Shelter Diner

Fandom: Shelter
Title: Family
Author: raynedanser
Pairing: Shaun/Zach
Rating: PG
Word Count: ~ 530
Author's Notes: Part of the Angst vs Schmoop Challenge at shelter_diner

As birthdays went, it wasn't much different than many others. A warm day spent at the beach with family, good friends, good food and the people he loved most. However, this one was special. This one would be the first birthday since he and Shaun had gotten together. Zach smiled and opened the back of his Jimmy, hefted a cooler and began the walk down the path to the beach.

Half way down, Gabe took the cooler from him. “Beer? I'll carry that,” Gabe informed him.

Zach smiled and surrendered the cooler. Little did Gabe know, the cooler with the food was already at the beach with Shaun and Cody.

“So, what did my brother get you?” Gabe asked, leaning in conspiratorially.

Zach shook his head. “Nothing.”

[and now. . . the rest of the story]

Because I'm fighting with uncooperative bunnies, last night I posted asking people for prompts. And even though I wound up with 7 instead of 5, I'm going to try and tackle them all. ;-)

For the wife, bellamyrose
Prompt: Splatters
Rated: PG

For bringonbluesky
Prompt: Skiing
Rating: PG

More to follow soon! :-D

TITLE: Gifted Season
AUTHOR: Den / raynedanser
RATING: PG
Word Count: 883
SUMMARY: Christmas Morning
A/N: Many thanks to bellamyrose, lukataintedlove and dawnofme for the beta help and to dawnofme for the title help.


Zach pulled the light comforter up over Cody's shoulder and kissed his temple. "Night, Codes," he whispered against the sleeping child's hair. Cody stirred once as Zach turned the light off and left the room.

All around their apartment, Christmas decorations glittered and sparkled brightly, all leading the way further into the living room where a tall, heavily decorated tree dominated the room. Shaun was crouched in front of the tree in his bright blue fuzzy bathrobe, pushing a couple more gifts underneath its branches.

"No shaking the boxes, remember? Didn't we just get done telling Cody that?" Zach teased.

// The Rest of the Fic //

TITLE: Between the Lines
AUTHOR: Den / raynedanser
RATING: PG
SUMMARY: Written for the prompts requested HERE. rdg64 wanted between Shaun and Zach's kiss and when Zach went to Shaun's the next night. 689 words of Shaun's confusion and frustration. ;-)
SPOILERS: Not really.
You can find the rest of my Shelter goodies Right Here
A/N: Many thanks to trumpeterofdoom for the quick n' dirty last minute beta. *smooches*

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The sun was high overhead when Shaun opened his eyes ever so slowly and stared at the empty space next to him. A couple of pillows lay haphazardly discarded from when Zach had left. Shaun reached his hand out, touching the spot where Zach had slept, now cool to the touch, before rolling over and groaning.

“Definitely too much to drink,” he grumbled. Within moments, the rest of the night's events came back to him, worrying at him. Had he gone overboard? Had it been too much? There'd always been something between him and Zach, something he'd always pushed aside. Until now. What was so different about now?

He stood up stiffly and went inside the house to find coffee and aspirin, muttering and swearing to himself about stupid mistakes and never learning as he went.

// You want it all, don't you? //

TITLE: Going through the Motions
AUTHOR: Den / raynedanser
RATING: PG
SUMMARY: Zach has had "a day" and just wants quiet and coffee when he gets home. What he gets instead isn't quite that.
SPOILERS: Not really.
A/N: Prompt from true_enough after our discussion the other night. Many thanks to the wife, bellamyrose for the looksee.
You can find the rest of my Shelter goodies Right Here

This was written on the premise that Shaun knew karate. I"m thinking THAT because during one of the scenes before he and Zach hooked up, he was working on his book and pacing out a fight scene and he did some basic karate steps that my son has worked on (which also leads me to think he knows the same form of karate). So yeah, this is written based off that idea. ;-)

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When Zach turned his key in the lock on the apartment door, the only thing he wanted right then was a hot cup of coffee. Peace and quiet would be good, too, but he'd settle for the coffee right now. He nudged the door open and stopped, staring.

The furniture had been pushed to one side of the room and Shaun and Cody were in the center. Shaun had his karate uniform on, black belt wrapped around his waist and knotted snugly. Cody was on the floor in front of him in sweat pants, feet apart, hands just so as he tried to mimic Shaun's moves.

After a few minutes, Cody sat down and Shaun began the form again. Zach watched as Shaun went through the steps of the form, hands and feet snapping into place, the kicks a little more subdued because of the apartment. Every so often, a sharp “Hyah!” would punctuate a pivot and a kick and then Shaun's body would lock into position again.

// Want the rest of it? //

Shelter - Shaun/Zach - Rated PG - 846 Words
Many thanks to joshysleo for the handholding. Love ya darlin!
Find my other Shelter posts HERE

A/N - YOU GUYS. These boys are eating my brain. (Not like there's a lot there to feast on, but still) I have wee bunny ideas for... Well, lots of things. ;-) Like a LIST of things I want to do fic for. *facepalm* Help?

Zach pulled back from the hug Shaun held him in, but kept his hands on Shaun's hips. He just wasn't quite ready to let go yet. He'd messed up enough and had so much to make up for, including this.

“So, um, when you said anything -” Zach began. He moved his hands up and began fiddling with a couple of buttons on Shaun's shirt.

“I meant anything. What? What is it?”

Zach exhaled and pulled back a little from Shaun. “Jeanne's leaving for Oregon today.”

// fic onward!! //

Man, I hate playing with nerve bunnies. It's so nerve wracking. In the meantime, here's just one possibility of how the talk with Gabe could have gone.

450 words of Shaun and Gabe

Shaun walked slowly back into the noisy, well lit house. Behind him, he could hear Zach as he ground through the gears of his Blazer, a sure sign he was upset. Shaun closed the door and went to the kitchen to find a beer. He kept walking through the house, painfully aware that Gabe was hot on his heels as he climbed the stairs slowly. He dragged his hand lightly along the iron railing, trying not to remember that first night not so long ago.

His room was quieter than downstairs had been, but even with the door closed, he could still hear the noise. He sat on his bed and took a long pull off the beer bottle before placing it carefully on the floor.

// The rest of the bunnies //