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.

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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.

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Comments

[arveldis]

“I’ve been thinking about something ever since the coronation,” Frank said, turning to Helen as they lay on the soft grass beneath the twining boughs of the new-grown trees, the bower their people had given to them until their new home could be built.

Helen rolled over onto her side to listen to him, lifting up onto her elbow and propping her head in her hand; her fingers trailed over his new raiment, which he still felt was much too fine for the likes of him, even if he did feel more fit for his newly acquired station in it.

“You’ve always ’ad a ’ead for maths and geography and ’istory and the like, and you can negotiate a right good bargain at the shops, and when you speak, people listen,” he continued, lapsing into his old manner of speech now that it was just the two of them, alone beneath the trees, as they had been back in England in their youth, when they had spent long summer days together exploring the forests and fields of the country, away from the crowded streets of London. “I’m a plain man, always ’ave been and always will be, no matter ’ow many layers o’ finery I’m dressed in and no matter what the Lion said at the coronation, but I’ve always thought that you’re, well, a step above my station, as they say.”

Helen’s fingers stilled upon his chest as she listened, and her expression turned curious.

Frank wrapped his hand around hers as he said with deep earnestness, “I think that you’d make a fine ruler o’ this land, like the ol’ queens o’ England; you have all the wisdom and grace o’ a queen, and there’s no one I’d rather stand at the side o’ than you, Nellie. And the Lion crowned us both, didn’t he? You’ve as much a right to rule over this land as I do.”

Squeezing his hand with a smile, Helen said, “I think that’s a fine plan, and there’s no one I’d rather have at my side,” and she leaned forward and kissed his cheek.

[elementalraven]

oohhhh amazing! I love how Frank just listed of all her skills and how he is humble enough to say all this to her, and also, I want to read this au

[arveldis]

Thanks! Helen gets so little characterization, so I wanted to explore what her strengths might be, and how skills she has from her everyday life in England could translate into being the perfect set of skills for ruling. I loved your prompt, so I might just have to write more about this! :D

[be_themoon]

oh, i'm very fond of this! what a nice story for them, and what a change for what they can be here in this new world.

[arveldis]

Thank you so much! <3