five_steps_back: (Phase: Sarah)
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Name: Nikki
Colors: Tyrian Purple 23 (lonely inventor), Olive Green 3 (White Knight), Alice Blue 22 (I have seen so many extraordinary things, nothing seems extraordinary any more)
Styles and Supplies: Eraser (TOWNOID), Pastels (my gen+romance card; I3: reunion), Modeling Clay (140: soul), Chalk, Stain ("Humans are not proud of their ancestors, and rarely invite them round to dinner.", Douglas Adams), Feathers ("I will always find you.")
Rating: G
Word Count: 398
Story: Phase; the title of this piece is 'Marco Polo.'
Summary: Sarah knows Angie is watching after her.
Notes: Kat's Valentine's Day present! Takes place in November 2004; Sarah is 14, Angie is 16.

Sarah's life at home and her life at school weren't that much different.  )
five_steps_back: (Phase: Angie)
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Name: Nikki
Colors: Tyrian Purple 10 (the face that sailed a thousand ships), Olive Green 17 (Golden Afternoon), Alice Blue 17 (it's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards)
Styles and Supplies: Oils (a beautiful use of an ugly word), Acrylic (staring)
Rating:PG-13
Word Count: 253
Story: Phase; the title of this piece is 'Snuggle.'
Summary: Angie snuggles. Sometimes.
Notes and Warnings: Inspired by Thai and this comic.

It was apparently around one in the afternoon when Angie stumbled out of the bedroom. )
five_steps_back: (Phase: Sarah)
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Name: Nikki
Colors: Tyrian Purple 20 (watcher with a thousand eyes)
Styles and Supplies: Miniature, Stain (The supreme irony of life is that hardly anyone gets out of it alive. - Robert Heinlein), Pastels (my gen+romance card from [community profile] origfic_bingo; I1: memories), Canvas
Rating: PG
Word Count: 80
Story: Phase; the title of this piece is 'Remembering.'
Summary: Sarah knows the bad side Angie better than anyone.
Notes: Warnings for mentions of child abuse. May or may not have been inspired by this prompt. Thank to Thai for betaing, and convincing me that it was okay to write under 100 words.

Sarah knew how Angie destroyed himself better than anyone. )
five_steps_back: (Phase: Angie)
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Name: Nikki
Colors: Tyrian Purple 6 (the lying oracle), Alice Blue 12 (if everybody minded their own business, the world would go around a great deal faster than it does)
Styles and Supplies: Reimaging (Unwell), Acrylic (controversy), Feathers ("I'm not going to apologize.")
Rating:PG-13
Word Count: 531
Story: Phase; the title of this piece is 'A Little Unwell.'
Summary: Angie's not crazy.
Notes: Warnings for ableism. Takes place in February 2013.

'Spit it out, midget.' )
five_steps_back: (Phase: Angie)
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Name: Nikki
Colors: Tyrian Purple 13 (children upon children)
Styles and Supplies: Reimaging (Get Off On The Pain), Frame, Oils ("I'll protect what's mine".)
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 541
Story: Phase; the title of this piece is 'A Hundred Scars.'
Summary: Angie is used to pain.
Notes: Warnings for child abuse. Takes place from late 1994 to early 2003.

She was around seven when it started. )
five_steps_back: (Phase: Angie)
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Name: Nikki
Colors: Alice Blue 1 (we're all mad here), Olive Green 15 (El Diablo), Tyrian Purple 24 (melted wings)
Styles and Supplies: Mixed Media, Pastels (my gen+romance card:[community profile] origfic_bingo O2: hallucinations/visions), Miniature Collection, Reimaging ("White Balloons" is a short Angie POV of The Edge of Glory; "Hate Me" is a short Angie POV of Sarah Doesn't Know), Chalk, Stain ("I tend to live in the past because most of my life is there." - Herb Caen), Brush (heyday), Acrylic (controversy), Feathers ("I'm not going to apologize."), Modeling Clay ("Like"), Frame
Rating: R
Word Count:1,952
Story: Phase; the title of this ficmix is 'Get Off On The Pain.'
Summary: Angie's life in 20 songs.
Notes and Warnings: Angie's playlist can be downloaded here. Warnings for child abuse, ableism, drug use, and depression and manic phases. (Interesting fact:  This version of Angie has a much happier childhood and life than the original version of Angie.)

My whole life I been picking fights there ain't no way to win. )
five_steps_back: (Phase: Rayne)
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Name: Nikki
Colors: Olive Green 19 (Jaded Lady), Alice Blue 23 (it would be so nice if something made sense for a change),
Styles and Supplies: Miniature Collection, Canvas (the first two miniatures), Oils ("I'm not giving up."), Pastels (my current gen card at [community profile] origfic_bingo; G3: starting over), Stain (A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. - George Bernard Shaw), Chalk (Trigger warning for drug use.), Nubs (Rayne's section from One To Whom I Owe My Life)
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 300
Story: Phase; the title of this piece is 'Three Light Years And A Day.'
Summary: Rayne grows up, Sarah survives, and Angie starts to change.
Notes and Warnings: Trigger warnings for mentions of drug use, and child abuse. Dates for each miniature are placed under the songs that inspired said miniatures. (Today, muses only wanted to talk in snippets while I listened to the radio.)

Read more... )
five_steps_back: (Phase: Angie)
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Name: Nikki
Colors: Shell Pink 5 (Sand dollar; Nothing in my pocket but a hand and a prayer.), Olive Green 12 (Limbo), Tyrian Purple 29 (don't look back)
Styles and Supplies: Pastels (my current gen card at [community profile] origfic_bingo; B5. making do), Brush (thole: endure), Oils (nothing left), Paint-by-Numbers (Kat's Shell Pink)
Rating: PG-13 because Angie has a potty mouth.
Word Count: 485
Story: Phase; the title of this is 'I Can't Move Faster.'
Summary: Angie cleans up.
Notes and Warnings: Takes place in April 2006. Angie is 19.

Angie was probably a little too violent when he checked the restroom stalls to see if he was alone. )
five_steps_back: (Phase: Andy)
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Name: Kelly and Nikki
Colors: Tyrian Purple 16 (dawn's rosy fingers), Olive Green 9 (Cupid's Corner), and Alice Blue 25 (at the time it all seemed quite natural) for Nikki; French Grey 13 (It is a question of cubic capacity. A man with so large a brain must have something in it.), Royal Purple 8 (In my defense God me defend.), and Eisenhower Green 14 (every kung fu movie ever made can't be wrong) for Kelly
Supplies and Materials: Eraser; Pastels (my current gen+romance card for [community profile] origfic_bingo, G3. toys and games) for Kelly and (my current gen card for [community profile] origfic_bingo, I3. fast and loose) for Nikki; Interactive Art; Portrait
Story: Phase and Polyfaceted; this (FINALLY) takes place in the TOWNOID (The One Where Nobody Important Dies) AU. The title of this is 'What Happens in Vegas.'
Summary:
Nic and Andy do something that most typical drunk couples do while in Vegas.
[community profile] origfic_bingo[community profile] origfic_bingoWord Count: 7,659
Rating: NC-17
Warnings and Notes: Rough consensual sex. Takes places in March 2006.

To be quite honest, Andy was very, very drunk. )
five_steps_back: (Phase: Jakob)
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Name: Nikki
Colors: Tyrian Purple 1 (chained to a rock), Olive Green 3 (Fallen Angel), Alice Blue 3 (I can't go back to yesterday because I was a different person then)
Supplies: Canvas, Stain ('The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.' - Joseph Conrad), Feathers, Chalk (Trigger warning for rape), Modeling Clay (harried; beset by problems), Pastels (my gen+romance card: Free Space), Seed Beads
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 870
Story: Phase; the title of this is "I've Given Up On Making Sense."
Summary: Sean and Jakob's relationship.
Notes: Ranges from December 2001 to February 2002. Jakob is 15, Sean is 16.
Warnings: Mentions of underage sex and dubious consent, and one homophobic slur.

Jakob never really knew when Sean was going to come over. )
five_steps_back: (Phase: Oz)
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Name: Nikki
Story: Phase (updated index to come); the title of this is 'Sex Raises Some Pretty Good Question.'
Summary: Love is the answer, but while you are waiting for the answer...
Colors: Olive Green #20 (What's the Rush?), Carnation Pink #1 (Someday my prince will come. [So Oz is a sucker for a guy taller than him. That doesn't mean anything.]), Tyrian Purple #8 (Achille's heel)
Supplies and Materials: Paint-By-Numbers (Carnation Pink from Kelly), Portrait, Reimaging (rewrite of this first piece from way back when), and Pastels ([community profile] origfic_bingo December 2011 card: G1 - waiting)
Word Count: 5,021
Rating: NC-17. Graphic sex.
Warnings/Notes: I was only super determined to get this done before midnight, and I am not giggling at the irony of the Carnation Pink prompt. This takes place in June 2008, and Oz is 22 while Andy is 24. Sorry for any forgotten letters, my keyboard has been acting up lately. The title and summary are taken from a Woody Allen quote.

New reader fun fact: Oz is 6'5" tall. Andy is 6'7" tall.

Oz was halfway through his tattoo session with Andy when he labeled it as the worst decision he had ever made. )

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