Ruth Sadelle Alderson

Summary: "Your kingdom has been isolated. It would be well for news to come of the lands beyond its borders."

Notes: I listened to Déanta's "Culloden's Harvest" on repeat while writing this. It's not thematically exactly right, but it fit atmospherically.


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( The Bloom of the Rose )

This story grew out of Chicago Parent's article on the Blackhawks baby boom. All of the other women look picture perfect; Abby looks exhausted. She says about life when Patrick's on the road, "I don't mean to throw him under the bus or anything. It's not too much different from when he's home because usually he's napping or resting for the game. But no, we're used to being on our own, you know, so it's really not that much different." About Patrick's relationship with Madelyn she says, "I think now that she's getting older, and can talk and play with him, he's just in love. ... He's really enjoying it, I think, now that she's getting out of the baby stage." I read that and thought, "No wonder she looks tired." There were also rumors floating around scurrilous anonymous gossip spaces (way before last season's specific rumor) that Patrick slept with other women.

I wanted to write a story where Abby gets fed up, takes the kids, and leaves, and then has to figure out how to, or even if she wants to, fix her marriage. This is the part of that story I wrote. I never got to the part where they figure it out and make it work, so be forewarned that this leaves off at an uncertain place. Part of what made writing this story fun was that I was writing it just for me - I decided to just write and not worry about finishing or ever posting it. Months would go by without my even looking at this story, and then I would sit down and write 600 words one day.

Content Notes: This story involves real life partners and children. Infidelity themes. There is a mention of Patrick Kane and his girlfriend makes a brief appearance.


( Abby has had enough )

The idea behind this is that Alex and Brandon hook up off and on. They don't talk about it, and they don't tell anyone about it, but Alex keeps borrowing Brandon's clothes. I only wrote some of the snippets of this story.


( Story )

Somewhere I was having a conversation with someone about the Habs in a coffee shop AU, and I typed out half a plot bunny into an email draft (which Gmail tells me I last edited in January 2014).


( Plot Bunny/Snippet )

Summary: P.K. comes home from a date one night to the TV on low and Brandon sitting on the couch with Alex stretched out asleep next to him, Brandon's hand resting in her hair.

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( Perspective )

I only ever wrote a couple of tiny snippets of this, but it would have been five hockey players Sid slept with plus one he didn't, where Geno is the one. I never figured out who all of the five were, but I did write some tiny bits about three of them.


( Plot Bunny/Snippets )

This is a companion of sorts to the Pears/Richie kneeling AU. (Well, actually the Pears/Richie was supposed to be adjacent to this, but that's the one I wrote.) While Tanner is assigned to Mike, Tyler is assigned to Jeff. I talked a lot about this, but never actually wrote the story. There's also a Mike and Jeff talking about Pears bit in here.


( Plot Bunny )

I didn't cobble together enough holiday spirit to send cards this year, I'm feeling a little stuck on my current writing projects, and I have a few days off for holidays this week and next week, so it seems like a good time to do prompt snippets.

Leave me a prompt by the end of the day Saturday and I will write you something by the evening of January 4. (If there are a lot of prompts or circumstances change, posting may extend beyond this date.)

Fine print/guidelines: One per person. Lurkers and anonymous commenters welcome. If you're posting anonymously because you don't have an LJ account but I know you elsewhere and you leave me your name, I will do my best to write something catered to your tastes. Generally first come first served, although things may jump the queue depending on inspiration and what can be written at work. I will write hockey, but not Patrick Kane, Drew Doughty, or the Avalanche. I may write other fandoms; feel free to ask if you want something else. I may veer from your prompt. I will take lyric prompts, but be forewarned that I'm not necessarily good at them. This is for new story ideas, not sequels or timestamps. I make no promises about length, but in the past prompt snippets have tended to be 300-3000 words.

Summary: When Kalia's fifteen, she stays out all night on a Friday night with a couple of her friends and doesn't pick up when her parents call.

Notes: Spoilers all the way through season 4. Title from Mumford & Sons' "Awake My Soul."

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( Where You Invest Your Love )

Part 1 - Part 2


( When It's Right (3/3) )