Fic: The Living for tinykettle

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Title: The Living
Author/Artist: youcantseeus
Recipient: tinykettle
Rating: R
Contents or warnings (highlight to view): * Violence, homophobia, some finagling with the timeline, general angst *
Word count: ~4,400
Summary: "It's gonna hurt now. Anything dead coming back to life hurts."
Notes: Thanks to laroseminuit for beta reading for me. Any remaining mistakes are my own. Thanks to the mods for running the
fest – my first year has been a blast.

( The Living )

Countdown to Small Gifts 6/6: Clichefest!

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There's a reason cliches stick around, right? Sometimes, done right, cliches work, and familiar tropes help us get at something important about these characters.

1) Tell us which cliches and tropes work for you! Start with the poll below, finish in comments.

2) And an added challenge for those of us feeling creative today: tell us a three-sentence story using (or subverting) a R/S cliche!

[Poll #1945835]

(What did I miss? Do certain tropes or cliches only work for you in certain situations? Have some grown on you over time? Continue the discussion in comments!)