Dragon Age Kiss Battle!

[owlmoose]

As hinted/threatened, here it is!

Dragon Age Kiss Battle!

Based on the Kiss Battle that has run in the Final Fantasy fandom for the last few years (credit to seventhe for the most recent variation on the rules), this is just a fun way to celebrate February with lots of fun kissing fanworks. Any kind of kiss is welcome -- het, slash, femmeslash; shippy, familial, gen; cheek kisses, mouth kisses, kissing of... other things; serious fic, fluffy fic, silly fic; fanfic, fanart, whatever you come up with; anything goes!

The post will open to prompts and comments at approximately 9AM Pacific Time, Tuesday February 7th (Click here for the time in your timezone). I don't anticipate closing it at any point, so come by any time! Update: posting is now open!!

Update: I have created a master list of fic, here! If new stories are added, I will link them from the master list.

Update, Feb. 5th 2012: This is the 2012 kiss battle, and as of now it is closed to prompts. If you are interested in participating in the 2013 round, check out the info post!

THE RULES:

1. To leave a request: Post a comment with a pairing (or moresome) and, if desired, a prompt. Put the pairing/characters in the subject line and the prompt in the body of the comment.


2. To respond: Reply to the prompting comment. Include characters, rating, and title in the subject line.


3. Multiple responses are both allowed and encouraged!


4. There is no limit to the number of prompts you can post.


5. Please, be kind to others regarding pairing choices, prompts, or anything else. This game is for everyone! :)


6. Anon commenting is on, as is OpenID, if you neither have nor want a Dreamwidth account.


7. Send your friends! :D

If you have questions, please ask them here. Thanks, and happy kissing!!

Update: Thanks to ovo_lexa, there is now a Mass Effect Kiss Battle underway! (Now with bonus correct link! Oops.) Check it out.

Comments

Death and the Maiden (3/3)

[serindrana]

"I could ask you the same thing. I think the answer might be more interesting."

"I came to see- this body's wife. The woman that the man who once moved this form loved."

He does not seem like a demon. She cants her head.

"Why have you come here?" he asks again.

Her lips quirk in that hysterical smile she doesn't mean, and she shrugs. "My father. My brother."

"They are here?"

She points to the candle, the incense.

"Ah. You mourn them."

She nods.

A man might have shifted uncomfortably, or may have reached to comfort her. He may have stood, he may have changed the subject. Justice only sits.

A lovely name and idea, Justice. But she isn't sure it was real.

"Your body loved her?" she asks to change the subject. "This woman?"

"Yes."

"But your body is dead."

"Yes."

She purses her lips. "… Do you need a body to love, do you think?"

"I do not know."

She watches him. He doesn't blink and he sits unbearably straight and still. He is not a man, she thinks, and maybe that is what pushes her to lean in - or perhaps it is her ongoing fair with death, how it wraps coiled around her and doesn't want to let go.

She touches her fingers to his chin, and he lets her turn him to her.

"Maybe this can provide answers," she says, and she leans in and touches her lips gently to his.

There are no answers there for her, only thin, dry lips that leave the taste of death and Veil lingering on her mouth. The answer comes in how he closes his eyes, how he considers as she pulls away. He raises a hand almost wonderingly and touches at his mouth.

"I… remember this," he says at last. "Thank you."

She doesn't know what he is except for death, but he has never offered her a deal, or offered her anything at all. Her father taught her well. He is no demon, whatever he is. So when she rises, she has no fear of turning her back to him.

"Good luck, Justice," she says.

"Your name?" he asks, and she feels herself flushing.

"It doesn't matter."

"I wish to know it."

She considers a moment. She could give him a false name, Rhia or Vera. She could tell him Faith or Hope, but neither are qualities she bears with her daily. So instead she only smiles and says,

"Bethany."

"I am glad for our meeting, Bethany," he says. "… would you light a candle for me, as well?"

"Of course."

He doesn't smile, but the small incline of his head is enough. She curtsies slightly.

And then she retreats from death and out into the too-clear air of the city.

Re: Death and the Maiden (3/3)

[defira]

EEEEE This is so marvellous! Oh, precious Justice, so lost and confused, and then darling Bethany, my other favourite and then TOGETHER and she's so bold, and eeeeeeeeeeeee!!!

I fear I am too incoherent to leave any sort of message of love that isn't just sfakdjfasajfhad <3 <3 <3 <3 so I hope that will suffice?

Re: Death and the Maiden (3/3)

[serindrana]

YOUR FAVORITES TOGETHER was exactly what I was going for, darling. :D

Re: Death and the Maiden (3/3)

[combination_nc]

Oh my goodness this is completely fantastic. It is so beautiful, and I love how you write Bethany (BETHANY! EEEK!), how sweet yet bold she is, and then Justice. Justice. My heart *clutches* my heart is doing things. Aah, this is so wonderful!

Re: Death and the Maiden (3/3)

[serindrana]

(Bethany!)

I'll keep a thought open on maybe touching on this again some day. :D Thank you~!

Re: Death and the Maiden (3/3)

[owlmoose]

I *love* this! So beautiful, so Bethany, and their interactions are wonderful. I love how death permeates the story, but at the end there is just a bit of hope, too. The title is awesome, too.

Re: Death and the Maiden (3/3)

[serindrana]

Thank you! I love writing Beth, and I kind of wish I had pushed this a bit more. :) (And the title is one of my pet favorites. I always get excited when I find a place I can use it!)