Title: Beefcake
Author: Duskdog
Characters/Pairing: Bea/Tora, Booster, Guy, Ted
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 748
Prompt: Men
Summary: Tora likes her men bad and beefy. Bea notices these things and puts her knowledge to use.
Disclaimer: DC owns 'em.
Author's Notes/Warnings: For the Cold Snap: Winter '08 Porn Battle on femslash_today(and also posted in the comments to that post). Also, this is one of two Bea/Tora prompts (thank you museofspeed), but there's no limit to how many people can tackle each prompt, so I'm just going to nudge everyone in that direction with a giant Hint Hammer. I'm not the only person who writes Bea/Tora, am I?

( The joys of bisexuality below the cut )

I had occasion to consider Guy/Ted as a pairing recently (thanks boostle), and decided that it was probably the only JLI pairing that I just couldn't make happen in my head. You'd think it would at least be a possibility, given the tension that always existed between them (isn't tension something that we as fans love to turn into something sexual? I'll admit that I do.), but I just can't see it.

But it did get me to thinking about what pairings I can see, and why. I'm not saying that any of these actually happened, or even actually would happen, just that... well, let's put it this way: I think I could write them and folks would go "Oh hey, that sort of makes sense" rather than "...Where the hell did that come from?".

So let me be a pathetic fangirl for a moment and discuss my pairings that I really want to see written.

( Pairings beneath the cut, both canon and crack )So that's how I feel about something that really doesn't matter but is fun to think about anyway. Thoughts? Feelings? Ideas? Fic?

A fine meme stolen from shananaginWhen you see this, post an excerpt from as many random works-in-progress as you can find lying around. Who knows? Maybe inspiration will burst forth and do something, um, inspiration-y.

I actually have a ton of WIPs, mostly because I tend to jot down every great dialogue exchange or idea that I get, but not all of them end up becoming a real WIP or full-fledged fic. I also occasionally will write something that I think sounds wonderful, but it ends up being scrapped in favor of something better or the story changes so that it no longer fits, and I save these little discarded paragraphs, too. So I'm actually not including these random snippets here -- only those things that can actually be considered a work-in-progress with a solid idea behind them (in other words, something that I do intend to finish in some form or fashion at some point).

( In an alternate universe, there was murder (the killing kind) and slash (the gay kind)! )

( Responsible boyfriends provide the condoms! )
( Hal: your ex is on to you. )
( Guy is a good tipper )( Mike and Teddy, sittin' in a tree )( Kyle's passionate man-love for Hal, and also Oompa Loompas )

 

( Skeets: not a doorknob or a metal kazoo )( Guy and Kyle pick out curtains )( Bea/Guy and angry sex )( Joe Gardner is a bad bad man. )

( Breaking up with Ollie )

 There are more than this, but I think I better stop there for now. That's a lot of stuff. If there's anything in particular that really interests you, or if you have any cool ideas for them, please tell me. I really need to start paring down the WIP pile.

For those of you keeping track at home: next up, Guy/Hal and Linda/Mary. If the other prompt plotbunnies don't derail me before I can finish these, that is.

Title: The Time We Have
Author: Duskdog
Characters/Pairing: Booster/Gladys
Rating: PG
Word Count: 831
Continuity: Superbuddies
Summary: What if Booster married Gladys for love, not money?
Disclaimer: DC owns 'em.
Author's Notes/Warnings: Prompted by shananagin. Not a pairing I would have thought about writing, but suddenly I'm finding writing husband!Booster much easier than before. So this might actually have a positive effect on my occasional Booster/Ted efforts. Who knew?

 

Title: Pets
Author: Duskdog
Characters/Pairing: Bea, Booster, Batman, Guy, J'onn, Ted, Tora
Rating: PG
Word Count: 2,824
Continuity: Eight months after A Wicker Basket
Summary: Eight months ago, someone very powerful with a sick sense of humor left a wicker basket and a note: Please take care of my babies! But they're J'onn's babies -- they always were, and they always will be -- and if he has to care for them the rest of their lives to make up for failing them this one time, he will.
Disclaimer: DC owns 'em.
Author's Notes/Warnings: I hadn't intended on a sequel, but the image of hermit!J'onn living in the dark locked-down embassy with Justice Kittens haunted me until this happened.

 

( No one is ever going to hurt you again... )

Title: Breakable
Author: Duskdog
Claim: Guy Gardner
Characters/Pairing: Guy/Mary, Bea, Booster, L-Ron, Max, Ralph, Sue, Ted
Rating: R (language)
Word Count: 3,384
Prompt: Tender (T11; P02)
Continuity: Superbuddies AU, roughly a year after Letting Go
Summary: Mary has lost her powers, and almost promptly breaks her ankle playing basketball. Guy feels responsible.
Disclaimer: DC owns 'em.
Author's Notes/Warnings: Written for milleniumrex, who requested this like two months ago. It's been half-finished on my comp almost since the day it was requested, but I just couldn't decide how to continue it until today. Oh, Guy and Mary and your personal issues! For those of you whose prompts are still unfinished -- I haven't forgotten.

 

( Guy held open the door to the Superbuddies headquarters like he was welcoming in a queen, and that was enough to make everyone sit up and take notice. )

Title: A Wicker Basket
Author: Duskdog
Characters/Pairing: Bea, Booster, Guy, J'onn, Ted, Tora
Rating: PG
Word Count: 1,188
Continuity: Your guess is as good as mine. JLI-era AU?
Summary: When brute force couldn't defeat the Justice League, something gentle and innocent did.
Disclaimer: DC owns 'em.
Author's Notes/Warnings: This story started out funny. Then, with edits, it became cute. And then, somehow, it ended up like this, and I have now officially creeped myself out. Written for the Summer of Cliches Fic-a-Thon, prompt #14.

 

Title: Watermelon
Author: Duskdog
Characters/Pairing: Bea, Booster, Guy, J'onn, Ted, Tora
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 1,283
Prompt: Cookout (Summer Challenge special prompt)
Continuity: Some random point during the JLI's existence.
Summary: The Justice League has a summer cookout. And, being the mature bunch of people they are, surely they wouldn't do the same thing with watermelon seeds that kids the world over do, right?
Disclaimer: DC owns 'em.
Author's Notes/Warnings: JLI plus watermelon hijinks inspired by shananagin

 

( How... how do you eat this? )

Title: Apologies
Author: Duskdog
Characters/Pairing: Booster, Tora, sort-of Ted
Rating: PG
Word Count: 1,074
Continuity: During Booster's time with the Conglomerate
Summary: Ted and Booster are sorry, but they're both too stubborn to say so. This is why they're lucky that Tora is around.
Disclaimer: DC owns 'em.
Author's Notes/Warnings: Ted is devious, isn't he?

 

( Booster looked at the phone, wondering for the fiftieth time if he should break down and call Ted. )

Title: Georgia
Author: Duskdog
Characters/Pairing: Bea, Booster, Guy, Tora, Ted
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 2,094
Continuity: Just after Afterglow
Summary: The JLI is still trapped in a world where their powers don't work. In fact... it's a pretty normal world in every respect. More specifically, it's the great state of Georgia.
Disclaimer: DC owns 'em.
Author's Notes/Warnings: The setting of this one won't make any sense unless you read at least the three paragraphs or so of Afterglow. I was asked for further adventures in the normal world, and this is what happened: silliness. Have you noticed how superheroes hardly ever come from the south, except for those few token stereotype characters with ridiculous accents? And how they hardly ever have adventures in the southeastern US?

 

( The Justice League is powerless, but at least they still look good. )

 

Title: Wemonade, Pees
Author:   duskdog717
Characters/Pairing: Booster/Ted, Kyle, Connor, Guy/Tora, Bea, Bruce, Dick, Ollie, Hal, Barry, Wally, Roy. Others mentioned in passing.
Rating: PG
Word Count: 7,041
Continuity: Let's call it the Cootieverse. Still an AU of adorable proportions. It can stand alone, but it's better if you read Cooties, first.
Summary: When Bruce Wayne gets a Power Wheels for his birthday, every kid in the neighborhood has but one ambition: to get a Brucemobile of their very own! But Mike and Teddy's lemonade stand idea isn't netting them the cash that they were hoping for.
Disclaimer: DC owns 'em. Power Wheels belong to Fisher-Price, I believe, but these are little kids and keep in mind that when they say "Power Wheels" they're talking about any little-kid battery-powered car without regard to the actual brand.
Author's Notes/Warnings: I hadn't intended on writing anything else in the same vein as Cooties, but this happened. Somehow. Mike and Teddy demand to be written. Obviously, some family relationships are altered/odd so that they make more sense in a universe where everyone is a little kid. Roy and Connor are now Ollie's little brothers (apparently with different daddies -- Ollie's mom is kind of a slut I guess), and Dick, Jason, and Tim are Bruce's cousins who live with him. Wally and Bart are Barry's little brothers.

 

( The news spread through the school like wildfire, and jealousy blossomed in dozens of innocent little hearts almost overnight: Bruce Wayne had gotten a Power Wheels car for his birthday. )

 Title: The Guy Gardner Way
Author: Duskdog
Claim: Guy Gardner
Characters/Pairing: Guy, Milagro Reyes, Tora, Bea, Booster, Jaime, Alberto Reyes, Bianca Reyes
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 690
Prompt: Hero worship/idol (T07; P23 -- Yes, I have already written a story for this prompt, but I couldn't resist writing this one, too.)
Continuity: The end of Blue Beetle #25. If you've read it, you'll know where.
Summary: Guy's newest, biggest fan is about four feet tall and adorable in pigtails.
Disclaimer: DC owns 'em.
Author's Notes/Warnings: Very minor spoilers for Blue Beetle #25. If you haven't read it, go pick it up NOW! Guy's entrance is awesome, along with everything else that happens on every single page. I love Jaime's family.

 

( Now the party can start! )

 Title: Afterglow
Author: Duskdog
Claim: Guy Gardner
Characters/Pairing: Guy, Ted, Booster, Tora, Bea
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 1,009
Prompt: Mixing work and pleasure (T07; P34)
Continuity: JLI-era
Summary: The JLI is trapped in a world where powers (and power rings) don't work, so they have to rely on their fists. Guy has probably had naughty dreams that start out exactly like this.
Disclaimer: DC owns 'em.
Author's Notes/Warnings: But Ted should be the leader! And Guy should bring along a change of underwear.

 

( It was like the Twilight Zone... )

 Title: How To Tell if Your Chick is True
Author: Duskdog
Claim: Guy Gardner
Characters/Pairing: Guy/Tora, Bea, Ted, Booster
Rating: R (language, sexual innuendo, etc.)
Word Count: 5,124
Prompt: Loyalty (T07; P05)
Continuity: JLI-era
Summary: An excerpt from Chapter Fourteen of Guy Gardner's best-selling book "How To Win At Life: A Guide for Hal Jordan and Other People Who Suck", interlaced with flashbacks of Guy putting his foolproof method to work.
Disclaimer: DC owns 'em.
Author's Notes/Warnings: I've had this theory forever that part of the reason Guy is such a jerk to women sometimes is because he's afraid of being hurt again (bite me, Kari Limbo) and is "testing" them to see if they can handle him at his worst, and I wanted to do a fic about it somehow. I've also been inspired to do something based on this post by red_handedand the comments that followed the post. The two ideas didn't come together in my head until yesterday, when I was browsing the 'net and came across a certain teddy bear for sale... well, you'll understand it by the end of the fic. Guy's dickery is funny and mostly harmless these days, but when he was with the JLI, he could really be cruel sometimes, and he's pretty awful here. And as much as I love Tora for loving him no matter what, I have to admit that she was occasionally forgiving almost to the point of blatant stupidity.

 

( Let me tell you something that you're probably already starting to suspect: women are cold-hearted bitches. )

 Title: Holding Hands
Author: Duskdog
Claim: Guy Gardner
Characters/Pairing: Guy/Mary Marvel, Ralph, Sue, Max, L-Ron, Bea, unrequited Booster/Ted
Rating: R
Word Count: 2,919
Prompt: Defy Authority (T12; P08)
Continuity: I Can't Believe It's Not the Justice League!
Summary: Now that Guy and Mary's secret is out, it's time for Guy to face his feelings and lay it all on the table. That is, if the Superbuddies don't kill him, first.
Disclaimer: DC owns 'em.
Author's Notes/Warnings: Sixth in a (my God, still unnamed?!) series, after A Bad Desire, A Position of Trust, One Red Rose, One Last Lie, and Alone in the Dark. There's a lot of moral ambiguity here, and the goal was for the Superbuddies' individual reactions to reflect that. I don't think this is a relationship that can be viewed completely in black and white, and I don't think that the questions raised here really have any truly right answers. For those of you keeping track, I think there's going to be one more story in this series, because Bea still needs to be dealt with. There will also be a Boostle side-story, for reasons you'll pick up in this one (one thing that never set well with me about the Superbuddies was that Ted and Booster were at odds, and those issues remained unresolved at the end of I Can't Believe). After that, I may do a second series from Mary's point of view, because she still has a lot of loose ends to deal with, and because I've become more and more interested in what must be going through the head of a girl who's convinced that she's in love with a man like Guy, who has to be more than twice her age at this point.

Still taking suggestions for a series name. I've gotten some good ones so far; I just can't decide, but it's painfully obvious that I need one.

 

( None of them have the power to make Mary leave his side at the hospital, so they stop trying before the whole thing turns into a circus. )

 Title: A Possible Future of the Justice League That Only You (Maxwell Lord) Can Prevent!
Characters/Pairing: Boostle, Max, general JLI
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 1,069
Continuity: JLI
Summary: Max Lord regrets letting Ted and Booster have action figures.
Disclaimer: DC owns 'em.
Author's Notes/Warnings: doctorvrequested Boostle, prompt "It seemed like a good idea at the time", with optional exasperated J'onn. I had intended on doing something slashier (with optional J'onn), but this happened instead. I'll come up with a better one for you laters, I promise.

 

( The only thing that Max Lord regretted about setting up the Justice League International action figure deal was that said Justice League got a free case of the toys from the first production run. )

 Title: Cooties
Author: Duskdog
Claim: Guy Gardner
Characters/Pairing: Using the word "pairings" very, very loosely here: Guy/Tora, Booster/Beetle, Ralph/Sue, Hal/Carol, Ollie/Dinah, Barry/Iris, Scott/Barda, Bea, Wally, Bruce
Rating: PG
Word Count: 3,832
Prompt: Sick (T09; P35)
Continuity: An AU of adorable proportions.
Summary: First-grader Guy Gardner is facing the biggest crisis of his whole life: a girl likes him and probably wants to give him cooties.
Disclaimer: DC owns 'em.
Author's Notes/Warnings: Partially inspired by the astronomical cute factor of Jeff Smith's Shazam! The Monster Society of Evil, even though there's not actually any Marvels to be found in this one. Also, Brucie Wayne says: First-graders are a cowardly and superstitious lot.

 

( It started, as many of the biggest first grader problems do, with a single whisper being passed down the lunch line. )

 Title: Red, Pink, Blue, and Gold
Characters/Pairing: Booster/Beetle, Guy/Tora, Bea
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 1,321
Continuity: JLI
Summary: Booster's latest marketing scheme: kids' valentines!
Disclaimer: DC owns these guys. May they all be allowed to remain not-dead forever.
Author's Notes/Warnings: For labuenaventura, part of a fic/art trade in which she drew me this beautiful Guy/Mary. I actually had two ideas for her, one serious and one silly -- this is the sillier of the two, with the serious one forthcoming. Also: I would buy these.

 

( If there were two things Booster loved, it was making money, and seeing really good pictures of himself plastered all over the place. )