detroitbecomehuman | DBH Drabble-a-thon! Come play!

THE DRABBLE-A-THON is officially CLOSED to new prompts! But feel free to respond to existing prompts! I've made a list of all unfilled prompts here, please let me know if I missed any!

It's time for DRABBLES! What is a drabble? A drabble is a short story of exactly 100 words. It might sound hard, but the challenge is part of the fun!

Tonight is the last night of Hanukkah and the first night of the Drabble-a-thon. Like Hanukkah, it will last Eight Crazy Nights! It officially starts at 6am Pacific Standard Time, December 9, and will last through 5:59am Pacific Standard Time on December 17th (for the rest of December 17th I have another fun thing planned, which I will announce in a day or two).

To leave a prompt for the drabble-a-thon, just make a comment to this thread. Please try to keep prompts for drabbles to one or two words or a short sentence (your prompt shouldn't be longer than the drabble, after all!) If you have a prompt for a massive AU crossover or something, it would probably be better to stick it on the DBH Kinkmeme. Feel free to also prompt for specific characters/pairings! Rarepair prompts would be awesome! All ships are welcome on this comm, so if a pairing doesn't float your boat, feel free to ignore that prompt and go to the next. :)

To fill a prompt, please reply to the prompt comment. You can either post directly into the comment box, or post a link to the fill on AO3.

There might be a small prize for the person that fills the most prompts, just to make things extra fun. :)

P.S. If your drabble is NSFW, please note such at the beginning or post at AO3. :)

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Prompt: Hank/Gavin, "you're not gonna get away with it this time"

When Gavin was twenty-two he'd had a crush on his Lieutenant.

Whatever. He was hardly the only one. Who didn't have a thing for tall, authorative blonds in uniform?

And yeah, Anderson never looked twice at him. But Gavin always offered to refill his coffee when he was passing and never hesitated to stay late if Anderson needed help, he worked and and waited and hoped because of course a ranking Detective had no reason to pay attention to a fresh from the academy officer but maybe one day...

Most people got over their rookie infatuations naturally with time. Gavin's had crashed and burned when when an autotruck had clipped the side of Anderson's car and he'd returned from compassionate leave an angry, distant wreck of a man.

Years had passed and the world upended itself a few more times but none of the changes had touched either of them.

Until now. Something about the android revolt had altered Hank, starting with him dragging his ass to crime scenes on time, showing off some of the skill that had landed him his rank.

And then he'd trimmed back his beard until it makes him look distinguished instead of like a bum, standing tall and revealing how much of his bulk is still muscle despite the years of letting himself go to seed, looking around the precint bright-eyed in a way that hints he's eased up on the booze.

Now he's giving department briefings, a task he'd passed of to Collins years ago, and when he talks about their recent sucesses he smiles, easy, like he hadn't done years.

Gavin's traitorous heart flips, once, before he crushes it down.

Anderson stole his heart without even knowing it once, but Gavin's not going to let him get away with it this time.

Oh, Gavin. So bitter. Poor boy!

This was excellent! Thank you for sharing it. ^_^

Thank you!

I love this so much! I've read it so many times since you posted it, thank you, thank you. I love this Gavin and how you've written something so sweet that somehow still feels like Gavin and shows the complications that'd show up on the road to happiness and I love the kinda sorta outsider-y POV view of Cole's death and the way it changes Gavin's relationship with Hank in ways that Hank (presumably) had no way of knowing about.

I also love the way Hank comes back to the way he was before the accident in the aftermath of the android revolt. So many good feels in that, too.

Thank you again. <3

DBH Drabble-a-thon! Come play!

Prompt: Hank/Gavin, "you're not gonna get away with it this time"

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