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WELCOME - Prompts Post Part I

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(updated 6 June)

Welcome everybody. How you got here I have no idea but thank you for coming and welcome again, nonetheless . As you may have gathered this is a Fic Prompting Meme dedicated solely to the hilarious and oh-so-addictive BBC Radio 4 sitcom - Cabin Pressure. I'm aiming for this to be pretty anything goes - but in order for everything to run smoothly, there are a few guidelines. Don't worry - they're not too restrictive.


FILLING GUIDELINES



As you probably all know - our meme now has it's very own database created and maintained by the great Enigel. It both catalogues each and every prompt that we post and provides links to fills. You can find it here: Google Spreadsheet

We also have a Pinboard archive which has been put in place by the lovely [personal profile] oxfordtweed in the place of our late Delicious Archive. This Archive contains a list of all the prompts this meme has to offer - you can find it here: Pinboard Archive

This is a great step forward in making our meme just a little more organised (but not too organised of course. This is Cabin Pressure) which is always a good thing.

So in order to make things easier to archive - Please nest your fills.

This can be done by either posting each part as a reply to that part's immediate predecessor, OR by replying each time to Part I OR - well you get the idea :D

It makes it simpler for Enigel and myself to link fills in a clean and clear manner. Following these guildelines will be very much appreciated guys :D

REPROMPTING



Reprompting is allowed but please include the URL of the original prompt when you do so. It will make it infinitely more easy to Archive which would make both Enigel and I very happy :)

As for everything else



  1. Be respectful to one another. Disagreements are fine, but not everything disagreeable is trolling. If you suspect someone of trolling, just ignore it. If you cannot respond to a comment without attacking or trolling someone else, keep it to yourself.

  2. No bashing prompts. It might not be your cup of tea - but obviously someone wants it enough to go to the effort of requesting it. So just scroll past it.

  3. Prompt away as much as you like guys - seriously, go wild - but please try to fill as well.

  4. NEW - If your fill includes a major element that veers from the original prompt (crossovers, established universes, kinks, et cetera), please take a few moments to check with the OP that such additions are welcome. This has caused problems in the past and it only takes a few moments of your time.
  5. Please no RPF. I'm not trying to oppress you RPF writers and enthusiasts, I would just really like to avoid any legal problems.

  6. When you post a fill (or post a new part of a WIP) please go over to the Filled Prompts Post (if it is complete) or the WIP Post (if there are still more parts to come) and, following each post's guideline's, post a link to this fill or new part.


REALLY IMPORTANT ADDENDUM



According to numerous Child Safety laws it is illegal to provide pornographic material to minors. Seeing that the majority of the stuff we have here is rather adult in nature, this Meme is consequently an 18+ zone. Failing to comply to this rule could result in the Meme getting shut down. So if you're here and you're under 18 please back button now.

+ Please do not post anything regarding minors in a sexual situation. It really doesn't matter how tasteful or crass it is, there are laws that classify that sort of thing as child pornography and as such, I'm afraid we're going to have to go with the attitude that safe is better than sorry.

It really is VERY important that these rules are upheld as the consequences are severe.

Other than that - go crazy guys. Any problems please just message me and I'll try my best to work it out.



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Eeek, a spider! h/c

(Anonymous) 2011-01-24 09:01 am (UTC)(link)
Arthus is woken by a scream coming from the other bed in the hotel room he's sharing with Martin. So of course it was Martin screaming, and what terrified him so much is a big, hairy spider sitting on his blanket.

So it's Arthur to the rescue! Let our gallant Steward save Martin (possibly after some cooing over the spider which doesn't improve the situation as Martin really cannot see anything positive about the hairy beast) and comfort his Skip until Martin seems to have recovered.

Re: Eeek, a spider! h/c

[identity profile] uptothewords.livejournal.com 2011-01-25 08:08 am (UTC)(link)
AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

This is lovely and just about the sweetest prompt I've ever read here. Heartily seconded!

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NOT A PROMPT (or: ALL the prompts)

[personal profile] enigel 2011-01-24 05:06 pm (UTC)(link)
So, my sick obs entirely healthy dedication to this fandom met some of my abundant free time, and from their merry union sprang forth... a spreadsheet.

https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AlsAYdgO5TnJdDJNMmgzdUdkN283NzR6a2VBaFByeFE&hl=en_GB&authkey=CIaGi6ID

I'll try to keep it up to date (read: not fall more than one page behind). Anyone with the link should be able to view it, only I to edit it.

Disclaimer: I am not [livejournal.com profile] cabinpres_fic, the Alpha or the Captain.

Share and enjoy! :D
innie_darling: (Default)

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[personal profile] innie_darling 2011-01-24 05:41 pm (UTC)(link)
You get first crack at the cheese tray for this!

Sad Arthur

[identity profile] uptothewords.livejournal.com 2011-01-25 07:14 pm (UTC)(link)
I just listened to Edinburgh and the part where that nasty old man made fun of Arthur not being able to get a girlfriend and living with his mom just broke my heart. :(((((((((

When he came into the flight deck to offer coffee in that sad despondent voice well, I knew I needed some fic to cheer him (and me) up.

So, could I PLEASE get some Arthur h/c? Not physically but verbally. And have Martin or Douglas stick up for him? Pretty please, with a pretty pilot on top. =D

Re: Sad Arthur

[identity profile] super-robinchan.livejournal.com 2011-03-05 10:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Heh, pilot on top.

I want to see this, too.
oxfordtweed: Sgt Deskjob from Hot Fuzz, with a small white heart on the left and 'Enabler' on the bottom (Travis - Enabler)

[personal profile] oxfordtweed 2011-01-26 05:34 am (UTC)(link)
Someone (take your pick) manages to find the perfect girl for Martin, and even manages to convince him, after much whinging and rejecting the idea, to go on a date with this girl.

And she is quite perfect for him. Or rather, he's quite perfect for her, and she turns out to like him. Quite a lot. Except that Martin, on his "all-boys raft," finds the entire situation uncomfortable and awkward. And being Martin, he completely and totally fails to adequately explain politely, or even at all, that this whole thing was [someone else]'s idea, and for one very basic reason, she's really not his type. At all.


Basically, ever since Martin's bit about rafts, and his being an all-boys raft, it's become my headcanon that he's not really in the closet, but not exactly open either. For those who get the reference, he's sort of like Colonel Gentlemen, and never bothered to come out because he assumed everyone already knew. Only they don't.

[identity profile] uptothewords.livejournal.com 2011-01-26 06:31 pm (UTC)(link)
This!

I agree that Martin is not in the closet. He mentioned that he "just hasn't found the right person" in that same episode I believe. 'Person' not 'girl.' Plus, he was clearly affronted by the idea of Douglas proposing to someone else. =D

He could be bisexual though; he obviously tried to flirt with the actress but I think that's probably the only definitive example of being attracted to a woman.

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Sweet Love

[identity profile] uptothewords.livejournal.com 2011-01-26 06:33 pm (UTC)(link)
So, I'm having A DAY. Plus, I feel a cold coming on.

How much would I love a fic or ficlet of Martin and Douglas making sweet, sweet love. On the flight deck, plane, hotel room, wherever. I just need some fluff...and porn. =D

Re: Sweet Love - MINI FILL

(Anonymous) 2011-04-26 04:33 pm (UTC)(link)
A rather short fill, and I'm not sure if this is the kind of thing you were after, but I hope you like it anyway.

Somewhere at the back of his mind Douglas thinks that he shouldn't be surprised how enthusiastic Martin can be, all things considered. Maybe it's because this is not about flying and planes, or because he's recently discovered that there are more things Martin has managed to hide from him than Douglas ever imagined. But there is something about seeing - feeling - Martin trembling on top of him that touches him deeper than any of his kisses ever could.

He hears Martin mumble something against his neck, and he isn't even sure if Martin has lost his ability to speak, or his own power of comprehension has abandoned him. As an experiment, he murmurs Martin's name.

The reaction is almost too much to be pleasurable, as Martin thrusts his hand down Douglas stomach and beyond, and presses his mouth onto his, parting his lips just enough to make Douglas think he's in charge.

Douglas, of course, is not a fool, but he knows when to give in. He's experienced enough to know he shouldn't romanticise this. It's the adrenaline and the endorphins and the passion of the moment, nothing else. But it's in moments like this that he wishes he were a young man again who reacted purely on instinct instead of having to listen to all these silly little voices squabbling inside his head, trying to distract him from this beautiful man with hair that is soft between Douglas's fingers, his heat like fire on his skin, and those lips that are heaven on his own.

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The Hound of the Baskerville

(Anonymous) 2011-01-26 10:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Martin sounds like a Sherlock Holmes fan to me. And how does that sound to you?

Re: The Hound of the Baskerville

(Anonymous) 2011-01-27 12:04 am (UTC)(link)
Awesomesauce. I bet he reads the canon at night in bed.

(Anonymous) 2011-01-28 02:34 pm (UTC)(link)
I've just come across this wonderful series (http://etothepii.livejournal.com/6541.html), by way of the Sherlock meme, and it's but images in my head.

Basically, I now want to see Martin in a collar. And liking it.



Mycroft, I cannot type kanji. WTF, man?

FILL: Terms of Engagement

[identity profile] mogwai-do.livejournal.com 2011-08-24 09:18 pm (UTC)(link)
A/N: Probably not quite what the OP had in mind, but... here is a fluffy fill anyway.

Dreamwidth: http://mogwai-do.dreamwidth.org/176121.html?#cutid1

LJ: http://mogwai-do.livejournal.com/176267.html#cutid1

:)

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(Anonymous) 2011-01-30 11:34 am (UTC)(link)
My dreams can be a strange place sometimes... Anyway, this is what I remember from last night:

"Martin!"
"...mm?"
"Your phone's ringing..."
*rumbles something incomprehesible*
"What?"
"Not mine. It's off."
"...Then someone's at the door. And is desperate to wake you up."
"Why me?"
"It's your flat?"
"...Okay..."
*stunmbles his way to the front door*
"Douglas! What are you doing in here?"
"Carolyn told me to pick you up. We have a last minute client. I didn't wake you, did I? Tried to call you first."
"Who is it, Martin?"
"..."
"..."
"Um, yes, I should, um, probably introduce you... Simon, this is Douglas, my First Officer. Douglas, this is Simon, my..."
"Secret boyfriend."
"...yes."

Someone willing to take this poor thing and make a proper fic out of it? Apart from rather not a threesome, I'm pretty open about what you can do with it.

[identity profile] annievh.livejournal.com 2011-01-31 01:13 am (UTC)(link)
wasn't Simon the name of Martin's brother?
either way, i like it!

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(Anonymous) 2011-01-31 12:22 am (UTC)(link)
Maybe Martin overhears Douglas on the phone, maybe he misunderstands something he says: Martin thinks Douglas got a new job and is leaving MJN Air. Strangely, Martin isn't as pleased as he thought he would be.

Can be friendship or slash.

You knew it was coming.....

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Dark!Arthur

Re: You knew it was coming.....

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Gah, I love dark!Arthur <3

I might think about writing this. Did you have any pairings in mind, or did you just want it to be Arthur?

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innie_darling: (blackadder: get it here)

[personal profile] innie_darling 2011-01-31 02:38 am (UTC)(link)
I have no idea how this would even work, but I want to see Arthur interacting with Nursey from Blackadder II; I bet they'd get along swimmingly.

(Anonymous) 2011-01-31 01:10 pm (UTC)(link)
The men of the airfield finally corner Douglas one evening at the bar to ask if the rumors are true. Is he really shagging that prissy, uptight captain of his? Even weirder, are they actually together?

This could go three ways in my head. Either a) he is doin nothing of the sort but it sounds good now; b) he is furious at the tone they're taking about his new lover; or c) he tries to save some face in front of the guys and accidentally sounds horribly insensitive, which Martin overhears (and let's face it, this seems most likely).

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Ooh, marvellous idea! Hope someone writes this!

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Umbeknown to both of them (they use nicknames of course), Martin and Douglas meet in a chatroom on a dating site and get along really well (Martin even manages NOT to mention he's an airline captain, that would give him away, maybe the subject of jobs never even comes up). How well? Hm... up to you! I'm not averse to a very private chat. ;-)

The next day during their flight, Martin is in a surprisingly good mood, prompting enquiries from Douglas and after some probing, Martin admits that he met someone in a chatroom the previous night. And that it immediately felt like he'd known his chat partner for a long time, they got along so well. He spills some details, after more probing, that confirm Douglas' hunch that he chatted up Martin last night. And enjoyed it!

From here, there are different possibilities, Douglas can tell Martin right there and then, he could drop hints for a while until Martin gets it, he could not say a thing and wait and see what happens at their next agreed chat... I'll leave that up to the wonderful person who picks up this prompt (I hope someone does). But I hope they do get together one way or the other. :)

(Anonymous) 2011-01-31 04:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, forgot the teaser that put this idea in my mind in the first place... this pic: clicky (http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/263/shot0023a.png)

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Innuendo

(Anonymous) 2011-01-31 11:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Innuendo is Douglas's favorite method of making Martin uncomfortable. Could be humorous (which I would love, as much as I need a good laugh right now), or could result in Martin finally losing it because he thinks that Douglas has figured out his feelings for him and is just mocking him now (which I would also love, because I'm an angsty drama-whore at heart).

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SECONDED LIKE WHOA
Douglas + innuendo = <3
oxfordtweed: (Animated - Sherlock Angst)

[personal profile] oxfordtweed 2011-02-01 10:27 pm (UTC)(link)
So, I've seen this pop up more than a few times on the Sherlock meme, and I'm surprised no one's brought it up over here.


But Martin + Benedict's lisp = insanely adorable, Y/Y? Come on, meme! I know you can do something with this!

[identity profile] sostrangechild.livejournal.com 2011-02-05 11:17 am (UTC)(link)
I know he has a lisp, but I can't find any proof of it. Halp?

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Valentines

(Anonymous) 2011-02-02 12:23 am (UTC)(link)
Martin gets an anonymous valentines day card!
He's at first a little confused because he's not dating anyone, then a bit flattered, then increasingly pleased that he might actually have a secret admirer for the first time ever... until Arthur admits that it's (rather misguidedly) from him. Because, you know, he does sort of love Martin, they're like family, and he thought it might make Martin happy. Because it's all about love after all, isn't it? Not neccessarily wanting to sleep with someone or anything...
Martin does his best to hide his disappointment so he doesn't hurt Arthur's feelings, but it's obvious to Douglas at least that not all is fine with his Captain.

Friendshippy is good but I'd love to see a Douglas/Martin ending, and bonus points if Douglas manages to be really romantic in a thoroughly unromantic brown-sauce sort of way.

Re: Valentines

[identity profile] foxtoast.livejournal.com 2011-02-02 06:31 am (UTC)(link)
This made me wibble in a good way. Working on a fill ♥

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(Anonymous) 2011-02-03 04:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Douglas has always wanted to be a fighter pilot. His sense of self-preservation would never have allowed him to become one, but one can have dreams and fantasies, right? ;)

Inspired by that bit in Limerick where he asks to keep the flight deck dark for a while, "like a fighter plane".

Douglas' alcoholism

(Anonymous) 2011-02-06 01:12 am (UTC)(link)
Douglas opens up to Martin about being an alcoholic (obviously he's sober now, as we know from the show). The how and why is up to the writer. I'd just like to see Douglas being unexpectedly honest with Martin about his past.

[identity profile] iibnf.livejournal.com 2011-02-07 08:12 am (UTC)(link)
I'd love to see Martin do a Wing Pull. See TV Tropes here:

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WingPull

Totally over the top, he's an angel? Or more likely a fairy. Yeah, a fairy. And he saves Smug Doug's life. Or something outrageous and unbelievable like that. Why not?

He loves to fly, it's just not something he can get away with in public all that often. Unless he's in a plane. So... emergency Wing Pull.

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(Anonymous) 2011-02-09 07:20 am (UTC)(link)
MJN has to fly Tony Stark.

Yes, I've been watching too much RDJ. Shoot me.

(Anonymous) 2011-02-23 04:10 am (UTC)(link)
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS TOO MUCH RDJ

SECONDED ♥

[identity profile] connie-welsh.livejournal.com 2011-02-10 05:47 am (UTC)(link)
I was bored the other day, so I was watching cartoons when this commercial came on the channel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_VtQPYq8kI

Basically, I squealed with manic amusement at the thought that Martin would totally be into it. So I'd love to see someone getting this for him as a gift, (Douglas as a gag gift, Arthur as an earnest, whatever you want) and Martin acting all, "Har har, real funny/Erm... thanks Arthur". But then someone catches him secretly watching it somehow. Cue Flustered!Martin.
oxfordtweed: (LOL - Sherlock)

[personal profile] oxfordtweed 2011-02-10 05:51 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, I should not have laughed at that as hard as I did. XD

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[identity profile] andrea-deer.livejournal.com 2011-02-10 09:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Someone from the crew (preferably Martin or Douglas) has problems sleeping. The house seems empty without a wife, new apartment is cheap, smelly and in a dangerous part of town, whatever. Either way this person is nervous/angsty/frustrated and needs a place that safe/warm/home-y... So they sleep in Gertie.

And I would love to see the reactions of others. Maybe Carolyn finds out? :)

Home is Where the Horizon Is, 1/6

(Anonymous) 2011-02-11 03:12 am (UTC)(link)
No one really questioned him being there so late, not even Carolyn, who normally had the same suspicious instincts that guided lions to wounded gazelles on the Serengeti. Martin usually worked late, toiling over SOPs and clucking over Douglas’s flight logs and generally spending entirely more time over paperwork than was strictly healthy.

“Martin,” Douglas said with a long-suffering sigh, seeing his captain hunched over a stack of papers, “To paraphrase somebody or other, ‘one’ hour is the correct dosage of paperwork for the adult human male.”

“I know, I’m just—“ Martin looked up suddenly. “Wait, I said that!”

“Oh? It was almost clever, so I naturally assumed it couldn’t have been you.”

“Thank you, Douglas,” Martin said frostily.

Douglas leaned nonchalantly against the wall, twirling his cap on one finger of his left hand. It looked effortless and suave in Douglas’s graceful grasp, but Martin knew that if he were to try it, he’d look like a bloody idiot. He sighed.

“Don’t you have somewhere to be?”

“Like where?” Martin blinked, honestly baffled.

“Oh, I don’t know, what’s a young captain, fit and dashing, normally do on a Friday night?” he hinted broadly.

Martin frowned. “Flight simulations?”

Douglas stared at him before letting out a long sigh, one which managed to pack a novel of disappointment into it. “Never mind, Martin. Enjoy your paperwork.” With one final wave, he disappeared, presumably home. Arthur and Carolyn had left earlier. Gertie should have felt empty, perhaps even a little spooky, but instead it felt familiar. Comfortable. Safe.

He hadn’t meant to stay this long. After his landlord had thrown him out for not paying his rent the third month in a row, he had sat down and evaluated his options, limited though they were by the fact that his pockets were unbearably light at the moment. Option 1: He could search for a new apartment, though this was hampered by the fact that he had no money and no charm to convince a new landlord that he could, eventually, pay it. Option 2: Live in his van; not impossible, but certainly not comfortable either. Or practical, he acknowledged. The van wasn’t really designed for a grown man to be living out of for any length of time. Option 3: Talk to Carolyn about actually getting paid. The problem with Option 3 was that it required him to swallow what little pride he had and—honestly—was all he had left at the moment and also required him to actually talk to Carolyn, which was a daunting prospect in itself.

The first time it really had been an accident. They had just come back from a run to Denver, Colorado and everyone was preparing to go home, anxious to be back in their own warm beds, particularly as the hotel in Denver neglected to inform them that the heating was not working at the moment. In any case, they hadn’t gotten much sleep, shivering and miserable as they were, and while everyone else had comfortable homes to go to, Martin couldn’t bear the thought of another chilly night in his van. He had stayed behind as long as he could, taking advantage of the coffee in the galley and catching up on paperwork when his eyes must have slid shut and he had fallen asleep. The next morning, he woke up early to find cheerful beams of daylight streaming in and a pleasant feeling that he finally was able to identify as contentment. For the first time in a week, he felt well-rested.

And so it was with a strange, awkward embarrassment that he manufactured reasons to stay behind later than the others—revising the procedures, checking to make certain everything complied with regulations, reviewing new regulations—so that he could curl up under one of the thin, scratchy blankets and let the sounds of the airport, never quite silent even at night, soothe him to sleep. The insistent voice that constantly nagged him how he was supposed to receive any clients, should they ever re-emerge from wherever they had all gone off to, without a phone, how he was going to pay for a flat, finally would quiet enough that Martin could drift off into peaceful oblivion.

Of course, Martin should have known right then that it was too good to last.

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Flatmates!

(Anonymous) 2011-02-10 11:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks to his latest divorce Douglas is no longer able to continue living in the house he shared with Helena. As a result, while he's house-hunting, rather than wasting money on hotels Douglas is forced to move in with... [[dramatic shudder]]... Martin.

Fluffy domestic bickering would be amazing. If it turns shippy that's even better.

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Seconded like woah!
Domestic wins at life! <3 Please somebody write it!

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(Anonymous) 2011-02-11 01:51 am (UTC)(link)
Come on, hands up whoever saw LJ's latest news update, and this:

http://games.livejournal.com/airport

in particular, and didn't think of Martin playing it? :D

So, Martin and Arthur on LJ, playing Airport? :D

(Disclaimer: I do not particularly endorse LJ's forays into becoming more like Facebook, nor have I installed this game personally. Mind the privacy issues around LJ's games. Etc.)

(Anonymous) 2011-02-11 09:45 am (UTC)(link)
Could someone steal Martin's van? Please? They break into his flat, he sleeps through it, they find his keys and steal his phone, then run off with the van?

What would he do? It's his lifeline.
oxfordtweed: Chunk from the Goonies lifting his shirt, with the text 'Everybody dance now' in the upper left (Dance - Chunk)

[personal profile] oxfordtweed 2011-02-11 09:46 am (UTC)(link)
God, poor Martin, lately. Everyone's taking his things.



By which I mean, I totally second this.

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