multifandom: 3-sentence fics

[whynot]

Written for the 3-sentence ficathon.


Harry Potter/Narnia, Edmund/Ginny, rainy streets of London

There is a street in London where the air seems to shimmer and the light bends as if through a veil, and this is where he meets her. Ginny isn't like the other girls, and Edmund is not as surprised as he thinks he should be that he ends up telling her about Jadis. She listens and holds his hand like she knows what it is to be taken, to be made promises to, and to be touched by cold skin and be completely undone.


Chronicles of Narnia/The Matrix, Neo/Trinity/Edmund, "Yes, I know kung fu."

Edmund downloads training modules diligently, and even Trinity has to admit to herself that she hasn't seen such rigor of training since they were prepping Neo to save the world. It's not an unfamiliar coping mechanism; many people who have been rescued from the Matrix like to lose themselves in all sorts of things -- training, drugs, alcohol, crippling depression -- and it's always these first few weeks when they're most volatile.

But Edmund is different, centered, and when Neo tells him later that he's coping strangely well, Edmund just smiles and says it's not his first time dealing with realer realities.


Chronicles of Narnia, Peter and Edmund, at the end of our journey.

"What will you do in this country, I wonder," Edmund muses, "without enemies to fight and soldiers to lead?"

"I plan to enjoy my death, brother," Peter smiles. "I hope my enemies and soldiers will do the same."


Chronicles of Narnia, Peter/Jill, treat her like a lady.

The first ball in Aslan's country is twice as grand as any ball Peter can remember from back in his living days. Death removes all boundaries and now there shall never be an end to splendor. There shall never be an end to laughter and love, and when Jill shyly steps forward and takes Peter's proffered hand, he draws her close and together they waltz across the floor.


Narnia, Edmund/girl!Edmund, meeting

He doesn't ask her name because he doesn't need to. There is such familiarity in her movements that he can almost predict her next step, and when they stand face to face, eye to eye, he doesn't ask her secrets because he already knows.

"I am not strange to you, Ed?" she teases, and he replies, "I have experienced things far stranger," as he leans in for a kiss.


Chronicles of Narnia, King Frank/Queen Helen, when we were young

For all the bounty of their new kingdom, they can't quite get the scones to taste quite right.

"Too much magic in the water, what?" Helen says, and her tone is joking, but Frank recognizes the faraway look in her eyes.

"Perhaps it's the magic in your smile," he muses dramatically, and she blushes as he takes her hand.


Macbeth/Othello, Lady Macbeth/Iago, nefarious plots

LADY MACBETH
What of that Puck? The words that reach mine ears
Do not so favor him.

IAGO
Perhaps he'll do.
I s'pose we'll fleece him for the fun of it.


Mary Poppins, Michael, carried away on a kite

"You are making quite a racket!" says the pigeon.

"I want to go down!" Michael yelps, and hangs on tighter to the contraption as they sail past the Big Ben.

"Well, yelling about it isn't going to be conducive to the situation either, is it?" the pigeon sniffs, and Michael thinks that for all that it is a pigeon, it is probably right.


Physical Science, Solid/Gas/Liquid, really all the same

Like the triune god of Christianity, they are essentially the same thing, but are different for the satisfaction of our love affair with division. For them to love each other, they must love themselves, and thus accept themselves -- their past, their present, their future. They hold us as we hold them: you rise from the water to breathe in the air, and in the end, the earth will open her arms to receive you.


objective/subjective, it's all in the way you look at it

You cannot love that which does not exist, but the subjective thinks: maybe I love her precisely because she does not exist. But then objectivity appears to him in unexpected moments, solid as anything and bearing proclamations of truth, and it becomes a competition between them to see who is the last to come undone, who will falter, who will succumb. Perhaps she is only a figment of his imagination - a vision of stability born of his own shifting boundaries - but he finds himself wanting to sink into her arms and find refuge in her hard-eyed faith, and he misses her when, inevitably, she fades away.


English, comma/period, always apart

"Yes, the period lives on the eastern border of our land," says the sentence, but when the comma asks him how he can find her, the sentence refuses to answer.

"She has no wish to see you, comma," the sentence proclaims. "The two of you were never even meant to meet."


Fight Club, Tyler/Narrator, "What's your problem? It won't hurt." "You think I don't want it to?"

"They say you only hurt the ones you love," Tyler drawls, "but the opposite is also true.

"I don't love you."

But Tyler just leans back in his seat, grins that shit-eating grin, and says, "Same diff."


Peter Pan/Star Trek, wee!Spock as Peter and wee!Kirk as Wendy, "Boy, why are you crying?"

"I've lost my shadow," the boy sobs.

"...That is highly illogical," Spock decides.

"There it is!" the boy suddenly yells, and illogically rises into the air and flies after it, only to logically crash into the wall.


And I'm just gonna link to these because they got a bit round-robinny:
Merlin/Wall*E, Arthur & Wall*E, "it can't be your MANservant if it's not a MAN"
Wall*E/Merlin, Morgana & Wall*E, "Can I keep it?"
Narnia/Wall*E, Susan & Wall*E, companion
Because Wall*E is the bestest BFF anyone can ask for.


Skins, Tony and Effy, kiss my eyes and lay me to sleep

After that whole business with Cook, Effy takes the train to Cardiff and her parents don't even try that hard to stop her. Tony lets her sleep on the ratty sofa that he's dragged into the dormitory, but when she climbs into his bed in the morning, he doesn't protest. He wraps his arm around her and pulls her close.


Geometry, 3D/2D, "You're growing up, dear"

And 3D smiles sadly, saying, "No, I'm not, you're just seeing one side of me again."

"When you leave me," 2D says in a shaky voice, "and go to those places that I can't go, will you think of me?"

And 3D leans in close and whispers, "Baby, you'll always be a part of me."


Avatar, Sokka/Zuko, teach him a lesson he won't soon forget

Sokka insists it's just simple mathematics when he explains boomerang trajectories and throwing speeds. Zuko pretends to be interested, and he thinks that this must be what it's like for non-benders -- they have to rely on things like math to compensate for their lack of connection with the constituent parts of the world.

Still, there are some things that boys have in common: when Zuko suggests a swim in lieu of geometry, Sokka says, without hesitation, "Just let me get my trunks."


Macdonald Hall, Bruno/Boots, falling asleep together

During finals, Boots wakes up in a mess of history notes and Bruno Walton's limbs. The last thing he remembers is reviewing the Napoleonic War on his bed as Bruno sat on his chair and complained about how boring Napoleon actually was, but apparently that was last night, and now it's the morning and Bruno is snoring in his ear. Maybe Boots should be wondering why Bruno is in his bed, but truth be told, he doesn't mind (he really doesn't), and he shifts so their bodies align more comfortably and falls back asleep with Bruno's arm around him.


Macdonald Hall, Bruno/Boots, "it took you two long enough"

"It took us long enough," says Bruno.

"I guess it did," Boots admits, not without a smile.

And finally, finally, Bruno kisses him -- which is when Sidney Rampulsky appears around the corner, sees them, and trips over his feet in surprise.


Narnia/Macdonald Hall, Bruno and Edmund, mischief

"Stop that!" Edmund commands as Bruno swings the sword around. "It's just for show and we're not actually going to kill anyone at the meeting, all right?"

"I know, I know," Bruno says in an assuring tone as he nearly lops the head off a nearby faun.


Sailor Moon, Rei/Minako, Yves Saint Laurent

Minako actually has the Britney Spears and J. Lo perfumes and Rei taunts her endlessly about it. "They smell nice," Minako protests, but of course Rei just rolls her eyes. She prefers Parisienne from YSL, and Minako can smell it every time she leans in to kiss her.


Ocean's Eleven, Linus Caldwell, competence

"Wow, guys, a simple thank you would would have sufficed," says Linus.

Rusty and Danny exchange looks and Linus kind of hates it when they do that, like they're communicating private jokes and they're all about him, and Danny says, "Well, the spiel to the warden about the inhumane treatment of prisoners was probably overkill," and Rusty nods in agreement, of course.

Linus throws his coat and his fake badge in the backseat and replies, "Fine, that's the last time I get you out of jail."


Santa and Pete, Sinter/Piet, "Hey, Nick, have you ever thought of having wolves pull our sleigh?"

"Ah, my little Moor," Nicholas chortles in his booming voice, "this is why I enjoy your company so: you never cease to make me laugh."

Piet replies quietly, "I do not wish to make you laugh."

"Quite right," says Nicholas, "for making people laugh ought to be my business, isn't that right?"

Piet sighs and looks out at the snowy landscape which is nothing like the home he once knew, but now the only home knows. The love of his master is great and engulfing, and it is the only love he has.


Psych, Gus/Shawn, bubblegum.

"Shawn, did it ever occur to you," Gus says, "that blowing bubblegum is maybe not really the subtlest thing you can be doing on stakeout?"

And Shawn's mouth is full of gum right now, so he can't say anything, but if he could, he'd say: stake-outs are important, but some things are really important e.g. blowing the biggest bubblegum bubble since Shawn was, like, nine. Besides - and speaking of not subtle - Gus didn't complain on the last stakeout when Shawn blew him, so.


The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest, Jonny, his (and/or his friends') reaction to the rumors of Zac Efron being hired to play him

"It's an improvement on your face, I suppose," Jessie shrugs.

"I'd like to see him outrun me on a Questworld hovercraft," Jonny mutters, "'cos you know they're just gonna do all that in CGI."

"To be fair," Hadji says, "Questworld is pretty much all CGI."