2023 Three Sentence Ficathon - Post #1

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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.

3SF is a Choose Not to Warn space. Spoiler and content warnings are not required, though writers are free to add them if they please. If you see something you don't like, just scroll until you do!

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Cross-posting is encouraged; there is a 3SF Collection on AO3 if you'd like to post fills there as well.

Note that the comm is searchable! Tick the 'include comments' button when searching to easily find prompts for your chosen fandom/characters.

And most importantly, have fun! If you have questions, check the Sticky Info post and if they're not answered there, head to the Contact the Mods post.

Comments

[kalira]

any, any, tea makes everything better

Miss Marple

[smallhobbit]

"Well, Inspector, I do understand how frustrated you must be when your chief suspect has themselves been murdered," Miss Marple said. "Although he did remind me so much of the greengrocer's youngest, happy to make threats, but totally incapable of carrying them out. Now, shall we have a nice cup of tea, and see what we can learn from all this."

Re: Miss Marple

[theseatheseatheopensea]

Excellent! Yay Miss Marple!

Re: Miss Marple

[smallhobbit]

She'll sort things out! Thank you :)

Re: Miss Marple

[kalira]

What a perfect fandom (character) for this prompt! ^.^

Re: Miss Marple

[smallhobbit]

Thank you - I am very fond of Miss Marple :)

Re: Miss Marple

[wingedflight]

Eeheehee I love that she's so sensible about it.

Re: Miss Marple

[smallhobbit]

Yes, she's such a sensible lady she has great appeal to me.

Re: Miss Marple

[hamsterwoman]

Ha, this is great! :D

Re: Miss Marple

[smallhobbit]

Thank you very much!

[be_themoon]

that is so thoroughly miss marple!! well done

[smallhobbit]

Thank you very much!

Naruto Founders, Izuna is a brat

[dawen]

Irritably, Izuna stalks through the kitchen, methodically searching through every cupboard for every last tin of tea and making sure to check for hidden backs and false bottoms as he goes. Tobirama has ticked him off for the last time this week, and Izuna's going to make his life as miserable as possible without actually, you know, threatening the physical or political integrity of the village.

Tea makes everything better, and Izuna is going to make sure Tobirama has not a damn leaf of it.

Re: Naruto Founders, Izuna is a brat

[kalira]

Izuna. :0 Brat indeed. Also Tobi might not risk such things or go over the top but if it were me, I might get murderous over such an affront of an attack. XP

I did laugh at his very well-thought-out search for tea and the methodical nature behind it. XD

Re: Naruto Founders, Izuna is a brat

[dawen]

such a brat. you are correct, though, that he may have bit off more than he can chew. XP

haha, I'm glad you liked the methodical search! I will die on the hill of Izuna Is Intelligent X'D

Old Gods of Appalachia, Miss Belle & Marcie Walker, comforting warmth

[wearing_tearing]

Miss Belle sits in the Walker house, basking in its familiar sense of safety, and tries her best to ignore the gnawing dread that tugs at her soul after seeing Aunt Ellie and Cowboy off.

"Here you go. This will make us both feel better," Aunt Marcie says and hands her a steaming cup of tea.

Miss Belle takes a sip and lets the comforting warmth of it wash over her--for now.

Re: Old Gods of Appalachia, Miss Belle & Marcie Walker, comforting warmth

[kalira]

Aw. Sometimes that's all you've got for a while. >.>

Naruto Founders, Madara/Tobirama

[dawen]

Words were hard, sometimes, especially when it came to emotions; any Uchiha could tell you that, if they told you anything without their highly nuanced "hn" system. So instead of saying those three little words - so simple but so hard to get out of his throat - Madara turned to actions when he wanted to show his care, and the small ritual of brewing a pot of tea came easily.

He set the pot down on the one free corner of Tobirama's desk, poured the first cup for him, and set it next to his love's hand; Tobirama, as tight-lipped as Madara himself, thanked him with a small smile and a kiss.

Re: Naruto Founders, Madara/Tobirama

[kalira]

Awww, love~ ♡ (Both in the 3SF and my reaction. XP) Also I love the highly nuanced "hn" system, I giggle. XD Very sweet nonverbal declaration(s)~

Dracula, Mina & Lucy, Mina/Jonathan

[ravenlilyrose]

When they'd been young (so young and blissfully innocent of the darker things in the world), Mina and Lucy had treated the insignificant hurts of adolescence with cups of tea. They would sit down, each with a cup of tea, and by the time they had both drained their cups, they were happy and smiling again.

After everything, when they finally have time to rest and to think and Mina is finally hit by the loss of Lucy, Jonathan slides a cup of tea across the table to her (she loves this ever-kind man, loves him with everything she has), and Mina can only muster a tiny smile, blurred by tears, grateful but ever so tired.

Re: Dracula, Mina & Lucy, Mina/Jonathan

[theseatheseatheopensea]

Awww <3

Teen Wolf, Sheriff/Melissa, Studying

[mad_madam_m]

Melissa rubbed her head and stared at the textbooks in front of her, pages of diagrams and medical terms swimming together. She'd forgotten how hard studying was, even when it was the same field she'd been working in her entire adult life.

A mug of steaming lavender tea landed on the table near her notes, and a kiss landed in her hair. "You look like you could use this."

She looked up from her books to smile at John. "The tea or the kiss?"

He tipped his head side to side, like he was considering. "Hm. Both?"

Melissa took the edge of his jacket and pulled him in for a better kiss. "Good answer, sheriff."

Re: Teen Wolf, Sheriff/Melissa, Studying

[kalira]

Awww, sweet~ ♡

The Chalet School, Mary-Lou Trelawney and Grizel Cochrane)

[sallymn]

"What could have happened?" Mary-Lou gasped, clasping her hands dramatically.

It wasn't that she wanted to be dramatic, she prided herself of being sensible, forcefully and loudly sensible. However she was now faced with her Headmistress, two Senior Mistresses, Matron and the so often self-proclaimed founding stone of the school Joey Bettany Maynard. All of them purple of face, sprawled in a ghastly and appallingly unladylike manner over their armchairs and... well, Mary-Lou wasn't an expert on dead bodies, being a properly brought up young lady. She had never seen such a sight before. But at this minute she was absolutely, definitely, completely certain that these were five purple, sprawled and dead bodies.

"Miss Cochrane, this is awful! What will we do? Who could possibly have done this?"

The other founding stone of the School gazed at Mary-Lou with hooded eyes and a calm - no, it couldn't be! an almost contented - look on her face. "I'm sure I don't know, Mary-Lou," she said as she poured from the delicate, flower-bedecked china teapot into two cups, and held one out with a smile, though for some reason she didn't touch her own.

"Here, this will help."

Mary-Lou was affronted. "Tea? Miss Cochrane, at a time like this, you think we should have tea?"

"Of course. Wasn't it Joey," her eyes flicking to their mutual and now ex-friend, and the smile grew, "who always said, every time she butted in, that listening to her endless advice over endless cups would make it all better? Her very last words were 'make the tea, Grizel, and we'll tell you again just what you should do'." She sighed. "Joey had such great faith in butting in, doing things her way... and in tea making everything better."

"This. Is. Not. Better!"

Grizel cocked her head, and spoke very, very softly. "Isn't it?"

Re: The Chalet School, Mary-Lou Trelawney and Grizel Cochrane)

[watervole]

Evil grin.