Five Times Marco Came On to Somebody?

Totally read that as "Five Time Marco Came On Somebody". FYI.

Ironically, you could probably read that into one of these.

Warning, #4 is long and CREEPY.

1. Really. Marco's plan was to ask Jake to the movies, then kiss him. Not the other way around. You know, if he'd been planning to kiss Jake in the first place. Which he wasn't. Because he didn't like dudes. That, and having a crush on the Fearless Leader made making crazy-suicidal plans a lot harder.

2. Marco wasn't sure if Ax understood what he meant by "Oh, Ax-man, baby, I just love a man in uniform. All that authority to respect."

He liked to think he didn't, because it involved the concept of clothes, which still mystified the Oh Great Andalite War-Time Hero. (He'd never liked the term Prince, it reminded him too much of royalty, and too much of his late and great best bud). Plus, Ax could never quite get human humor - and spending a while as a slave to a hive-mind thing, surprisingly, didn't help with that.

But, well, Ax was smirking. That was new. And Marco didn't know whether to be pleased or mortified that it actually worked.

3. "Oh, Cassie, did you know bird poop brings out the color in your eyes?" Marco asked her one day, eyebrows waggling. And Cassie was going to come back with a smart remark, but... she couldn't help but notice Marco's eyes were lingering on her a little longer than they should. And she was afraid to say anything, because there were a million ways she could explain it, but she couldn't make any excuses for how her heart skipped a beat.

4. Rachel couldn't do it. Marco knew if she accepted David's offer she'd never live with herself. She had to have that one line she wouldn't cross, or she wouldn't be able to see herself as anything but a monster. If that happened... it wouldn't take long for her to become what they all feared she would be. And they couldn't afford to lose Rachel. Not yet. Not like that.

But Marco had enough of his soul left to sell. So he kept taunting and teasing David, until he was touching David, until David threw his treachery his face and his mind into chaos... and moments after that, well, Marco doesn't remember exactly what he said, but he thinks it was something like, "So am I still second best, traitor?"

Then came the part Marco couldn't forget. He still wasn't sure if he was glad, or sad, that skin could absorb so much snake venom so fast. But he knew he did what he had to.

5. He's said it a million times. "I love you, Xena." Rachel, of course, never takes him seriously. And that's how they prefer it.

I love them all. Though yes, number 4 is creepy. I of course love 2 the most and then right after it, 5 and 1. And three is oh, so cute. ♥

Five Times Jyou thought of Not Being a DigiDestined.

Warning: I did not intend for this to end so sad. But...

1. The first time Gomamon got hurt, Jyou panicked. Of course. There was shouting involved, and flailing, and quite possibly some whining. (Although, really, Jyou didn't whine - this is what he told himself - because he was too mature for that.) Of course. But the second time, when he realized Gomamon was getting hurt because of him, all Jyou could was apologize.

2. It wasn't that he wanted another life. Although he'd never admit it, he enjoyed it. The responsibility of being a savior. The adventure. It was just that he felt guilty, somewhat, because of how well his family had taken it... after the initial freakout, that is.

As he saw how hard Yamato fought his mother to let Takeru go, to trust that he too could handle his destiny... Jyou was struck by an overwhelming sense of deja-vu.

Then a feeling that, perhaps, he owed it to his brothers to make sure the sun rose tomorrow. And then a fear that, perhaps, he couldn't make that promise.

3. Jyou loved Gomamon, he did. It was just that at times like this, like when he had a million questions about who had come by and why he couldn't swim in the hot tub and why Gabumon kept shushing him, that Jyou couldn't help but wish his best friend was a human instead.

4. Jyou loved his work. Everyone knew that. But only Yamato knew about the nights he came home and cried for the patients couldn't save. Somehow, he'd always thought that once you saved a world it was supposed to stay saved. Except maybe those rare times when it didn't.

But more Digimon were dying every day.

5. Gomamon had saved Jyou, as always. Jyou couldn't return the favor.

...vaguely Jyou/Gomamon ... ish.
It's still really wibbly and I want to just hug him and tell him it'll all be okay.

That wasn't my intention! D: I wanted it to be friendshippy, not shippy-shippy... but yeah, now I can see where you got that from.

Drabble!Yama did all that hugging and comforting for you, don't worry.

Five Times 'Crack-Man' was Happy?

Five Times Voldemort Second Guessed Himself

I have a short story. It goes like this: Once, there was a me, and she sucked at writing at Voldemort. Especially when exhausted. The end.

1. There was only one time Voldemort didn't use their connection to his advantage. It was a confusing moment brought by an unexpected surge of feeling from The Boy Who Lived. But he clearly remembers their arms around him - the mudblood and the muggle-lover - and their pledges to stay by his side. To always fight beside him.

And Voldemort felt a melancholy he couldn't understand.

2. Only once did Voldemort consider that maybe he marked the wrong boy as his equal, but once he heard from his men at St. Mungo's, he abandoned the concept. A boy who kept visiting the sad shadows of once-worthy opponents... well, that was just pathetic.

3. The memory had lost its clarity over time, over the years of transformations, but what remains can't leave his mind. Pausing, then turning around to face the Professor, and words dying a brutal death before they ever reach his lips. "Professor Dumbledore, I..."

4. Tom still had no regrets about what he'd done to Hagrid. The possible loss of the manpower - so to speak - offered by giant spiders because of it, though... that was rather unfortunate.

5. As amusing as they could be, Tom had to admit the occasional snicker at the innermost thoughts of a redheaded girl weren't worth the humiliation of almost losing to said redheaded girl.

I THINK YOU DID AWESOMELY.
I'm glad you didn't make it so shippy.
It's not easy being an evil overlord.
♥ to the first one, most of all.

Five Times Cordelia Had To Be a Bitch

OMG, I had too much fun with these. If #5's not too clear, it's about that ep where Cordy forces the ghost out of her house. Also, except for that last one, these unintentionally ended up in reverse canon-order.

1. One time, Cordelia had to be a bitch, because Doyle could ungodly clueless... and, really, there were only so many times a lady could explain "I don't care if this is the afterlife, it's been ages and I've missed you and your awful clothes and don't even pretend you don't kind of like the idea of watching Angel anyway, you big Irish... some Irish word for an idiot who doesn't realize a girl is offering him the night of his, uh, afterlife!" while being nice.

2. Another time, Cordelia had to be a bitch, but not in the usual way. See, she'd figured out Connor kind of liked that sort of thing - and in her mind she blamed that on the witch genes he got from Darla - and Cordelia was not going to play Creepy Mommy Complex Games with Connor. Because even though she loved Connor very, very much - and okay, maybe in a semi-momish way - she didn't love him like that.

3. There was this time Cordelia had to be a bitch because there was no way she was going to let Xander Friggin' Harris know that it kind of hurt he was getting married to, well... a her that was a million times better for him. Except for the wrinkly face thing, 'cause ew.

4. Once upon a time, Cordelia was a bitch, because she was freaked out by this Buffy girl. Partly because she'd threatened her with some wooden pointy thing (which... was not a phrase Cordy wanted to dwell on) and partly because - well, Cordy didn't want to know.

5. There was an old lady who haunted a house. Cordy's house. And this bitch was not going to stand for that.

Ooho, Cordy, how I've missed her and her running commentaries.

Connor. XD

Five Times Buffy Considered Going Gay for Willow (But, Of Course, Didn't)

FYI, I think #3 is my fave. Surprise pairing for #5!

1. Buffy should have told Willow and Tara that, y'know, there's a lot a lady with slayer-hearing can hear. But she'd never figured out a way to say that didn't sound creeptastic. Besides, slayer hearing or no, Dawn wasn't deaf and she still lived in Casa De Summers too.

2. When Willow said she'd be staying in Sunnydale after graduation, Buffy almost said "Willow, I could kiss you," but didn't. Cause she'd just caught onto the fact that she was sort of staring at Willow's lips. So she decided to give her a platonic hug attack instead.

3. At some point, after a lot of the alcohol and smores had "magically" disappeared, Buffy decided to make their impromtu sleepover unbelievably awkward. Well, maybe decided wasn't the right word. But, yeah, Sober-Buffy had to admit that "Let's trade in magic and Spike and sex and Tara for us and alcohol and cuddletimes" sounded like something someone who'd boarded the bus to Jerksville would say... and not just because of the 'ditch your girlfriend for me' implication.

4. It wasn't that Buffy was bugged that Will was dating another Slayer, she thought. It was 'cause she was dating a subordinate, and seriously, how old was Kennedy again? Yeah. That was it.

5. Faith had asked her once if she'd ever done it with Willow. And Buffy seriously thought about going out and doing it right now just so she wouldn't have to listen to another one of Faith's spiels about how all friends totally had sexual tension, especially hot chicks with superpowers, but then Buffy had to patch Faith up. And Faith, of course, ended up proving her point.

Faith/Buffy! Do I see Faith/Buffy?!?! =cheers=

Awww, Buffy being all guiltylike~ ♥