Colouring Outside The Lines

Title: Fearless Was My Middle Name
Author: calleigh_j
Fandom: Criminal Minds
Pairing/characters: Emily Prentiss, gen
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: neither characters nor title belong to me (sadly); Criminal Minds belong to the guys at NBC, title from 'Walk Unafraid' by REM
Prompt: 765. Criminal Minds, Emily Prentiss, It's not that she thinks the team won't accept her -- it's just that sexuality shouldn't be mixed up with work. How does she end up coming out to the team anyway?
Summary: when a case needs a little personal involvement, Emily finds herself unintentionally outed to her team
Author's Notes: sequel to my lgbtfest fic from last year, These Stilled Constraints but can stand alone; many, many thanks to mcgarrygirl78 for initial help and prodding, and to cleo2584 for helping me get my Emily all in order

( Fearless Was My Middle Name )

Title: But The Stars Collide
Author: calleigh_j
Artist: eudaimon - mix to come soon
Fandoms: Criminal Minds/The West Wing
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: none
Pairing: Emily Prentiss/Kate Harper
Disclaimer: anything you recognise is not mine
Word count: 13,885
Summary: A few months after the initial alien invasion, Kate Harper gets out of hospital and finds the efforts to save the world well underway, and a burgeoning relationship with a former FBI profiler
Notes: thanks to my beta for helping me get my words out; title comes from 'Aftermath' (REM); chapter quotes from 'Bullets In My Hairdo' (Finn), 'Don't Choose The Wrong Way' (Andy White), 'One Of Our Submarines' (Thomas Dolby), 'Airwaves' (Thomas Dolby), 'Karma Police' (Radiohead), and 'Aftermath' (REM)

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Part Two

Title: A Place For Me And You
Author: calleigh_j
Artist: enmuse
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: none
Pairing: Rogue/Kitty
Summary: It isn't being in love that's the problem, Rogue thinks, but being in love with Kitty Pryde.
Notes: thousands of thanks to dis_inclined for her awesome beta work and enmuse for her gorgeous art

( A Place For Me And You, part three )

Part One
Part Two
Art and soundtrack

Title: A Place For Me And You
Author: calleigh_j
Artist: enmuse
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: none
Pairing: Rogue/Kitty
Summary: It isn't being in love that's the problem, Rogue thinks, but being in love with Kitty Pryde.
Notes: thousands of thanks to dis_inclined for her awesome beta work and enmuse for her gorgeous art

( A Place For Me And You, part one )

Part Two
Part Three
Art and soundtrack

Title: On A Burning Beach
Author: calleigh_j
Artist: aoibhe
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: none
Pairing: Emily/JJ
Summary: AU fic; when CIA Agent Emily Prentiss and FBI Agent Jennifer Jareau meet on a case in Boston, a connection is forged which may be more than just professional
Notes: thanks to racethewind10 for being the best beta in the world even though she's hideously busy with awesome things; idea for the case from jujuberry136 so thanks to her and everyone else who offered suggestions for exactly how to get Emily and JJ to Boston; title and first quote taken from the Crowded House song 'Nails In My Feet'; second quote from 'Fingers of Love' by the same

( On A Burning Beach, part two )

Part Three

Title: On Some Idle Tuesday
Author: calleigh_j
Fandom: Criminal Minds/The West Wing crossover
Pairing: Emily Prentiss/Kate Harper
Characters: various from both shows, but with a focus on the pairing
Rating: R
Warnings: none that I can think of
Spoilers: all aired episodes for both shows
Word count: 19,952
Disclaimer: the characters from both shows belong to NBC and others and are definitely not mine; title taken from 'Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen' by Baz Luhrmann; quotes from within story from Brandi Carlile and Inara George
Betas: twtd and llyfrgell
Summary: Emily Prentiss and Kate Harper meet in a bar; therein follows the progression of an accidental friendship to something neither of them ever expected to have
Artwork: [TBA]
Author's notes: a thousand million thanks to my betas; also thanks to racethewind10 and oparu for telling me I could do it; massive props to the organisers of this awesome challenge which finally got me to write more than a couple of thousand words and actually sort of like it

For a brief character guide, see here

( On Some Idle Tuesday, part one )

Part Two

Title: These Stilled Constraints
Author: calleigh_j
Fandom: Criminal Minds
Pairing/characters: Emily Prentiss, team
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: All recognisable characters belong to CBS; no copyright infringement intended; no money is being made from this; title comes from REM's 'Walk Unafraid'
Prompt: 11 - Any fandom, any character, A character wrestles with their desire to live freely as an LGBT person and their reluctance to "come out" to their own family, thinking that it isn't their business.
Summary: At times like this, she wants more than anything just to tell them. She wants to stand up and announce it to the world.
Author's Notes: Massive thanks to cleo2584 who assured me that, yes, it did actually make sense. Any remaining mistakes are my own. The first line comes from episode 2.16 'Fear And Loathing'.

( These Stilled Constraints )

Title: In Her Blood
Author: calleigh_j
Fandom: Criminal Minds
Rating: G
Warnings: possible spoilers for the beginning of season three
Prompt: 33: The more hidden the venom, the more dangerous it is – Marguerite de Valois
Summary: tons of thanks to mcgarrygirl78 for betaing this for me and assuring me that it wasn’t totally unreadable. Set after the Emily/Strauss storyline at the beginning of season three. All feedback is welcomed and appreciated

( The more hidden the venom... )

Title: Harder To Stay Where You Are
Fandom: SGA
Author: calleigh_j
Rating: G
Warnings/Spoilers: Spoilers for everything up to and including ‘First Strike’, mentions of character death, general angst
Pairings: John/Elizabeth UST, Teyla/Lorne
Word Count: 1,308
Disclaimer: I own neither the characters nor the title
Summary: It’s been almost two years since she last saw John Sheppard
Feedback/Concrit: Is made of win and much appreciated
Author's Note: Written for 100_women prompt 094 – lost; thanks to alianne for betaing; title comes from a quote by Judith Rossner; this is for all my London girls, because the bad mood that inspired the writing of this little angst-fest? Totally Joe Mallozzi's fault


( Harder To Stay Where You Are )