Mod Post: Round 3 Lightning Drabble Round (Open to Everyone!)

[almostblue.livejournal.com]

Hello!

The mod team (roebling and myself, almostblue) just want to say again that we are so incredibly grateful to everyone who has written, read, and commented for this third round of TBB. Thank you for your time and effort and talent! It's been amazing to see so much great enthusiasm and energy!

While we wait for the last few stories to get posted, we're going to hold a Lightning Drabble Round!

Before I get into what that means, I want to introduce this year's honorary mods for the lightning round - i_luv_tvxq, (you may know her as @TVXQluff) and akmongs (@himchanni), who runs bapfanfiction. They are both wonderful people who keep the fandom running through recs, comments and kudos, quietly and without much fanfare. We think they're great, and we wanted to thank them for all of their hard work over the years.

So as this round progresses, feel free to ask them questions as well! If roebling and I aren't around (or aren't...awake, ahaha, timezones /o\) they are here to help you out :)

Our hope is that the Lightning Drabble Round will be a fast, fun, low pressure opportunity for everyone to keep writing a little bit more! Here's how it will work:

1) If you want to participate, comment on this entry with a pairing you'd like to write. Please keep it to one comment per pairing.

2) A mod (any mod!) will reply with 3-5 random one word prompts.

For example, you might comment with the pairing DaeJae. A mod will reply to your comments with the prompts: apple, blonde, sneakers, failure, nuna

3) You have until September 13th to write as many drabbles as you want based on those prompts! All the drabbles you write should be under 1,000 words. They can use any of the words, all of the words, whatever you want. Post your fics as replies to the mod comment, and title them like this:[prompt, pairing, rating, warnings] in the heading of the comment. There's no assigned posting times or deadlines, so you can post 'em as you write 'em!

You don't have to have participated in the exchange to take part in the lightening round! Anon commenting will be enabled so anon participants should also be able to take part. It's low stakes, so if you can only write one drabble based on your prompt, that's absolutely fine. 10 drabbles? Fine too! Real life gets in the way and you can't write at all? We get it.

If there are any questions we haven't answered just comment below and we'll try to answer them right away! Otherwise, that's it! Lightning Drabble Round starts now, and runs until 9/13! Hwaiting!!!

THE LIGHTNING ROUND IS NOW CLOSED! Please stay tuned for an updated masterlist shortly!

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[saxophonic23.livejournal.com]

Daybreak, BangDae, PG, No warnings continuation of this (http://thebrowniebunch.livejournal.com/27690.html?thread=177450#t177450) if this isn't allowed please let me know and I will delete

After the last catch of the morning, Yongguk hurries out of the surf to set it in the ice cooler with the others. Daehyun follows, beaching himself. Yongguk often stays to watch the sunrise with Daehyun, and today is no exception. Yongguk joins Daehyun on the sand as more and more light fills the sky, grey brightening with color as the sun approaches. It’s easier to see Daehyun now, too. Dark hair snarled by the sea hides his long, pointed ears, broad and angled back against his head. The top of his ears split into three points, and the faintly darker circles on his eye-level lobes glow on command. His eyes, dark and large, blink more often than a human would deem necessary. Soft lips hide dangerous teeth.

He leans back on his large palms, his fingers long with small patches of skin webbed between the lowermost knuckles. His torso looks normal, save for the freckles and stripes on his skin that can glow, and the sealed gills above his waist arcing on both sides of his ribs. The sealed gills look almost like scars on his body, thin lines of dark pink flesh interrupting the expanse of sandy skin. His tail begins where his hips should be, two blue-jade fins angled out on either side, decorated with tinted frills. It’s long and healthy with stripes that can. The scales near his hips grow heavier in shade until his narrow peduncle is dark indigo. Daehyun’s wide-angled tailfin waves lazily above the waves as they rush to shore.

The sun peeks over the horizon, and Yongguk watches Daehyun from the corner of his eye. Sometimes Daehyun likes to set all the spots on his body alight as the sun rises. The freckles dotting Daehyun’s smooth, human-like skin seem to shift with unseen current. Yongguk holds his breath, waiting for Daehyun to close his eyes and glow. He keeps his Lights off, the cool undertone of his skin basking in the warm coloring of the sun.

Watching the sunrise passes quicker than the time spent waiting for it. “One day, I want to hear you sing,” Yongguk says, standing on the shore. Now that the sun is completely above the horizon, he needs to get moving to market and sell the day’s catches. As the sun rises higher in the sky, Daehyun’s skin and scales are in danger of burning or flaking the longer he stays out of the water.

Daehyun grins over his shoulder, already scooting down the sand to follow the tide. “You know I can’t do that to you.” The implication passes unspoken between them.

Yongguk frowns. “I know,” he lies, “but I’m still curious.” Inky eyes grow wide and somber, the smile fading from Daehyun’s face. He stops moving, a wave rushing in and spraying his body with seawater. Yongguk swallows and looks away, busying himself with re-checking his things. “See you tonight, Daehyun?” Yongguk asks, but when he turns around, the siren has already vanished under the surf.