maybe there's a light that's always on

Title: The Opposite of April
Characters/Pairing: Mark/Maureen, Collins, Benny, Roger/April
Word Count: 1583
Rating: PG
Summary: Mark meets a girl at April's funeral who's the exact opposite of her cousin.
Notes: Written for various writing_game prompts.
Disclaimer: I don't own Rent, I am not Jonathan Larson or any of his family. Thank you.

( There were only a few people Mark didn't know at the funeral... )

Title: Matched Pair
Characters/Pairing: Benny/Maureen
Word Count: 100
Rating: G
Summary: It's Benny's first Halloween in New York, and Maureen's not about to let him do nothing.
Notes: Written for writing_game prompt "Robin Hood" and fanfic100 prompt #100.
Disclaimer: Don't own Rent.

( 'Were you planning on doing anything for Halloween?' )

Title: Something of Ours
Characters/Pairing: April/Maureen
Word Count: 175
Rating: G
Summary: On the anniversary of April's death, Maureen goes back to their spot.
Notes: Written as a drabble request for bohofemm.
Disclaimer: I don't own Rent or any of the characters. Never did, never will.

( We all want something of ours to make us a face that stands out from the crowd... )

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: Not Afraid to Love You
Characters/Pairing: Mark/Roger, Maureen/Joanne (just a bit)
Word Count: 1751
Rating: PG-13
Summary: A series of drabbles through Mark and Roger's relationship.
Notes: Cuddleverse. Written for seriouslyrent's fanmix challenge (you can get the fanmix here). This is your warning for character death. If you can't deal with that... you're really best off not reading.
Disclaimer: Not mine.

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( I am not afraid to love you, I've been practicing the words... )

Title: Sleeping Beauty
Characters/Pairing: Benny/Maureen
Word Count: 100
Rating: PG
Summary: She's not exactly Sleeping Beauty, but then, he's no prince.
Notes: Written for fanfic100 prompt #32.
Disclaimer: Don't own Rent, Benny... any other characters... I'm sure you know this already.

( She looks like Sleeping Beauty or something... )

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... )

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... )

Title: Sort of Life
Characters/Pairing: Maureen and River (mention of Roger/Maureen, Roger/April)
Word Count: 378
Rating: G
Summary: A strange girl has an unsettling question for Maureen.
Notes: Written for soscaredtolove for a meme-thing. Maureen's from Here On In verse.
Disclaimer: I don't own Rent or Firefly, nor any of the characters from either.

( 'He's mourning you, you know.' )

Title: Placing Blame
Characters/Pairing: Roger/April, Mark/April, Mark/Maureen, Roger/Maureen
Word Count: 1224
Rating: R
Summary: Sometimes there are no innocents – sometimes everyone's guilty.
Notes: Written for seriouslyrent's Wednesday prompt: "Et tu, Brute?" Set in Here On In-verse (from here_on_in), which I share with starletfallen (April), meemsers (Mark) and soscaredtolove (Maureen). In this verse, April moved into the loft and started dating Mark. A little while later, Maureen and Roger started dating, and Maureen moved into the loft. After a while both couples broke up, Roger and April got together, as did Mark and Maureen. Each section is from the point of view of one of the characters, addressed to a second character – it should be obvious who's speaking and who it's addressed to, but if you have trouble figuring it out, since no names are actually mentioned, let me know. (Also, for the record, if anyone wondered, Here On In Roger is based on Tim Howar's Roger. Just because it makes me happy.)
Disclaimer: I don't own Rent, Mark, Roger, April or Maureen. Nor do I own Tim Howar for that matter, but surely you already knew that.

( But then we know there's blame to share... )