Master post for all stories under or near 5k, though a few slightly longer works may be listed here to keep them with the rest of the stories of that type.
Some of the shorts are a response to prompts on the Workshop on Rough Trade or our writing server on Discord. Others are self-prompted in some fashion. And still others are part of a short-format challenge like a bingo or an advent calendar. Most of them are not beta’d. There are a variety of fandoms, central characters, relationships, and gen fic. I write in Microsoft Word and rely on it to tell me my final word count. Programs can vary in how they determine what a word is. So, please don’t paste my story into gdocs and then write to tell me my word count is off. Seriously. (Yes, that happened.) The stories are not connected to one other unless I specifically say so, nor are they connected to any of my other works. I may sometimes use worldbuilding, themes, or characters from another fic I’ve written. I may even write fanfic of my own work. Also, it’s possible a short story may inspire a longer work. Alphabetical list of all short stories The Actual Words – NCIS, Hawaii Five-0 – Tony DiNozzo/Steve McGarrett Aloha – Hawaii Five-0, NCIS – Steve/Tony #mothership The Broken Chain – NCIS – Gen – Prompt: Survival Callous Disregard – SGA – pre John/Rodney The Calm Before the Storm – Harry Potter – pre Harry/Hermione, pre Draco/Neville The Cave – SGA, NCIS – John/Rodney, Mitchell/Alex Sheppard, Carter/David Sheppard, Ronon/Matt Sheppard Choices – SGA, Sentinel Fusion – John/Rodney A Common Disaster – MCU – Betty/Bruce Daring – NCIS, Numb3rs – Pre-Tony/Ian Edgerton Desires – Hawaii Five-0 – Tony DiNozzo/Steve McGarrett Everybody Knows – MCU – Gen Famous Last Words – NCIS, Harry Potter – Tony DiNozzo/Zale Wright (sequel to Pink) Foolishly – NCIS – Tony/Brad Pitt (the doctor, not the actor) Force Protection – Stargate: Atlantis, NCIS – Gen Handmade – NCIS – Tony DiNozzo/Randolph Rampart In Need of Handling – SGA – John/Rodney Interlude – NCIS, Hawaii Five-0 – Tony DiNozzo/Steve McGarrett & Tony/Steve/Gibbs Intervention – SGA – Gen, future John/Rodney Jurisdiction – H50, NCIS – Tony DiNozzo/Steve McGarrett #mothership Mend What’s Broken – Criminal Minds, NCIS – pre-Tony DiNozzo/Penelope Garcia Out – MacGyver 2016 – Tony DiNozzo/JackDalton Perishable – NCIS, MCU – hints of future Tony/Vanessa/Wade Wilson Perspective – MCU – Gen, future Dom/Tony Stark Pink – NCIS, Harry Potter – Tony DiNozzo/Zale Wright Ruination – NCIS – pre-Toni/Cassie Yates Saying No – NCIS – Gen – Prompt: Revenge Something to Say – NCIS – pre Tony/Gibbs Spaced – Teen Wolf, SGA, Sentinel Fusion – John/Rodney, Derek/Stiles Stay – NCIS – Tony/Gibbs That NCIS Guy – NCIS, Hawaii Five-0 – Tony DiNozzo/Steve McGarrett #mothership The Fourth Want – Hannibal – Hannibal Lecter/Will Graham An Unusual Malady – The Hobbit – Thorin/Bilbo When the Dust Settles – NCIS – Gen Where the Spirit Leads – Teen Wolf, Sentinel Fusion – Derek/Stiles White Christmas – NCIS, Criminal Minds – Tony DiNozzo/Aaron Hotchner Worth It – Criminal Minds – Tony DiNozzo/Penelope Garcia The prompt Calendar can be found on the Writing & Junk website. Worth It – Criminal Minds – Tony DiNozzo/Penelope Garcia
Perspective – MCU – Gen, future Dom/Tony Stark Intervention – SGA – Gen, future John/Rodney Jurisdiction – H50, NCIS – Tony DiNozzo/Steve McGarrett #mothership An Unusual Malady – The Hobbit – Thorin/Bilbo Choices – SGA, Sentinel Fusion – John/Rodney Everybody Knows – MCU – Gen A Common Disaster – MCU – Betty/Bruce Daring – NCIS, Numb3rs – Pre-Tony/Ian Edgerton I participated in the 2019 Profilers for Christmas Advent Calendar. Information about the challenge can be found here. There are four stories, and each story has a companion art piece that fills a separate prompt. The goal for these is 1,000 – 5,000 in length. White Christmas – NCIS, Criminal Minds – Tony DiNozzo/Aaron Hotchner Handmade – NCIS – Tony DiNozzo/Randolph Rampart That NCIS Guy – NCIS, Hawaii Five-0 – Tony DiNozzo/Steve McGarrett #mothership The Fourth Want – Hannibal – Hannibal Lecter/Will Graham
The forum for Thursday Vignettes and Monthly Drabbles on the Rough Trade Workshop. These stories are 500 – 2,000 words. Aloha – Prompt – Hawaii Five-0, NCIS – Steve/Tony #mothership Perishable – Prompt – NCIS, MCU – hints of future Tony/Vanessa/Wade Wilson When the Dust Settles – Prompt – NCIS – Gen Short-story responses exploring a specific character. These stories are 1,000 – 2,000 words. The Actual Words – NCIS, Hawaii Five-0 – Tony DiNozzo/Steve McGarrett- Prompt: Steve McGarrett Force Protection – Stargate: Atlantis, NCIS – Gen – Prompt: John Sheppard Interlude – NCIS, Hawaii Five-0 – Tony DiNozzo/Steve McGarrett & Tony/Steve/Gibbs – Prompt: Tony DiNozzo Mend What’s Broken – Criminal Minds, NCIS – pre-Tony DiNozzo/Penelope Garcia – Prompt: Penelope Garcia Out – MacGyver 2016 – Tony DiNozzo/JackDalton – Prompt: Jack Dalton Ruination – NCIS – pre-Toni/Cassie Yates – Prompt: Rule 63 Short-story responses to one-word thematic prompts on the Workshop. These stories are 500 – 1,000 words. The Broken Chain – NCIS – Gen – Prompt: Survival Callous Disregard – SGA – pre-John/Rodney – Prompt: Fury The Calm Before the Storm – Harry Potter – pre Harry/Hermione, pre Draco/Neville – Prompt: Fury The Cave – SGA, NCIS – John/Rodney, Mitchell/Alex Sheppard, Carter/David Sheppard, Ronon/Matt Sheppard – Prompt: Cave Desires – Hawaii Five-0 – Tony DiNozzo/Steve McGarrett – Prompt: Surrender Famous Last Words – NCIS, Harry Potter – Tony DiNozzo/Zale Wright – Prompt: Sword (sequel to Pink) Foolishly – NCIS – Tony/Brad Pitt (the doctor, not the actor) – Prompt: Wet In Need of Handling – SGA – John/Rodney – Prompt: Revenge Pink – NCIS, Harry Potter – Tony DiNozzo/Zale Wright – Prompt: Magic Saying No – NCIS – Gen – Prompt: Revenge Something to Say – NCIS – pre-Tony/Gibbs – Prompt: Cave Stay – NCIS – Tony/Gibbs – Prompt: Wet
Spaced – Teen Wolf, SGA, Sentinel Fusion – John/Rodney, Derek/Stiles – Drabble based on the art for Marlislash Where the Spirit Leads – Teen Wolf, Sentinel Fusion – Derek/StilesAbout
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Writing&Junk
One Sentence
Where we write from the same, specific prompt. 2,000 – 5,000 words. Usually me, Keira, and Ladyholder, but anyone is welcome to join in.
Advent Calendar
Thursday Vignettes
The link to the prompt is to the Rough Trade Workshop, so you can see the image that inspired the story and read other answers to the prompt. You’ll have to be logged in over on Rough Trade in order to see any content on the Workshop.
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Other Shorts
Various other works of mine where the word count is under 5,000 words.