thisbluespirit | When in desperate straits, meme

I think it's fair to say I'm pretty depressed right now & it is about time to cease the wallowing in despair and things, really. Shall we try a meme?

Give me a number and a pairing & I'll write a drabble or ficlet!

1. glad you came
2. team
3. don't lie
4. i'm coming home
5. story of my life
6. falling down
7. clarity
8. counting stars
9. wake me up
10. safe and sound
11. lose yourself
12. in the sun
13. the monster
14. burn
15. sweet nothing
16. i'm with you
17. we believe
18. thanks for the memories
19. anything could happen
20. little talks
21. the pretender
22. by the way
23. sanctuary
24. paradise
25. where is my mind

(Any two characters will do if you don't want a pairing, just use an '&'. Not that if you apply a '/' romance will necessarily happen, because this is me. But I do try. Any fandom you think I know is fine. I shall just say if you come up with anything I don't know or really can't do.)

Crossposts: http://lost-spook.livejournal.com/463986.html

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Sapphire was studying something hanging from the ceiling. It must be decorative, Steel thought with vague distaste. String and wood and paint in the shape of stars and one crescent moon.

“Six,” said Sapphire, and looked at him. “Stars.”

Steel examined the object more closely. “Is that significant?”

“No,” Sapphire said, and smiled at him for a long while, enough to make him edge forward, both uncomfortable and inevitably drawn towards her.

“Then what? Is something else wrong?”

She was still smiling as she put a hand to his arm. “Just a mobile. To amuse a very young child. Harmless.”

Sapphire. He couldn’t quite manage the irritation he should have at her wasting his time, nor did he move out of her hold.

“Pretty,” she added, and then shrugged slightly, still smiling at him. She leant in towards him, her hair brushing his face. “Don’t you think?”