I used to want to be a Fairy Princess, but no so much anymore. Faeries are apparently big asshats.

... be. Keenan, the Summer King, has been looking for the Summer Queen for over nine centuries. His mother, the Winter Queen, doesn't seem to really care. She's a rather cruel woman who turns those he spurns--the women he courts that don't turn out to be the Summer Queen--into cold, wraiths of women. The Winter Girl, Donia, is now one of those wraiths. Donia is still deeply in love with Keenan, and...

Happy Santa_Smex, Everyone!

...is wrong with you?” Atobe says. “He's pissed because he didn't get any last night,” Gakuto says idly, from where he's leaning against a wall. “Such sorrow,” Oshitari adds. “That his lady fair spurns his affection.” “That's not-” Shishido says, turning crimson all the way to the tips of his ears. “Fuck you all.” Atobe sheathes his sword. “Who?” he says. Shishido makes a strangled sort of ...

Consumed

...an icaris, she knows that Irrylath is husband in name only. He spurns her every touch, and refuses to sleep with her. He is ... managed to get pinned in the head by the White Witch. Irrylath spurns her still, and refuses to sleep in the same room as Aeriel.... White Witch attempts to get Irrylath to back into her clutches. Irrylath spurns her, however, and calls out that he no longer follows her, that...

..., but he shrugs it off and allows his brother to kiss him harder anyway. He knows how doing this tears Dean apart, how his heart wants this desperately and his body longs for companionship but how his mind spurns such a love. But tonight is Sam’s victory, for Dean slowly parts his lips, tilting his head and moving to entangle his fingers in Sam’s hair, tilting him as well. He moves them at his own...

Jensen Ackles’ Guide to Sinning Your Way to Happiness (1/2)

...over.” Jensen nodded against him and then finally pulled back, knowing the hug had gone on maybe a little too long to be normal. “Even if it’s late.”   Anger ( manifested in the individual who spurns love and opts instead for fury. It is also known as Wrath. ) Jensen slammed back his beer before letting it drop to the counter noisily, and then he sighed, his arms coming up to cross in ...

Representative government, contrary to rumor, is apparently not so dead ...

..., you know what? WHY does it seem like having a recession is a BAD thing that should be avoided AT ALL COSTS? Do you know WHY we have recessions? Granted, they result in slower economic activity, which spurns increase job loss. But what about the CAUSE of recession? I look it up, and see recession defined as a contraction. Even as a part of the business cycle! In many ways, it is an economic ...

A Decadence Cycle (part 8 of 14)

... for high-grade genes that won't get used. I'm just about to make my fond farewells... When lo, the decadence, like music, swells— My knees are insufficiently contused And, frankly, I could use one more libation. This dude is drunk, and prob'ly straight. No matter. He's begging to be pantsed... Yep, he a pig. I pause for pleasantries, but he spurns chatter: Shut up and play another fucking jig.

... discovers another gift:  he has the ability to speak with the dragons, who tend to reach out telepathically only to their riders. But not everyone appreciates his talents.  His own father, driven by jealousy, spurns the boy.  And far to the north, in the High Reaches, trouble is brewing in the form of a despotic holder, Fax, who hates harpers in general - and Robinton in particular. It is a...

... long life; For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely, The pangs of despised love, the law's delay, The insolence of office and the spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes, When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin? who would fardels bear, To grunt and sweat under a weary life, But that the dread of something ...

... to use whenever they're needed. Gangrel Nomads. Loners. Introverts. These are the traits of the animalistic Gangrel Clan. A lonely existence awaits the childe of this loose-knit clan who spurns the trappings of civilization and prefers to roam the wilds in solitude. These rugged individualists have an uncanny connection with the Beast Within and some even possess shapeshifting abilities.