Title: keep the tension in the line
Fandom: Modao Zushi/The Untamed
Pairing: Xue Yang/Xiao Xingchen
Rating: R
Length: 1174 words
Content notes: (skip) Manipulation, forced dependence/malevolent caretaking, violence, murder (of an unnamed side character), necromancy. Basically canon-typical Xue Yang behavior.
Summary: It’s important to Xue Yang that Xiao Xingchen’s skills don’t atrophy.
Author notes: Related to the prompt via the saying “keeping one’s cards close to one’s chest”.

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The Card challenge is now closed. Here are the entries:

FAKE: Fanfic: Supportive Parent by badly_knitted
Sherlock Holmes (ACD): Fanfic: A Postcard of Paris by smallhobbit
Tomb Raider: Acrostic: Who Could Blame The Hungry Night by schoolsasaint
Mass Effect: Andromeda: Acrostic: Card Sharp by infinitum_noctem
Harvey (Movie): Fanfic: A Contented Man by badly_knitted
Silmarillion: Fanfic: Red Thread and Thorns by lferion
Torchwood: Fanfic: Kind words by m_findlow
No Fandom: Icon Texture Set: Take a Gamble by jordannamorgan
Control: Fanfic: captain, crew and all by schoolsasaint
BTS: Fic: Namjoon vs. Gravity by bethctg
Doom at your service: fanfic: cue by teaotter
House, Suits, White Collar, Iron Man : fan fic : Cards with No Names by highlander_ii
Magic Knight Rayearth: Fanfic: Delayed post by down
Modao Zushi: Fanfic: keep the tension in the line by almach

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Thank you to everyone who participated! You're now free to post your entries to your journal or wherever else you'd like. If you're archiving on AO3, you can add your work to our fan_flashworks collection there.

New challenge coming right up.

Our new challenge is:

SCREW

As always, you can interpret the prompt literally or figuratively, in whatever way works for you.

Each work created for this challenge should be posted as a new entry to the comm. Posting starts now and continues up until the challenge ends at 4pm Pacific Time on Friday, August 21st 20th. No sign-up required.

Mods will tag your work with fandom, media and challenge. When you've posted entries to three consecutive challenges, you will earn a name tag, and we'll go back and tag all your previous entries with your name.

All kinds of fanworks in all fandoms are welcome. Please have a look at our guidelines before you play. If you have any questions or concerns, don't hesitate to contact a mod. And if you have any suggestions for future challenges, you can leave them in the comments of this post.

Also, keep an eye out for the next ffw_social post, which will go up in the next couple of days. If you haven't joined the ffw_social comm, it's never too late to come and check it out. (Note that posts are locked, which means you have to join to see them.)

Title: A Little Courage
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes (ACD canon)
Rating: R
Length: 300
Summary: Watson finds it only requires a little courage to get what he desires most.

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