HARD TIME 100 (original) (raw)
01 October 2024 @ 08:04 pm
Time to have a little fun and have some of our favorite characters get friendly with each other. They don't need to be friends to begin with and however far the friendliness will go is up to you. Shoot for at least 100 words.
Gen, het, slash, or femslash, canon or AU are all welcome. Happy writing!
02 September 2024 @ 09:18 pm
The very essence of life in Oz is separation- separation for the good of the general public, separation from loved ones, separation from the life one used to have. There are also things like legal separation in marriage, separation anxiety, job separation. Take any of these or find your own way to use this prompt.
Shoot for 100 words- gen, slash, het, and femslash, canon and AU are all acceptable. Happy writing!
01 August 2024 @ 10:07 pm
PICTURE TAKING
“She's not here,” Busmalis said, flipping through the pages of a science magazine. “Those weaselly, slimy bastards took her.”
“Took what?” Rebadow asked.
“My autographed picture of Miss Sally. It was here and now it's gone. I know they were going to crack down on girlie magazines, but this is different. It wasn't a magazine. It was just a picture of a beloved children's show host. There's absolutely nothing pornographic about it.”
“Nothing?”
“No. Miss Sally is an angel. And Norma never did give me anything personal except I know it was her that signed Miss Sally's name, so it's like it was a gift from Norma to me. And now, it's gone forever. I put it in the magazine so it wouldn't be found. Who would look at a science magazine? Not me.”
“Maybe that's why they were suspicious.”
“I should have buried it. Betty would have kept her safe for a while.”
“Betty? You're...? I thought they confiscated your tools the last time.”
“So did they,” Busmalis said, with a smile.
01 August 2024 @ 06:27 am
Whether official shakedowns or just petty behavior, things are being confiscated all the time in Oz. Your assignment is to write an event where something is or about to be confiscated. What gets taken, how do either of the parties react, and what might someone do to prevent something from being confiscated?
Shoot for at least 100 words. Gen, slash, femslash, het, canon or AU are all welcome.
Have fun!
Title: Count to Three
Characters: Oz Staff
Rating: Teen
Summary: Querns lays down the law in a staff meeting.
This came to me listening to my Christmas hits playlist on Spotify this morning. Happy Christmas in July!
( McManus and Murphy make mischief involving mistletoeCollapse )
We're working with three different options for this prompt so choose the one you like best or combine them as you see fit.
- Write something on the number three (much like the Twosday prompt), so things like threesome, triple, trio, thrice, or three itself are welcome
- Use another version of "trip" which in poker means three of a kind (like 333) - drug trip, trip to the infirmary, trip and fall
- Write something that totals exactly 333 words (I'll trust you on this one, I'm not going to count).
For options 1 & 2 shoot for at least 100 words. As always, gen, het, slash, and femslash, canon or AU are welcome. Happy writing!
I'm sure there are many people in Oz who could be described at one time or another as a snake. There's also the actual reptile or tool used for plumbing or... probably at least one other definition that could come to mind when it comes to Oz.
Anyway, the challenge is to write something using the prompt of "snake". Shoot for 100 words. Gen, slash, femslash, and het, canon or AU are all welcome.
Happy writing and happy Pride month to all who celebrate!
Vern Schillinger & Chris Keller
Title: A Long Walk Down A Short Hall
Characters: Tricia Ross & Diane Wittlesey
Rating: G
Word Count: 176
Summary: Diane walks Tricia from the intake desk to the visitor's room
A/N: Entirely dialogue. Fails the Bechdel test.
( A Long Walk Down A Short HallCollapse )
Today is International Woman's Day, so we're going to be offering the same deal as in previous years. At some time today, post a drabble for challenge 132 Women of Oz and get your reward of a drabble for any challenge in the tag list from me. (This is a 1-for-1 challenge and independent of other challenges, so if you write 5 drabbles for the challenge, you get 5 drabbles. Feel free to make me write a lot.)
There are a lot of fantastic female characters on OZ, so let's take the day to celebrate them. You may want to pick Shirley or some of the staff members, but there are also family members- wives, ex-wives and girlfriends, mothers, grandmothers, sisters, daughters, and granddaughters that you can play around with as well.
Shoot for 100 words- gen, het, femslash are all welcome for this particular challenge. Be sure to tag your work "ch 132 women of oz".
Extravagant, flamboyant, having to deal with the placement of an object, or a winning move in an arm wrestling contest... your challenge is to write something or for someone in Oz that's "over the top".
Shoot for 100 words. Gen, slash, het, and femslash, canon or AU are all welcome. Happy writing!
20 February 2024 @ 06:18 pm
Title: Better Than Therapy
Pairing: Ginny Ortolani/Shannon O'Reily
Rating: Teen
Word Count: 1275
Summary: Ginny sees a familiar face at Sister Pete's group session for inmates' wives
A/N: 99% setup, just in case you were expecting something else
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15 February 2024 @ 11:13 pm
DRESS SHOES
Toby hasn't worn dress shoes in so long he's forgotten how they feel. They aren't as comfortable as they used to be when he had to wear them every day in his work at the law firm. They are tight and restrictive, a perfect reflection that he no longer fits into his old life.
Today, they are a necessity. Just like the tie that feels like a noose around his neck. In some ways, he wishes it was a noose, that he could trade his life for his son's. But, there's Holly to consider and he needs to keep going for her. She might hate him after all of this, and who could blame her, but he'll be in her life as long as she'll allow it.
03 February 2024 @ 10:03 pm
It's the return of the Femslash February Challenge here at HardTime 100. Pick a pair (or more!) of your favorite female Oz staff members or mix in Shirley Bellinger or the occasional visitor and get them together. Rare pairs are welcomed and loved on.
Write a femslash drabble by the end of February and I'll reward you with a drabble of your choice.
Not big into femslash, but still wouldn't mind giving one of the women of Oz some love? Hop over to [![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
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03 February 2024 @ 09:48 pm
Whether it's Kenny and Pearce taking a pair of shoes from Guillaume Tarrant or Beecher being forced to lick Schillinger's boots, footwear can cause some notice in a place like Oz. It might even be someone looking for a particular pair of ruby slippers as a way to get out of Oz once and for all.
So indulge your foot fetish and use some variation of the word "shoe" or "boot" in a drabble. Shoot for 100 words. Gen, het, slash, and femslash, canon or AU are all okay.
10 January 2024 @ 09:18 pm
QUESTIONS
Holly Beecher & Harrison Beecher
( Angst ahead. You have been warned.Collapse )
09 January 2024 @ 10:23 pm
MATCHING
Standing near his brother's bedside, Jefferson was caught by a memory from their childhood.
It was Easter and Jefferson's mother had the bright idea to dress Billie and him in matching outfits and Grace in a dress of a similar color. Jefferson thought it was dumb, but no one was going to cross Mama before church, especially not on Easter Sunday morning. Jefferson stood sullenly in the corner waiting for the other two. Grace walked carefully into the living room, looking like her shoes were too tight for her feet. Billie flounced into the room. (How anybody didn't know the boy was queer at that point was anyone's guess. Jefferson could see it now plain as day.) With the way he moved, in dress pants that were a little too short for him, Billie seemed more of a double of Grace than of Jefferson.
After church, some of the boys grabbed Billie and started to tease and hit him. Jefferson rescued Billie from the fray and jumped into the fight himself in his Sunday finest. When all was said and done, both Billie and Jefferson showed the marks of the fight on their faces. Surveying the damage in the bathroom mirror beside his brother later that afternoon, Billie had to giggle. “Look at us.”
In the years that followed, no one would confuse the two, but at that moment, Jefferson joined him in laughter as he admitted, “We match.”
06 January 2024 @ 07:03 pm
As Tobias Beecher lay in the hospital bed, unable to do a damn thing except stare at the ceiling, he cataloged his injuries, visible and invisible. Right arm- broken, left arm- broken, right leg- broken, left leg- broken. Heart- beating, but he wasn't sure how. Eyes- functioning, but he kept seeing Keller's smile projecting onto the bland white ceiling. Stomach- thankfully empty, he wasn't sure he'd be able to hold down any food at the current time and wasn't comfortable with the idea of some volunteer spoon feeding him. Mind- racing, full of questions- how did this happen, why had Keller done this, and, most importantly, what was he going to do about it? Whatever it was, he wanted to handle it personally and he wanted to do it in such a way that it couldn't be traced back to him.
One thing at a time. Nothing could get underway until he got out of this bed. He had plenty of time to plan.
God help them all when he got out.
03 January 2024 @ 09:50 pm
Happy New Year! Let's get things going with a new prompt, shall we?
The start of a new year is a time for making plans- grand plans, simple plans, ridiculous plans, etc. It might be different for the inmates of Oz where one day runs into the next and someone is always planning something.
Your prompt is "plan" or any variation thereof. Put the word or even the idea of it into a drabble. Shoot for 100 words, though no one will break your arms and legs if you do more. Gen, slash, het, femslash, canon or AU are all welcome.
11 November 2023 @ 06:57 pm
Title: Nobody's Business
Ryan avoided speaking to Miguel for three days after they had sex for the first time.
Miguel tried talking to Ryan, stopping by his pod the next morning to try and sneak in a kiss when no one was looking.
Ryan had jumped off his cot and backed up about 10 feet before whispering: “What the fuck are you doing?” Miguel looked around and said “You’re right-anyone could see us here. I’ll meet you in the back of the kitchen after lunch.”
Ryan never met him in the kitchen and Miguel angrily approached him in the cafeteria at dinner time. “Ryan, what the hell happened to you? Why didn’t you meet me after lunch?”
Ryan pushed his tray away and stood up without answering.
This went on for two more days as an increasingly frustrated Miguel attempted to speak to Ryan.
On the third day Miguel stormed into the bathroom when Ryan was taking a shower and shoved him against the wall.
“You’re gonna tell me what is going on, right now Ryan!”
“Nothing is going on! There’s nothing to talk about! That night was a one off-nothing more. You know I ain’t no fag!”
“I’m not either!” Miguel pushed his body close to Ryan’s. “But we got something good here. In a place where let’s face it, nothing’s good. Something that made us feel connected, not so alone. I say let’s not screw up a good thing. What we have is nobody’s business but our own. “
Ryan sighed, wishing it could be so simple.
He said as much to Miguel who responded, “It might not be simple, but it’s worth it.”
Miguel reached out and touched Ryan’s face then leaned in and kissed his lips.
Ryan sighed again and thought that maybe, just maybe Miguel was right.
07 October 2023 @ 08:13 am
Anticipation is defined as "the act of looking forward". Generally, this is a pleasurable occurrence. In Oz, that could mean someone with an approaching parole hearing, or someone expecting a package (drugs, skin magazines, a bag of Atomic fireballs) from the outside world. It also could be the impending possibility of getting revenge on a rival or having sex with a cellmate returning from time in the hole.
The possibilities are only limited by your imagination. Shoot for 100 words, but you won't be penalized if you go over. Slash, het, femslash, and gen, canon or AU are all welcome. Happy writing!
A reminder- if this prompt isn't your cup of tea, you're welcome to write on any of the previous prompts. Check the tags list or search "y: challenge prompts" for a list. If you have suggestions for future prompts, please add them in the comments below.
05 August 2023 @ 09:41 pm
Gloria's words seemed to hang in the air. He heard her but there was no way what she was saying could be correct.
She needed to run the test again. He'd get his own personal physician to make a house call to Oswald. There had to be some kind of mistake. He wasn't supposed to go out like this, like some junkie that had no self-control. What were his people going to think, that he took it up the ass like the Schibetta boy? To hell with that.
There had to be some mistake. Of that, Antonio Nappa was positive.
(RIP, Mark Margolis)