maybe there's a light that's always on

Title: Someone Else's Story
Characters/Pairing: April/Mimi, Mark, Benny, Collins, Joanne, Maureen, mention of Roger
Word Count: 13413
Rating: R
Summary: I could be in someone else's story, in someone else's life, and she could be in mine... April lived. Roger didn't. Mimi still knocks on the door of the loft on Christmas Eve.
Notes: Started for speed_rent challenge #166. Never really finished, and probably won't be.
Disclaimer: I do not own Rent. Plus, I kind of half-stole some lines from the show. Half-stole, because most of them I've kind of altered.

i. the night you came into my life
ii. there'd be a long embrace
iii. and it's beginning to snow
iv. clinging a shoulder, a leap begins
v. intermission
vi. depends on true devotion
vii. i used to shiver like that
viii. breathing the only sound

Title: Tradition and Madness
Characters/Pairing: The Doctor and the Master, mention of April and Lucy
Word Count: 567
Rating: G
Summary: Tradition is easy to come by in the Inn. Sanity, not so much.
Notes: Written for cameraneverlies for Christmas, inspired by the Inn snowball fight thread.
Disclaimer: I do not own Doctor Who, the Master, the Doctor, or the Inn for that matter.

( 'And now, Doctor, you may resign yourself to inevitable, crushing defeat.' )

Title: Just Birds
Characters/Pairing: Benny and April
Word Count: 171
Rating: G
Summary: Benny doesn't see what's so special about a bird outside the window.
Notes: Written for writing_game prompt "junco" and fanfic100 prompt #98.
Disclaimer: Don't own Rent.

( 'Benny, come here.' )

Title: The Stories We Say
Characters/Pairing: Mark/Roger, Roger/April, Collins, Benny, the Man
Word Count: 20386
Rating: R
Summary: It's not for forever, but it feels good right now, so what could it hurt?
Notes: Written for various rentchallenge challenges. Tons of thanks to _chibidragon_ and emilystarr1.
Disclaimer: Don't own Rent or any of its characters. I also do not own "Eric's Song", which the title is from.

Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen

Title: Only Way to Go Is Down
Pairing/Characters: Mark/Roger, Roger/April, vague Roger/Pam
Word Count: 1075
Rating: PG-13
Summary: There are three things worth living for. In an instant, two of the three are gone, and the other doesn't matter so much anymore.
Notes: Written for rentchallenge speed challenge #43. This is an AU verse I share with starletfallen. Basically... Mark got Roger into drugs, and was probably the one to infect him - Roger then infected April. When Mark found out he was positive, he left Roger; April left Roger after finding out he'd been sleeping with Mark, which left Roger alone. Roger later met Pam (from Life Support, though he didn't meet her there), who moved in with him... but that's another story.
Disclaimer: I don't own Rent or any of its characters. This hasn't changed since the last time. Funny, that.

( Throw me overboard, pull me underground... )

Title: Dance With Me
Characters/Pairing: April/Maureen
Word Count: 105
Rating: PG
Summary: April never learned how to dance, but Maureen's more than willing to show her.
Notes: Written for rat_jam prompt April/Maureen, pirouette.
Disclaimer: I do not own the show or any of the characters. I do this for fun.

( Take my hand, baby... )

Title: Stages of Love
Characters/Pairing: Mark/April, Roger/April, Mark/Maureen
Word Count: 1047
Rating: PG-13
Summary: April taught Mark all he knows about love.
Notes: Written for rat_jam prompts April/Mark, hot chocolate, what is love, blow, you, lost and found, and never again.
Disclaimer: I do not own the show or any of the characters. I do this for fun.

( But all I ever learned from love... )

Title: Must Be Something Strange
Characters/Pairing: Mark/Roger/April
Word Count: 125
Rating: PG
Summary: April doesn't quite look like herself now.
Notes: Written for a drabble meme for trollopfop, using the lyric "It didn't used to be like this/Must be something strange I kissed/Maybe when my eyes were closed?" This is from the same verse as Apologies. This has now been titled Anomaly-verse. Anyone who can figure out why gets a cookie.
Disclaimer: I don't own Rent, Mark, Roger or April.

( Something strange I kissed... )

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... )

Title: Of the Westport Greys
Characters/Pairing: Roger/April, Benny/Alison
Word Count: 500
Rating: PG
Summary: Roger's not supposed to fall for someone like her.
Notes: Written for skyndsam's birthday. ...This is the sort of thing that happens when you give me free rein with drabbles and such.
Disclaimer: Still not mine. One of these days, though...

( ...a wealthy daughter of the revolution. )