count: 141
Note: Written for the all_unwritten prompt, "wishful thinking." Based off of yesterday's freak winter storm -- snow fell at elevations below 2,000 feet!

( She stares out the window, hoping that the chilling rain will end soon... )

Title: Candy Hearts
Word Count: 157
Note: Written for the all_unwritten prompt, "candy hearts." I think a little of my own cynicism about the heavily commercialized holiday snuck into my response to this prompt. Here's to eating "the good stuff"!

( Jeanette rolled her eyes at the stack of flimsy paper cards collecting on her desk. )

Title: Big Moments
Word Count: 141
Note: Written for an unusual prompt at all_unwritten: Bottom line is, even if you seem them coming, you're not ready for the big moments. No one asks for their life to change, not really. But it does. So what are we, helpless? Puppets? Nah. The big moments are gonna come, you can't help that. It's what you do afterwards that counts. That's when you find out who you are.

~Whistler, Buffy the Vampire Slayer

This isn't written so much as a fanfic, but a depiction of a particular scene in my head.

( He stood there staring at the madman holding his friend hostage. )

Title: Not Enough Time in the Day
Word Count: 485
Note: Written for the all_unwritten prompt, "not enough time in the day."

( There aren't enough hours in the day! )

Title: What is love?
Word Count: 256
Note: Written for the all_unwritten prompt, "What is love?"

( He couldn't meet her eyes... )

Title: Revolution
Word Count: 120
Note: Written for the all_unwritten prompt, "revolution."

( While other kids loved going on the carousel... )

Title: Disagree
Word Count: 74
Note: Written for the all_unwritten prompt, "disagree."

( The two men couldn't have been any more different )

Title: Distant Shores
Word Count: 115
Note: Written for the all_unwritten prompt, "distant shores." This is the first time I've written anything for a fandom other than Avatar: The Last Airbender.

( The smell of salt... )

Title: Cold
Word Count: 76
Note: Written for the all_unwritten prompt, "cold."

( Like the ice-covered tundra of her homeland... )