always been crazy

So, I have a long overdue fic due to jackiesjunkie, because she is made of awesomesauce and made a donation to my Relay for Life campaign in response to this post.

I do have to say, it's a challenge writing for jackiesjunkie because she is awesomesauce and I want to write something worthy of her, but nothing I wrote seemed to work for me. And I owe her 1000 words of The Used, bandom babies, with babies clarified as Either Drive A or Dan's unborn daughter Farrah. Since I had trouble, she gets two 500 word ficlets. She's also going to be getting a package in the mail in the next week or so, and her name on a sunshine card that'll be prominently displayed on our banner since she was our very first donor for the year.

The Used & Drive A

( Oh my god, Quinn, they're babies! )

Dan + his daughter

( Two pink lines on a home test, a second and third just to be sure. )

Thank you, jackiesjunkie! I'm sorry for the delay, and I appreciate you more than you know. LOVE YOU! <3

So, a few of us are having a Word Count Challenge to try and motivate one another to write something, and the first checkpoint is midnight EST. Prize has yet to be determined, and there will probably be a second part of the challenge tomorrow. We're just going by word count, it's not necessary that you actually post what you write. I'm obviously going to have a few hours of non productive time tonight so I'm trying to get ahead before I go out, but I'm failing just a little bit. Part of the problem is that since I'm working on my BBB, I keep looking for sections that I know I've written but that are not actually in my BBB file. I need these things for reference and cannot find them!

But I did find a drabble from a while back, so here. *shares*

"You are an old man, Jepharee," Bert tells him. "Old and grumpy. I'm gonna buy you an old man sweater and some slippers, maybe some viagra so you'll be less grouchy."

Jepha finds it really hard to take Bert seriously when he’s looking at him upside down, feet thrown over the arm of the couch and head hanging over the edge. Jepha doesn't point out that his mom gave him new slippers for Christmas, or that if he wanted an ugly old man sweater he would just steal one from Quinn, or that he definitely doesn't need the viagra. Really, he doesn't think it’s too much to ask that Dan and Quinn take their strangely physical drinking game somewhere other than the table where he has his books spread out, trying to brush up on his Japanese. It seems he forgets most of his words quicker than he learns them.

Bert probably knows what he’s thinking anyway. He’s wearing that smirky little grin that Jepha can admit is pretty endearing, even upside down. He flips off the couch – landing on his feet, like always, because Bert is apparently part cat and also still part gymnast. Jepha doesn't really want to know the wheres or whys behind Bert still practicing those skills.

Bert presses a smacking kiss to Jepha's cheek and whispers, "I still love you even if you are a grumpy old man."

Jepha smiles, even though that’s not a secret at all, and rolls his eyes. "Love you, too."

So, do yall remember the meme challenge thingy I mentioned in this post a few days back?

The original challenge was to take the first five songs to come up on random in your itunes/whatever player you use for music files and take the first line of the second verse of each song and create a ficlet incorporating those lines. Awesome challenge, right? So I'm gonna alter it a little bit, if anyone is interested in playing along with me. If you leave me a comment, I'll give you the first line of the second verse of the first five songs to come up in MY itunes shuffle, and you use them to create a ficlet. Any fandom/pairing/whatthefuckever. Anyone wanna play? (for the record, I generally pick the first line after the chorus of the song to be the first line of the second verse, but sometimes it's just an arbitrary line b/c I'm not sure.)

Anyway, here's what I wrote based on that.

( Apparently the majority of what I write anymore is Brendon and Spencer )

I have another one, a Jess one (kinda Jess/Sam, but mainly Jess) but it's not typed up. And I'm not sure where my notebook is? Maybe in the van. It's not within arm's reach of the bed, so whatever. I'll get it tomorrow.

Also, irisgirl12000 wrote five drabbles in the girl!Bren 'verse, so go read those.

Seriously, what is with you crazycakes people trying to get me to write The Used? Really, Idk if it's because I'm so intimidated by how awesome my favorite The Used writers are or if it's because I can't get my words straight when it comes to them. Kinda like Quinn Allman giving an interview, lol.

I still owe a drabble/ficlet to desticex, but here are the rest. I think. And they're basically just freeform rambling, so there's that. Plus, unbetad. Enjoy! :)

230 words for poetry_chik, who asked for Patrick/Spencer, love, music, sweet.

( Sorry Pete keeps molesting your boyfriend. )

280 words for stratospherique, who asked for Dan/Quinn, neck, grubby, hoodie.

( Quinn could feel the sweat rolling down the back of his neck and his shirt sticking to him in awkward places. )

215 words for yana_ambf, who asked for Shelter!fic, argument, kiss, wine.

( It was a stupid argument... )

250 words for thedogstarlives, who asked for Brendon/Ryan (unrequited), makeup, eyes, time. (for the record, I'm not a real big Ryro fan)

( Brendon knew when he walked into the garage behind Brent that his life was going to change forever. )

200 for irisgirl12000 Spencer + stealing hotel toiletries.

( Zack, we have a problem. )

315 words, also for irisgirl12000. Spencer, quiet, sleepy, scent.

( The house was quiet when Spencer let himself in. )

150 words for maryangel200, who asked for Frank/Gerard, dog, sheets, shoes.

( Frank loved hotel nights. )

539 words for novalinedy, who asked for Tom/someone, sick, coffee, blankets.

( I'm fine, Tom. )

Untitled Bandom Ficlet!
400 words || panicboys || au || I disclaim that they totally aren't mine and I mean no harm.

For irisgirl12000, who encourages me when I'm slacking on trying to get ahead on my homework and tells me "THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS TOO MUCH BARISTA!JON".

Also, reallythateasy is sending me bits of a Tom/Brendon spinoff of this that is totally making my night. *hearts*

( Spencer knew Ryan was hearing him bitch, even as he kept his attention on the book he had open in his lap. It wasn't like it was that big a deal anyway; it wasn’t something that Ryan actually needed to listen to. It was just that Ryan had been so wrong this time. )

fic dump post # 2

Taking a Break
SPN / Dean/Sam / Adult / 721 words

started as a fic for Dean’s birthday a year and a half ago…

( And Dean's being... well, he's being moody and Sam-like, and Sam really doesn't like it. )