#ifdrabble

[transformativeworks]

What We're Doing for #IFD2024

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[chriscalledmesweetie]

But It's a Ten, John!

“Don’t you dare respond to that text.”

“It’s Lestrade.”

“It could be the queen for all I care. Don’t respond.”

“It might be a case.”

“It could be a hundred cases. Don’t even look at your phone.”

“It’s a locked room triple homicide!”

“I told you not to look. Put the phone down.”

“But it’s a ten, John!”

“I don’t care if it’s an eleven. Drop the phone.”

“The scale only goes up to ten.”

“Sherlock, I am not going to ask you again. Drop the phone or I’m pulling out.”

“Fine. But this fuck had better be a ten.”

The OTW invited folks to create drabbles incorporating the number 10 on February 15th to celebrate the 10th annual International Fanworks Day. I spent 10 minutes on this little tidbit for you. It’s inspired by a scene from The Only One in the World, I Invented the Job by @apliddell.

I’m tagging some folks who might be interested. Please let me know if you’d like me to tag or untag you.

@mydogwatson  @totallysilvergirl  @bluebellofbakerstreet @sarahthecoat  @helloliriels  @daisyfairy1 @imnova  @kittenmadnessandtea  @marta-bee  @whodwantmeasaflatmate @iwantthatbelstaffanditsoccupant  @jobooksncoffee  @peanitbear @bakingsherlycakes @missdeliadilisblog @kettykika78 @stellacartography @shelleysprometheus @iamjustreading @chinike @sgam76 @loves-to-read-fanfic @inevitably-johnlocked @johnlockismyreligion @calaisreno @with-a-ghost-mr-holmes @macgyvershe

[jennysparksandtheauthority]

forever might be short (pricefield drabble collection)

Originally posted on AO3 as part of the International Fanworks Day challenge 2024.

Summary: Max saves Chloe and they leave the bay behind, but what happens after ten months? And ten years? And all the in betweens? Ten drabbles about love, loss, healing and learning how to navigate life together, in honor of International Fanworks Day 10th anniversary.

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Archive Warning: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Category: F/F

Fandom: Life is Strange (Video Game)

Relationship: Maxine "Max" Caulfield/Chloe Price

1. ten months

They haven't lost the ability to smile, but they don't laugh the way they used to.

When it happens, ten months after the storm, it's random, spontaneous.

Max scrolls Netflix, Chloe is looking at her phone. Then, she reads something. Her eyes light up. She grins like an ass. 

"Hey, Max?"

"Yeah?"

"What’s the difference between a casual dinner party and a pirate orgy? The first one you come as you are… The other you ARR as you come!"

When Ryan and Vanessa come home they find them rolling on the couch, kicking each other, eyes watery, breathless with laughter.

2. the fury in your head

Max lets Chloe die, but the storm still comes.

She's in the lighthouse, screaming at it.

"Didn't you get what you wanted?! I did what you asked of me! Why is this happening? What more do you want from me?!"

The hurricane roars and Max wakes up. 

Chloe's arms engulf her in an instant, "It's okay. You're safe. We're in Seattle. I'm here."

Chloe never pushes her to share, she wants to spare her the pain. She imagines Max dreams about the innocent lives lost, the sorrow, the guilt.

But Max's nightmares are about one thing only: not choosing Chloe.

3. (finally see) what it means to be living

It takes them more than a year to find their footing, but it's bliss when it finally comes.

They get an apartment. Max goes back to school, and Chloe enrolls in an Associate in Computer Science program in community college.

They work most weekends, even though Ryan and Vanessa are helping them out. They even get a compensation from the Arcadia Bay Victims Relief Fund. Chloe calls it blood money. But they take it, because they need all the help they can get.

Still, their routine is hard. Seattle is always rainy. They study, they work, they get by. Together.

4. awake, dear heart…

They share a bed, so they technically sleep together, but they're not together. 

There are lingering touches, light kisses and even pecks on the lips, but they haven't done anything else. They haven't talked about it. They're both just so utterly afraid of messing up what they have.

Max finds a note in Chloe's pocket when she's doing laundry. It reads: My offer still stands. Call me? Erika xoxo. There's a phone number. She folds it and then leaves it on Chloe's nightstand.

When Chloe finds it, she doesn't say anything, but Max watches her throw it in the trash.

5. ...awake

"Chloe? You know you don't have to stay with me, right? You don't owe me anything."

It's Christmas Eve. 11 AM. They agreed to sleep in before they drive to Max's parents. 

Chloe immediately sits up on the bed and looks at her with so much concern you'd think Max's nose is bleeding.

"What the fuck? Where did that come from?"

Max grimaces, refrains the urge to cry, "It's just… sometimes… I wonder if—"

Chloe puts a finger over her lips, ever so gently. Then, she kisses her, deeply, intentionally. It's a statement.

When they part, Max wonders no more.

6. worship in the bedroom

They lie naked on a warm June morning, limbs intertwined, bodies sweating, hearts beating loudly.

"Damn, you're hardcore, Max," Chloe grins like an idiot.

"So I’ve been told," Max can't help a little proud smile.

They chuckle together, and enjoy the silence. It's not really silence – a Hozier song is coming from the speakers, and birds sing under their window.

"One of these days, Caulfield…" Chloe whispers absentmindedly.

"What?"

She doesn't answer. She pulls Max closer and replies only in her mind.

One of these days I'm gonna ask you to marry me. Not today, but one of these days.

7. (remember) to let her under your skin

They end up in New York because Max gets a scholarship there, thanks to her impressive portfolio. Her photos and her name are connected to Arcadia Bay and, painful as that is, it opens many doors for her. She wishes it wasn't like that, but… it's the blood money check situation all over again.

HBO did a documentary series, so everybody in class knows everything.

Well, not everything.

But they whisper — she hears words like survivor, so tragic, Jefferson...

It used to bother her. Yet, with each passing day coming home to Chloe, the pain seems to simply drift away.

8. the pleasure, the privilege is mine

It's Chloe's birthday.

Max plans the perfect party with their New York friends. They Skype Max's parents, David and Kate. Chloe drinks, laughs, cries. They eat cake. It's fun, and it ends with their apartment ruined.

Afterwards, they sit together on the couch, spent, heads touching.

"Thank you for today, babe," Chloe says softly as she looks at their intertwined hands. "For a girl that should be dead, turning 25 is kinda wild…"

Max gazes at her with sheer devotion, "I love you so much."

The smile that Chloe gives her might have the power to stop time, "I know."

9. this is now

After the pandemic (they'll always wonder if somewhere, someone was using some cursed, forbidden power), Chloe burns out. She quits her job as IT specialist in some big pharma company, and starts freelancing as a graphic designer. That year, Max hits 200k followers on Instagram. She signs a photobook deal. Chloe designs the cover. It's a wild success.

So Chloe spins Max in her arms one Friday afternoon, and blurts out, "Max, I think we're ready. We've been talking about it, let's just do it!"

Max laughs, nods.

They lock eyes, and yell it in unison, "Let's get a dog!"

10. ten years

Chloe's making spaghetti — her long, honey-blonde hair up in a messy bun, her arm tattoo covered in black ink. Max's watching her work, sitting at the kitchen island, playing with the white gold band in her ring finger. Deckard, their Labrador, sits at her feet.

They're talking about their day, complaining about shit, making plans.

There's three candles by the window: one for Rachel, one for Joyce, one for all the others. Today's the anniversary, but it doesn't get to them anymore.

Life's weird, thrilling, also boring at times. 

It's good too. 

They made it. And they will be okay.

THE END

author's notes:

Title from Emily Dickinson's 434:

To love thee Year by Year— May less appear Than sacrifice, and cease— However, dear, Forever might be short, I thought to show— And so I pieced it, with a flower, now.

Chapter 2 title: Spanish Sahara by Foals

Chapter 3 title: Fast Car by Tracy Chapman

Chapter 4 & 5 reference: “Awake, dear heart, awake. Thou hast slept well. Awake.” (Prospero, Act 1, Scene 2) —The Tempest by William Shakespeare

Chapter 6 title: Take Me To Church by Hozier

Chapter 8 title: There Is A Light That Never Goes Out by The Smiths

Chapter 9: “Remember, remember, this is now, and now, and now. Live it, feel it, cling to it. I want to become acutely aware of all I've taken for granted." —Sylvia Plath

[griseldagimpel]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells Rating: Mature Warnings: Rape/Non-Con Relationships: Tlacey's ComfortUnit/Original Character Characters: Tlacey's ComfortUnit (Murderbot Diaries), Original Female Human Character(s) Additional Tags: Healing, Ficlet, Sexual Harassment, References to and Descriptions of Past Sex Abuse, The Corporation Rim Is Terrible (Murderbot Diaries), Hurt/Comfort, International Fanworks Day 2024, Violence Summary:

After being freed, the ComfortUnit formerly belonging to Tlacey gets to live its life.

[izhunny]

Got inspired for AO3's International Fanworks Day 2024 and the IFDrabble "10" theme, so I made a little series of 10 themed drabbles to go with my heist ficlet.

Mission Improbable series:

10-78(Request Assistance) aka The Mission Brief.

How It Went Down with The Avengers

How It Went Down with Thor

Thor's Speedy Messenger Service

Preparing the Perfect Elevator Pitch

Loki Reconnoiters the Objective

Heart-melting Bravado (heist ficlet chronologically follows this drabble)

Dishabille

Takeout, no movie, fooling around.

What's up, doc?

All drabbles are Rated G or T, and No Archive Warnings Apply.

Tony and Loki team up for a heist and get together.

Happy International Fanworks Day!

This was so much fun!

[oriley42]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: House M.D. Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Gregory House/James Wilson Characters: Gregory House, James Wilson (House M.D.), Allison Cameron Additional Tags: Valentine's Day, Fluff, Humor, Epistolary, International Fanworks Day 2024, Drabble, okay technically this is 10x longer than a drabble but at least I kept it to just 1k! Summary:

House writes Wilson a love hate letter.

[itskathstyle]

Quise participar en el International Fanworks Day 2024 de Ao3 con esta ship preciosa

Para mí, Ineffable Bureaucracy es una ship con demasiado sentido, así que el tema de este año me ha caído perfecto

Beelzebub está bien con su vida en el infierno hasta que conoce al arcángel Gabriel, él lo hace sentirse de formas que antes no experimentó, y le regala experiencias que no conocía.

10 momentos que consiguieron que Beelzebub eligiera a Gabriel.

Yes, it's in spanish but use the translator. Kisses

[words-of-a-fanboy]

So it’s the 10th International Fanworks Day today, and I saw that the OTW are doing a drabble fest with a theme of the number 10. And that just worked too perfectly in a fandom like Dark Matter where the characters are numbers. So I worked out three groups of three where the numbers add up to 10, and just… started writing, with absolutely no idea what was going to come out. This happened, and it’s probably one of my favourite things I’ve ever written xD Granted, it ended up a bit longer than a drabble, but hell it was too fun and I didn’t want to shorten it for the sake of it. It’s mostly gen but pre-slash if you squint ;)

So here’s a random silly slice of Raza life fic featuring all our favourites and a mystery to solve… what the hell happened between One and Three?

[howdoyoudothedew]

Rated: G

Pairing/Character: Rapunzel

Word Count: 100

A/N: I wanted to write something since this is international fanworks day ten year anniversary. Implied future mavunzel since it's femfeb!

-

The first time Rapunzel ever noticed the stars that weren’t really stars was on her tenth birthday. She remembers gazing out her window, checking for familiar constellations and double checking with the astronomy books her mother had gotten her. She remembers the girl she saw among them, flying. The next day she asked about the traditions and history of the land they lived in, and her mother gave her a curious look, but gave her a lesson on them anyway. None of the lessons explained the girl. Rapunzel doesn't ask her mom about her. Eight years later, she meets her.

[theriveroflight]

decimary game

I wrote 10 three-sentence fics about the VLR cast to celebrate this year's International Fanworks Day! You can read the full compilation on AO3 as well. Contains spoilers especially for VLR but also 999. Total wordcount is 1098.

The man on the moon rules the infinite time -- Sigma sees now how the words unwind themselves to reveal their true nature; being the one to write them on the wall makes it much more obvious what the intention behind it was. It's a paradox of sorts (without the information at 22, he wouldn't be able to replicate it now), but isn't everything to do with the Nonary Game a bit of a paradox?

He still knows Akane is going to die at the Game's beginning -- and he still remembers Phi saving her.

Phi doesn't hesitate before betraying Sigma; she already knows he will meet her with betrayal in return, so when the results on the screen display that he hasn't, she’s surprised -- but she won't be stopped from leaving now that she has enough BP to get out of this place, not by anything, not for anyone.

But she isn't alone; she isn't the only one who's been met with both allyship and betrayal as the surrounding circumstances are altered. The cat in the box -- the people in the AB room; dead or alive -- betray or ally?

*

Luna has a purpose, a defined goal, a defined everything; she knows if she was programmed without a heart she would make an awful mother, but she wonders why he would program her with one just to make her stand by, unable to do anything in the face of a murder -- in the face of injustice.

She does not have a heart in the literal sense -- it is code and ABT that runs through her instead of blood -- and yet she feels deeply, all the time, and she wonders if she is better for it or better off without. She never asks; Sigma gave her this heart and this caring soul for a reason, and it is a blessing she refuses to waste by corrupting her ethics.

*

Kyle's pretty sure he’s the loneliest one on Rhizome-9, and he isn't permitted to leave -- the other fifty-three Rhizomes are all linked together, he knows, and one can travel freely between them, but the passages to Rhizome-9 have been blocked off for...for reasons related to the research being conducted in this facility, as varied as that is. One can only escape through traversing the moon's surface, and he cannot do that.

There are three humans active in Rhizome-9; two of them have each other, and he is somehow both essential and discarded, barely anything more to make him his own than his name.

*

This is the mission Left has prepared for all his life, the moment he was created for, the culmination of his existence; it is all for the sake of entering the moon and infiltrating the game. The project must be stopped at all costs; failure is not an option.

He would, and will, give up his own life for this mission -- after all, if he fails, little awaits him afterwards regardless.

*

Clover doesn't wake up until after they've left the room, and she's pretty sure that's probably for the best, since she probably would've freaked out all over K about the bracelet on her wrist; as it is, she's only managing to keep a hold on herself with the knowledge that she's not the only one she can trust. In the last Nonary Game, she had her brother and then she had Junpei, and now she has Alice.

Clover's never been particularly good at losing the ones she loves (and she's known that for a long time now), so all in all, she thinks she takes the prospect of an apocalypse sweeping Earth surprisingly well, especially since that means Light's probably dead -- but she's not alone, not anymore, not again.

*

Alice pulls Clover out of the facility; she has to put her own priorities aside for the mission. She wants to go back, she wants to see her father's body, she wants to ruin her makeup and weep over it until she has no tears left to cry. But Clover is still here, Clover is still alive, and that means she still has someone to protect -- and gives her a reason to move forward, to keep being.

*

Here's the thing about the apocalypse: it doesn't give anyone much time for anything besides living in the present, so it's a lot easier for Junpei to get over looking for Akane -- survival's his priority, first and foremost, just trying to find caches of limited food and live long enough to see a blue sky again. And when he finds Quark, those brief thoughts of her drift entirely away, since he has a kid to look after -- having kids had never been on his mind, even when he was still thinking of her.

But when the letter shows up, it's obvious that he's not nearly as over it as he thought he was -- he knows he doesn't have that much time left, and the opportunity to see her again is one he can't miss for the world, not after all this time.

*

Quark's never known a blue sky, so when he first sees the B. Garden, it looks strange -- all of them talk about it as though it's their real world, lush and green and blue, but it's never been his: all he's ever known is red. On the moon, things are different, but he's never really been anywhere other than home, and this isn't it, so he wants to go home more than anything else. He wants to go home, he wants to go home, and he had once thought the only way back home was dying but it turns out that Zero is gonna let them go, so he's going to be okay.

*

What you are, I was; what I am, you will become -- Junpei had been the only one to interact with her past self back then; her memories have always been muddled between the past and future but fundamentally time travel is impossible in the physical sense, only really possible mentally. The grave and its inscription had been meant for Sigma, certainly, but she sees it in the child she had been at the age of twelve and the young adult she had been at twenty-one, inside of a loop where the only escapes were death or life. Now it is not her life alone that is at stake but the entire world; it is a much nobler end to work towards than her own selfish desire to live, and perhaps when she dies for a better timeline she will be able to atone for her past selfishness.

[fanficfish]

hi happy 10!

[little-firestar]

Chapters: 4/? Fandom: Major Crimes (TV) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Andy Flynn/Sharon Raydor, Julio Sanchez/Original Female Character(s) Characters: Andy Flynn (Closer & Major Crimes), Sharon Raydor, Julio Sanchez, Original Female Character(s) Additional Tags: One Shot, Drabble, International Fanworks Day 2024, IFDrabble, Domestic Fluff, Drabble Collection, Fuck You Sharon Raydor Is Alive Summary:

A collection of drabbles featuring the word "10", written for the Internation Fanwork Day 2024 drabble challenge. Mostly, Sharon/Andy

[gojhoes]

MDNI 18+, Gojo x reader

"10 inches."

You laugh. "Liar."

"Check your phone."

Holy fucking shit. You gape at your phone screen, heat creeping up to your face. You already knew it was big, but 10 inches? If it weren't for the pale hair feathering lower, you're not sure if you would've believed that it was his.

You look up at him with your jaw dropped, and he's smiling wickedly, but a faint blush sits high on his cheeks.

How was he even going to fit?

"Don't worry, princess," Gojo says, peering at you over his dark glasses. "I'm gonna make sure that it fits."

ifdrabble theme is 10...yk i had to

[izhunny]

You forgot the "I enjoy drabbles" button LOL.

The folks upset at legit fanworks(drabbles) being posted to the archive need to learn how to filter by minimum length to avoid them and move away from this gatekeeping mentality of what should and shouldn't be posted.

Drabbles are a specific type of literary artwork (100 words exactly) and it's okay to dislike them.

But it's not okay to say they don't belong on the archive or they should only be getting posted in some specific way or offsite so you personally can avoid them.

AO3 has a specific drabble event for the 10th anniversary of International Fanworks Day TODAY (and far from the first time they've done this). They've solicited and are encouraging drabbles to celebrate. Check out the IFDrabble hashtag.

Drabbles are welcome on the archive but apparently YMMV by the belief in that reality.

poll time!

*for context: usually I disagree with this practice and think things like [prompt] month fills should be standalone works in a collection/series. but I have a hunch people might feel differently about drabbles since they're so short.

I’m genuinely curious about this, but also I’ve been writing a lot of drabbles here on tumblr and I’m on the fence about sharing them anywhere else. thanks for voting and reblogging!

[izhunny]

Fic WIP Meme

Rules:

In a new post, post the names of all the files in your WIP folder regardless of how non descriptive or ridiculous.

Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and post a little snippet or tell us about it.

Tag as many people as you have WIPs. If you don't write, list your art WIPs!

I was tagged by @tsuntsunfangirl aka LoWho because, and I quote, "I know she has a lot on her plate" 🤬

I just posted the last 3(of 10) drabbles for my Mission Improbable series for the 10th International Fanworks Day IFDrabble event, so my plate has fewer titles 🤣

Couplets - Tony POV

Couplets - Loki POV

The Mis-Adventure of the Recovering Detective

Enemies to Lovers(a little whump all around)Know Thy Enemy?

No pressure tagging: @jaybarou @writernotwaiting @securitybreach @mischief-and-tea-by-the-sea and anyone else who wants to play!