Title: Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder
Fandom: The Mentalist
Summary: "Love you." Two words. Just two words. But their weight was amazing. If he were being completely honest with himself, he'd known it for some time. In fact, it was so blatantly obvious now that even Red John knew it. [Post Crimson Hat, of course. And spoilers.]
Rating: PG
Pairings/Characters: Jane/Lisbon
Length: 3,800 words
A/N: So, months after the Crimson Hat aired, many of us are still writing fanfic inspired by it. Proof it's one hell of an episode. In fact, it inspired me to start writing Mentalist fanfic (yes, this is my first foray into the fandom), even though this turned out way more rambly and aimless than I intended.

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Slow and steady wins the race? One of these days I might actually come close to finishing my claim. Maybe.

Title: The Last Stark
Fandom: Iron Man
Prompt/Claim: #17:Wide Awake; 20_fics , Table 4, Iron Man: Tony/Pepper
Summary: For so long, he had known that he would live and die the last Stark. Now, well, it seemed things had changed. Little Stark Jr. was growing right now in Pepper's womb.
Rating: PG
Pairings/Characters: Tony/Pepper
Length: 1,300 words
A/N: I suppose I've taken a two-month (almost three-month) break from working on my Iron Man claim, but don't hold it against me! I've been drawing and NaNoWriMo-ing, then took December to finish the novel that I started in November. I now have a complete (except for editing) 90,000-word novel. Huzzah. And now I may return to fanfiction. :)

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Title: How to Give a Million
Fandom: Iron Man
Prompt/Claim: #4:Million; 20_fics , Table 4, Iron Man: Tony/Pepper
Summary: "No, seriously, Pepper, what would you do with a million dollars?" Tony's latest scheme has Pepper flustered… and exacting her own special revenge.
Rating: PG
Pairings/Characters: Tony/Pepper
Length: 1,500 words
Genre(s): romance
A/N: As y'all get two for one, a cute one for the road. ;) (No, seriously, I was on the road as I wrote this.)

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Oy, sorry, this took longer than expected. College sucks your life up sometimes and spits you out exhausted.

BUT, I have been having good Tony/Pepper vibes. Last week, Netflix sent me IM2 on the *day* it came out (which is totally unheard of). So! I have now seen both movies, YAY. :)

Then I was watching it (for the second time) with my sister and friend, and halfway through the movie, they go, "Oh, wait, Tony and Pepper aren't actually together together? Like... involved?" They both assumed they were together since the end of the first movie. PROOF of our ship right there. When people assume like that, somethin's clearly going on. ;)

Anyway, all of this being said, today is a two for one special in compensation.



Title: Simplicity
Fandom: Iron Man
Prompt/Claim: #10:Simple; 20_fics , Table 4, Iron Man: Tony/Pepper
Summary: "I should have known better." She needed time, space, simplicity. Running home, putting half a country between them, was a natural step. A simple step. But even out here, California could still reach her.
Rating: PG lite
Pairings/Characters: Tony/Pepper
Length: 3,200 words
Genre(s): angst
A/N: Companion piece to "No Good On My Own." From more of Pepper's perspective, those events and the continuation. It's better to read that one first, for clearer understanding, though I think this can be read alone. That being said, some (not much) is slightly repetitive if you've read the first. Also, I don't know if we know where Pepper is from or if there's a widely accepted fanonical hometown, but I decided for the purposes of this, I liked Oklahoma. It came to me randomly, and after some state research, it worked. Also, I shamelessly borrowed a movie line or two and worked it my own way. ;) Also also, whoever can spot the classic country music reference herein gets major brownie points. :D

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Title: No Good On My Own
Fandom: Iron Man
Prompt/Claim: #14:On My Own; 20_fics, Table 4, Iron Man: Tony/Pepper
Summary: They'd deliberately taken it slow. Hell, ten years – it was a snail's pace. A snail with a handicap. A snail with a handicap and the late stages of a terminal illness. And in one glorious moment of stupidity, he'd ruined it all.
Rating: PG (allusions)
Pairings/Characters: Tony/Pepper
Length: 2,000 words
Genre(s): angst
A/N: I introduced myself to the fandom with cuteness in "The Finite Application of Rules." Now the truth is peeping out… I'm a cold-blooded angster. Angst warning on this one, peeps. *hides*

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Title: The Finite Application of Rules
Fandom: Iron Man
Prompt/Claim: #1:Ever; 20_fics , Table 4, Iron Man: Tony/Pepper
Summary: Pepper Potts was a woman built on rules. She didn't wear white after Labor Day, she didn't dance much in public, she didn't go for men shorter than her and she didn't break rules. Ever. …unless Tony Stark was involved.
Rating: PG (a few lowly cusswords)
Pairings/Characters: Tony/Pepper
Length: 740 words
Genre(s): romance
A/N: Ever since watching Iron Man 1 for the first time a month ago (I know: How long I waited! Don't judge!), I have been smitten by the Pepperony dynamic. Never-ye-mind about my serious literary studies, freelance journalism and unfinished novels, my brain is determined to write shippy fanfic. Even though I haven't even seen the second movie (again, don't judge). This considered, forgive my mistakes. Also, because I am a journalist, I do that whole serial comma thing where I leave it out before and in a series, and I follow really strict (and weird) AP style rules. I know it bugs people. Sorry.

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