risk it took to blossom

Title: Little Touch of Fate
Author: shelbecat
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Kris/Adam
Length: 3600 words
Disclaimer: Not mine, clearly.
Notes: jerakeen and I felt like lolitaray deserved some good karma – the Karma Project, jerakeen called it. We had planned two 2000 word fics to be done in a week...I didn't go that much over. Her on the other hand...well what did we expect? Read That Old Black Magic for a second dose of fate.

Thanks to drgaellon for the speeding and thorough beta as always.

( Kris has been in LA for three days and while, so far, nothing reminds him of Arkansas at all, Adam is a whole new kind of different. )

Title: Never Too Old for Santa Claus
Author: shelbecat
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Kris/Adam
Length: 6600 words
Disclaimer: Not mine, clearly.
Notes: I was in Starbucks (on Nov. 5th) and the Christmas spirit was in full effect. I had to write something. It took a while, but this is finally it. Dec. 1st is appropriate for posting Christmas fic, no? Thanks to drgaellon for the beta, and jerakeen for cheering, always.

( It has been a long time since Kris stopped believing in the magic of Santa, but tonight, in LA, with this amazing man...he believes. )

Title: The Trouble With Kids Is...
Author: shelbecat
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Kris/Adam
Length: 7750 words
Disclaimer: Not mine, clearly.
Notes: ontd_ai Auction Fic for stellabee, who generously donated $76 for a 7000+ word fic. We discussed me writing kid fic, but what came out was ridiculous Adam (fun, but ridiculous). It took me over a month to get this down right, but I get a real kick out of writing him this way, so hopefully it works! Thanks to drgaellon and minglingcrab for the beta, and jerakeen for being so patient all this time.

( He doesn't hate kids...well, not exactly. He just thinks that they don't really have a purpose. They're like miniature people without manners...or facial hair. And they always have dirty faces. Is it really that difficult to look in a mirror once in a while? )

Title: Timeline
Author: shelbecat
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Kris/Adam
Length: 3100+ words
Disclaimer: Not mine, clearly.
Notes: ontd_ai Auction Fic for christig428, who generously donated $35 for three 1000+ word ficlets. I wrote intertwining timelines of Kris (Part I), Adam (Part II), and them together (Part III). Thanks to drgaellon for the beta, and jerakeen for squeeing at every line.

( And he's just decided—his new favorite dessert is brownie-vodka sundaes. )

Title: Friction: Practice Makes Perfect
Author: shelbecat
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Kris/Adam
Length: 1200+ words
Disclaimer: Not mine, clearly.
Notes: Adam continues his guitar lessons. Beta’d by jerakeen.

This is becoming a series. Part 1 (Friction) here.

( His fingers seem to absorb Kris’s talent by osmosis and move haltingly from G to D to C and then back to G again. )

Title: Friction
Author: shelbecat
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Kris/Adam
Length: Drabble (473 words)
Disclaimer: Not mine, clearly.
Notes: Kris teaches Adam how to play guitar. (I’m learning how to play and my fingertips feel like they are on fire most of the time. This came from that.) jerakeen gives it her stamp of approval.

( ’Once my fingertips turn into hard chunks of marble stone!’ Adam looks like Kris has just delivered a death sentence. ‘You knew this was going to happen and you didn’t warn me. I am never speaking to you again.’ )

Title: Catalyst
Author: shelbecat
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Kris/Adam
Disclaimer: Not mine, clearly.
Notes: The one where Adam is too sneaky for his own good, and it pays off big time! (I wrote PORN!!!!) Thanks to jerakeen for the general squeeing and hand-holding and beta.

( He’s had good sex before, hell, he’s had fucking awesome sex before, but he’s never had such important sex before. He is Kris’s first. He could maybe be Kris’s only. And he is too nervous to do it right. )

Title: Never Saw Blue
Rating: T (PG-13)
Pairing: Kris/Adam
Length: 33,000 words (plus a wee little bit - it's the fic that wouldn't stop growing)
Disclaimer: Not mine, clearly
Summary: The cherry danish fic, the divorce saga, the one with the break-up and the get together and the funny and the hurt!comfort—call it what you will, it’s finally done. (Oh, and there is no porn in this. Penises and I just don't get along.)
A/N: Thanks to lolitaray for the encouragement, drgaellon for the expert medical advice and beta, and jerakeen for pushing and shoving to make me finish, and picking me up off the floor when it was all over.

It’s the closest he’s felt to being alive in a really long time. And Kris knows, he just gets it, that this is what his 24^th year on this planet is supposed to be about—Adam.

Is it wrong to take time off work to stay at home with your kid and set her up with a second laptop beside you while you write about boys kissing?

That's perfectly acceptable, right?

Dear God - I am about to lose my soul if I don't get a minute to myself - and I love my kid. My kid is AWESOME. Look at her drinking her Starbucks - she's 4! (and it's hot chocolate). But if I was on full vacation, we could have fun. Instead I am trying to juggle work and play and it's hard. Good thing she's pretty adept with a computer mouse.

And good thing I have jerakeen to keep me company/put ideas about boys kissing into my brain. She's got me plotting Prostitute!Adam and Rescuer!Kris and it's CRACK! Total lovely enjoyable YUMMY Crack.

Sometimes I really love my brain.

Title: The Night Before the Last Time (3/3)
Author: shelbecat
Rating: T (PG-13)
Pairing: Kris/Adam
Disclaimer: Not mine, clearly.
Notes: Multi-part Adam/Kris story covering their time in the idol mansion, and leading up to the Top 3 results show.

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3

( ’ Sometimes I wonder why it has to be chronological. Like you grow and change and what if you suddenly find yourself in a different place, and realize that this was the person you were supposed to be all along?’ )

Title: The Night Before the Last Time (2/3)
Author: shelbecat
Rating: T (PG-13)
Pairing: Kris/Adam
Disclaimer: Not mine, clearly.
Notes: Multi-part Adam/Kris story covering their time in the idol mansion, and leading up to the Top 3 results show.

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3

( They don’t talk about the outside. They don’t talk about Kris’s wife. There’s no need, because Adam already knows that as soon as this is over, he’s going to lose him forever. )

Title: The Night Before the Last Time (1/3)
Author: shelbecat
Rating: T (PG-13)
Pairing: Kris/Adam
Disclaimer: Not mine, clearly.
Notes: Multi-part Adam/Kris story covering their time in the idol mansion, and leading up to the Top 3 results show.

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3

( Maybe he should wait, maybe he should never do it at all, but he’s leaning in and Kris isn’t backing away and the kiss is soft and sweet and exactly like every kiss Adam has ever wished for in his life. )

Title: And It Feels Like Falling
Author: shelbecat
Rating: T (PG-13)
Pairing: Kris/Danny
Notes: Occurs before/during the Top 4 Performance show.

( There’s a grin on his face, like he knows the answer to a secret question, and Kris thinks, for just a second, that maybe he’ll get to find out too. )

Title: All These Things That I Have Done
Author: shelbecat
Rating: T
Spoilers: 3x13

Author’s Note: For rachel_wilder on the occasion of her birthday.

(  She doesn’t think about how much she missed Jason when he left her; when they ended things. Because then, when she goes away to Vanderbilt, she might have to admit that maybe Tim isn’t the person she’ll miss the most. )

Title: A Separate Peace
Author: shelbecat and rachel_wilder
Rating: T
Pairing: Tim/Lyla
Spoilers: 3x12 (not based on any spoilers for 3x13)

( Football was never going to be his life. That was Jay’s thing, and as much as Tim respects his best friend, he never wanted to be Jason Street. )

Title: Just a Number
Author: shelbecat
Rating: T
Spoilers: 3x06
Summary: Written for fnl_laundrylist challenge #31, prompt #7 What does Tim think of J.D.? Does he remind him of Jason in any way?

( Reason be damned, Tim’s sure he’s never going to be friends with J.D. McCoy and that’s just fine with him. No reason to try and fit in with someone else anyway. He’d only end up getting hurt in the end. )

( A little story (and why a Canadian cares about who you vote for tomorrow)... )

Title: Sidelines
Author: shelbecat
Rating: T
Spoilers: 3x02
Summary: Written for fnl_laundrylist challenge #28, prompt #10 Is Lyla seeing Tim for Tim? If she's trying to make him into something he's not, what sort of Frankenstein's monster of a boyfriend is she creating? A splash of Chris, a dash of Jason and a pinch of Jesus? Who is her perfect man?

( It took a long time to realize that being happy didn’t make her a sinner. )

Title: In the End
Author: shelbecat
Rating: T (aka PG-13)
Spoilers: 3x01
Summary: Written for fnl_laundrylist challenge #27, prompt #1 How did Tim and Lyla get together in the end. Did he stalk her until she caved? Did he come to church and woo her, or was it carnal need?

( It was months and months of repressed feelings bubbling to the surface and he couldn’t breathe, couldn’t think, he just did what felt right. He kissed her. )

We are going to try selling the tickets we have for Cirque du Soleil, La Nouba, in Downtown Disney, Orlando, on Saturday, August 30, 2008 @ 6:00 PM.

If anyone is interested, or knows anyone who might be, in going to see this show, please contact me.

I have TWO Adult tickets and ONE Child ticket. I believe it is possible to upgrade the Child ticket to an Adult, and I am also willing to sell the tickets individually.