"Once Upon a Time” Lasts Forever

I'm so grateful that you're writing me a Treat (or event a Trick)! Here's a bagof optional details about what I like and don't like in a story, plus some prompts for the fandoms.

I'm not in the mood for an all-out tragedy or sour/miserable ending this year. Melancholy with hearts intact but bruised is fine.

One tiny little horizontal line! 😇

• The Significance of Strawberries, Alliance-Union - C. J. Cherryh | Cyteen Series - C. J. Cherryh, Rating: General Audiences, words: 713
   
• Full of Surprises, Alliance-Union - C. J. Cherryh, Rating: Teen And Up Audiences, words: 2,165
   
• See Me Happy, Fire and Hemlock - Diana Wynne Jones, Rating: General Audiences, words: 100 (drabble)
   
• We're Coming Home, Saiyuki (Anime & Manga), Rating: Teen And Up Audiences, words: 403
   

Thank you for writing me a story for Candy Hearts!

Have some optional details about what I like and don't like in a story, as well as details about what I like about the individual fandoms and characters.

Thank you so much for writing a story for me. Did anyone else notice that Purimgifts and ChocolateBox are on top of each other this year? *cries*

Have some optional details about what I like and don't like in a story, plus some information about my fandoms and their characters.

Thank you or writing for me! Here are a lot of optional details about what I like and don't like in a story. There are three sections: General Preferences, Thoughts About Food and Drink, and The Fandoms

Thank you so much for writing treats for me! Here are thoughts and ideas about characters and fandoms plus some general preferences of mine. (I didn't quite make my self-imposed deadline, but almost ... .)

Thank you very much for writing for me! Please have fun writing for me: I think stories come out best when it's something the author enjoyed doing.

NOTE

First, a million apologies. I was totally not thinking when I requested this many fandoms and characters. I was worrying about the issues with making a match, and forgot that this would mean I'd have to write the equivalent of three or four Chocolate Box ficlets just to explain what I wanted from each fandom! And that's not even getting into my emotional fallout from the current political situation.

If you have already written something, forget you ever saw the addendum under the cut.

Thank you for creating a sweet treat for me! Please have fun with your project. That's the main thing. But have a pile of preferences as well: they're all optional, of course. Please don't feel intimidated by the wall of words! It's meant to help, and you can ignore what doesn't work for you.

Lifeline (1585 words)
Author: opalmatrix
Fandom: Saiyuki
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Relationship: Cho Hakkai/Sha Gojyo
Summary: When Hakkai hits bottom, a familiar hand pulls him back. Written for Weiss vs. Saiyuki, Tanabata Mini Challenge: Lovers Separated/Reunited, Drabble or Side Story. Set approximately five years before "Return to Me."

Title: Meet Me in the Middle
Author: opalmatrix
Rating: E
Warnings: nothing much
Word count: : 4943
Notes: This was started more than two years ago for springkink IX (I miss springkink intensely! Where are the springkinks of yesteryear ... ?). The prompt was: Saiyuki: Hakkai/Gojyo, crossdressing, under the table and dreaming. Title from the America song:Sister Goldenhair: "Won't you meet me in the middle, won't you meet me in the end? Won't you love me just a little, just enough to show you care?" Beta read by smillaraaq.
Summary: Hakkai has a not-so-little secret. He's beginning to wonder whether Gojyo has one, too.

Hakkai shut the mathematics textbook with a snap ... .