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Title: “All the PI’s Men”
Author: ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) em2mb
Pairing/Character: Logan/Veronica, Mac, Keith, Weevil, Wallace, Piz, Sacks.
Word Count: 9,211
Rating: NC-17
Summary: “All... right,” Piz said slowly. He picked up the potato hunk, practically pointing it at her. “But if the next words out of your mouth are an alibi saying Logan was with you, like, with you, just know I’m making you go on my radio show.”
Spoilers: Through 3x20, “The Bitch is Back”
Warnings: Violence, language, sex, character death. Even Cliff McCormick probably wouldn’t defend this one in a court of law.
Disclaimer: Strangely enough, they still don’t belong to me.
Author's Notes: This old thing? *bats eyelashes*
( 'I loved Veronica, and I lie awake in my cell every night trying to figure out where I went so wrong in that relationship to end up accused of brutally stabbing her to death.' )
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Here's the deal. A very, very long time ago, I signed up for a table at ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) 100_situations. At the time, it seemed like a good idea - I would write, and the prompts would provide me with jumping off points.
Of course, then life got in the way and I took a break from fandom. I'm back now, trying to clear old projects off the hard drive, with the better part of 100 stories waiting to be finished. But it's something I want to do, even if one-word isn't quite the jumping off point I hoped it would be.
So here's where you can help. Go, take a look at my table, and pick a word, any word. Anything that's not in plain text (not italics or a hyperlink) is fair game. Leave me a comment with a line, a word of dialogue, a one-sentence prompt, anything that gives me a little more to work with. You can even issue a challenge within a challenge. And I'll start writing them in the order requests are received. You'll get credit for your inspiration and more Logan/Veronica fic to read.
And look for chapter three of All the PI's Men by the end of the week.
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Title: “You Don’t Need a Weatherman to Know Which Way the Wind Blows”
Author:em2mb
Pairing/Character: Logan/Veronica, Lilly, Duncan, Mac, Wallace, Weevil, Lamb.
Word Count: 3,374
Rating: R
Summary: Berkeley, 1967 – Lilly snorted. “A part of me wants to see Duncan get drafted. I wonder how much Daddy would support this war if his son had to fight it.” It won’t be much longer before Veronica has to choose a side.
Spoilers: Through 1x22, “Leave it to Beaver”
Warnings: Character death, rape, and gratuitous nostalgia for a decade I didn’t live through
Author's Notes: A very long time ago, vm_library hosted a “Different Time and Place” challenge for which I (quite clearly) missed the deadline. But more than a year later, I haven’t managed to shake the idea of Veronica attending UC-Berkeley in the late 1960s. Title cribbed unabashedly from the position paper of everyone’s favorite radical domestic terrorist group, the Weather Underground Organization, which they borrowed from Bob Dylan’s “Subterranean Homesick Blues.” Apologies for any historical inaccuracies. I’ve done my very best. Written in part for 100_situations. Prompt: war.
( A sultry smile spread across Lilly’s face. ‘Check out our gardener,’ she hissed. )
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Title: Stove Top
Author: em2mb
Pairing/Character: Logan/Veronica.
Word Count: 1,000: five snippets, 200 words each.
Rating: PG
Summary: “Southern California is just more… tofurkey, you know?” Five Thanksgivings.
Spoilers: Generally through 3x20, “The Bitch is Back”
Warnings: If you make like Chandler on Turkey Day, avoid the warm fuzzies.
Author's Notes: A day late and a dollar short, that’s me. But I started this one after Grey’s last night, wouldn’t let myself go over 200 words for each Thanksgiving, and still pulled off the bulk of it in three hours. I just didn’t get around to posting. I’m not dead. I’m just in my reporting semester at MU for another three weeks. I don’t own them. Written in part for 100_situations. Prompt #96: Writer’s Choice – Thanksgiving.
( 'And miss the debacle?' Logan’s voice crackled with amusement. 'I don’t know, Veronica. You’re cooking the whole meal in that shit hole apartment?' )
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Title: “All the PI’s Men”
Author: em2mb
Pairing/Character: Logan/Veronica, Mac, Keith, Weevil, Wallace, Piz, Sacks.
Word Count: 10,135
Rating: NC-17, some of the good kind, some of the not-so-good kind.
Summary: “He just didn’t seem like the type,” Mac said flatly. Finally, she allowed her boyfriend to wrap his arms around her. “Right?”
Spoilers: Through 3x20, “The Bitch is Back”
Warnings: Violence, language, sex, character death. Even Cliff McCormick probably wouldn’t defend this one in a court of law. Not that I blame him. As those of you who read the first part already know, this one is dark.
Author's Notes: If they were mine, then the third season would have ended differently, and I wouldn’t have felt compelled to write this. No, Rob owns Veronica—I just borrow her and return her in less-than-stellar condition. Special thanks to the usual suspects, lazaefair, jayiin and earth2mars, as well as everyone that’s stuck around to read more.
( Logan smirked, trying not to feel hurt. 'Should I wait by the phone?' )
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Title: “All the PI’s Men”
Author: em2mb
Pairing/Character: Logan/Veronica, Mac, Keith, Weevil, Wallace, Piz, Sacks.
Word Count: 9,754
Rating: NC-17, and not always the good kind. This chapter is tamer than what’s to come, but you’ve been warned: it’s dark and twisty.
Summary: Dammit, Veronica, he thought. Are you starting to see what it does to us when you insist on running off on your own like this?
Spoilers: Through 3x20, “The Bitch is Back”
Warnings: Violence, language, sex, character death. Even Cliff McCormick probably wouldn’t defend this one in a court of law. Not that I blame him. Seriously, folks. This one is dark.
Author's Notes: Even Rob Thomas thinks he’s a whore, so I’m borrowing his characters. Special thanks to lazaefair, who was always happy to plot fic with me instead of studying; jayiin, who always makes my writing worth reading; and earth2mars, who gave me the encouragement to keep going. Title very obviously ripped from the Woodward and Bernstein book, which lazaefair was supposed to talk me out of BUT NEVER DID. Written in part for 100_situations. Prompt: traitor.
( ‘I’m saying it’s a bad idea to storm into the bar where known members of the Irish mob play pool.’ )
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I am seriously all over the place with this whole writing thing. I currently have:
-three chapters of All the PI's Men being beta'd (they'll all ultimately fit prompts for 100_situations)
-an epilogue to All the PI's Men I can't stop tweaking
-a Lamb vs. Veronica one-shot half-finished that will probably become "medicated" on the prompts table
-a pre-series one-shot about Keith and Veronica that may or may not see the light of day (it's up to lazaefair, really, since she's supposed to be telling me whether it sucks or not)
-a mostly-finished fic in the 5thingsthat style that I only noticed b/c I was transfering things from the external hard drive to my new computer
-a strong desire to tackle the word "bubble" because someone asked me to at one point, and I really think I should deliver
-a wrong and naughty idea to fit this month's vm_library prompt AND
-the urge to write sweet and sappy L/V to redeem myself for all the dark and twisty I've been bringing lately
So. If you've been wondering what I was up to, there you have it. I'm logging more hours than I'd care to admit behind this computer screen in hopes of delivering some quality fic in the near future. I could really use a life, but every time I go out, I kinda want to return to the precious (yes, my new computer is the precious) to write.
Edit: Apparently, I have so many things to work on that I can't even remember them all. Add to the list:
-Charlie!Fic (it's L/V, but somehow I'm writing it from Charlie Stone's POV? Yeah, don't ask)
-a future fic in the Neverland verse
-a post season three fic on a somewhat more positive note than All the PI's Men
-a summer fic that goes between seasons two and three
I think I may have written myself in over my head. Heh, but I'm really excited about tackling/finishing a lot of these.
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Title: “Lullaby”
Author: em2mb
Pairing/Character: Jake, Lilly/Weevil, Duncan, Lilly/Logan, Logan/Veronica.
Word Count: 1,307
Rating: R
Summary: Sometimes Veronica Mars wonders if Lilly Kane ever existed at all. She’s remembered as a daughter, a sister, a lover, a friend, as everything and nothing at all.
Spoilers: Generally through 2x22, “Not Pictured.”
Warnings: Sex, lies and betrayal. Unbeta’d.
Author's Notes: A series of ficlets from my own churning thoughts, aptly timed for the end of the show. Title from the Counting Crow’s song, “Mrs. Potter’s Lullaby,” lyrics used throughout. Rob Thomas owns the characters, but he’s really bad about playing with them, so I’m taking over. If you can come up with a word it fits from my 100_situations table, then I will happily dedicate a word of your choosing to you.
( He’d tiptoe carefully across the floor, always littered with champagne glasses and bottles of tequila from the night before, trying to gather his clothes without waking her. )
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Should I...
A.) Work on my convergence project for my sequence class
B.) Work on my convergence project for my non-sequence class
C.) Start studying for my finals in two weeks
D.) Churn out this idea that's been swimming around for the past few days for vm_library's April challenge
E.) Finish the fic I've been working on in the 5thingsthat style
OR
F.) Work on the multi-chapter fic I've been plotting taking place between seasons two and three?
Really. While the fate of season three is up to RT, my fate is up to you. What ever shall I do?
In case you're wondering, things are fine but hectic here in the CoMo. I had a great time in Denver (pictures when I steal the shots taken by my friend Chris, who earned a superior rating for his photojournalism at the JEA/NSPA Spring 2006 Nationals), but things have been hectic since I got back. Reworking living arrangements for next year, working on projects, studying my ass off, etc., etc. But I'm back and hoping to write again soon. Really, you're only chosing between D, E and F, since I HAVE to do the other three. ;)
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Title: “How to be Dead”
Author: em2mb
Pairing/Character: Lynn, Logan/Veronica.
Word Count: 13,895
Rating: R
Summary: It’s going to be a hard sell, since everyone who knows her will expect sleeping pills and chardonnay. Lynn Echolls doesn’t jump, but she doesn’t leave it all behind on the Coronado Bridge, either.
Spoilers: Primarily through 2x22, but includes the L/V relationship arch through 3x15.
Warnings: Probably a strong PG-13, but R to be safe. Includes all the usual unsavory fare of Neptune, including mild language, alcoholism, child abuse, and character death.
Author's Notes: The characters might belong to Rob Thomas, but I’ll require their use if my claim is accepted at 100_situations. Named after the Snow Patrol song, simply for the irony that it came on while I was planning a fic on this particular subject. Special thanks to jayiin and lazaefair, the usual partners in crime. More notes below. Prompt: alive.
( It’s not Lilly, of course, the girl I had long ago accepted as the one he’d date and marry and grow old with, but another girl I know almost as well. I pray the tabloids aren’t around to see how he tenderly brushes Veronica’s hair back from her face, despite the obvious pain his wince suggests the gesture brings. )
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Title: “How to be Dead”
Author: em2mb
Pairing/Character: Lynn, Logan/Veronica.
Word Count: 13,895
Rating: R
Summary: It’s going to be a hard sell, since everyone who knows her will expect sleeping pills and chardonnay. Lynn Echolls doesn’t jump, but she doesn’t leave it all behind on the Coronado Bridge, either.
Spoilers: Primarily through 2x22, but includes the L/V relationship arch through 3x15.
Warnings: Probably a strong PG-13, but R to be safe. Includes all the usual unsavory fare of Neptune, including mild language, alcoholism, child abuse, and character death.
Author's Notes: The characters might belong to Rob Thomas, but I’ll require their use if my claim is accepted at 100_situations. Named after the Snow Patrol song, simply for the irony that it came on while I was planning a fic on this particular subject. Special thanks to jayiin and lazaefair, the usual partners in crime. More notes below. Prompt: alive.
( 'Hey,' my son says quietly, pulling her towards him. 'Come here. It’s going to be okay, Veronica, even if it isn’t easy. Remember? I, for one, vaguely recall something about for better or worse. And this isn’t even that bad, not in comparison.' )
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Let's countdown, shall we?
18 hours, 6 minutes, 18 seconds until my SPRING BREAK starts.
So since I only have the one paper to work on, which prompts shall I tackle? Comments? Suggestions from the peanut gallery? OMIGOD I AM SO READY FOR A BREAK. Heh.
I'm so happy right now.
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Title: “Somewhere In Between”
Author: em2mb
Pairing/Character: Logan, Veronica, Duncan.
Word Count: 2,607
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Logan wondered if Duncan noticed how his girlfriend’s eyes started to fill with tears, how she bit her lip to keep them from falling. He can’t help that he’s living in the Grand now. Or that she’s always there.
Spoilers: Season two, sometime between 2x06 and 2x08. Logan’s living with Duncan at the Grand, but Veronica and Duncan are still together.
Warnings: Discussion of Shelly Pomroy’s end-of-the-year party, one use of the f-word.
Author's Notes: The characters might belong to Rob Thomas, but I’ll require their use if my claim is accepted at 100_situations. The title is from the Lifehouse song of the same name, as I kept listening to it while I worked. Special thanks to jayiin for the beta, especially since he knows next to nothing about VM and comes along willingly anyway. Prompt: insomniac.
( 'Veronica,' he said her name slowly, deliberately. 'Am I really the problem? Because I think the problem—' he pointed in the direction of Duncan’s room '—is behind that door.' )
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Title: “Falling Star”
Author: em2mb
Pairing/Character: Logan, Veronica.
Word Count: 1,616
Rating: PG
Summary: Her ideal existence might have fragmented four days before, but in twenty-four hours’ time, it would shatter completely. After Lilly’s funeral, Veronica knows it’s only a matter of time before her dad makes his accusation.
Spoilers: Pre-series, but through 1x22 to be safe. The day Lilly is buried, though I’ve probably taken some liberties with Keith-Mars-accusing-Jake-Kane timeline.
Warnings: Might ruin memories of a favorite childhood candy.
Author's Notes: The characters might belong to Rob Thomas, but I’ll require their use if my claim is accepted at 100_situations. Prompt: legend (writer’s choice – chosen by crispyone29).
( There were people who hated Lilly, people who were jealous of her and people Lilly had dismissed off-hand, but had there been anyone who actually wanted her dead? Her father, the sheriff, seemed to think Mr. Kane had. )
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Title: “Strawberries”
Author: em2mb
Pairing/Character: Logan/Veronica.
Word Count: 1,888
Rating: NC-17
Summary: She’s killing him with glossy pink lips and chocolate-dipped fruit. Logan should have known better than to let Veronica talk him into fondue.
Spoilers: Nothing specific. I envision this fic taking place about a year after 3x13, but it could be any old February 14.
Warnings: Sex.
Author's Notes: The characters might belong to Rob Thomas, but I’ll require their use if my claim is accepted at 100_situations. Valentine’s Day fluff. I felt like I had to do something after making everyone cry with the last fic, so it’s currently un-beta’d. Prompt: beg.
( Dress to impress? Check. Eat suggestively? Check. Discard stiletto, put foot to good use? Check. )
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Title: “Neverland”
Author: em2mb
Pairing/Character: Logan/Veronica.
Word Count: 4,049
Rating: R
Summary: You don’t carry on. You change. You change, and you’re never the person you were again. Twenty-some years later, Logan and Veronica have to bury another teenage girl.
Spoilers: Season three relationship arch for Logan/Veronica, but nothing specific. Future Fic.
Warnings: Character death, grieving.
Author's Notes: The characters might belong to Rob Thomas, but I’ll require their use if my claim is accepted at 100_situations. Prompt and additional notes after the fic.
( She sits and twists her wedding ring. Eighteen years of marriage, three kids. Just when they thought the hard part was over. )
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As usual, my dorm room exploded last night around 11. I unthinkingly mused to lazaefair (my roommate, to those of you in the audience), "I think I'll go to bed early." As though it were their siren song, Linda and Christina almost immediately descended upon the room.
We ate, we talked, we did the usual, Linda retreated through the bathroom to work on a paper, and then I happily started my babbling about Veronica Mars. So happy to be involved in a new fandom, not like Harry Potter, such quality writing. How was it different? I tried to explain.
Me: "The HP fandom is kinda like New York. Some of it's beautiful, some of it's brilliant, some of it's showy and flashy, like Broadway, some of it's quaint and cozy, all part of something truly illustrious... and then there's the ghetto. It's like-"
Jashin: "And then Harry/Ginny is September 11?"
Me & Christina: "JASHIN!"
Me: "No, Harry/Ginny is the fire that destroyed Chicago."
Christina: "ELLE."
Me: "Actually... H/G is the fire that destroyed Seattle... Harry/Hermione is the what rebuilt it."
Jashin & Christina: *laughter*
Me: "I could do this all day."
What 609 lacks in political correctness, we make up for in LoVe. Hah, hah.
Further, I'm trying really hard to stick to writing for my table, so here's what I'm thinking: I want to get prompts from you. Who is this illustrious you, given that no one reads this journal? Well... here's hoping for the best. Christina and Jashin have suggested legend be one of the writer's choices. What else can you kids come up with?
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Title: “Pinwheel”
Author: em2mb
Pairing/Character: Logan/Veronica, slight Piz/Veronica.
Word Count: 4,410
Rating: PG-13 until the end – mild R to be safe
Summary: There. Just in case he/she/they ever needed to be reminded. They’ve built their lives around memories and little strips of paper.
Spoilers: Season 3 relationship arch for Logan/Veronica
Warnings: Some language, some (non-graphic) fooling around
Author's Notes: The characters might belong to Rob Thomas, but I’ll require their use if my claim is accepted at 100_situations. I don't usually churn out two fan fictions in two days, but I'm feeling especially creative at the moment. Prompt: ticket.
( There’s a right and a wrong way to do tickets. You either tuck them in the mirror or tack them on your bulletin board. Half the fun in going is the proof that you went. )
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Title: “Baby Steps”
Author: em2mb
Pairing/Character: Logan, Veronica.
Word Count: 1,004
Rating: PG-13
Summary: He’d do this for her, and he’d do it for him, too. They'll both have to change to make this work.
Spoilers: Season 3 relationship arch for Logan/Veronica
Warnings: Excessive drinking
Author's Notes: My very first VM fic posted. The characters might belong to Rob Thomas, but I’ll require their use if my claim is accepted at 100_situations. The prompt was alcoholic.
( When had it become a problem? Not before Lilly died. Before Lilly died, he’d just been a teenager who’d partied hard, partied often. But after, it had been Mr. Morgan and Mr. Daniels who convinced him slipping Duncan GHB was a good idea. )
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