No True Pair

Title: The Arrangement
Author/Artist: dropsofviolet
Fandom: Cardcaptor Sakura/xxxHOLiC (/Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle)
Pairing/characters: Eriol and Yuuko gen
Rating: G
Warnings: Tsubasa spoilers
Prompt/challenge you're answering: Yuuko versus Eriol: battle of wits

Excerpt: He lets himself in. She'd forgotten about the key in the box under the bush and he brushes a leaf from his face as he steps into the shop. He is not empty-handed. He has a bottle tucked under his arm and a pink staff in his other hand.

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Title: New Life
Author/Artist: dropsofviolet
Fandom: xxxHOLiC/Cardcaptor Sakura
Pairing/characters: Watanuki/Tomoyo
Rating: G
Warnings: AU (obviously)
Prompt/challenge you're answering: Tomoyo/Watanuki; the first day of the rest of our lives

Excerpt: Tomoyo reached up and caressed his cheek, her thumb resting below one of his matching blue eyes (Yuuko did, on occasion, give gifts, especially when loyal service was rendered).

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Title: A Wolf at the Door; or Sanctuary
Author/Artist: dropsofviolet
Fandom: Cardcaptor Sakura/xxxHOLiC
Pairing/characters: Watanuki and Eriol gen
Rating: G
Warnings: vague account of injury
Prompt/challenge you're answering: Watanuki and Eriol with the title, "A Wolf at the Door"

Excerpt: Watanuki wasn't sure why he knew this would be the place to stop, but he had little more than instinct left behind the keening wall of pain. He scrabbled at the door, blinking blood out of his eyes, and swiftly someone answered.

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Title: Wagered
Author/Artist: dropsofviolet
Fandom: xxxHOLiC/Cardcaptor Sakura
Pairing/characters: Yuuko, Watanuki, Tomoyo gen
Rating: G
Warnings: n/a
Prompt/challenge you're answering: Yuuko and Tomoyo: gambling for interesting stakes

Excerpt: "I'll wager Watanuki then," Yuuko said, lifting her tea cup at the particular moment Watanuki walked into the room.

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Title: Friends Are For
Author/Artist: dropsofviolet
Fandom: Cardcaptor Sakura/xxxHOLiC (/Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle)
Pairing/characters: Sakura and Yuuko gen
Rating: G
Warnings: Tsubasa spoilers
Prompt/challenge you're answering: Sakura and Yuuko -- I've traveled the world and the seven seas / everybody's looking for something

Excerpt: But she kept coming back to take tea with Yuuko and talk about high school, pulling Yuuko out of the shop, into the world.

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Title: Family Bonding
Author/Artist: dropsofviolet
Fandom: Cardcaptor Sakura/xxxHOLiC
Pairing/characters: Syaoran/Sakura implied; Watanuki/Doumeki/Himawari blink-and-you'll-miss-it
Rating: G
Warnings: vague xxxHOLiC spoilers; useless speculation on xxxHOLiC future
Prompt/challenge you're answering: Meiling and Watanuki: "Well, I never saw that coming."

Excerpt: Their first meeting ended with near violence. There they were standing, foreheads pressed together, looking absolutely ridiculous as they shouted insults at one another.

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Title: First Impressions: five ways yuuko and meiling never met
Author/Artist: dropsofviolet
Fandom: Cardcaptor Sakura/xxxHOLiC
Pairing/characters: (I) slight Meiling/Yuuko; (II) implied Syaoran/Sakura; (III) gen; (IV) Clow/Yuuko implied; (V) Syaoran/Sakura; Meiling/Syaoran implied
Rating: G
Warnings: Tsubasa spoilers; five AUs
Prompt/challenge you're answering: Meiling and Yuuko, first impressions

Excerpt: "You have a wish," she said, taking Meiling's hand and pulling her into the shop before Meiling could protest that she was just making a delivery.

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Title: Blur the Boundaries
Author/Artist: dropsofviolet
Fandom: Cardcaptor Sakura/xxxHOLiC
Pairing/characters: Doumeki/Watanuki established; Eriol and Watanuki gen
Rating: G
Warnings: drunkenness
Prompt/challenge you're answering: Clow/Watanuki, intoxication

Excerpt: He had to be drunk, he was seeing Clow. Watanuki blinked blearily at the apparition, who handed him his glasses.

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