Story: "Coming Around" (Part 12 of 14)

This story is a sequel to "Love Is for Children," "Eggshells," "Dolls and Guys," "Turnabout Is Fair Play," and "Touching Moments," and "Splash."

Fandom: The Avengers
Characters: Phil Coulson, Bruce Banner, Hulk.
Medium: Fiction
Warnings: Inferences of past child/domestic abuse. Current environment is safe.
Summary: Phil shows Bruce the cute pictures of the team helping Hulk clean up after the bilgesnipe fight. Bruce finds the whole idea more confusing than pleasing.
Notes: Teamwork. Friendship. Flangst. Hurt/comfort. Dysfunctional relationship dynamics. Trust issues. Safety and security. ALL THE FEELS. Non-sexual touching and intimacy. Personal growth. Family of choice.

Begin with Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11.  Skip to Part 14.

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Crowdfunding Creative Jam

This weekend is the Crowdfunding Creative Jam, with a theme of "conflict."  Drop by on Dreamwidth or on LiveJournal to give us prompts, claim prompts, or just watch the fun.


What I Have Written

"Coda of Honor" -- FREE (An Army of One)
A poem about conflict and difference in the Lacuna.

"Hear the People Sing" -- 86 lines (not counting quotations), $43 (An Army of One)  SOLD
A prompt about Les Miserables inspired the free-verse poem "Hear the People Sing." It features a party in the Lacuna and the freedom to express yourself however you damn well please without somebody telling you to stop or that you're doing it all wrong. 

"The Sum of Its Parts" --  70 lines, $35 (An Army of One)  SOLD
This prompt inspired the free-verse poem "The Sum of Its Parts." It explores the debate of social rules in forming the culture of the Lacuna.


From My Prompts

"We Come in Peace" by alexconall  -- a tense, beautiful ficlet about two races who hate each other, but still need each other.

"Two Souls, One Prize" by alexconall -- a powerful, eerie poem about angel sisters.  Available for sponsorship.
http://crowdfunding.dreamwidth.org/181079.html?thread=133975#cmt133975

"Clashing Colors" by -- a vivid illustration of mirrored antagonists rendered in yellow and purple.  Click through the thumbnail image to see the whole thing.

Poem: "Coda of Honor"

This is the freebie for the April 2013 Crowdfunding Creative Jam.  It was inspired by a prompt from ellenmillion.  This poem belongs to the series An Army of One: The Autistic Secession in Space.

Coda of Honor

The Lacuna came out of a space between,
came into existence in a space between.

It was about the lull after a conflict,
and the hidden tension that grows
when the guns are no longer firing
and harsh words go unspoken.

It was about the pauses within a conflict,
the cease fires and the armistices
that were never the kind of peace
which is more than an absence of war.

It was about the causes behind a conflict,
the differences between people
that made them focus on where they disagreed
instead of concentrating on where they agreed.

The people of the Lacuna respected this.
It was their history, in them and of them,
and so much larger than any of them.

They thought about it, code and coda,
honor and errantry, all of the things
that had come to pass.

They appreciated those gaps in battle,
hitched pauses between painful words,
heated space between hand and skin.

The fact that they honored this, instead of
hurrying through it, set them further apart.

General Fund Poll for the April 16, 2013 Poetry Fishbowl

This is the general fund poll for the April 16, 2013 Poetry Fishbowl.  You have $20 to spend.  Everyone is eligible to vote in this poll.  I will keep it open until at least Sunday midday.  If there's a clear answer then, I'll close it.  Otherwise I may leave it open a little longer.

There are two open epics available for funding:

"Hallowing" needs $28 to be fully funded.  See more about the healing ritual for Gailah.

"An Impetuous Presence" needs $14.50 to be fully funded.  Explore what happens next between Johan and Althey.

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Read "Niceties" by Rix_scaedu

rix_scaedu  has written "Niceties" based on my prompt for The Elf series.  Come see the komodo dragon!