Colouring Outside The Lines

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)

Part One

( But The Stars Collide 2/2 )

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