Fire-Tears

TITLE: Paradise Found FANDOM: Avengers (New Avengers) RATING: PG-13 PAIRING: Steve/Tony, other canon pairings WORD COUNT: 4 827 SUMMARY: Well, even a stopped clock is right twice a day. Paradise Found When you're one of the wealthiest men in the United States, a financial backer to the Avengers, and a superhero on the side, you tend to end up as a media target quite often, even without copious public screw-ups to add to the mix. That said, there's no real way to become accustomed to waking up to a veritable temporary village of news crews camped outside your residence. The fact that Tony was separated from them by ninety-three floors w

TITLE: Both Sides FANDOM: Teen Titans RATING: PG-13 CHARACTERS: Red X, Robin WORD COUNT: 1 944 SUMMARY: The side of bad, the side of good, and his own side; Red X is flexible. Both Sides Red X leaps from the ledge an instant before Robin throws himself at the thief, and he's falling toward the prize below even as Robin grabs the railing and vaults over after him. The thief turns himself around in mid-air, facing Robin as they drop. "Nice try, kid."  His palms glow as he forms the sort of X he wants in his mind and the xenothium reacts to it, forming the molecules into one of the designs programmed into the suit.  "But not good enough

TITLE: Saves the Day FANDOM: Teen Titans RATING: PG-13 PAIRING: (Implied) Red X/Robin SERIES: Comfort Beckons                  1. Impact                  2. Saves the Day WORD COUNT: 4 677 SUMMARY: The Teen Titans, Red X, and some guy who has issues with copyright infringement. Saves the Day "I AM THOR!" Some days, Robin reflected, it really wasn't worth it to get out of bed. "ALL SHALL HEAR MY THUNDER AND COWER IN TERROR!" "Yeah, yeah," Cyborg muttered, his arm shifting to its cannon form.  "Man, Robin, now we're getting villains who're impersonating comic book characters.  Not cool." Robin momentarily too

TITLE: Impact FANDOM: Teen Titans RATING: PG-13 PAIRING: (Pre-Slash) Red X/Robin SERIES: Comfort Beckons                  1. Impact                  2. Saves the Day WORD COUNT: 5 310 SUMMARY: Red X has fallen. Down, down, down into the darkness of the grave Gently they go, the beautiful, the tender, the kind; Quietly they go, the intelligent, the witty, the brave. I know. But I do not approve. And I am not resigned.              — Edna St. Vincent Millay Impact It starts out as routinely as any other Red X encounter — that is to say, nothing particula

TITLE: Degrees of Poison FANDOM: Artemis Fowl RATING: PG PAIRING: Implied Artemis/Holly. WORD COUNT: 5 050 WARNING: A very extended metaphor. Oh, and spoilers for The Time Paradox. SUMMARY: Being friends with Artemis, Foaly had said, would be like being friends with a viper. It was not an inapt analogy. After the events of The Time Paradox, Holly and Artemis have a discussion. Degrees of Poison It was almost three in the morning when Holly Short flew over the acreage that had belonged to the Fowls for generations. Her destination was, of course, Fowl Manor – it dominated the landscape, and she'd have no reason to cross over these