new Wraeththu fic: A Calanthe By Any Other Name (is still Cal)

This is a short genfic, but I hope those of you on my flist here for my Wraeththu fic enjoy the character study in this.

Title: A Calanthe By Any Other Name (is still Cal)
Characters: Seel/Swift, Cal, Yazdyar (OC)
Rating: General (bit of swearing)
Word Count: 2,778
Summary: Cal may be an enigma, but he always arouses strong reactions in the hara closest to him. In seeking his rescued son, Swift finds new patience to deal with his chesnari's bitterness toward the har who has profoundly shaped them both.
A/N: Thanks to jaiden_s for the fast beta! Written for heartofoshun as a wee thank you for her copy edit and immensely helpful beta of Maelstrom and Mage. She asked for a story that dealt with how differently Swift and Seel perceive Cal and how very different their relations with him are. Set at the end of The Shades of Time and Memory at Imbrilim, after Swift and Seel have seen Cal and discovered that he rescued Aleeme and Azriel from Ponclast.

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Unexpected organizing

By ten thirty this morning, I'd done something I'd not expected to: I'd organized my stationery/cards/paper collection/stickers/envelopes caddy. I was looking for a few things as I'm in a big week of getting out letters and a couple of little gifties, and I couldn't find a damn thing. The caddy was a wreck. But now it's organized, at least for a while! And I put a bunch of the more office supply stuff in an actual drawer. In doing this, I found a button: the unique button that had come off one of my favorite suits that I've not been able to wear in three years because I was missing the button and I'd been too lazy to go to a fabric store, find new buttons, and replace them. Now I can repair the suit! Which is somewhere in a bag, unfortunately... but that's a project for the weekend.

It's been a productive morning. Decent day at work yesterday, and I'm expecting more of the same today. I'm in a bit of a bind in that I'll need to iron whatever I'm going to wear and my housemate ended up coming home by 10:30 because they canceled all of her appointments today, but she still got paid. So she went upstairs and is napping. The ironing board is loud, so if/when I open it, it'll wake her up. But if she's not up by 1:45 or so, too bad.

Am feeling very confident about life, keeping up with people, and continuing to take positive steps while channeling my creativity. I'm going to start on a new Wraeththu fic and have a couple of books I've requested from the library for background research. :) So... yay. And I still have a couple episodes of Torchwood CoE to watch. I was more than happy to read the spoilers; I'd rather know.

And not a bumper sticker funny, but a license plate holder funny:
"Don't honk— Dvórak playing."

You never know what you'll see around Portland.