maybe there's a light that's always on

Title: No Such Thing
Characters/Pairing: Roger/Maureen, Mark
Word Count: 1074
Rating: PG-13
Summary: It's sex, not love, no matter what anyone says.
Notes: Written for speed_rent challenge #214.
Disclaimer: I don't own Rent, Roger, Maureen or... well, any other part of Rent. Also, one line in the story is from episode 1 of Queer as Folk, as per the challenge – this line is bolded, due to challenge rules.

( 'I don't believe in love. I believe in fucking.' )

Title: Babe
Characters/Pairing: Benny/Maureen, mention of Mark/Maureen
Word Count: 449
Rating: G
Summary: Coffee is essential to survival before noon. Well, coffee or Maureen.
Notes: Written for fanfic100 prompt #56. Set in Almost-verse.
Disclaimer: Don't own Rent or any of it's characters. Sorry.

( 'Did you just call me babe?' )

Title: You Don't Know
Characters/Pairing: April/Maureen, mentioned Roger/April
Word Count: 100
Rating: PG-13
Summary: April can't be around Roger when he's using
Notes: Written for femslash100 challenge #77.
Disclaimer: Do not own Rent. We've been over this.

( 'Then stay here.' )

Title: Firsts
Characters/Pairing: Benny/Mark, Benny/Mark/Maureen, Benny/Alison, Benny/Mimi
Word Count: 400
Rating: PG
Summary: A series of first kisses.
Notes: Written for fanfic100 prompt #34. And for a speed_rent challenge, but I missed the deadline.
Disclaimer: Rent is not mine, none of the characters are mine. We've been over this.

( The first time… )

Title: Reasons Why
Feedback: Will make me love you muchly.
Characters/Pairing: Benny/Mark/Maureen, Benny/Alison
Word Count: 300
Rating: PG
Summary: He knows why he loves them, but she's another matter.
Notes: Written for fanfic100 prompts #39, #84 and #80.
Disclaimer: I do not own Rent, and I'm extremely unlikely ever to. Shiny?

( ...so he can't remember the answer to the question... )

Title: Contrast
Feedback: Will make me love you muchly.
Characters/Pairing: Benny/Mark/Roger, Benny/Roger, Mark/Maureen
Word Count: 1587
Rating: PG
Summary: It's the contrast between loving and being loved.
Notes: Written for starletfallen, because... she asked. Also written for fanfic100 prompt #42.
Disclaimer: I do not own Rent, and I'm extremely unlikely ever to. Shiny?

( I hate watching them now... )

Title: In the Eyes of a Young Girl
Feedback: Will make me love you muchly.
Characters/Pairing: Roger/April, Roger/Maureen, Mark/Maureen, Benny, Collins, and some OCs
Word Count: 50188
Rating: R
Summary: She saved him from himself, but he tainted his angel... A novel following Roger and April from the time they met to nine months before RENT begins.
Notes: Written as my 2005 NaNoWriMo novel.
Disclaimer: I do not own Rent, and I'm extremely unlikely ever to. Shiny?

Chapter One: First Shot Roger
Chapter Two: In the City of Neon and Chrome
Chapter Three: Barns and Troughs and Performance Spaces
Chapter Four: Though We May Have Our Disputes
Chapter Five: Live In My House, I'll Be Your Shelter
Chapter Six: It's Over
Chapter Seven: The Power Blows
Chapter Eight: Food of Love, Emotion
Chapter Nine: It's Gonna Be a Happy New Year
Chapter Ten: A Small, Lovely Kiss
Chapter Eleven: To Passion When It's New
Chapter Twelve: Just Born to Be Bad
Chapter Thirteen: To Loving Tension
Chapter Fourteen: But Now the Air is Filled With Confusion
Chapter Fifteen: Forget This Cold Bohemian Hell
Chapter Sixteen: The Only Way Out is Up
Chapter Seventeen: Like Driving North
Chapter Eighteen: I Need to Laugh Like a Child
Chapter Nineteen: Open Road
Chapter Twenty: When Your Heart Has Expired
Chapter Twenty-One: Before the Sun Sets
Chapter Twenty-Two: 'Til You're Torn Apart
Chapter Twenty-Three: Detach from Feeling Alive
Chapter Twenty-Four: Cynical Town Can Be Tough on an Angel
Chapter Twenty-Five: Covered with Scars
Chapter Twenty-Six: Nevers and Maybes
Chapter Twenty-Seven: Will I Wake Tomorrow...?
Chapter Twenty-Eight: Orchestras on Sinking Ships
Chapter Twenty-Nine: Now or Neverland
Chapter Thirty: You and You and Nothing but You
Chapter Thirty-One: Your Own Bloodcells Betray
Chapter Thirty-Two: No Need to Endure Anymore
Chapter Thirty-Three: How'd I Let You Slip Away?
Chapter Thirty-Four: Music Box Melody

Title: The Virtues of Catholic School
Feedback: Will make me love you muchly.
Characters/Pairing: Roger/Mimi, Maureen/Joanne, Mark
Word Count: 1073
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Mimi and Joanne make a discovery about their past.
Notes: Written for speed_rent challenge #85. Cowritten with wickedrent1013.
Disclaimer: I do not own Rent, and I'm extremely unlikely ever to. Shiny?

( 'And there you have it, ladies and gentlemen...' )

Title: The Last, the Only
Feedback: Will make me love you muchly.
Characters/Pairing: Benny/Maureen, Benny/Alison
Word Count: 282
Rating: PG
Summary: Maureen was the last person Benny ever thought he'd fall in love with.
Notes: Set in Almost-verse.
Disclaimer: I do not own Rent, and I'm extremely unlikely ever to. Shiny?

( ...he could never marry a girl like her. )

Title: Sometimes It's All You Need
Feedback: Will make me love you muchly.
Characters/Pairing: Benny/Maureen
Word Count: 833
Rating: PG
Summary: Benny and Maureen manage to ignore old tensions for a while.
Notes: Written for speed_rent challenge #3. Set in Almost-verse.
Disclaimer: *Looks in the mirror* Nope, still not Jonathan Larson. Sorry.

( A plead, a wave goodbye... )