dollsome | the yay for friendship! comment ficathon

copperiisulfate and I were talking yesterday about how ~sexy times~ tend to get more attention than friendship on TV and in fandom, and what a shame that can be. (Although a pretty delightful and understandable shame.) So I was thinking that maybe it would be fun to celebrate good old-fashioned friend time in a comment ficathon. Which will either be super jolly, or super super lame. I can't quite decide. But I figure it's worth a shot! And really, it's always just fun to have an excuse to make up prompts.

Ergo ...

the yay for friendship! comment ficathon

RULES, or whatever

1. Despite the general concept, I think the pairings this can apply to are pretty widespread. Friendship is an important component of romantic love, after all! I guess the bottom line is to focus the fic more on buddydom than makeouts & such? (Basically: this is your spinster aunt's comment ficathon. I'm

dollsome, I'm worse than everybody's aunt.)

2. Prompts should basically have a 'Fandom -- pairing or characters -- prompt' format.

3. If you reply to a prompt, please put the fandom, pairing/characters, and title in your comment's subject line!

4. Be nice; have fun! :D

5. If you'd like to spread the word--

MASTERLIST OF RESPONSES ♥

Glee - Santana & Karofsky - Okay By Me in Lima, Ohio, America by

jesshelga

Doctor Who - Amy & Eleven, Amy/Rory - Space String by

copperiisulfate

Merlin - Gwen & Morgana - I wish you would by

copperiisulfate

Doctor Who - Eleven & Rory - Slape Diem by

magpieinthesky

Doctor Who - Martha & Ten - It's all a bit Harry Potter by

commen_sense

Sherlock - Sherlock & John - The game is off by

copperiisulfate

Merlin - Merlin & Gwen - HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? by

ityellsback

Merlin - Gwen & Morgana - sweet dreams are made of these by

copperiisulfate

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Merlin -- Gwen & Morgana -- It's not over, not truly

When Morgana appears in Camelot, cloaked and hidden in Gwen's chambers, Arthur is far into another country and Merlin is with him. Anyone would wonder how Morgana managed to elude the guards and get within the walls but Gwen knows better.

"My La--Morgana. What are you doing here?"

"Guinevere," she says, solemn, to the point. "I left something behind. I'm here for that and nothing else. You can choose to cooperate or not. It's up to you."

It has been nearly a year and they are no longer the people they once were, no longer the girls who shared blankets and shook twigs out of each other's hair. It's not what it was and Gwen has reminds herself lest she start feeling again. She chose to stay and Morgana chose to go, to become an entirely different realm, a place Gwen can't touch and a person she doesn't know.

Gwen swallows hard. She knows she should call the guards, should say something and try and stop her. Morgana left her rights to everything here when she left this place and they both know this.

(And even so, a part of her is torn. No, all of her is torn. I left something behind, Morgana said. Gwen doesn't dare hope anymore.)

"Right," Gwen breathes, "be quick."

She tells herself it's because she doesn't want any unnecessary trouble. The knights are either with Arthur or on patrol at the borders and the irony isn't lost on her. At this rate, the guards would probably be the ones hurt. Without Merlin, Gaius would have too much on his hands.

Gwen accompanies her to the library and Morgana is quick, efficient, putting Goeffrey to sleep with a snap of her fingers.

It's a book, small and leather-bound. Once she finds it, she clutches it close to her chest and hisses words that Gwen does not understand. She pauses for just a moment and there's a look in her eyes, something hidden and reluctant but underneath that, forlorn. Gwen only sees it because she knows what it looks like, has known it all her life and chased it away with hushed words and warm arms.

"You know," says Morgana, "you can still--"

I miss you too but-- "No, I'm sorry," and then, "you know that you can come back. Arthur would--"

"I can't," she says, cold, flat. Don't you ever want to, Gwen wants to ask. Much of the time, I want you to. All of the time, really.

As if she's read her mind, Morgana smiles. It's a changed smile, lacking the warmth and familiarity Gwen had curled up into once. Still, there is some sincerity in there, buried deep somewhere. "But thank you all the same," she whispers, just before vanishing in a whirlwind, "you know I--we always--"

"I know, Morgana. I know. Just hurry up and go."

She's sure this probably counts as treason, aiding and abetting the enemy in her escape. Gwen shakes her head and tries to fight off the smile.

All the feelings, ALL THE FEELINGS, this is so beautiful.

(And even so, a part of her is torn. No, all of her is torn. I left something behind, Morgana said. Gwen doesn't dare hope anymore.)

Crying foreverrr. I know that it will never be like this, but there is nothing that gets me quite as much as imagining Gwen and Morgana keeping their fondness for each other, in their own quiet wistful way, while the boys are all sound and fury and epic wars between good and evil.

thank you! i pretty much wrote this while bells for her was playing in the background and yeah, canon can go and suck it, these two will be soul sisters FOREVER. i too am a fan of the contrast between their (imagined) relationship, how it would be quiet, understatedness while the boys are all about the loud, grand gestures.

"And even so, a part of her is torn. No, all of her is torn."

UM. MY HEART. WHAT HAVE YOU DONE.

"Gwen only sees it because she knows what it looks like, has known it all her life and chased it away with hushed words and warm arms."

AND NOW MORGANA DOESN'T HAVE GWEN TO CHASE IT AWAY ANYMORE. BUT GWEN STILL DOES WHAT SHE CAN, LIKE SHE ALWAYS DOES. I JUST--I THINK YOU BROKE THE NON-CAPSLOCKING PART OF MY BRAIN. THIS IS THE ONLY WAY I CAN ADEQUATELY EXPRESS MY PAIN AT THEIR FRAYED FRIENDSHIP AND THE LOVELY WAY YOU PORTRAYED IT.

aw thank you! their relationship (frayed or intact) is so one of my favourites in all the world ♥

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