Bonnibel will get her first pokemon. She will be happy and smiling. She'll go on a journey, she'll catch pokemon, and she'll live out the dream every mother wants for her child. That's how this song always goes. It won't hurt to hear it again. After all, you're only unhappy when you want things you can't have.

There is no way I can make this sound original, ever. An attempt to write a believable RrB/PpG in high school fic. Rated M because teenagers use terrible language. "Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal." - Camus

She wanted to bash his face in and tie him up with his own damn piggin' string. Maka Albarn, next in line to inherit her mama's cattle ranch, tries to deal with a new cowboy on her land. Soul/Maka, cowboy!AU. Rated for future content.

Gameverse. Green/Red, some Green/Kris, and a large supporting cast. Sometimes the sea itself is a gift. Sometimes the gift is something it brings you. (aka my redgreen doctoral dissertation)

Waking up in an unfamiliar room one morning, Phoenix Wright suddenly finds a Prosecutor's Badge in his possession. With most of his allies suddenly acting hostile towards him, will he figure out what truly caused the world he knew to suddenly change? -NOT DEAD, I AM JUST RECOVERING FROM HATING SPIRIT OF JUSTICE'S ENDING-

Alex, stumbling through the time-stream. — Alex/Jonas.

She questions herself, she really questions herself and her life choices.

Between the two of them is a link. He wants to start a fight with her, though he can't tell if it's to attempt to dissolve their resonating side-effect or because he may or may not have PMS.

The earth holds an inescapable attractive force on the moon, holding it in orbit despite the astronomical effort it puts into moving forward. Sasuke knows this from experience. Post-canon celebratory smut

Barney/Robin drabbles for each episode of the series.

Or, The Lady Knight. At sixteen, Lizzy Middleford has been on a tour of the continent for a year. Now, she's a different, sharper person than before...and she's determined to take her place at Ciel's side, whether he likes it or not. All hail the Queen's Paladin. Eventual CielLizzy. Cover art by cielking-art on Tumblr. COMPLETE, with sequel upcoming. May be expanded.

Morality is subjective. To kill for place/home/ours is not wrong. - Lance, Manga!verse.

Sasuke's memories of Sakura are not based on sight. No: Sakura was a press of desperation along his back, a sob to "please, don't hurt them". Sakura was a cool hand around his wrist, startling against his feverish, new-cursed skin. Sakura was the taste of apples; the breeze of an open hospital window; the stinging pain of a third Chidori. Sakura resides in the heart.

It sucks to be the new transfer kid. Right?

It would be a night to remember. . . if they survived it.

The first time he asks Chitanda a question, he doesn't get an answer. — HoutarouChitanda.

Tabris is the angel of free will. He thinks maybe it's time to use it.

They grow older but don't grow up. — Mayaka, Satoshi, ten years too long and too short.

"We'll be alright." — RubySapphire, the dexholders, parenthood, mismatched clothes, and finding where you belong.

You have to put battle armor on your heart. — Mayaka, Satoshi, junior high and how everything starts and why it will never end.

And he surrenders, thinking, this person can't even leave me alone in my sleep. — Houtarou, Chitanda.

While the Reapers ravage Palaven, some of the Turians on Menae pass the time by trading stories about the species they've bedded. Garrus enlightens them on what it's like to be with a human. Originally posted on the MEK community on LJ.

She isn't called the capture pro for nothing. — Crystal, Red, Diamond, Emerald.

Katara keeps a journal of all the shenanigans that the Gaang run into. Chapter 49: there is much talk about the future - now that the war is over and everything is changing. Hakoda and Zuko talk. Katara decides that some things in life are worth the risk.

Chiaki x Makoto. I'll run to you, she said. Only, she didn't know how.

When a camera breaks on the RED base and an intern is sent in mid-battle to fix it, RED find themselves with a startling new addition. Scout, though, finds so much more and struggles to hide it from the rest of the team.

It's all fun and games until someone gets caught staring.

A scyther is captured, and she hates it - right up until she doesn't. Whether this is a good thing or not depends on who you ask.

A guilty conscience, an unplanned gift, and an uninvited visitor lead to unexpected consequences. Santa/Clover. Warnings for language and spoilers.

Before Clover pays Junpei a visit with the axe, she has other business to take care of behind door 2. Warnings for spoilers, language, and violence.

The idea that what she has now is all she's going to get is nauseating, all she gets is him and his black hole gaps and debilitatingly deep self reflection revelations.

People want to be scared, she knew. Wanted to be safe and scared at the same time, want, need. Fear with that all too squirm-worthy sexual edge to it, helplessness, but choosing it, wanting, needing, choosing to fear.

In some other place, a little boy takes his turn drowning in the river. — Yukiatsu, Anaru

Sometimes, you just can't help but mix the two together. — Roark, Byron.

Everything they are and everything they aren't. — Yukiatsu, Tsuruko.

for once in their lives, Rui made the silence while Wes tried to break it; apparently seedy hotels were actually good for something. - wes/rui, colosseumshipping.

Sleep, dear child. Close those pretty blues, lovely child. I am not asking for much. I have nothing against you. I just want a taste. It's not like I'm going to KILL you or anything.

Akihiko and Mitsuru and why they call each other by their first names. — Akihiko, Mitsuru.

Him and Shinjiro could be best friends now, probably, what with the whole getting shot, having a dead girlfriend thing. — Junpei/Yukari, Junpei/Chidori, Minako.

Persona 4, spoilers for November. Yukiko discovers that being the medic of a team involves fighting a different kind of battle entirely.

"You chased off Team Rocket and went to Ilex Forest alone? That takes guts! I like that. Come train with us." An imagined narrative of a Pokémon game without its central character. No implied Ships.

over the course of his travels, he has learnt to love her. —Lucas/Dawn.

axel/aurora- so they go slow, so the flame won't burn out.

First, he lost his badge. Then he lost Maya. And now Phoenix Wright will do anything at all to get her back, because he has faith, hope, and love, and the greatest of these is love. Phoenix/Maya, not a romance.

His easy words leave a bitter taste on the back of her tongue, but she chalks it up to perpetual disappointment. – May/Brendan

A Beginner's Guide for Unhappy People. — Gold, Silver, Red.

It all begins with one email. J/L

He needs to run, and Red needs to chase after him; that's how things are supposed to be.

Five times Roy Mustang drunk dialed Riza Hawkeye. RoyRiza.

Hungary's gender crisis, in six parts. Prussia/Hungary/Austria.

Watch out for them elderly ladies: they just might make your object of affection... or obsession... notice you. Pure, unadulterated crack.

... and Unsui could only pick one. It's the week before Team Japan's flight. Agon acts differently yet he's the same as always. Unsui thinks he finally gets it now. This is his choice.

She forgets about the burning cigarette until it singes her fingers. Pre-series.

Their gazes meet and, for a second, there is the spark of electricity that has always been there; the spark that had always formed the basis of their entire relationship. Two-shot.

manfred von karma's heirs, a thousand miles between them, and a single road to lead them to somewhere they might be able to call home. edgeworth/franziska. post-GS3.

SiriusPetunia—- "Do you take pleasure in scandalizing me?" -— eleven times they're almost something; in the end it doesn't make the slightest bit of difference.

Riza Hawkeye, before. RoyRiza.

You can lead a clown to Arkham, but can you keep him in?

Anko Mitarashi never gets chocolate on White Day. Kakashi Hatake tends to just buy chocolate for himself. I think you can see where this is going. Oneshot, Anko/Kakashi.

Because in the end, balancing on the brink of reality, she remains firmly immature. — StevenMay.

Pride will go before the fall, especially for a top tier trainer who thinks that taking on Falkner's gym will be easy.

Spoilers through December and Yukiko's social link. Having a Persona has helped Yukiko learn more about herself, but it's not helping her learn a thing about Souji.

It's not everyday you get a bento from a pretty girl. — Kakei x Otohime

Yoko meets a Kamina from a parallel world. The only problem is that where he’s from, she’s the one who died. — YokoKamina

Two countries, their circumstantial evidence, and a very long history of denial. — PrussiaHungary

In Bakuman... Shinta Fukuda must help Aoki Ko... with drawing panty shots. Really? Really. That in itself is a problem, isn't it? Be aware, there are slight spoilers for Death Note within

Nothing is as awkward as pre and post first kiss syndrome. — Sena x Suzuna

Hiruma comes up with a plan that involves putting Sena in a miniskirt and letting him loose in a hotel filled with football players. In the end, it turns out that no one wants to bone him. Hiruma is remotely disappointed.

Ten visitors to the same hospital room. Sasuke-centric, SasuSaku

It does not matter the day, nor the passage of time, even when we part, you'll always mine. Roxas/Namine

Apollo meets Sena and is forced to give hard work another chance. kirskipkat's Hard Work prompt.

His breath hitches. If he cries in front of Mitsuru, he can deal with it, but this is the street, and there are other people. They may forgive a crying man at a morgue, but Akihiko can't. / spoilers for october. scenefic.

Destiny? Nah. Nothing even close. But this is him, Mello, Mihael Keehl, the rowdy boy who never quite fit, the mafia prodigy and streak of fire cutting his way through the world. Mello, in seven kisses. Oneshot.

It's really quite something! Imagine ... Cataloging every kind of pokemon in the Sinnoh region! And in complete contrast, there's Lucas ...

The dresses, the ribbon: every shade of pink in her closet is a dream she knows will never come true now.

he’s left his mark on her through her smiles and he knows, just like she knows, that that’s enough.

Their story could never really be called 'normal' or 'traditional'. It didn't matter. -Vague spoilers through Emerald Arc, nothing definite beyond Volume 15 of the manga. OldRivalShipping, Japanese names.-

Naminé and Riku and things that almost were. Part of the Beyond the Ocean Beach series.

But when he gets over into that field, his world just gets kind of quiet. He likes it here. Read and Review.

The worst part about dreaming was waking up. —ZackAerith.

After Vera's trial comes an even more difficult struggle: trying to figure out what a normal life is and how to live it.

Kid is almost completely incapable of being entirely ‘in the moment,’ but then Patty is dragging him into a broom closet and laughingly pulling the door closed behind them-- ::Kid/Patty::

When Calvin finally sorts out his feelings for Susie, his timing is not great.

An experiment of a drabble, really. What would have been, what could have been, but what was never

Sasuke/Sakura. “Come with me, Sakura.” His words were so soothing, his touches so intimate, his kisses so real. Or, maybe, she just wanted them to be.

He never has much to say, so she settles for watching him. Short Neku/Shiki.

Ling, Ran Fan, and a pit. Surely nothing too drastic can happen.

Olette keeps buying four ice cream bars. Pence keeps taking pictures of empty space. Hayner knows something is missing, but he can't put a finger on it. Or bump a fist against it, either.

sora's mother : . Something is so very wrong with this family picture.

They meet by chance - they hide nothing, and in the end, they have nothing. Kristoph Gavin/Dahlia Hawthorne

S3 AU from FBM. Deep in the Fire Nation jungle, the Gaang meets a group of rogue water ninja who send Zuko and Katara on a mission to retrieve Ozai's secret battle plans.

What happens when two fated people never meet?

"Of course it's missing something vital. That's the point." Dennis Creevey takes up his brother's camera after the war.

Naruto's parents don't so much fall in love as accidentally trip over it. Manga spoilers.

Harry thinks the new Defence professor needs watching. Harry Potter/Death Note crossover

When Ino met her dream boy, it was on a bus to New York, and it took her several hours to learn his name and stop calling him 'Pinapple Head'. Sakura, on the other hand, literally ran into hers and got cake all over his shirt. Nice.

Afterwards, George Weasley never was the same. A story in endless present. DH spoilers, obviously.

Distance is love paralleled. /Steven x May, Hoennchampionshipping/

Settling Manfred's affairs, in an office quiet as stone: now was as good a time as any to feel nothing. EdgeworthFranziska

Axel/Alice — ﮦ The flowers were screaming and, finally, were red as they bled. Would you like some tea?

Facts of Life: Girls crushed on boys, girls were rejected by boys, girls developed fantastic vengeance issues and sometimes became sufficiently embittered to join a nunnery. Of course, Facts never really apply to Life. Or Haruno Sakura. [SasuSaku]

Anezaki Mamori knows all the rules good girls follow. HirumaMamori

Jacob doesn't even like geometry.

Caught somewhere between dream and duty, Franziska von Karma regathers the events and forces that have shaped her life.

Ema drops off some evidence with Kyouya. KyouyaEma, post GS4, some very vague spoilers.

When Draco fears he is being stalked by a creature no one’s ever heard of, he goes to the only person in the world who might believe him. DracoLuna.

It was incredibly rare to find a person so pathetic and deprived of love and affection that they’d turn to someone like him for comfort. Love, Zetsu realized, and humanity’s selfish desire for it, had bestowed him with a sense of normalcy.

Mamori knew taking the team out to karaoke was a bad idea. The alcohol just made it worse. [HiruMamo] Rating for language.

Hiruma. Identity.

Empty closets are good for lots of things. As Katara is going to find out, hiding is just one of them.

Part 2 of an ongoing series. A not so innocent statement turns into a bet, and a bet turn into a lot more. No tubular pieces of fabric called skirts were harmed in the production of this dirty piece of . . . well . . . RoyxRiza, Lemon, Elevators.

Set preCoM. Spoilers. Namine hears many stories before bedtime, each as different as the Organization member who tells them.

Every chapter brings twentytwo quick, random glimpses into the world of Naruto. Sometimes poignant, sometimes utterly insane...

Zack knows how he likes his women.

Jiraiya knows life isn't a game but when he's got Kakashi, Rin & Obito for the afternoon he'll be damned if he doesn't try teach them how to play. And since this is Jiraiya... guess the game...

Like somebody's groping through my mind... (Silent Hill 2)