FIC: Adventus VII: Traditions [DCU, Fortress!verse; Serling Roquette, Jim Harper]

Title: Adventus VII: Traditions
Author: D.L.SchizoAuthoress
Rating: PG-13
Spoilers: Fortress!verse AU -- Superboy v3
Warnings: holiday fluff, one-sided Serling Roquette/Jim Harper (Guardian)
Prompt/Fill: "Mistletoe" from the Christmas Advent Prompts list.
Note: This is a side-story that doesn't deal with Kon/Von, but it takes place in the same universe (and the same Christmas season as "Adventus II")
Word Count: 1238
Summary: Serling makes a bit of a fool of herself, and Jim is oblivious. It's practically tradition at this point.
Word of the Day: velleity, noun:
1. Volition in its weakest form.
2. A mere wish, unaccompanied by an effort to obtain it.

Traditions
Have you come across the word velleity? A nice Thomistic ring to it. Volition at its lowest ebb. A small thing, a wish, a tendency. If you're low-willed, you see, you end up living in the shallowest turns and bends of your own preoccupations.
-- Don DeLillo

There are some truly time-honored traditions, especially around Christmas time. These traditions carry reminders of happier times, of childhood and family -- renewing aware of Christmas as a time to strive for peace and goodwill.

The office Christmas party, by contrast, is not one such tradition. ( Read more... )

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FIC: Keep Your Head Down and You Keep It [DCU; original character POV]

Title: Keep Your Head Down and You Keep It
Author: D.L.SchizoAuthoress
Rating: R
Spoilers: takes place during "Under the Hood", mentions of "War Games"
Warnings: strong language, casual mention of death, ableism
Prompt/Fill: from daggerpen -- "Tell me about that fic where one of Willis's old buddies/partners in crime wound up working for the Red Hood?"
Word Count: 592
Summary: How Gene Ma ended up working for the Red Hood.

Note: Extended from this version on Tumblr, with a better ending.

Keep Your Head Down and You Keep It

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