Prompts, Tables and Story Ideas

Since sometimes motivation is hard to come by here is a list of prompts, tables and list comms I sometimes troll to see if anything jumps out and gets the old muse interested.

25moments and its prompt table

15_song_titles and its song title prompt list

36_plots and its prompt table

flashslash Tuesday prompts of 4 words to be written in 8 minutes.

50scenes and its prompt table

prompted_quill daily, weekly and monthly prompts

alphabetasoup and its word lists (the comm does not appear to be accepting new claims but the lists are nice)

Together Again

Title: Together Again
Pairing/Warning/Rating: Life on Mars fandom, Gene/Sam , rated PG
Word Count: 302
Beta: travels_in_time
Summary: Celebrations are better when they're all together again.
Author's Note: Written as comment fic.
No one ever came right out and made any plans, but they were all there at The Railway Arms that night. All of the old crowd: Gene, Sam, Annie, Ray, Chris, even good old Phyllis. Nelson might have been long gone, but it was still a cop bar and it somehow felt right to travel to Manchester to celebrate there rather than stay in London.

Of course, not all of them were cops anymore. Phyllis and Gene had both left the job a while ago, Gene due to age restrictions and Phyllis when she got married. And Ray had been behind a desk after taking two bullets in the leg six years back, shattering the femur.

"Well, if it isn't Chief Inspector Skelton." Gene raised a glass to Chris. "And I get to say I knew you when."

"Not that you taught me everything I know?"

"Nah." Gene slapped Sam on the back. "I left that to Sammy here. Best thing for the CID he was, transferring down from Hyde when he did."

"You say that now," Annie joked. "There was a time..."

"Still is a time," Ray interrupted, but there was no heat behind his words.

"You love me, you know it," Sam protested, butting his shoulder against Ray's.

Phyllis motioned the bartender for another round. "Two minutes, people!" she shouted over the roar, as the noise level of the pub rose louder and louder with the countdown to the end of 1999. Gene was quick to make sure all their glasses were full.

"Five!" they all shouted together. "Four! Three! Two! One!"

"Guv?" Sam reached over, taking Gene's hand in his own. "Welcome to the 21st century."

"To the 21st century ! Now get over here!" Laughing, Gene pulled Sam in close for a kiss that would leave them both breathless.