RENT: Definition

Title: Definition
Characters/Pairing: Mark/Maureen, Roger, Benny, Mrs. Cohen, mention of Collins and April
Word Count: 1706
Rating: PG
Summary: Mark's defined himself a lot of different ways through his life, but maybe he was wrong all along.
Notes: Written for rentchallenge weekly challenge #4.
Disclaimer: Not mine. Still.

( Swimming through all that's above and beneath... )

STUDIO 60: Down to Two

Title: Down to Two
Characters/Pairing: Harriet, Tom, and Simon
Word Count: 150
Rating: G
Summary: They'd known she had to leave, but they hadn't expected it would be so hard.
Notes: Written for newredshoes in response to a drabble request meme, for the lyric "Some kind of happiness is measured out in miles / What makes you think you're something special when you smile?" This is entirely Esther's fault, for her babble about how Harriet would have to leave the show some time soon and move on in her career. So... yes.
Disclaimer: I do not own Studio 60 or the Big Three. Not exactly Sorkin yet.

( Some kind of happiness is measured out in miles... )

RENT: Safe

Title: Safe
Characters/Pairing: April/Maureen, Roger/April
Word Count: 150
Rating: PG-13
Summary: It's not that she doesn't love Roger, or that she wants to leave him...
Notes: Written for skyndsam for a drabble request, using the lyric "I could make you happy, you know / If you weren't already / I could do a lot of things / And I do".
Disclaimer: I don't own Rent, April, Maureen, or Roger. Or, you know, any of the rest of them.

( I could make you happy, you know... )

RENT: From the Beginning

Title: From the Beginning
Characters/Pairing: Mark/Maureen
Word Count: 100
Rating: PG
Summary: Mark knows how it will end almost before it begins.
Notes: Written for trollopfop for a drabble request meme, using the lyric "I already know the ending / It's the part that makes your face implode / I don't know what makes your face implode / But that's the way the movie ends / ... / Yeah! / You're all gonna be in my experimental film".
Disclaimer: I don't own Rent, Mark or Maureen.

( You're all gonna be in my experimental film... )

RENT: When You Come Undone

Title: When You Come Undone
Characters/Pairing: Roger/Maureen, Mark/April, Roger/April
Word Count: 150
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Roger wants everything he can't have.
Notes: Written for soscaredtolove for a drabble request meme, using the lyric "Who do you need? / Who do you love? / When you come undone?" Set in Here On In verse.
Disclaimer: I don't own Rent, Mark, Roger, Maureen or April.

( Who do you love? )

RENT: Apologies

Title: Apologies
Characters/Pairing: Mark/April
Word Count: 100
Rating: PG
Summary: Feelings don't exactly come easy to Mark, but that's not always good enough for April.
Notes: Written for starletfallen for a drabble request meme, using the lyrics "There's no going back, we can't undo the past / We've mastered the art of breaking apart / And falling so fast / In a perfect world you wouldn't have left me / Feeling left out, abandoned and small / But I'm not perfect and you're not perfect / 'Cause if you were I wouldn't have loved you at all". I don't know where this Mark and April came from. They're random and scare me a little.
Disclaimer: I don't own Mark or April, or Rent. As I'm sure you all know by now.

( We've mastered the art of breaking apart... )

STUDIO 60: Step Back

Title: Step Back
Characters/Pairing: Lucy/Suzanne
Word Count: 170
Rating: PG
Summary: Lucy and Suzanne bump into each other in the hallway, and take several steps forward and back.
Notes: Set somewhere in "The Harriet Dinner" episodes. I'm sure you can figure out where. Written for soscaredtolove for a drabble request meme, using the lyric "Step back, step back / Just suppose where you're supposed to be, now".
Disclaimer: I don't own Studio 60, Lucy or Suzanne. Again, not Sorkin. I'm working on it.

( Just suppose where you're supposed to be... )

RENT: Sunshine Smile

Title: Sunshine Smile
Characters/Pairing: Roger/April
Word Count: 150
Rating: G
Summary: She's the first thing in a long time he's wanted and can't have...
Notes: Written for zorabet, set in the same verse as In the Eyes of a Young Girl.
Disclaimer: I don't own Rent or the Rent characters, and this April belongs more or less to starletfallen.

( ...beautiful dark eyes and a sunshine smile... )

RENT: Patterns

Title: Patterns
Characters/Pairing: Roger and Mark
Word Count: 162
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Things have fallen into a sort of pattern, since April died.
Notes: Written for zorabet for a drabble request meme.
Disclaimer: I don't own Rent or any of its characters, which I think we've been over a few times now.

( Monotonous and painful and pointless... )

STUDIO 60: Take Notice

Title: Take Notice
Characters/Pairing: Matt and Danny
Word Count: 152
Rating: G
Summary: Matt always did manage to make Danny laugh.
Notes: Written for newredshoes for a drabble request meme.
Disclaimer: I don't own Studio 60, Matt, Danny or any of the rest of the cast and crew. Damn.

( Danny didn't take much notice of a staff writer named Matt Albie... )

SPORTS NIGHT: Coming In Third

Title: Coming In Third
Characters/Pairing: Dan/Casey (one-sided), Casey/Dana, Casey/Lisa
Word Count: 101
Rating: PG
Summary: Dan's fine with being the best friend and on-air partner... most of the time.
Notes: Written for lionessvalenti for a drabble request meme.
Disclaimer: I don't own Sports Night, Dan, Casey, Dana or any of the rest of them. Again, this falls under the category of "I am not Aaron Sorkin".

( Dan's never been one to chase after what doesn't belong to him... )

SPORTS NIGHT: Ritual

Title: Ritual
Characters/Pairing: Dan/Natalie, Casey, Dana, Isaac
Word Count: 100
Rating: G
Summary: Everyone has their pre-show rituals.
Notes: Written for soscaredtolove for a drabble request meme.
Disclaimer: I don't own Sports Night, Dan, Natalie, Dana, Casey... anyone on the show. Also, if I try to type "Sports Night" and end up typing "Studio 60" one more time, I will throw something.

( 'Where are they going?' 'White dress shirt.' )

RENT: Autograph

Title: Autograph
Characters/Pairing: Benny/Maureen, Mark/Maureen
Word Count: 1112
Rating: PG
Summary: Maureen kisses him, and Benny pretends he doesn't notice how little he means it.
Notes: Written for rentficathon ficathon #2, for _chibidragon_. Also written for fanfic100 prompt #65. Definitely Karmine!Maureen.
Disclaimer: I do not own Rent. Nor do I own Benny, Maureen, or Mark. All lyrics are from "Autograph", by Matt Caplan.

( Greet me with your lips, begin the lie... )