The Future Ain't What It Used To Be
Song by: Meatloaf
Fandom: Firefly
Character(s): Mal
Setting: post-BDM

The lowest point should’ve been when the war ended in the Independents defeat. Mal never thought he could go any lower, but he should’ve known better.

When the Tams came aboard his boat, when Kaylee was shot, when Niska took to torturing him and even let him die, nothing could break Malcolm Reynolds.

The truth that came from Miranda, losing Book and Wash, it tore pieces from him, but he still managed to fly true.

Then the day came when he asked her to stay and be his forever and ever.

Inara Serra walked away.

And Mal was left broken.


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My Brother Jake
Song by: Free
Fandom: Leverage/Librarians
Character(s): Eliot & Jake
Setting: non-specific

For the longest time, Eliot worried about his brother, how he would cope with being left alone under their father’s thumb.

He was the brains, Eliot himself was largely the brawn, but in time, Jake proved he was the stronger of the two, and not just when it came to leaving the family business.

It took both of them finding a team, finding a new family each, before they really knew their places in the world.

Only then could they face each other again, knowing they were where they were supposed to be and who they were supposed to be.


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If You Believe
Song by: Andrea Remanda
Fandom: 10th Kingdom
Character(s): Virginia/Wolf
Setting: post-series

“I didn’t exactly go out into the world looking for love, but it found me that night when you showed up. Wolf, you didn’t just show me nine kingdoms, you showed me a side of myself I barely knew existed. You helped me see the love in my life, in my heart. You taught me to trust in that. So, today, I pledge myself to you, body, heart, and soul, forever.”

She slid the ring onto his finger and they shared a kiss, an official marriage, at least in the eyes of the 4th Kingdom. That was enough for Virginia.


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Ordinary
Song by: Greg Jones
Fandom: Smallville
Character(s): Clark Kent
Setting: Season 1

Clark always loved the farm, the fields, the natural world that surrounded him. As a child, he was fascinated by it all, as a teenager, it suddenly didn’t feel quite so welcoming.

Human beings were a part of the earth, they belonged, but not Clark. It was one thing to find that you’re adopted, something else entirely to know you’re an alien from another planet.

Now when he lays in the corn field, gazing up into the sky, Clark is wondering where his real home used to be, wondering if he’ll ever feel the same about this planet ever again.


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Rip Her To Shreds
Song by: Blondie
Fandom: Hart of Dixie
Character(s): Zoe vs. Lemon
Setting: Season 1

“Well, if it isn’t, Miss Zoe Hart. Don’t you look so... interesting in your little outfit.”

“Lemon Breeland. I’m amazed you’re judging my appearance. Is that dress a genuine antique?”

“Excuse us Bluebell folk for believing in tradition, Dr Hart. I don’t suppose a New York City girl like yourself would understand, but believe me when I tell you, a real Alabama man appreciates such things.”

With a saccharine smile, she wandered over to where George Tucker waited, and Zoe could only watch, seething on the inside as they kissed.

Maybe she could get one of those dresses after all.


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I Want It All
Song by: Queen
Fandom: MCU
Character(s): Loki
Setting: pre-Avengers Assemble

If Jotunheim would forsake him and Asgard cast him out, there were other places he could go, other thrones to claim.

The humans would quake before his majesty. Spear in hand, he would command respect and the whole kingdom of Midgard would kneel.

It was as good a plan as any, and Loki was determined to see it through, come what may. There were no men like him, not on this meagre planet of weak-minded fools.

He would rule and give no quarter to those who defied him. His want for it was unparalleled and his power would be absolute.



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Tonight It's You
Song by: Cheap Trick
Fandom: Chuck
Character(s): Casey/Ellie
Setting: AU

They could’ve blamed a lot of things for what happened. The booze, the drama of the day, anything. In the end, they had to admit it happened because they wanted it to, though neither truly believed the other could feel the same.

“Don’t worry about it. I understand,” he told her, getting ready to leave. “One night, no encores.”

“John,” she said, catching hold of his sleeve. “I thought I just needed someone last night, but... what I actually needed was you.”

He turned back, their eyes met, they both smiled. Maybe it was more than one night after all.


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I’m Holdin’ Onto Love (To Save My Life)
Song by: Shania Twain
Fandom: Hart of Dixie
Character(s): Lemon/Lavon
Setting: non-specific

There was more to being a real Southern belle than knowing how to throw a proper dinner party or bake a delicious pie.

For a long time, Lemon Breeland thought all she really needed to do was grow up to be a perfect copy of her mother, but that wasn’t it either.

Being George Tucker’s wife, that had to be her future, but no.

In the end, what made her whole, what saved her life, what brought her to the point of knowing her rightful place in the world was the love of one man - her future husband, Lavon Hayes.


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When You Say Nothing At All
Song by: Ronan Keating
Fandom: Leverage
Character(s): Eliot/Parker
Setting: S1/2 AU

She didn’t talk much. He supposed they had that in common.

In the beginning, she would just sit back and watch, listen, take it all in, never sharing anything.

Later, the craziest comments and non-sequiturs would spill out of her mouth and he wondered aloud if she was crazy, but she didn’t care.

Now, he was the one saying nothing, just watching her as her expression said it all.

Never was she so easy to read as when she looked at him just exactly like that, then Eliot knew, without Parker ever saying a single word, that they were forever.


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Oh Romeo
Song by: Mindy McCready
Fandom: Gilmore Girls
Character(s): Rory Gilmore
Setting: Episode 7x22

If there was one thing her mother had taught her, it was how to be a strong and independent woman, and it served her well.

Rory needed to know she could stand on her own two feet, she had to believe it completely, when she handed the ring back to Logan and told him ‘no.’

It wasn’t the first time she watched a man she loved walk away from her - Dean, Jess, now Logan - but that was okay.

Of course it hurt, she was only human after all, but what didn’t kill her would only make her stronger.


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