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prompts { 2021 } alphabetasoup

I have an itch and don't want to just write flash fiction. IDK if I'm going to use this prompt table for all the same people, ~~but I'm going to start with some Teen Wolf and Leverage because that's where my brain is~~ I lied, this is turning into a Teen Wolf/TVDverse Soulmate AU collection, I'm just indulging my bliss here.

A is for	Amused.	B is for	Bitter.	C is for	Curious.	D is for	Disappointed.	E is for	Ecstatic.
F is for	Frustrated.	G is for	Grateful.	H is for	Hurt.	I is for	Irritated.	J is for	Jealous.
K is for	Kind.	L is for	Lethargic.	M is for	Mischievous.	N is for	Nostalgic.	O is for	Optimistic.
P is for	Pensive.	Q is for	Quixotic.	R is for	Relaxed.	S is for	Surprised.	T is for	Touched.
U is for	Uncomfortable.	V is for	Vexed.	W is for	Worried.	X is for	Xenophilic.	Y is for	Yielding.
Z is for	Zealous.

A is for	amuck.	B is for	bric-a-brac.	C is for	crow.	D is for	diatribe.	E is for	esoteric.
F is for	flavor.	G is for	gravity.	H is for	horology.	I is for	ineluctable.	J is for	jubilee.
K is for	Kaboom!	L is for	leonine.	M is for	Mars.	N is for	nautical.	O is for	opiate.
P is for	point-blank.	Q is for	quandary.	R is for	ramshackle.	S is for	spartan.	T is for	thief.
U is for	ugly.	V is for	vex.	W is for	whilom.	X is for	Xanadu.	Y is for	yin.
Z is for	zombie.

A is for	Allurement.	B is for	Baroque.	C is for	Casuistry.	D is for	Dragon.	E is for	Envenom.
F is for	Fugacious.	G is for	Gnome.	H is for	Hauteur.	I is for	Improvisation.	J is for	Jeremiad.
K is for	Knot.	L is for	Luddite.	M is for	Macabre.	N is for	Narcotic.	O is for	Oxymoron.
P is for	Perversion.	Q is for	Quirk.	R is for	Reprobate.	S is for	Scintillating.	T is for	Torrid.
U is for	Umbrage.	V is for	Vehement.	W is for	Writhe.	X is for	Xerox.	Y is for	Yearning.
Z is for	Zingy.

A is for	Ares.	B is for	Baal.	C is for	Charybdis.	D is for	Dionysus.	E is for	Egeria.
F is for	Fenrir.	G is for	Gaea.	H is for	Hades.	I is for	Isis.	J is for	Juno.
K is for	Kali.	L is for	Lakshmi.	M is for	Maui.	N is for	Nyx.	O is for	Olokun.
P is for	Pangu.	Q is for	Quatzalcoatl.	R is for	Ravana.	S is for	Sedna.	T is for	Thanatos.
U is for	Ulysses.	V is for	Valhalla.	W is for	Wyvern.	X is for	Xanadu.	Y is for	Yggdrasil.
Z is for	Ziggurat.

Chronological Order:

Part 1

surprised (scott/lydia pt. 1)
hurt (scott/lydia pt. 2)
worried (hayley/klaus pt. 1)
frustrated (freya/peter pt. 1)
vexed (scott/lydia, pt. 3)
disappointed (stiles/allison, pt. 1)
curious (stiles/allison, pt. 2)
xenophilic (derek/caroline pt. 1)
optimistic (derek/caroline pt. 2)
irritated (peter/freya pt. 2)
jealous (derek/caroline pt. 3)
grateful (tyler/elena pt. 1)
uncomfortable (chris/melissa pt. 1)
pensive (stiles/allison pt. 3)
zealous (stiles/allison pt. 4)
touched (derek/caroline pt. 4)
bitter (klaus/hayley pt. 2)
mischevious (cora/isaac pt. 1)
lethargic (freya/peter pt. 3)
yielding (freya/peter pt. 4)
quixotic (stiles/allison pt. 5)
nostalgic (cora/isaac pt. 2)
relaxed (derek/caroline pt. 5)
amused (derek/caroline pt. 6)
ecstatic (cora/isaac pt. 3)
kind (peter/freya pt. 5)

Part 2:

ineluctable (tyler/elena pt. 2)
quandry (tyler/elena pt. 3)
point-blank (jeremy/malia pt. 1)
esoteric (bonnie/matt pt. 1)
spartan (bonnie/matt pt. 2)
thief (allison/stiles pt. 6)
flavor (freya/peter pt. 6)
vex (cami/marcel pt. 1)
diatribe (rebekah/stefan pt. 1)
ramshackle (allison/stiles pt. 7)
yin (bonnie/matt pt. 3)
whilom (davina/kol pt. 1)
gravity (allison/stiles pt. 8)
bric-a-brac (hayley/klaus pt. 3)
zombie (cami/marcel pt. 2)
ugly (hayley/klaus pt. 4)
horology (freya/peter pt. 7)
Xanadu (tyler/elena pt. 4)
amuck (bonnie/matt pt. 3)
crow (jeremy/malia pt. 2)

Completed: 46/104
Word Count: 84,022

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[Previous]

Cami doesn’t know why this is bugging her so much.

It shouldn’t. The woman said she didn’t know her, she should just go on her merry way and pretend it never happened, but there’s something about her face that nags at the back of Cami’s mind. Everything about her expression says that the woman is someone with something to hide.

Maybe she’s losing her mind. It’s entirely possible she’s losing her mind.

But as she returns to the Mikaelson compounds with a stack of coffees and breakfast pastries, she places them down in front of the rest of the family and asks where she knows the answer will be no. But she should ask it, anyway.

“You guys don’t have a long-lost, missing sister, do you?”

Marcel squints up at her. “Babe?”

He’s confused, but the rest of the table isn’t. Klaus and Hayley exchange a look that tells more than it conceals, and while Kol and Davina inhale some coffee to avoid making eye contact with Cami. She gives Marcel a look, and when he glances at the rest of his family, he raises an eyebrow.

“Okay. What secrets are you all sitting on now?”

Klaus purses his lips before reaching for his coffee. “You know this Malivore problem we’ve been having?”

Cami nods, because while she is a bit on the periphery, Marcel tells her things, and the Mikaelsons rarely hold it against him. But this seems to be something they’ve been additionally keeping from Marcel. “What about it?”

“According to Hope, one of these victims was our eldest sister. Hope called her Freya.”

Cami tips her head to the side as she considers how to best answer this. Because on the one hand, this Malivore thing seems terrible, but was it Malivore if the woman is walking around New Orleans? Sure, she had some distinct Mikaelson features, but it couldn’t have been the same person. Could it?

Klaus picks up on her conflict, and a sharpness comes to his expression that she strongly dislikes. It means he’s about to see right through her, and she doesn’t like it any more now than she did when they first met. “Why do you ask, Camille?”

She glances to Marcel, and he seems equally concerned with why that question, of all things, came out of her mouth today, and she sighs.

“I ran into this woman at the coffee shop. She … I don’t know. I couldn't place her, but she seemed familiar. She claims we hadn’t met before, but something about that answer didn’t feel right.”

Hayley and Klaus exchange another fervent look, and Klaus gets to his feet, making his way closer to her with an expedience that is enough for Marcel to push up and get between Klaus and his soulmate. Klaus stops short, his face apologetic.

“I need to know what you saw,” Klaus says, softly. “Nothing more, nothing less.”

That means a head dive, and Cami knows it, but knowing how important family is to Klaus, she can’t bring herself to say no. She nods, extending her hand to him, as he closes his eyes and drives them both back to the memory in question. Viewing the memory from the outside is just as disorienting as being there in the moment, but she holds tight to Klaus’s hand as he examines the scene.

“The woman she’s leaving with—who is that?”

“Seylah. She owns the café.”

Klaus’ brow furrows. “What would she want with a café owner in New Orleans?”

Cami glances back at him with a shrug. “Is anyone in New Orleans what they seem?”

“Fair point.” With that, they retreat out of Cami’s mind and back to the real world. Klaus steps away quickly, retreating to his studio, while Marcel turns his attention on his partner.

“You okay?”

“Yeah,” Cami nods. “I just thought Malivore was supposed to be inescapable.”

“I guess there’s a loophole for everything. We just need to figure out if this is a good loophole or a bad loophole.”

“Do we ever get good loopholes?” Cami counters, and he shrugs, before wrapping his arms around her waist to pull her closer.

“I think we get a few good ones, occasionally.”

She smirks, leaning in to kiss him, but before she can succeed, Klaus bursts from the studio, a pad of paper in his hand.

“Hope! I need your help, darling.”

Hope’s feet are heard on the stairs next and she rounds the corner, looking at the adults in surprise. “You want my help?”

“Yes, sweetheart. You’re the only one who can.” Klaus turns the sketchpad in his hands around, revealing a detailed drawing of the woman Cami saw at the café. Hope’s face lights up as she runs towards it, taking it from Klaus’s hands.

“That’s Aunt Freya! You remembered her.”

“Not exactly.” Klaus looks up at Cami. “But Cami thinks she might have seen her.”

“Do you know where she is?” Hope turns on Cami, eyes wide and hopeful. “Can you take me to her? I need to see her.”

Cami glances back to Klaus, because while she doesn’t know the answer to the second question, she has a theory about the answer to the first. Klaus saves her from having to lie to Hope, however, by pulling his daughter closer.

“Not yet, darling. But we will find her and bring her home. I promise you.”

Hope looks disappointed, but she nods. “Can I go back to my room now?”

“Of course.” Klaus lets her go and waits until the young witch is out of earshot before moving closer to Cami. “You know something more.”

Cami nods slowly. “I know where Seylah lives—the woman Freya left the coffee shop with.”

“Well then,” Klaus says as he takes her arm and drags her to the door. “You drive.”

Marcel half-heartedly comments of his shoulder. “You can’t just kidnap my soulmate, Klaus.”

Klaus waves a hand. “I’ll bring her back intact.”

Cami shakes her head as she follows Klaus out the door. “Some things never change.”

* * * * *

They pull up in front of Seylah’s house, and there are two other SUVs sitting in front of the house. One is empty, but the other has two men inside, neither of which Cami recognizes. But as they climb out, Klaus rolls his eyes and addresses one of them as he climbs out of the car.

“Matt Donovan. For such an uninteresting person, you find yourself in very interesting places.”

“Klaus.” Matt doesn’t seem amused. “What are you doing here?”

“I am looking for my sister.” Klaus gestures to the two men. “Matt, Stiles Stilinski, Camille O’Connell.”

“Hi,” Stiles waves. “How do you know about Freya being back?”

“I ran into her at a coffee shop,” Cami replies. “How did you know?”

“We have Peter and Derek,” Stiles sighs. “We know—well, hope—that Freya and Allison are working together, so Matt and I have been on their trail tracking Allison’s SUV … which is here.”

“And you didn’t think it would be prudent to mention that?” Klaus asks, taking another step closer, and Stiles takes one back.

“Well, we were getting there.” Stiles shrugs. “I don’t know. I wasn’t a communication guy. I was the find and capture guy.”

Klaus rolls his eyes, before gesturing to the house. “If you know so much, pray tell. What does my sister want with a coffee shop owner?”

“Well, they made the deal with the Amnesia Pit to get these items that would allow Malivore to escape eventually his pit life and consume people at his own leisurely pace. Certain items had to be found, and I’m guessing that this is where one of them was.”

“Then let’s go absolve my sister of this delusion.” Klaus strides to the door and, in true Klaus fashion, kicks open the door in a shower of splinters.

Cami rubs her eyes as Matt falls into a step next to her. “Some things never change.”

Cami laughs. “No, they do not.”

Klaus tries to step in, but he makes a frustrated face as he can’t get himself past the front door. “You. Humans. Go in and see what is happening.”

Cami and Matt exchange a look before he and Stiles draw their weapons to make their way inside. Cami moves closer to stand next to Klaus and places a hand on his shoulder.

“You need to calm down. I know you want to find your sister and resolve all of this in your mind, but breaking down mortal doors will not help.”

Klaus purses his lips, before looking over at her. “I don’t like there being gaps in my memory, Camille.”

“Yeah,” she says dryly. “Not fun, is it?”

Klaus’s eyes soften. “I thought we had buried those old wounds.”

Cami nods. “We had. But it’s still weirdly satisfying when you unexpectedly get a taste of your own medicine.”

Klaus rolls his eyes and turns his attention back to the house. “Well? What’s taking so long?”

Matt reappears in the hallway, holstering his weapon. “They’re not here.”

“What do you mean, they’re not here?”

“I mean, they’re not here. There’s no one here. Not even the owner is here.”

Cami and Klaus exchange a look before Stiles emerges from the kitchen, holding some teacups in hand. “They were here, though. And I’m guessing they bit off more than they could chew.”

Klaus grits his teeth. “We need to know where they went next.”

“Davina?” Cami suggests. “Locator spells, maybe?”

“Do we have anything of theirs to connect with?”

“How personal does it need to be?” Stiles asks. “Because their phones got left behind.”

Cami shrugs. “You’re her family. I can’t think of anything more personal than that.”

Klaus considers for a moment, before nodding. “To the witches, then.” He glances over to Stiles and Matt. “Are you driving with us, or are you following?”

“Following,” Matt says, taking Stiles by the arm. “We’ll meet you at the cemetery.”

“Cemetery?” Stiles blinks as Matt drags him off. “Why are we going to the cemetery?”

Cami tunes out the conversation and places a hand on Klaus’ arm. “You sure you’re ready for this?”

Klaus shakes his head. “Not really. But I’m not going to get any answers until we get her back.”

Cami squeezes his arm and nods. Whatever this situation is, they’ll figure it out. They just have to get Freya back first. Then, a pair of familiar faces round the corner.

"Nik!" Rebekah grins as she makes her way closer. "Was wondering how soon we'd run into each other."

Klaus glances back at Matt. "You brought my sister?" Matt shrugs and Cami laughs.

"Now it's really a party."

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Edited 2022-12-22 14:36 (UTC)