Bonfire Night - Remember, Remember...

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It's the fifth of November, which in lads'-world (i.e. the UK) means it's Guy Fawkes Night, or Bonfire Night, or basically a good excuse to play with fire and things that go bang. Despite the fact that at least one website proclaims that Bonfire night is a celebration of the attempt to blow up Parliament, it's actually supposed to be a celebration of the failure of the attempt to blow up Parliament in 1605... A bloke called Guido Fawkes was daft enough to actually be caught in the act of lighting the fuses, in a cellar under Westminster, although to be fair this was because a bloke called Tresham wrote a letter to one of his mates due to be sitting in Parliament on the 5th, telling him not to go. Bit suspicious, that. In fact he may even have been a double-agent in the first place, which...

Okay, there's lots of websites, and lots of you know all this already, of course, but basically, it was an op worthy of sending the lads on, if they'd been around 400 years-ish ago...

All of which rambling is really to say - drabble night, anyone?

Little bright shooting-star type pieces of writing about the lads? On bonfire night, or at any other time if you're feeling otherly inspired, and if you'd like a bonfire night-ish prompt, then please do comment below.

No deadlines, although of course it's only the fifth of November for so long, but it's all part of the Discovered In Fallen Leaves Challenge, so feel free to post inspirations up until the 9th November. Although, you know, some posts tonight would be nice... cheer me up no end, they would... *looks hopefully out at lj-land*

Roman Candle

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Ok, this has gone in a slightly different direction then I expected! I really hope you like, and happy Nov 5th, everyone. Prompt was Roman Candle.

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( Roman Candle )

Title: Roman Candle
Author: Magenta Blue
Slash or Gen: Slash
Archive at ProsLib/Circuit: Yes please
Disclaimer: Purely for pleasure, son, purely for pleasure
Notes: With a nod to Sebastian... Written for DIALJ Bonfire challenge, prompt was 'roman candle' by emptymirrors.

A Bonfire Night Drabble - Fluffy Bunny

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Fluffy Bunny
by Slantedlight

"Reminds me of hunting with my grandfather," Bodie said out of the blue, or rather the black, one crisp Bonfire Night.

Doyle traced Bodie's thoughts idly through the haze of smoke and the maze of fizz as he watched the rockets bursting stars - silver, green, gold - into the sky.

"Oh yeah?" he asked, "With HRH was it? Brace of grouse or two?"

"Eh?"

"Shooting!"

"What? Nah," Bodie nudged him away from the bonfire to where a smaller flame was burning, where lips were licked and greasy fingers sucked. "We'd eat it straight off the spit, just like that…"

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Title: Fluffy Bunny
Author: Slantedlight
Slash or Gen: Slash (always, in my head at least!)
Archive at ProsLib/Circuit: If wanted
Disclaimer: The lads, the CI5 universe and many, many other things in the world do not belong to me, but I think about them anyway, and sometimes I drabble.
Notes: With an apology to schnuffi, but you really can't be giving me prompts like "fluffy bunny" and expect it to end well...