Not your same ol' love story

Title: Moving On
Fandom: None at the moment, not sure if I’ll revisit this or not
Pairing: Walker Bryce + Juliet Bryce
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 1,051
Summary: Walker always thought he handled loss well, until he loses the love of his life.
Author’s Note: Written for the Say What challenge at 1_million_words. The quote prompt was: "Each morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most." – Buddha. Took me a couple weeks to have the emotional stability to write this. Still not quite there, so forgive any awkwardness here. If you are so inclined, here is something I wrote for Troy based off this prompt. I’ve been journaling letters to him to try and help me cope.
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Title: Last Call
Fandom: Romani Detective Original Fiction/White Pine Original Fiction AU
Pairings: Hahahaha
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 4,014
Summary: It’s the day after Andrej’s first night at the bar.
Author’s Note: Written first and foremost at the suggestion of sharpiesgal. However, the prompt for this week’s Say What Friday at 1_million_words finally gave me the inspiration that I needed. The quote was: "Life always offers you a second chance. It's called tomorrow." Not sure I really stuck with the prompt, but this is what it inspired. Also, this is a big bunch of I don’t even know. Hopefully it makes some kind of sense.
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Title: Tale of the Non-Roaming Roma
Fandom: Romani Detective Original Fiction
Pairing: Andrej Zeklos + Zayne Reyes
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 1,390
Summary: Zayne asks Andrej if he ever has the desire to wander and it leads to some introspection.
Author’s Note: Written for the say what challenge at 1_million_words. Prompted by this disturbing article I read this morning about the plight of the Romani people in Bulgaria and specifically Romania. I needed to give Andy something positive after I read that.
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Title: Pieces of the Truth
Fandom: Romani Detective Original Fiction
Pairing: Andrej Zeklos + Zayne Reyes
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 1,451
Summary: Andrej prides himself in never running from the truth. But there’s one thing he has a hard time facing.
Author’s Note: Written for Say What Friday on January 26, 2018. The quote was, “Men stumble over the truth from time to time, but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened.” I first thought that this would wind up being Zayne’s life motto, but now I see it fits someone else better.
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Title: Travis’ Troubles
Fandom: White Pine original fiction
Pairing: Ethan McDowell/Travis Murphy
Rating: G
Word Count: 505
Summary: Travis is stumped, again, and doesn’t know what to do.
Author’s Note: Written for the Say What challenge at 1_million_words.
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Title: Five Minutes
Fandom: Romani Detective Original Fiction
Pairing: Andrej Zeklos/James Rosewood/Zayne Reyes
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 561
Summary: Sometimes all you want is five more minutes.
Author’s Note: Written for the Say What challenge at 1_million_words. The prompt was, "The amount of sleep required by the average person is five minutes longer." - Wilson Misner. Now that I’ve titled this, I have Lorrie Morgan’s song, “Five Minutes” running through my head. Mostly the part of the chorus where she says, “You’ve got five minutes to figure it out”. Hah.
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Title: Alternative Facts
Fandom: Romani Detective Original Fiction
Pairing: Andrej Zeklos/James Rosewood/Zayne Reyes
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 1,038
Summary: Zayne has a reputation for fibbing, even when he’s telling the truth. James isn’t buying his story, however.
Author’s Note: Written for the Say What Friday challenge at 1_million_words. The prompt was, “Half a truth is still a whole lie.” Moral of this story: don’t argue with Andy.
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Title: Book Lovers Wanted Prologue
Fandom: Romani Detective/White Pine Original Crossover Fiction
Pairing: Andrej Zeklos/James Rosewood/Zayne Reyes + Ethan McDowell/Travis Murphy
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 1,320
Summary: Travis is goaded into attending a writer’s convention in Las Vegas. James finds a flyer for the convention amongst Andrej’s books and contemplates taking him to the convention.
Author’s Note: Incited by the Say What Friday challenge at 1_million_words. The prompt was: "A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on." - John F. Kennedy. Thought this might be a good start to something I’ve been meaning to work on for some time now.
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Title: Irish Coffee Revisited
Fandom: White Pine original fiction
Pairing: Travis Murphy/Ethan McDowell + Brennan and Ryan
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 1,847
Summary: A big storm is headed for White Pine, much like the one that originally brought Ethan and Travis together.
Author’s Note: Written for the Say What Challenge at 1_million_words. The prompt was ‘let it snow, let it snow, let it snow’.
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Title: Life Is…
Fandom: Romani Detective Original Fiction
Pairing: Gen – Andrej, Zayne, James, Trish and Hilary
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 1,146
Summary: Everyone is sharing lunch and getting philosophical. Sort of.
Author’s Note: Written for the Say What challenge at 1_million_words. This week’s challenge was to work commercial jingles into your fic. Easy peasy says the girl who once did this with song titles. (Now that’s a fic I hope no one ever reads). And yes, I took the challenge a little too literally. Sue me.
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