Rainbow Fiction

Author: Kat
Title: Bad Idea
Story: Shine Like It Does
Colors: Ecru 4 (talk)
Supplies and Materials: Graffiti (bad idea right?), postcard, seed beads, charcoal, reimaging (of In Your Dirty Room), yarn (a href=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2408/CTA1_15_75_Lelu1024.jpg>remnants of a supernova), novelty beads (Trouble for Me, Britney Spears)
Word Count: 120
Rating: PG
Summary: It's a bad idea.
Warning: none
Notes: Rich/Ricky is the same guy and Jack's ex. In theory.

( Bad Idea )

Author: Kat
Title: got a hole for the world to see
Story: Shine Like It Does
Colors: Wild thyme 3 (one thing at a time)
Supplies and Materials: Graffiti (Black Horse and the Cherry Tree, KT Tunstall)
Word Count: 202
Rating: PG
Summary: Charlotte is supposed to be an adult.
Warning: none
Notes: This takes place shortly after Miranda gets stabbed.

( got a hole for the world to see )

Author: Kat
Title: Hit a Nerve
Story: Shine Like It Does
Colors: Sapphire 4 (diamond) with this_blue_spirit's paint by numbers (Social gathering)
Supplies and Materials: Graffiti (Decoy, Dessa), miniature, canvas, novelty beads ("So glad I don't give a damn.")
Word Count: 100
Rating: PG
Summary: Isobel wears the Hennessy diamonds.
Warning: slight swearing
Notes: none

( Hit a Nerve )

Author: Kat
Title: Expectations
Story: Shine Like It Does
Colors: Wedding dress white saturation, ecru 9 (prefer)
Supplies and Materials: Seed beads (Katie is an old friend of Christopher's), miniature collection, wood (I genuinely don't know when I started this but it was at least one computer ago), stain (Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away. - Thomas Fuller), novelty beads ("I could leave but I'll just stay;/All my stuff's here anyway." - Pinch Me, Barenaked Ladies), gift wrap (it's all about a wedding), canvas (the Hennessy kids are either very young or not born, I haven't quite figured out the timeline)
Word Count: 1500
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Katie getting married.
Warning: parental... abuse? Neglect? Something in there.
Notes: I'm not using this as a prompt, but happy birthday, Mr. Potato.

( Expectations )

Author: Kat
Title: my love, my saving grace
Story: Shine Like It Does
Colors: Ecru 10 (equate)
Supplies and Materials: Graffiti (Lilith Faire Day 6: Rooms on Fire, Stevie Nicks), miniature, novelty beads ("Everybody says it can't be done/We drive each other crazy/But you're still the one/You make it hard to stay, harder to run." - "I'm Taking The Wheel", SHeDAISY)
Word Count: 100
Rating: PG
Summary: Charlotte and love.
Warning: none
Notes: Title from Elizabeth Bishop.

( my love, my saving grace )

Author: Kat
Title: just remember now
Story: Shine Like It Does
Colors: Color of the day (amendatory), daffodil 1 (April showers)
Supplies and Materials: Graffiti (Lilith Faire Day 3: Ashes On Your Eyes, Deb Talen), stickers (Time is generally the best doctor. - Ovid)
Word Count: 650
Rating: PG
Summary: Jack comforts Charlotte.
Warning: language, depression.
Notes: I haven't really gotten into this phase of Charlotte's life before, but this is just before she moves to Georgia.

( just remember now )

Author: Kat
Title: Elegy
Story: Shine Like It Does
Colors: Ecru 2 (ask)
Supplies and Materials: Graffiti (Lilith Faire Day 1: Hopeful Hearts, Sarah Slean), seed beads, stickers ("It's hard to beat somebody when they don't give up." - Babe Ruth), miniature collection, glue (The learning process begins with hunger for information, but there’s more to it than that!), novelty beads ("The best way to show your love for those who are gone is to tell their story.")
Word Count: 500
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Smokey's curious about his father.
Warning: swearing
Notes: A note about Smokey: he uses male pronouns because it's easiest, but his gender and sexuality are best expressed by the shrug emoji.

( Elegy )

Author: Kat
Title: Just a Man
Story: Shine Like It Does
Colors: Skylight 14 (spring break)
Supplies and Materials: Graffiti (Lilith Faire Day 1: The Hill, Marketa Irglova), photography, miniature, seed beads, novelty beads (and yet I need not to need/or else a love with intuition)
Word Count: 100
Rating: PG
Summary: She really thought Jack might be different.
Warning: unhealthy relationship.
Notes: Jack's exes, take one.

( Just a Man )

Author: Kat
Title: Bloom
Story: Shine Like It Does
Colors: Daffodil 6 (new growth), color of the day (dissilient),
Supplies and Materials: Novelty beads (a flower), miniature collection, seed beads
Word Count: 300
Rating: PG
Summary: Katie and her garden.
Warning: none.
Notes: Pride #6.

( Bloom )

Author: Kat
Title: Content
Story: Shine Like It Does
Colors: Skylight 7 (Traffic noise), color of the day (remembrancer)
Supplies and Materials: Graffiti (Photography Month), photography, novelty beads (an elaborate room)
Word Count: 333
Rating: G
Summary: Charlotte's apartment in Atlanta is very different from her bedroom at home.
Warning: none.
Notes: ahahaha this has been a Month. I got promoted and turned 33 and dealt with a brand-new phobia and a kitchen problem that I won't describe for phobia reasons. I'll be around more from now on. I hope.

( Content )