This writing challenge was based around the prompt ‘hands’, which was an easy one to make either very happy or very sad (or both!). Thank you to everyone who submitted one or more pieces of writing, this was such a busy challenge!
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and I took you by the hand | @shiveringsoldier
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pairing/character: Gibson x Tommy
word count: 1146
summary: follows the first 24 hours or so of Tommy and Gibson's, and eventually Alex's, companionship during the evacuation
Claire De Lune | @aquietthinker
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pairing/character: Collins x Farrier
word count: 1926
summary: Her hands would dance on the black and white keys like ballerinas, swift and angelic. From an early age, Collins would sit on her lap and silently observe as they filled the room with melodies of musicians he didn't know.
Hands of The Sea | @aquietthinker
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pairing/character: Collins x Farrier
word count: 1699
summary: The cockpit was filling up quickly, freezing water already reaching his waist and numbing his legs. The sky mocked him as he swung his fist, again and again and again, but nothing happened.
his hands they shake | @shiveringsoldier
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pairing/character: Shivering Soldier
word count: 1323
summary: in which Shivering Soldier experiences trauma-induced hand tremors
My Love, My Darling | @militarizedsubconscious
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pairing/character: Commander Bolton x Colonel Winnant
word count: 698
summary: The day has finally arrived, and yet Winnant still doesn't fully believe everything is going to go right. Something bad ALWAYS happens... right?
summary: By the time that Alex cried out to Gibson, it seems that it's already too late for the frenchman to survive the rising waters.(Lots of introspection and french)
Saudade | @spatz-e-ingram
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pairing/character: Commander Bolton x Colonel Winnant
word count: 1926
summary: (n.) A Portuguese word that means a nostalgic longing to be near again to something or someone that is distant or that has been loved and then lost; "the love that remains."
The Unknown Soldier | @aquietthinker
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pairing/character: Collins x Farrier
word count: 522
summary: The Unknown Soldier Tomb commemorates all un-identified soldiers that died during World War ll.
Those Same Hands | @s-n-o-w-p-i-e-r-c-e-r
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pairing/character: Collins x Farrier
word count: 622
summary: Those same hands that had brought death to many, had brought life to many others.
Toska | @spatz-e-ingram
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pairing/character: Collins x Farrier
word count: 1550
summary: (n.) a dull ache of the soul, a sick pining, a spiritual anguish
What did you expect? | @alaqatzam
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pairing/character: Alex x Peter Dawson
word count: 1608
summary: Alex had told himself for a while that he wouldn’t go back- had to move on, assimilate the best he could and leave all his ghosts behind him, leave them out of sight and out of mind, pretend that day in the memorial didn’t happen and neither did whatever occurred later in that damn room. He should’ve bowed his head and left like a rat scurrying back into the drains. What with all the guilt and unabating feelings of worthlessness and hopelessness his head was starting to feel like a sewer anyway.
White knuckles | @itslaurenmae
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pairing/character: Gibson x Tommy
word count: 2418
summary: Tommy notices a few things about the dark-haired man on the beach immediately - the way his hair flips in the salty breeze, the pierce of his eyes - right through him - and his hands. The way they grip a shovel to frantically move sand back and forth across the surface of the beach. White knuckles.
You’re waiting lying on your side, with your hands between your thighs | @excuezme
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pairing/character: Collins x Farrier
word count: 1856
summary: It was a feeling they both felt unbeknownst to each other. But were too afraid to say it.Perhaps they shouldn’t have been.
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