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Title: Transparency
Fandom: House, M.D.
Character: Dr. Greg House
Prompt: 004. Insides.
Word Count: 408
Rating: PG
Spoilers: “One Day, One Room” and speculation on an upcoming preview
Author’s Notes: It seems to be the season for TPTB to be coming out with “big secrets” about our favorite protagonist. This is purely my speculation on why, if indeed they’re going to keep going on this path, House would suddenly be talking about all these long-buried things.

( ”Transparency” )

Title: Warning Sign
Fandom: House
Characters: Dr. Greg House
Prompt: 090. Home.
Word Count: 100
Rating: PG
Spoilers: "Merry Little Christmas"
Summary: Is time finally running out?
Author's Notes: A drabble extrapolating on a scene from the Christmas episode; namely the motivations behind it. I'm leaning a little on the previews as well, so if you haven't seen them, you may want to avoid this but know that it is all speculation on my part.

( Warning Sign )

Title: Like A Fallen Constellation
Fandom: House/24
Claim: Red Alert Squad
Prompt: 035. Breakdown.
Characters: Jake Hannigan, Brittany House
Pairing: Greg House/Brittany House, vaguely implied Jake/Brittany UST
Word Count: 3487
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Life after the end of the world.
Spoilers/Warnings: Major character death, angst, adult themes, spoilers for the 12/12 episode of House.
Author's Notes: Takes place in 2018, following the events of Eve, Answering The Bullet, Speaking In Ciphers, Glass Waltz and Sleeping Satellite, in that order. It goes without saying that while all those pieces are canon, this is not.

( Like A Fallen Constellation )

Title: Colorblind
Fandom: House/24
Claim: Red Alert Squad
Characters: Tom Quinn, Brittany Colefield, Michael Colefield, Christine Dale
Pairing: Brittany/Michael Colefield, Tom Quinn/Christine Dale
Prompt: 066. Match.
Word Count: 1249
Rating: PG
Spoilers: "Project Friendly Fire"
Summary: After two years, two people brought together by circumstance are reunited when they were never supposed to be.
Author's Notes: This piece is not After Life canon. It was never explained in MI-5 what happened to Tom after he was discharged from MI5, so that was where the After Life first-season finale, "Sacrifice of Angels," came in. In the new book Spooks: The Personnel Files, however, put together by the series' production company, it reveals that Tom married CIA liaison Christine Dale, both quit the service, and now runs a private security firm in London. (This was a little distressing to me, being a Tom/Ellie 'shipper.) So now we know what happened, and I wanted to see how that might have played out. This piece takes place after the events of "Sacrifice of Angels," but Tom has returned to England rather than staying in L.A., and he and Brittany have not seen each other since. It also takes place in 2004, prior to the events of Season 4's "The Dead Will Tell," when she is still married to Michael and before the final showdown with CIB.

( Colorblind )

Title: Beside My Own Reflection
Fandom: 24
Characters: Brittany House, Jack Bauer
Pairing: None
Word Count: 1032
Rating: PG
Summary: Not so long ago, they would have given everything to be family. Now, at the end of an era, they're finally coming to terms with the fact that they will never be.
Author's Notes: Title is from "Crawling" by Linkin Park.

( Beside My Own Reflection )

Title: Home
Fandom: House
Pairing: Greg House/Brittany House
Prompt: #1 -- North
Word Count: 310
Rating: PG
Author's Notes: This entire series will be set post-current canon, of sorts. They will all take place after Brittany's retirement and in sync with as much of current House canon as I can muster. Her POV, very stream of consciousness.

( Home )

Title: Humiliation
Fandom: House
Characters: Dr. Greg House
Prompt: 025. Strangers.
Word Count: 189
Rating: PG
Spoilers: "Fools for Love"
Summary: He's not the apologizing kind.
Author's Notes: Thank God for new episodes. A very short little snarky piece. This is set following the events of the 10/31 episode, so if you haven't yet seen it and don't want to be spoiled, come back later.

( Humiliation )

Title: Midnight, Before Dawn
Fandom: 24
Characters: Mark Holden, Brittany House, Jake Hannigan
Pairing: implied Brittany/Jake and past possible Brittany/Mark
Prompt: Serendipity: the faculty or phenomenon of making fortunate accidental discoveries.
Word Count: 710
Rating: PG
Summary: Mark is smart enough to see some things that Brittany can see, and some things that she can't.
Author's Notes: Takes place during Princeton's 2006 Midnight Madness.

( Midnight, Before Dawn )

Title: She Waits
Fandom: 24
Characters: Jake Hannigan, Brittany House
Word Count: 502
Rating: PG
Summary: Told her all I'll ever want and all I'll ever need/Is just enough to make me leave
Author's Notes: Jake and Brittany friendship fic, completely inspired by the song "She Waits" by Zero 1 (featuring Hal Sparks). Which, if you haven't heard Hal Sparks sing, you are missing out. Seriously.

( She Waits )

Title: Roundabout
Fandom: House
Character: Dr. Greg House
Prompt: 044. Circle.
Word Count: 512
Rating: PG
Spoilers: "Meaning," "Cain and Able"
Summary: It seems like the last few months have been a vicious circle.
Author's Notes: Reflection on the first two episodes of season three. Slightly ironic that I'm writing this while listening to the song that I'm listening to.

( Roundabout )

Title: Midnight Black
Fandom: Spooks
Characters: Adam Carter, Brittany House
Pairing: Adam Carter/Fiona Carter
Word Count: 562
Rating: PG
Spoilers: Future episodes of Series Four.
Summary: Small gestures being passed between two friends become strangers.
Author's Notes: I haven't actually seen the episodes which contain the events in question, and I'm not too thrilled at them, but the idea of this fic got stuck in my head after the first part of "The Special" and I couldn't get it out, so no one shoot me if it ends up being well off canon.

( Midnight Black )

Title: Ciphers
Fandoms: House/24
Characters: Greg House, Jake Hannigan, Brittany House, Mark Holden
Pairing: Greg House/Brittany House
Prompt: 022. Enemies.
Word Count: 1610
Rating: PG
Spoilers/Warnings: "Meaning" and speculation about rest of Season 3
Summary: House gets a very unexpected visitor at the hospital. The walls come tumbling down.
Author's Notes: This fic has been in the back of my brain for a long time, based off some of the roleplaying I'm doing in Theatrical Muse. Basically, when Jake ended up in the hospital for two months, House's fiancee was the only person to give a damn about him. Now when the tables may turn, Jake is prepared to repay the favor.

( Ciphers )

Title: Still Holding Out For You
Fandom: 24
Characters: Brittany House, Jake Hannigan
Word Count: 1074
Rating: PG
Summary: Some things a heart won't listen to.
Author's Notes: Inspired by the song "Still Holding Out For You" by SheDaisy. A look at how Brittany and Jake's relationship might change now that they are no longer competitors -- something that's always been a vital part of how they interact with one another.

( Still Holding Out For You )

Title: Glamour Shot
Fandom: 24
Characters: Brittany House, Jake Hannigan
Prompt: 4. I feel better having screamed, don't you?
Word Count: 500
Rating: PG
Summary: Jake and Brittany have a heart-to-heart after winning at the Tammy Awards.
Author's Notes: The Tammys are real awards that are presented to the LJ roleplaying communities every year. And after our heroes managed to actually win some of said awards, I couldn't resist an opportunity to see what they said to each other at the afterparty.

( Glamour Shot )

Title: Weight of This Concept
Fandom: The Watcher
Characters: Joel Campbell
Pairing: referenced Joel Campbell/Carolina Jacks
Word Count: 517
Rating: PG-13
Spoilers: General, for the movie
Summary: It's amazing, when your whole life can be about the worst thing someone's ever done to you.
Author's Notes: Bitter, cranky writer leads to Joel bitching about life in general. Hey, I'm not about to complain, considering the guy hardly ever talks about anything, period.

( Weight of This Concept )

Title: Dawn of a Girl
Fandom: 24
Characters: Mark Holden, Brittany House
Pairing: possible Brittany/Mark UST
Prompt: Quotes, #14: Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.
Word Count: 1288
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: The sandbox isn't mine, but Mark, Brittany and everything else I brought with me is.
Summary: Life is sink or swim; love is blinding.
Author's Notes: Takes place in mid 2004. Summary is from "You Fight Me" by Breaking Benjamin. This is the second in my short series featuring the original character of Mark Holden, one of the senior field operatives at the CTU Los Angeles Domestic Unit. For a biography on Mark, go here.

( Dawn of a Girl )

Title: Falling Columns
Fandom: House, M.D.
Character: Dr. Greg House
Prompt: 002. Middles.
Word Count: 531
Rating: PG
Spoilers: References House vs. God and the brief Cuddy/Wilson story arc from the tail end of Season 2.
Summary: Every time House looks at Cuddy and Wilson, all he sees is a car accident. A burning building. The Poseidon going over.
Author's Notes: Another short ficlet. Slightly AU, as in canon, Wilson's kind of out of this arc by now. When will season three get here so I can be properly inspired again?

( Falling Columns )

Title: Refusal
Fandom: 24
Characters: Mark Holden
Prompt: Quotes, #5: Anger at lies lasts forever. Anger at truth can't last.
Word Count: 1302
Rating: PG
Spoilers: If you don't know how the first season of 24 ends, you'll want to avoid this one.
Disclaimer: The sandbox isn't mine, but Mark and everything else I brought with me is.
Summary: It's minutes after midnight when Mark Holden realizes none of them are ever going to be the same again.
Author's Notes: Takes place right at the end of the first day of 24, in September of 2001. This is the first in my short series featuring the original character of Mark Holden, one of the senior field operatives at the CTU Los Angeles Domestic Unit. For a biography on Mark, go here.

( Refusal )

Title: Completing The Fall
Fandom: 24
Pairing: Brittany House/Mark Holden
Prompt: 5. It's strange what desire will make foolish people do.
Word Count: 1002
Rating: R (some sexual descriptions, nothing overly graphic)
Summary: To touch is to feel a love that overpowers me / She's all I'll ever need
Author's Notes: This was a really difficult one to do, which is why it's not that long, but I've tried my best with this pairing. It's set some month and a half after We Don't Need To Whisper and the night before in a world so unclear.

( Completing The Fall )