Let the Promptathon Begin!

[sansets]

To join the battle, all you need to do is pick a prompt from below (any prompt, even if it's your own) and write/vid/manip/icon/draw/whatever the most creative bit of whatever you can create! And remember - PLEASE feel free to vid or icon or manip or do something non-written. We love ALL kinds of creative output equally!

When you've written/painted/made it, paste it into the comments here. Once you've done that, you can post it wherever else you want.

You may enter as many times as you like, so long as each entry is completely separate (not a series of linked pieces). Also, please do not link to old work - this should be something new, produced for the challenge, based on one of the prompts.

THE RULES

1. It must fit in one comment, so the limit is 4,300 characters (there's no minimum limit). It can be part of a longer piece that you may post elsewhere, as long as it's something new and based on one of the prompts, but all we want here is the part that you are most proud of. If you make art, if it's larger than 350 px wide, please use a thumbnail linking directly to the piece (directly to the artwork, not a post or site). The thumbnail can be up to 350 px wide, and 300 px high, and should include as much of the art as possible. If it is a vidlet or something else requiring dowloading, like a fanmix, please post the link to where we can download. Feel free to post a teaser image, but please confine yourself to the artwork preview rules.

2. Important! Please use the subject line of your comment to identify the snippet, like so: Title, prompt, rating (i.e. Fandom, Pairing, prompt word, rating system of your choice). For example, I might write: "Staying Awake, One Tree Hill, Lucas/Nathan, rain, R", or "The Sun Has Gone Down, Crossover, Torchwood/Stargate Atlantis, Jack/John, under fire, for all ages".

3. You have one week – the post will close for new entries next Sunday, April 1, at midnight eastern standard time. PLEASE be certain to check the World Time Clock to verify the deadline time in your area.

4. Don't forget that these prompts are only written as character one/character two for convience, NOT because of any requirement to make it a relationship story! Gen and friend are very welcome here. They can be interpreted in ANY WAY, so just imagine the FUN possiblities. You can take one prompt and write it, draw it, icon it, fanmix it, AND vid it. (Although if you have the time to do all of that in the week that these prompts are open, I might just have to kill myself out of jealousy :o) And you can use the characters in a different way each time. Don't be afraid to think outside the box!

5. Please don't post anything but your creations or feedback/feedback replies (to individual stories) here. If you've got any questions or comments, please leave them on this post right here, NOT on this post that you are currently reading. We'd like to keep this purely for the creative output (and feedback on the creations - readers/voyeurs, please do show the writers/artists much love for their creative offerings).

The prompts are right here
Thanks SO much to sageness for coding and lending hosting space on her site!

The prompts using only one character were listed first, followed by the prompts for more than one character. ALL crossovers are under both fandoms, so you don't need to worry about looking in multiple places for your crossovers - those listed under Smallville are the same listed under Supernatural, if you are looking for prompts for a Smallville/Supernatural crossover.

Finally! Warning: ALL ratings are acceptable here, from the things that you would show your aged grandmother, all the way up to to the things that would make a sailor blush. Use your own discretion, and please label your stories, art, and other creative output accordingly.

Thank you kindly!

rules stolen from oxoniensis and her AMAZING porn battle

Comments

Through the Glass, Rent, April, watching, G

[starletfallen.livejournal.com]

(Note: AU ficlet)

He can't move, staring through the glass and almost not noticing the almost stinging smell of antiseptic that permeates the hospital, just like every other hospital he's ever been in. He can't stand seeing her like this, being unable to do anything about it. He can't reach out to press the buzzer that would let a nurse know he's there, so they can come unlock the door and let him in.

So he just stands outside the door and stares through the glass.

She's wearing what looks like paper scrubs, dark blue, and socks with tread on the bottom so she doesn't slip on the linoleum floor. Not that she's walking around now - now she's just sitting in a chair, her knees pulled up to her chest, her arms - almost entirely white from the bandages wrapped around the stitches they had to put in to keep her alive - draped gingerly around them.

A nurse walks up to her with a tray, handing her a little sample cup and a cup of water. Pills. She takes them, her movements a little too slow, her eyes far too dull. She shouldn't be locked up like this, but then again she shouldn't have tried to leave them the way they did.

He knows he should go in, talk to her, let her know she's not alone and that he's there for her, that he loves her, but he can't make himself do it. Because there's no way he can explain to her why the person she would want to see isn't coming, why he's the only one visiting. He can't bring himself to be the one to break that news.

A nurse sees him through the glass and starts towards the door, but he shakes his head and steps back. He glances at her one more time, looking so young and lost and alone, and his heart breaks even more for her, and he has the most overwhelming urge to go in, to hug her, to tell her he loves her and that it's going to be alright.

But he doesn't. So Mark just turns from the door and walks away.