maybe there's a light that's always on

Title: Blood and Tears
Characters/Pairing: Claire and Topher
Word Count: 855
Rating: PG
Summary: It's been a week since Alpha appeared in the Dollhouse again, and Claire hasn't slept through a single night.
Notes: Written for yetregressing for the alphabet drabble meme. Set shortly after "Omega".
Disclaimer: Dollhouse and all characters belong to Joss Whedon. I am not Joss Whedon, and am not making any money from this.

( Boy, you best pray that I bleed real soon... )

Title: Methodology
Characters/Pairing: Casey, Gray, Lt. James and some more NPCs
Word Count: 1469
Rating: PG
Summary: There are things you're just supposed to ignore, to let go. Casey was never much good at that.
Notes: Written for the alphabet drabble meme for the prompt "methodist". It turned into an unexpectedly long backstory fic, because the "drabble" in "alphabet drabble meme" is a lie.
Disclaimer: Casey actually does belong to me. Gray Raines and Lt. James belong to kawaiispinel, and beyondtherift eats brains.

( I want to stay at home for the end of the world... )

Title: The Art of Patchwork Repair
Characters/Pairing: The Doctor and Martha
Word Count: 309
Rating: PG
Summary: Martha has legitimate questions about certain bits of the TARDIS console.
Notes: Written for the alphabet meme, for the prompt "oakum" from jaeled. ...when I don't know what to do with a prompt, I get all metaphorical.
Disclaimer: Doctor Who, Torchwood, and all characters belong to the BBC. I am not affiliated with the BBC, and am not making any money from this.

( 'Getting a bit too close to the 1980's.' 'What am I gonna do, put a dent in 'em?' 'Well, someone did...' )

Title: Not a One
Characters/Pairing: Tenth Doctor, Rose, Martha, Donna and River
Word Count: 672
Rating: PG
Summary: The same answer means different things, depending on the circumstances.
Notes: Written for trollopfop, for the prompt "zero".
Disclaimer: Doctor Who, Torchwood, and all characters belong to the BBC. I am not affiliated with the BBC, and am not making any money from this.

( 'Three minutes until we die a horrible, fiery death and this is what you want to talk about?' )

Title: One Dark World
Characters/Pairing: Harry, mention of Mouse
Word Count: 202
Rating: PG
Summary: Sometimes Harry wakes up in the middle of the night...
Notes: Written for crazedcrusader for the alphabet meme, for the prompt "quixotic".
Disclaimer: The Dresden Files and all characters belong to Jim Butcher. I am not him, and I'm making no profit from this.

( Demanding a sense of purpose we cannot claim... )

Title: Echoes of a Forgotten Life
Characters/Pairing: Molokov/Walter, and a certain DW character who should come as no surprise to anyone
Word Count: 426
Rating: PG
Summary: Molokov keeps dreaming of running...
Notes: So I completely forgot I wrote this, and sort of stumbled across it in my notebook... Written for the alphabet meme for enterincolor. Do you know how the prompt "xenophobe" inspired this? 'Cause I don't...
Disclaimer: Chess belongs to Tim Rice and the BB from ABBA. Doctor Who and all characters belong to the BBC. I am not affiliated with Tim Rice, ABBA, or the BBC, and am not making any money from this.

( So here it comes... )

Title: Full of Balloons
Characters/Pairing: The Doctor/Des/Martha
Word Count: 422
Rating: PG
Summary: Not all interventions involve psychic brick walls.
Notes: Written for kawaiispinel for the alphabet meme. The prompt was the OT3 and "yellow". What do you people want from me? There's just this one line in "The Christmas Invasion" that always makes me giggle. Also for meritinabox prompt #10, "abduction". My interpretation of these prompts is... loose.
Disclaimer: The Doctor, Martha and the TARDIS belong to the BBC. Des belongs to kawaiispinel. The Rift will eat your soul.

( TARDIS this, TARDIS that... )

Title: Things That Scare Me
Characters/Pairing: Grace, Des, John Hart, Robin, mention of the Doctor, Martha and Torchwood
Word Count: 1452
Rating: PG
Summary: Everyone else is concerned that both they and Des get out of this alive. Grace is only concerned with the second half of that equation.
Notes: Written for kawaiispinel for the alphabet meme, for the prompt "eternal". I don't know how this came out of that, but there you go. Also for meritinabox prompt #17, "fatal imprudence". This will NEVER HAPPEN, because Des isn't allowed to be this stupid, ever. That's the point. This is an object lesson for Desmond Descant. PAY ATTENTION, DES.
Disclaimer: Grace is mine. Des belongs to kawaiispinel, Robin to _chibidragon_, Hart to the BBC. The Rift owns all our souls and you know it.

( I'm a dying breed who still believes... )

Title: Disparallel
Characters/Pairing: Logan/Angua
Word Count: 632
Rating: PG
Summary: Logan would recognize Angua anywhere - even in the Rift.
Notes: Written, very belatedly, for _chibidragon_'s request for my alphabet meme. Yes, Logan is Inn!Logan. ...And yes, neither of them actually are in the Rift. Shut up. I don't care.
Disclaimer: I don't own Logan, Angua, X-Men, Discworld, the Inn... whatever. Not mine.

( Gold fur and silver collars... )

Title: Attrition
Characters/Pairing: Jack, mentions of Martha, Ianto, Owen, Gwen, Tosh and Suzie
Word Count: 272
Rating: PG
Summary: There are some things Jack never really considered, until now...
Notes: Written for the alphabet meme for Rizzy's request (I think she actually requested Doctor Who, but in my head, they are the same fandom), and for an itsproductivity prompt from... October, I think. Spoilers for Reset.
Disclaimer: I don't own Doctor Who, Torchwood, or any characters from either show, and am making no money off of this.

( The art of losing isn't hard to master... )