Brandon and Phillip have an arrangement. It isn't a game; it's closer in spirit to a contract.

On Bazzard's first Christmas in London, the thorn of anxiety is keenly felt, and then drawn out a little.

Tom is snowed in at Cortina with Dickie and Marge and Peter and Freddie. Sometimes he's really a very lucky boy.

After everyone but himself and Jyn died on Scarif, Bodhi did his best to hide from anything resembling excitement. Unfortunately, the Force - and the New Republic - had other plans.

Tybalt and Mercutio were childhood friends, of a sort.

An operative from the future tells Wade that he has two options: kill himself before he has a chance to live 2000 years and become Cable's accomplice in dictatorship, or kill Cable. So now, Wade has thirty days to figure out a way to die. Unfortunately, most of his ideas involve convincing Cable to kill him. Fortunately, most of Cable's ideas for stopping him involve sex.

“Why do you wear your face like that?”

Nie Huaisang's hand comes up partway to Meng Yao's face before his fingers curl inwards. Meng Yao's eyes go wide and tremulous before the corners of his mouth curl into a small smile, like one of the soundless laughs shared between them in the midst of a banquet speech.

Prompt: "swimming in the buff". Carcer watches with ill intent.

They do a lot of talking in the sweet air of the control room, about everything and nothing.

Some species remain colonial year round while others only gather together for winter hibernation.