Treasure Geeks

Okay, so I realize that the songfic challenge that cynical_sweaterand I proposed never really...well, ended.  LOL.  I completely apologize for that.  I'm gonna talk to her and see if we can decide amongst ourselves whether or not we'll go back and do voting again.  (I love it how we're so organized, lmao.)  We probably will, but we've both been really busy lately, so life has once again thwarted us.  I'll keep you guys updated.

piratehatter, I haven't forgotten about the drabble I owe you for winning the last contest.  Your request was "Spring," right?  I'm gonna try and get right on that.  However, my inspiration for fic-writing has just come back to me (and my job keeps getting in the way), so hopefully I'll have that out to you soon.  Don't worry.  It'll be awesome.  (I can't guarantee it'll be a drabble, though.  I suck at writing short things.  My shortest thing is my newest piece, which is three pages on MS Word.)

Finally, the real point of this post.  I, despite knowing that the challenge ended a long time ago, wrote a new Ben/Riley songfic.  I was driving home from work the other day, heard this song on the radio, and the idea hit me like a truck dead on.  However, again, it's another first for me.  Complete and total angst.  (I'm a happy-ending kind of girl.  I like it when things work out in the end.)  So, it's unbeta'd by anyone but MS Word's spell checker, but I think you'll enjoy.  (Let me know?  I'm a review-a-holic.)

EDIT: I just realized that I totally forgot to put up the form that tells you all about my story, lol.  So, I'm adding it.

Title: Right Here Waiting
Author: astronomylover
Rating: K+
Pairing: Ben/Riley (but, in this case, it's sorta unrequited)
Disclaimer: Sadly, I don't own them.  But I do own a car now!
Summary: Going on a picnic is enough to make anybody happy, right?  Well, not if you're Riley Poole, and you're in love with someone who's in love with someone else.  These are his thoughts on the situation at hand.



The song I used, Richard Marx's Right Here Waiting, can be found here.  You've probably heard it - everybody's probably heard it, but I thought, just in case, you could listen to it for background reference.  (I love it because of the piano, personally.)

 Okay, finally I've finished the story!  I wached Guarding Tess with my best friend, and it inspired this National Treasure/Guarding Tess crossover.  It's my submission for the Crack-Off, so enjoy!!

That's right, folks.  astronomylover's pumped out yet another National Treasure fanfic in a matter of days.  This brings my total of NT fics up to three...all in the past week and a half.  (That's normally about the total amount I write in a year.  I'm really proud of myself, here!!)  So, I know it's a little late for a Christmas!fic, but cynical_sweatersuggested that we both write a version of a "Gates-Poole Christmas Party" fic, and I, being one to never turn down a challenge, took it.  Here's my version of the party..."A Little Eggnog Goes A Long Way".  Enjoy!!!