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[verushkak70]

For @ds-c6d-snippets-blog, RCW 239 Ficlet challenge:

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dsc6d snippets is back on tumblr!

Hi all!

This is @flownwrong speaking: It's been a long time since this challenge had been active on tumblr, so some wonderful folks and I thought we could bring it back.

The original challenge goes like this:

Write a snippet of 300 words or less, using as many of the prompts as you feel like, interpreted however you choose.

The original list of prompts is available here, and you can freely use it for new snippets as well!

Post your snippets or links to them on tumblr and mention @ds-c6d-snippets-blog in your posts so I can share them here!

Ideally, you should also post it to the DW community. If that's not an option for you, we can always arrange crossposting — just contact us here at this blog or at ds.c6d.snippets@gmail.com

Spread the word, come play with us, and stay tuned for more challenges in the future!

[flownwrong]

over/ for (due south fic)

Fraser/Kowalski (I mean, not technically but in spirit), rated G; tags: episode: s04e05 The Ladies' Man; 139 words

A/N: For @ds-c6d-snippets-blog challenge 32 "grief" and the RCW139 challenge. My title brain was offline today. Big thanks to @hwaetnot for various and sundry things.

read on ao3

Retribution is not a pretty word. It chews you up, puts blinders on your eyes, dulls the senses. Benton has seen men who broke themselves over it and men who broke others, has almost broken over it too, an eager wave of helpless fury.

Clearly, maddeningly, the retribution Ray seeks across the threshold of Beth's home, shoulders curled around his guilt like he wants to protect it from fading, is for his own crimes. Benton knows he can find it, hopes against hope he leaves it be.

Wither and wane. As he watches Ray, all defeat and no glory, splayed over the bed dull and heavy and still dressed, watches the uneasy rise and fall of his chest, the deep shadows under his eyes, he reminds himself—it's all that's left for Ray's grief now. To wither and wane.

[pigtailedgirl]

Ficlet for RCW 139

This challenge is based on the ubiquitous due South number plate RCW 139:

write a snippet of 139 words, in three paragraphs, starting with letters R, C and W.

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Red suits her, but not me. That realization sits uneasy. The itching reaction is becoming more pronounced. My reasonable conclusion became I must endure. I can not scratch, even as her desire chaffs against mine. Reminds me mine exists.

Closets are wonderful to hide in, to find clues, to hear your father, or yourself think. But they are small and dark. Even within this fictious cabin. It’s claustrophobic. I can’t just contort to fit. Not a statue. Nor your canvas Dad. Children are a responsibility and take work.

Worry. Wearing me down. Homesick for white snow and winter’s cooling breeze on my weathered skin. Waiting for correct head wind, I’m west by northwest. Wandering Chicago wilderness anew, not knowing which way and willfully ignoring direction. What’s the difference between wants and being wise? Where are you Ray? Come back.

[ds-c6d-snippets-blog]

New challenge!

This challenge is based on the ubiquitous due South number plate RCW 139:

write a snippet of 139 words, in three paragraphs, starting with letters R, C and W.

Post your snippets or links to them on tumblr and mention @ds-c6d-snippets-blog in your posts so I can share them here!

I also encourage you to add your snippets to the AO3 collection, and, if possible, post them to the DW community. If that's not an option for you, we can always arrange crossposting — just message this blog or drop a line to ds.c6d.snippets@gmail.com

Both the challenge idea and the banner are work of the mighty @hwaetnot ❤️

[verushkak70]

For @ds-c6d-snippets-blog, RCW 239 Ficlet challenge:

[verushkak70]

For @ds-c6d-snippets-blog's RCW 239 challenge: