threesentenceficathon | 2023 Three Sentence Ficathon

Welcome to the 2023 Three Sentence Ficathon!
As of 16 Jan 2023 this post is NOW CLOSED TO NEW PROMPTS! PLEASE POST YOUR NEW PROMPTS HERE, IN POST 2! Do continue to fill prompts here but please put all new prompts in Post 2.

This post will remain open for new prompts until we hit 4000 comments, at which point we'll open a new one to avoid captcha as long as possible. New fills and comments on fills will always be welcome.

How to Prompt

Prompts should be one prompt per comment, formatted in this way: fandom, character(s), prompt word/sentence

Example: Star Wars, Obi-Wan Kenobi, I don't like sand

Prompts may also be open ended, unspecific, or anthropomorphic, such as:

any, any, I don't like sand
or
Earth geography, sand, I don't like humans very much, either

Prompts for relationships are welcome; a / is used for romantic/sexual relationships and an & for platonic. A prompt that uses both means the relationship can be written as either romantic or platonic, such as:

Star Wars, Anakin/&Obi-Wan, I don't like sand

Prompts may be repeated if they are unfilled; there is no obligation to read through every prompt to make sure yours isn't a repeat. This year's 3SF will stay open for new prompts through Sunday, February 12th.

How to Fill

Respond to your chosen prompt with a short fic of three sentences containing the fandom & characters requested!

Prompts can be filled more than once, as many times as someone has a new idea for them.

Notes & Rules

No, fills do not need to be exactly three sentences! It's more of a guideline. Please abuse grammar and punctuation as much as desired.

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Any, any, golden butterflies

To say that Toby had seen it all was a lie, but she'd seen quite a bit since Cross hired her and let her in on the whole anomalies plus time travel plus dinosaurs thing. Still, a field of golden flowers that took flight because they were butterflies, dancing around them, with no anomaly in sight and Cross counting down the minutes until it was predicted to close -- "Dylan?"

Dylan blew out a breath, then said weakly, "I guess we're gonna need a bigger net?"

"Take my eyes," Izuna entreated, and his brother finally gave in with an exhausted, grief-stricken nod. "Good," he breathed, feeling weaker, and let his Sharingan spin to life as he spoke again, even softer, "now look at me, Aniki."

Madara looked, and Izuna cast his genjutsu - a dozen golden, glowing butterflies, the same as their mother used to make for them, to say I love you and I'll miss you and goodbye all at once; and as one landed on Madara's nose, the tears started streaming.

Ryan looked down at the little girl currently clinging to the front of his suit. "I'm sorry, I look like a what?"

"A big, golden butterfly!"

He could only gape at her.

"Say thank you," Rose hissed, and Ryan quickly stammered the thanks—he'd heard his hero suit called a lot of things in the past, but never a butterfly.

The hero suit in question

It was a boring raid until Stede's awed gasp of, "Oh, Ed, come look at this, such craftsmanship," while they searched the captain's cabin for valuables caused Ed to turn and see his co-captain standing with what appeared to be a golden butterfly balanced on the end of one finger, jewel tone highlights of blue and green and purple glinting in the sunlight as it halfheartedly flapped its wings as if indecisive over whether it wanted to take flight or remain where it was.

Closer inspection revealed what Stede had meant about craftsmanship: it was a gold brooch instead of a living insect, its enameled wings mounted on the tiniest springs Ed had ever seen so that every small vibration sent them fluttering like the real thing, and Ed dreamed for a brief moment of wearing something so fine before he took another look at Stede's eager expression and magnanimously said, "It'll look good on you."

"They would look lovely on you, too," Stede said, grinning as he used his free hand to point at a jewelry box containing at least a dozen more, and when Ed and Stede returned to the Revenge, they were both festooned with golden butterflies.

Awwww, I love this!

Merlin cupped his hands together and blew into them before opening them to let a stream of golden butterflies out. Gwen giggled as they circled her, brushing against her cheeks and landing in her hair, spinning as they circled her and looking absolutely radiant. Arthur watched them—Merlin grinning and Gwen laughing—and he smiled, utterly at peace.

Belle is an optimistic person by nature, but there are times when the gloom of the castle and the drudgery of the endless polishing and sweeping can best even the most positive of hearts. She's noticed, however, that on the days when she's feeling most blue, she need only sit for a moment at the kitchen window and before long a kaleidoscope of butterflies will appear as if from nowhere, all of their wings burnished in gold and dazzling in the sun, and her heart immediately swells and a smile lights her face as she watches them swoop and soar.

She never notices Rumplestiltskin hovering in the doorway, or the way his clever hands dip and swirl in time with the butterflies.

2023 Three Sentence Ficathon - Post #1

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Primeval New World, Toby & Dylan

Naruto Founders, Madara & Izuna

Tiger & Bunny, Ryan & Rose, He's Very Shiny

Our Flag Means Death, Ed/Stede, pinned

Re: Our Flag Means Death, Ed/Stede, pinned

Merlin, Merlin & Gwen & Arthur Pendragon

Once Upon a Time, Rumple/Belle