Random Shuffle, Music Meme

[coffeebuddha]

Title: Random Shuffle
Author: coffeebuddha
Rating: FRT
Characters/Pairings: Hotch, Garcia, Derek Morgan, Spencer Reid, Emily Prentiss
Disclaimer: Nothing belongs to me.

1. Pick a character, fandom, pairing, friendship, whatever.
2. Put on your music program on shuffle/random and start playing songs.
3. For each song, write something inspired by the song related to the theme you chose earlier. You only have the song length. No pre-planning and no writing after the song is over. No skipping songs either.
4. Do 10 songs and post. Make sure to include the song name/artist.
 

 

1. Embraceable You-Ruthie Henshall and Michael Strassen (Hotch/Garcia, het)

Penelope's sitting on the closed toilet lid with her face buried in her hands when Aaron sees her through the cracked bathroom door. He immediately crosses over to her side and takes her hands in his, pulling them from her tear stained face. She closes her eyes and tries to turn her face away, but Aaron wipes at the mascara that's smeared over her cheeks with the pads of his thumbs. He doesn't ask what's wrong. The case had been a hard one, even for people who had seen as much as they have, and Penelope had gone through more files and pictures that he'd normally ever ask her to. His stomach clenches at the sight of her tears, knowing that his orders are what caused them. She doesn't resist when he pulls her into his arms and kisses the top of her head.

"I would do anything to make you smile again," he murmurs into her hair. "You should never stop smiling."

*

2. Bleed It Out-Linkin Park (Spencer Reid, het/slash/gen?)

Spencer slides the needle deep into his veins, hissing when he feels the drugs sliding in to mingle with his blood. He slips the belt off of his arm and back around his narrow waist. The dirty bathroom floor pulls at the bottoms of his shoes, but he steps extra hard to compensate for the sticky resistance. Outside the bathroom everything is a blur of colors and bodies. There's a girl to his right who reaches out and grabs his hand, pulling him out onto the dance floor. A man grinds up against him from behind, his arousal hard against Spencer's ass and his mouth hot on his neck. Spencer holds the girl tight against his front and bends to kiss her as the drugs take hold and pull him down.

*

3. No Day But Today-Idina Menzel (Live from Soundstage) (Reid/Morgan, slash)

Derek knocks on Spencer's door as the skies open and the rain starts to pour down. When Spencer opens the door, he blinks with surprise and silently motions for Derek to come inside. Derek doesn't even take a few seconds to take off his jacket or shake off the worst of the raindrops clinging to him. Instead, he takes hold of Spencer's face and pulls him in for a desperate, hard kiss. Spencer doesn't even have time to try and kiss him back before he's backing away, a serious expression on his handsome face.

"If you ever try something that stupid again, I'll kill you myself, Pretty Boy."

*

4. The Word of Your Body (reprise)-Spring Awakening OBC (Reid/Morgan, slash)

Derek's lips skate over Spencer's collarbone and dip into the hollow of his throat. He nips at his Adam's apple, earning a sharp gasp. He moves lower, flicking a nipple with his tongue, sucking mark over mark on Spencer's thin ribcage.

"This is a bad idea," Spencer says, but his breathy, shaking voice doesn't sound too convincing, and when Derek's breath hits the head of his cock, he stops talking altogether.

*

5. A Man Could Go Quite Mad-The Mystery of Edwin Drood OBC [less than two minutes long! D:] (Spencer Reid, gen)

Spencer stares at the knife in his hand, the blood that's dripping between his fingers. There's skin under his fingernails and when he licks his lips he tastes copper. The knife, slippery with wetness, falls from his numb fingers as he stares down at the body by his feet. He has no idea where he is or how he got here and for the first time in years, he's truly completely terrified by his mind.

*

6. Hotel California-The Eagles (Reid/Morgan, slash)

The hotel was old and nearly falling down, but it was the closest building when the rain started. Derek left his motorcycle outside and ran toward the door, Spencer close on his heels. A thick sheet of dust covered everything and they spent the next half hour poking their heads into deserted rooms while Spencer made spooky noises and cracked jokes about haunted buildings. If it had been darker, Derek told him, then he wouldn't be nearly so glib. But it wasn't, so Spencer was doing everything he could to mess with the older man. Derek was the one who stumbled across the ballroom. He flopped onto his back and stared up at the painted ceiling, trying to image the countless couples who would have danced through this room. When Spencer stretched out next to him, he reached out for him and held him around the waist. Spencer sighed softly, almost reverently as he looked at the mirrored walls.

"Maybe," he said, his voice hushed, "Maybe if we're quiet enough, the building's ghosts will float out of the mirrors and throw a party for us."

*

7. Love for Sale-Billie Holiday (Reid/Morgan, slash)

The first time Spencer Reid met Derek Morgan, the older man had been sweating and nervous. It wasn't every day that Spencer took a federal officer to his bed, but he wasn't going to complain. A man's badge was nothing to hold against him, especially when he could be holding the actual man against him. When Morgan stammered that he didn't do things like this, Spencer smiled and slid his tie knot down. When Morgan suggested that they just get to know each other a little better, Spencer showed off the birth mark on his upper thigh. When Morgan sank into him, big and hot and slow, Spencer threw his head back and moaned loudly while Morgan's fingers dug hard into his hips. And when Morgan left, Spencer carefully counted the money he left behind and smiled his practiced, perfect smile.

*

8. Brave-Leona Lewis (Emily Prentiss-unrequited het)

Emily stands in front of her closet and runs her fingers over the clothes inside. She pauses at a deep wine red dress and for a moment she closes her eyes and fantasizes about slipping it on, the feel of the silk sliding smooth against her skin. There's a pair of strappy black heels that look amazing with the dress that she would put on. Paint on lipstick-something bold-and eyeliner and rouge. She bites her lip, wondering at the reaction she would garner. Imagines Rossi doing a double take, his eyes lighting up with interest. Her breath shudders out at the thought of his hard, strong hands stripping the dress off of her, tenderly or roughly, she doesn't really care how.

With a small sigh, she lets her hand fall away and she moves past the dress to a sensible dress shirt and slacks.

*

9. You and I-Chess OBC (Reid/Morgan, slash)

"Everything's fine," Derek says to Spencer's hunched back. "We're fine. There's nothing wrong with how things are."

"We're hiding," Spencer says tensely, still not looking up. "I love you, Derek. You know that I do, but I can't keep pretending that there's nothing going on between us just because you're afraid of what everyone thinks. Even if I could, I don't want to. I don't want to be your secret. I deserve more than that."

Derek sits down beside him and tries to put an arm around his shoulders, but Spencer flinches and his arm falls back down to his side. "I know you're upset, but if you just give me a little more time-"

"It's been nearly two years now," Spencer bites out, jerking up off the bed and away from Derek. "I'm tired of hiding."

"We're so happy," Derek says quietly. "Why change things when we make each other happy?"

"I'm not."

"Yes, you are changing things." Derek tries to smile when Spencer turns to look at him, but it slides away when he sees his expression.

"No," Spencer says. "I'm not happy."

*

10. Built This Way-Samantha Ronson (Spencer Reid, gen)

Spencer sat on the edge of the school lunchroom and bit into his bland sandwich. A few feet away, a cheerleader leaned in to flirt with a football player. A cluster of goths had their heads bent close together as they heatedly debated some band or another. Nerds, band geeks, popular kids. Everywhere he looked there were groups of teenagers joking and laughing and talking and even sulking together. And then there was Spencer on the edge of the crowd, his table a silent island surrounded by the ebb and tide of their comradery.

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Thanks for reading! Feedback is always appreciated.

Writing's been kicking my ass lately, so I decided to try and force it to love me by shamelessly stealing a meme from rowena_dawson . I have such mixed feelings about these. =/

Comments

[empressnan]

You shouldn't have mixed feelings about these. They're great! And kudos to you for being able to do this meme. I can't even write a short grocery list anymore, much less drabbles.

[coffeebuddha.livejournal.com]

Thanks! <3 I love doing drabbles and things, but then my ADD probably helps. XD

[ladykeeran.livejournal.com]

I loved the tug and pull of these. One would life me up and then the next would slam me down, and yet they were all so crisp and clean that none of the emotions ran together.

Amazing work! <3<3

[coffeebuddha.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! :)

[wingstarvegeta.livejournal.com]

I flailed, I sniffled, I fangirled all over myself. LOL. Special comment for your Hotch/Garcia: I adore the way you write them. Special comment for Hotel California: Dude! Best song ever! And Spencer's party line was absolutely priceless! Will beg and grovel for more, when you get the chance. :D

Love and cherries,
Wingstar

[coffeebuddha.livejournal.com]

Thank you, hun! <3 I get the feeling that this isn't going to be the last time I do this meme. It's too much fun!

[wingstarvegeta.livejournal.com]

Yay! Can't wait! LOL.

[edom56.livejournal.com]

These were so great!

I love the Garcia/Hotch one, he would be sad that he'd been the one to make her cry.

[coffeebuddha.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

I love doting!protective!Hotch. <3

[rowena-dawson.livejournal.com]

Hahaha, hmmm, this meme sounds familiar....lol

I loved your take on it.

I really loved what you did with Bleed It Out and Word of Your Body. Beautiful songs. Beautiful prompts.

Great stuff darling. :3

[coffeebuddha.livejournal.com]

I have no idea what you're talking about... >.>

Thank you! :)

[bethane713.livejournal.com]

These are wonderful! I love that most of them come from Broadway soundtracks :D

[coffeebuddha.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm a huge musical theater nut, so there's no way I could have shuffled through ten songs with out at least a few popping up. ;)

[l3petitemort.livejournal.com]

Oooh, this was so great. Your Hotch/Garcia was just perfect, so incredibly IC for both of them.

I'm also a big fan of #7, though hooker!Reid doesn't usually do it for me, haha.. I like the characterizations, and I like the structure.

And #8 was so sensual and lovely and longing... it gave me shivers. Totally not exaggerating.

LOVE!

[coffeebuddha.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! <3

I've been tossing around ideas for a follow up to my Hooker!Reid fic, so when that song came on there really wasn't even a choice for what I'd be writing. ;)

[citymusings.livejournal.com]

Very nice. I really liked #8!

[coffeebuddha.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :)

[tafidadarling.livejournal.com]

Yay, these were so great.

Garcia is always comforting Hotch, so it was so cute to see him comfort her.

Morgan/Reid is beautiful as always.

Oh, and I especially loved the one with Reid and the knife. I'm still holding onto that Reid has been a serial killer this whole time, so this played right into my little fantasy.

I'm always listening to my music on shuffle. I should do this sometime since I've been putting off writing. :P

[coffeebuddha.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much!

The knife one was kind of frustrating because I had so little time and only managed to write down a little bit of what I wanted to. One of the drawbacks of time limits. ;)

You should! It's so much fun that I'm probably going to do another one later tonight.

[tafidadarling.livejournal.com]

You're welcome.

Yes, it was crazy trying to actually write something that resembled a plotline in three minutes or so.

I did end up doing it yesterday. I'll be posting it later. I got some crazy songs, but it was loads of fun.

[just-chiara.livejournal.com]

Aww, I especially love Hotel California - the image of them lying down on the floor of this old and shabby hotel is just great.

#9 :'(

And #3 is so Morgan. ♥

[coffeebuddha.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! :)