Meme: WIPs

[bdrixhaettc]

Snagged from argentum_ls

Post the first sentence (or three) from every WIP you're currently working on, even if it's very short. Then invite people to ask questions about your WIPs. With any luck, you'll get talking about writing, and the motivation to take that WIP one step closer to completion will appear as if by magic!

This here is going to be all about Teen Wolf, Teen Wolf and nothing but Teen Wolf. I hope you bare with me because there are a lot that I’m working on simultaneously. I’m not kidding; the post is very long.

Follows the WiPs...

Note: current word count = cwc


Teen Wolf - Kinkmeme prompt fills

Pairing: Jackson/Lydia

01
- Title: Penance
cwc: 297

How on earth did he find himself in these kind of situations? He remembers telling Allison that he has a tendency to screw up, a lot. But this is not the kind of thing he was thinking about.

Pairing: Danny/Jackson/Lydia

02
- Title: Her Birthday Gift
cwc: 698

“Say what?” His jaw literally dropped at his girlfriends little bombshell.

“You heard me.” Lydia said as she faux-inspected her nails while side-eyeing him. She had her stubborn pout on which basically spelled that he’d end up caving to whatever whim she had gotten into her head this time. He knew it, she knew it. But this was out of the ordinary even for her.

Pairing: Danny/Jackson

03
- Title: Closeted Fun
cwc: 307

The party is in full swing and the base is pounding through the walls, the floor and Danny’s head.
He’s been here a while and done the necessary social mingling that is expected of him but now he is ready to call it a night.

Pairing: Scott/Jackson/Allison

04
- Title: Under The Influence
cwc: 1677

“What’s that?” Jackson’s voice behind her startled Allison from her thoughts. Before she knew what was happening a hand reach past her shoulder, into her locker and snatched up the pouch she’d been fingering.

Pairing: Scott/Jackson

05
- Title: Lunatic
cwc: 256

Lydia has never been as subtle as she thinks she is. He knows she has a tendency to think him slow, if not outright stupid, and most of the times it’s suits him just as well as pretending to be an airhead suits her. The difference of course being that he knows she’s not but she seldom realizes he’s neither of those things either.

06
- Title: While They Burn So Bright
cwc: 159

Jackson belatedly acknowledges to himself that ‘pursuing’ Allison might not have been one of his smarter ideas.

Pairing: Derek/Jackson/Scott

07
- Title: Welcome To The Pack
cwc: 298

They had planned the whole thing. (Derek/Jackson/Scott + Stiles)

08
- Title: A Helping Hand
cwc: 448

For the most part Jackson was alone inside his own headspace, and he liked it that way. But sometimes, during certain circumstances, he could hear and feel the presences of his pack-mates.

Pairing: Derek/Jackson

09
- Title: Locker Room Dance
cwc: 137

Jackson’s mind was blessedly numb as he pushed the limits with his reps. He knew going at it as hard as he was doing was plain stupid without a spotter but he didn’t want anyone else to see him when he was like this. Not even Danny. Especially not Danny.

10
- Title: You Were Mine
cwc: 363

When the boys sought him out Derek was surprised to say the least.

11
- Title: There Is Poison In My Blood, And It Is You
cwc: 699

By the time he started to hallucinate Jackson knew he was in trouble.

12
- Title: By Your Scent I’ll Know You
cwc: 222

Scott got that there was a lot to the werewolf life that was instinctive; a constant struggle between the conscious mind and the primitive drive. The point to it all, he figured, was to find a balance between the two. Between what you wanted and what you needed. Admittedly it was something he still struggled with; he had a tendency to second guess whenever his ‘instincts’ were telling him to do something since saying his experience with the previous Alpha left him burned would be an understatement. But he was also starting to realize that sometimes, when you couldn’t make out heads or tail what your head or heart wanted you had to let the instincts guide you, and hope they knew what they were doing and you didn’t end up in a worse mess.

He wasn’t sure at all what Jackson and Derek’s instincts where telling them because their recent behavior was beyond weird.

13
- Title: The Laws of the Wolf
cwc: 695

Derek knows something is up the first time he sees the Whittemore boy again and his first instinct is to growl and snap at the girl clinging to the boy’s arm.

14
- Title: The Alpha’s Prerogative
cwc: 387

The rot of the old house was a fitting reflection of the state of his own soul, Peter mused as he approached the burned out shell of his former home. The power of the Alpha might have given him the ability to do some cosmetic alterations to match his former glory but he didn’t kid himself; inside he was a irreparably damaged as the building in front of him. (Derek/Jackson, Jackson/Peter)

15
- Title: When Nature Speaks All Must Listen
cwc: 244

After they killed the Alpha and Jackson made his way home, he locked himself inside his room and didn’t come out for 3 days.

16
- Title: The Clarity To See
cwc: 705

Among the many bad turns his life has taken recently thanks to the clusterfuck that getting bitten has turned out to be, this has got to be the worst. Jackson takes another futile drink from the bottle in his hand, there a three other empty bottles scattered on the ground around his feet already. His got another six-pack waiting. And a trunk full as well. He is determine to push it tonight.

17
- Title: Ask And You Shall Receive
cwc: 500

The day after the bite Jackson woke up as if from a fever dream. For the first time in what felt like a very long time he had a clear head and it felt like he could breath again. The pressure in his head, the foreign drive that had influenced, if not outright dictated his actions lately, was gone.

Jackson took a moment to just lie in bed, staring at nothing. Thinking of nothing. Eventually the dull throb in his arm made him turn his head to look at the cause.

18
- Title: Happy Time
cwc: 885

The days leading up to his first full moon had Jackson in a foul mood and on a hair trigger temper that made most of his friends avoid him, even Danny. Scott was constantly in his face telling him to pull it back and Jackson just wanted to rip his face off, with his teeth. It got so bad that Derek decided to take it upon himself to get Jackson to his house the day of the full moon and lock him up. When he informed Jackson of said plan he was outraged but a taste of Derek’s own temper had him acquiescing pretty quickly.

19
- Title: The Space In-Between (a 5 + 1 times kind of thing)
cwc: 749

Scott

Scott knows that Jackson had gone to Derek and asked for the bite even after the nightmare that was the night of the formal. He doesn’t know what happened except that Derek didn’t kill the boy nor did he bite him either. But instead of disappearing from their lives, as Scott would have expected, Jackson’s, surprisingly enough, has been around a lot more.

At first Scott believed it was some kind of Machiavellian scheme to change Derek’s mind; Jackson is known for being single minded about certain things to say the least, but the more they hang out the less likely that seem to be the case. It’s like there’s some kind of agreement between them, but damn if Scott can figure it out. He’s not so sure he wants to.

20
- Title: Obedience
cwc: 352

Jackson was in the shower after going through with his workout when he heard his phone start ringing with the ringtone Derek had set for himself. He fumbled with the soap before he managed to set it aside and made his way out of the shower, he didn’t bother with a towel or to dry himself of. When it came to Derek it was best to drop everything you were doing and respond immediately. The fallout of making him wait just wasn’t worth it.

21
- Title: You Shall Bend
cwc: 243

The steam from the showers obscured his vision, but when he saw the red glowing dots appear from the shadows and start heading in his direction his heart rate instantly skyrocketed. His breath caught in his throat and he was convinced he was about to just drop dead from heart failure. The monster that had come for him wouldn't have to get it’s hand on him. He was as good as dead.

22
- Title: After the Gates
cwc: 862

Brett lets the pounding of his feet against the asphalt quiet his mind. He won’t be able to let lose until he gets to the forest, but for now the repetitive slap of his sneaker-clad feet are enough to start to settle his inner turmoil. It’s the first day of school tomorrow and he should be at ‘home’ getting ready: first day impressions are important, he knows that better than anyone, its sets the tone for the rest of the semester. There is also Lacrosse season to take into account. And Lydia. But he can’t stay in, not tonight. If he is to survive the first day of school with all of its annoyances and petty conflicts he needs to Run tonight.

23
- Title: What He Wants
cwc: 832

By the time Jackson had gathered enough courage to approach the Hale house he was already at his wits’ end. He’d run himself ragged trying to find an alternative to the driving need inside him but so far the only thing he’s managed to do is lose his appetite and go beyond sleep deprivation. An overindulgence in caffeine only manage to give him a bigger headache than his worst kind of hangovers, it has also made him jittery to the point he could be Stiles long lost brother.

24
- Title: To Mate, Or Not To Mate
cwc: 283

There’s been an itch under his skin lately that Derek has been unable to scratch.



Teen Wolf – Stories

25
- Title: Trading Troubles
cwc: 1863

The usual loud sounds of the outer office was greatly diminished as Richard firmly closed the door to his own space. His colleagues knew what that meant, and for the next 30 minutes, bar any natural catastrophes or work related emergencies, his time was his own. (the Gates x-over, potential Stiles/Brett)

26
- Title: It Is In The Blood
cwc: 666

Going into the forest had been a monumentally stupid idea. Nothing ever good happened in there after sunset. McCall was a living testament to that. Although concession had to be made, they’d gone in there in the afternoon and hadn’t planned to stay long enough to be late for dinner, let alone miss it altogether. (vampire!Jackson, gen for now)

27
- Title: In His Voice
cwc: 801

His world is devoid of color, of anything resembling sight, just as it has been for six whole years, but Jackson is still not used to it. Sometimes, when he forgets, he misses it something fierce, that which everyone else takes for granted. But he’s perfected the stoic mask to the point not even his parent can tell what he is thinking most of the times and few even realizes that he is still so very angry. He knows it is handicapping him. There are things he should have mastered by now that he still struggles with. (blind!Jackson, possible Derek/Jackson)

28
- Title: The Invisible
cwc: 782

It’s a Friday night and Jackson has already had enough of the party. His neck is killing him and he is in no mood to deal with Lydia and her minions anymore. He decides to call it a night and heads to his car without bothering to tell anyone, except Danny whom he shoots a quick text.

Soon enough he’s on the road heading home. He’s halfway there when he finally notices the black van that seem to be following him. He tries to dismiss it as simple paranoia, there is no reason for anybody to bother with him, but when the van keeps up with his every turn he starts to worry that there might be a legit reason to start to panic. When the headlights of the van are suddenly turn on full and the engine revs on high he knows, the certainty a heavy weight in his gut, that he’s in trouble. (Jackson, gen)

29
- Title: FUBAR - a Jackson-centric clusterfuck of epic proportions.
cwc: 2688

Jackson was in trouble. He’s been accused of having the survival instincts of a lemming for his tendency to barge in were even angels feared to tread, but in spite of his fellow hunters belief in his apparent lack of self-preservation and what it says about his intelligence he’s not nor has he ever been stupid. He can and does recognize when things have gone FUBAR and, honestly, does pretty well at getting himself out of these messes. His backup plans got backup plans and those that truly know him call him anal retentive on his good days. With good reason. (Jackson, gen, SPN-fusion/semi x-over)

30
-Title: Reach For My Hand
cwc: 2245

The noise and chatter of the people filling the house was giving Danny a headache and no amount of pinching the bridge of his noise was helping to alleviate the tension. He’d withdrawn from the crowd, a little overwhelmed by the attention he was getting from Andy’s relatives, at the earliest opportunity and sought refuge on the periphery of the huge living room hoping to pass unnoticed for a while. (Danny, Jackson, gen, implied slash past Jackson/OC)

31
-Title: The Voice In His Head
cwc: 1654

“Psst. Psst!” The whisper jarred Jackson awake from an already restless sleep and he groaned quietly into his pillow. He tried his best to ignore the presence he could feel next to his bed as he burrowed deeper into his covers, but he wasn’t surprised when it turned out to be a futile endeavor. The voice wasn’t going anywhere until it got what it wanted. (Jackson, implied pre-slash Jackson/Derek)

32
- Title: Different strokes
cwc: 5783

Jackson is setting up his Lacrosse gear for the first day of practice tomorrow when he hears the tell tale sign of someone climbing up the trellis outside his window. Exasperated at who he knows is making all that racket he rolls his eyes and proceeds to deliberately ignore the commotion. (Jackson/Stiles friendship AU - Jackson is the one bitten.)

33
- Title: The Wolf Inside
cwc: 773

Jackson is startled out of his sleep by another nightmare. It’s not the first time it’s happened tonight. (the Gates x-over)

34
- Title: Maintaining the Status Quo
cwc: 96

Jackson stepped out of the shower in a billowing cloud of steam that obscured everything in front of him. (Derek/Jackson)

35
- Title: The Good Neighbor
cwc: 106

Andy should have know poking around in the man’s business wouldn’t go unnoticed indefinitely. He can admit that If he’s honest he’s is surprised it’s taken this long, but then again his target is probably not used to anyone making him out for the monster he is. (Night Fright-fusion)

36
- Title: Touching Razzorblades
cwc: 1409

Sarah Whittemore is pacing outside her son’s bedroom door. She’s understandably anxious at the recent developments and has a tight grip on the portable phone in her hands. She’s debating with herself whether or not to make the phone call that’s starting to look inevitable. (mutant!Jackson, X-men x-over)

37
- Title: My Best Friend - The Werewolf.
cwc: 4573

It took Lydia less than 15 minutes to lose Jackson in the crowed to go off mingling with her usual minions and that’s got to be a record even for her. He’s kind of impressed. (Jackson, Danny - Danny is the one bitten.)

Comments

[argentum-ls.livejournal.com]

Holy cow do you have a lot of WIPs! I don't know whether to be impressed, scared, or amused.

Personally, I find the one Jackson/Lydia and the Jackson/Scott/Allison ones the most intriguing. Any chance you've made more progress on them than just first lines?

[bdrixhaettc.livejournal.com]

All three? I have everything loaded in Google Docs and every time I head over there I want to ::facepalm:: myself. I try to write at least one paragraph on each one every day. Some day goes better than others.

For the two you mentioned the current word count is at:
Under The Influence - 1677
Penance - 297

Both are kink meme prompt fills so it almost a given they'll feature some kind of sex.
Penance is a fill for the pegging request someone posted way back when.

I think I'll edit the post to include the current word count, maybe divide it a little bit more to make it more eligible; by pairing perhaps?

[argentum-ls.livejournal.com]

I try to write at least one paragraph on each one every day

How do you keep them all straight in your head!? I've had a dozen or more stories on the in-progress list before, but there's always one or two that I'm actively working on while the rest wait their turn. The most stories I've ever tried to work on at roughly the same time was five, and that was confusing enough.

What's the prompt request for Under the Influence?

[bdrixhaettc.livejournal.com]

I 'try' to write a little bit on every one, but in practice it mostly ends up being 4-5 I focus on and they are never the same from day to day. That's why there are such a big difference in the word counts. I have to go where the muse takes me because I have found that there is nothing worse than trying to write on something you have no inspiration for at that moment.

Before I got into Teen Wolf I had not written anything resembling fic in my life, except one drabble in HL fandom and the ending of an original crime novel I dreamt up, literally, for a literature class in high school. I think there is another original writing exercise floating around somewhere. Beyond that, nothing. My fandom involvement was limited to telling the stories to an audience of one (my sister). And occasionally editing her stories. Both of us spend a big chunk of our waking hours involved in fandom in one way or another. For me it means mostly drawing up my story ideas (I have about 2000 .psd files spread over all the fandoms I have ever been interested in, not to mention originals. Between both of us the count goes up to ca 5000), telling them verbally or just 'daydreaming'.

But basically I'm used to telling a lot of stories 'simultaneously'. For me each one is individual and different. And as long as I have a clear idea of the 'verse' I don't find it too difficult to pick up the thread where I left it once the inspiration to continue hits again. It also helps that I tend to write the ending first and the rest is just the journey to get there.

The original prompt for Under the Influence requested a Derek/Stiles and Allison/Jackson/Scott pairing where both set got it on due to outside influence, aka werewolf aphrodisiac.
For my story I have chosen to modify it some (which is why I won't post it to the kink meme once it's done but rather as a independent story that has been 'influenced' by said prompt), I have removed the Derek/Stiles aspect and will focus only on Scott/Jackson/Allison (this is mainly due to personal preference).

If you find anything else that peeks your interest, don't hesitate to ask. I love to go off on them.

[argentum-ls.livejournal.com]

You're really making up for lost time :)

I'm so excited to see some of your finished work, especially the pieces that don't feature Derek. Scott/Allison and Scott/Jackson are what interest me the most right now, so Scott/Allison/Jackson is just a natural extension.

And, if you want to talk fic, I'm all about that. I love to talk fic in all its stages.

What story are you the closest to being finished on? What story are you currently most excited about and why?

(Also, did you finish reading your HL story?)

[bdrixhaettc.livejournal.com]

What story are you the closest to being finished on? What story are you currently most excited about and why?

The stories I’m closest to finnishing are Under The Influence and Reach For My Hand.

Both have their entire outline done and most of it has already been converted into ‘fic text’. What’s missing from UTI is the sex (never written it before and I’m struggeling on how to approach it, but I will – I’m stubborn like that), and some fleshing out of the interpersonal interactions. RFMH is basically angst and I’m trying to keep it in character without making it maudeling, allthough Jackson in cannon has shown he can be pretty dramatic in his emmotional reactions :) What’s missing is the exposition dialog between Danny and Jackson. (I’ll send you a private message with the full premise of the fic if you want.)

These are the ones I’m closest to being finished and that’s because both of them are one shots. Most everything else have been set up to be multi-chaptered and I’m glad if I manage to finish the prologue or chapter 1 on any of them.

Currently I’m most exited about the following titles:

Under The Influence – because that’s where my inspiration currently lies. And it’s got bossy!Allison, semi-feral!Scott and human!Jackson = explosive combo (or so I hope).

FUBAR – ‘cuz the first chapter is already done and just needs a beta. Besides, it’s about Jackson as a SPN-style hunter that is still cannon complient with current TW. The big question in the fic is ‘what made Jackson the man he is?’

The Voice In His Head - has a special place in my heart becasue it’s the story that got me writting in the first place. It’s litterly my 1st story. It’s the idea that made me post in the TW coms for the first time looking for a beta because I knew, I knew that I wasn’t going to be satisfied with just verbally telling it to my sister. I wanted to write it down. The whole outline of the prologue - the set up - has been done and turned into ‘fic text’. I’m only missing some exposition dialog in the middle – start and finish is done (detected a pattern yet? :D).

Reach For My Hand - is the idea I got while I was writing tVIHH so it’s litterally the 2nd story I started. It’s also my first forray into angst and I hope I can make it justice.

After the Gates - I’m exited about this one because I loved Colton Haynes in the Gates and this story builds on the trope of ‘what if Jackson was really Brett’ (I posted a couple of prompts about a TW and the Gates x-over at the kink meme). I have a couple of different version of this basic idea that builds on different senarios.

Finnally another one I’m exited about is My Best Friend - The Werewolf. - it’s based on the promt where Danny is the one that got bitten instead of Scott, the best friend of course being Jackson. It’s supposed to be developed as a whole AU series of season one. (I even got some preliminary art done!) So far I’ve got the whole outline of the pilot. The cwc of 4573 is just that – the outline :D with some ‘fic text’ interpersed. Now I just need to convert it into fic format.

Phew! I think I have taken up enough space...

[argentum-ls.livejournal.com]

What’s missing is the exposition dialog between Danny and Jackson. (I’ll send you a private message with the full premise of the fic if you want.)

Will I understand it without the rest of the story? If so, send it on.

And it’s got bossy!Allison, semi-feral!Scott and human!Jackson

Ohhh... I love it already! This probably my favorite combo of the characters.

start and finish is done (detected a pattern yet? :D).

The different methods people have for writing are interesting in themselves. How do you write the beginning and ends of stories without dealing with the middle?

what if Jackson was really Brett

I'm interested to know how you reconcile the two characters to make this happen. I'm pretty sure Brett was older than Jackson.

[bdrixhaettc.livejournal.com]

Note with premise for Reach For My Hand on it's way...

How do you write the beginning and ends of stories without dealing with the middle?
I actually start with an idea with specific scenes I know I want to include. Then I start with writing the first few lines of the story to kind of set the mood. When that has been done I write the last few paragraphs that will establish the end of the story or arc. And then I do the outline, the sequence of events that will take the reader from the beginning to the end - this part generally reads like a script almost. Then I just flesh it out. This is the part I find hardest.

I'm pretty sure Brett was older than Jackson.
Actually, they way I figured it they'd be the same age. The Gates came out 1 year before TW if I'm not mistaken and Brett was in the same class as his girlfriend and Michael who was 15. They where freshmen. Its been a while since I saw the show but I think that's what was established which means that one year later he could be a sophomore in Beacon Hill's if we assume he's as old as Scott and Stiles (since they share more than a few classes).

I have a few other stories that plays with the timeline where Brett is younger, the same age, even older. I hope I'll make sense within the context of the story.

[argentum-ls.livejournal.com]

Your method of writing sounds so alien to me! If I tried to write starts and ends of scenes first, I'd never get around to writing the rest of it. For that matter, I'd never be able to write the ends because I often don't know how a scene is going to end until I've written through the middle.

Good thing your method works for you :)

Brett was in the same class... who was 15

Seriously? I clearly missed that line. Here I assumed he was a couple years older than her. Must be because of how old Haynes is. I assumed he was a senior on TW, too, until Jeff Davis confirmed that all the kids are in their sophomore year.

[bdrixhaettc.livejournal.com]

They never stated it as far as I remember. The age is more a calculation of mine.

I assume Brett is as old as his girlfriend since they share more than one class. In the pilot she states she got to the Gates when she was 12, and that was three years ago, ergo she's 15 ;)

I'm actually glad Jackson is as old as the rest of the boys. Makes it more interesting that he is the way he is if he's that young. We'd have to handwave some of the comments in the pilot of course that would be a contradiction and causes some continuity issues. It seems that Davis changed his mind later :D