the tollers to your jack

For: yeomanrand
Title: i am not penelope - never was, never will be
Fandom: Twilight
Pairing/Character: Bella Swan
Rating: G
Wordcount: 312
AN: From the prompt, Twilight, Bella Swan (/nobody), you don't get to have me.
Cross-posted from here.

This was so unbelievably OOC for me, and yet I feel like I enjoy the more HBIC-Bella than the meek, doormat (as stated in the feedback comments) Bella we see in the books. I think I was actually channeling a lot of KStew when I was writing this. Damn you, KStew. You are now my image of Bella! *shakes rueful fist*

Well, that's what fanfic is for, right? Good or bad, it's what you make of it while you're writing. This is the Bella I always wish we got to read in the books. Choose yourself, girl. Don't live life for someone else.

( At the cusp and climax of the battle... )

For: faded_facade
Title: when choice means leaving everything behind
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing/Character: Harry/Hermione
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 424
AN: From the prompt,

Harry Potter, Hermione Granger (Harry/Hermione appreciated but not necessary)

Something inside the cards I know is right
Don’t wanna live somebody elses life
This is what I wanna be and this is what I give to you because I get it free
Cross-posted from here | AO3

( It's always been her choice, which life she chooses to live. )