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Challenges: Delta
Title: Challenges (Flutterverse)
Fandom: Last of the Mohicans
Claim: 1sentence; Uncas/Alice, delta
Status: Complete
Rating: PG-13
Summary: A look at the challenges for Uncas and Alice.
Warnings: Mild war violence
#01 – Air
The air whips her skirts around her legs up on the cliffs, and Alice wonders if it is possible for the wind to carry her away.
#02 – Apples
She’s holding a half-eaten apple when he finds her at the fort, curled up in a corner with her legs tucked under her skirts; Uncas sits next to her, satisfied at only hearing the apple’s crunch.
#03 – Beginning
When they meet, she’s entranced by his deep eyes but frightened by his grip on her arm; when they meet, Uncas is entranced by her lithe form, but frightened by her innocent eyes.
#04 – Bugs
If there is anything worse than the heat, it is the bugs at the fort – they get into everything, and Alice is disgusted to find cooties in the bed she’s supposed to sleep in; this is the worst of father’s campaigns.
#05 – Coffee
The coffee at the fort is like mud, thick, and leaves a dirty taste in Alice’ mouth; Life on the frontier is nothing like sipping coffee from dainty cups back in Albany.
#06 – Dark
In the dark, Uncas can pretend that the war is not happening and Alice is more than just a temptation.
#07 – Despair
Until his father and Nathaniel appeared on the cliffs, Uncas felt despair for Alice, but never himself; he had failed her.
#08 – Doors
Alice had seen many doors in her life, from gilded to iron, but none looked prettier than the rough-hewn wood of the cabin Uncas had built.
#09 – Drink
Uncas drinks the rum at the fort to stop his thoughts of golden hair, but it only makes things worse – he talks about her hair instead; Nathaniel laughs and tells him to have another drink.
#10 – Duty
Alice knows she should be dutiful, she should be meek, but Cora has cultivated such outspokenness in her, she cannot help but ask Uncas about himself.
#11 – Earth
In this wide, wide Earth, how could there not be a place without wars, Alice wonders.
#12 – End
They leave the fort with the English colors held high, but Uncas knows, can feel deep in his bones, that this is not the end.
#13 – Fall
When she trips, it is his arm that steadies her, when she struggles, it is he who helps her climb; Alice cannot help the regard that grows within her, even though she tries.
#14 – Fire
The fire does little to warm her in her sodden skirts while they rest for the night, but Uncas’ hand on her hair makes her feel as if there is a fire inside her.
#15 – Flexible
She sees him bend and whoop while playing lacrosse and hides a smile behind the laundry she is folding – he has bested Nathaniel again.
#16 – Flying
Uncas wonders what it would be like to see the sky as the hawk does, soaring and looking down on his animal brothers.
#17 – Food
There is plenty of food at the fort, but Alice never feels hungry after seeing the man scalped.
#18 – Foot
She is not used to traveling so far on foot, but Alice doesn’t complain; each step brings them closer to father, to safety.
#19 – Grave
As she sat by Uncas’ side, trying not to think of the cliffs, Alice prayed there would be no need for graves.
#20 – Green
After the rain, little sprouts of corn had appeared in the soil, and Alice couldn’t help but kiss Uncas in celebration – there would be no famine this year, God willing.
#21 – Head
Uncas loves when she shakes her hair free from her head, loosening the braids and pins to reveal a golden curtain.
#22 – Hollow
Alice wonders if she will bleed when Magua kills her; she feels hollow inside.
#23 – Honor
There is an honor among the savages that Alice is surprised to see; they are hardly savage at all, these men that saved her and Cora.
#24 – Hope
When Magua took Alice with only a small group of Huron, Uncas knew he could save her.
#25 – Light
There wasn’t much light shining into the corner of the fort where Alice sat, hiding; with soldiers dancing around the fire, there was even less to highlight the blush in her cheeks when Uncas brought her hand to his lips.
#26 – Lost
Alice remembers once, when she was very young, becoming lost on the streets of London when Papa was taking her to the market; being lost in America is even worse.
#27 – Metal
Alice likes to trace her fingers over the metal in Uncas earlobe when they lie in bed and ask him about his childhood.
#28 – New
Nadie is gloriously, perfectly small – and terrifying, when she is born; what does it mean when she cries?
#29 – Old
It is Chingachgook who shows Alice how pat Nadie’s back to put her to sleep, his leathered hand the size of her small back.
#30 – Peace
Their small patch of frontier is mostly peaceful, away from the war, and Alice prays each night that God will keep it so.
#31 – Poison
Uncas knew that hatred could poison a man’s heart, but he would never trust the Huron.
#32 – Pretty
Alice knows that Cora will always be the prettier sister, for Alice is too thin, too frail to be a beauty; Uncas can think of nothing prettier than Alice’s golden hair and lithe form.
#33 – Rain
She can hear the rain pattering on the roof when she awakens in the middle of the night, and Alice snuggles closer to Uncas’ still form, drawing his arm around her; when lips ghost across the back of her neck, she cannot help but sigh contentedly.
#34 – Regret
Alice regrets her fascination with Uncas when she enters the fort; what proper woman would behave the way she had?
#35 – Roses
Her brocade roses are muddied quickly, and the hem of her skirt rent asunder, but Uncas thinks she looks every part a lady – far too good for him.
#36 – Secret
It is no secret that Cora prefers Nathaniel to Duncan, but when Alice whispers it to Uncas at the fort, he smiles as if he is surprised.
#37 – Snakes
Alices loathes snakes, and is horrified to learn that they are poisonous in America – what a horrible country!
#38 – Snow
Uncas loves to see Alice’s eyes light at the snow on the ground; she is like a child in her excitement.
#39 – Solid
There is a solidness about Chingachgook that Alice finds soothing, with him she feels safe; it is clear that Uncas is much like his father.
#40 – Spring
He brings her a few flowers from the forest when he returns from the hunt – nicer than any hothouse blooms she saw in London.
#41 – Stable
Uncas has become her one reassurance in this mad war; as they leave the fort in surrender, Alice can’t help but look back towards him.
#42 – Strange
Despite the many strange and foreign places they had gone with father, Alice thought America the strangest.
#43 – Summer
With the summer heat came the bared chests of the men in the fields; Alice can’t keep the flush from her cheeks as she looks at Uncas.
#44 – Taboo
He is a savage, but in this mad world, Alice cares naught for the rules of society.
#45 – Ugly
He thinks the scars that mar his skin are ugly, but Alice kisses them one by one, a proof of his devotion to her.
#46 – War
Uncas will do anything to keep Alice from the war.
#47 – Water
The light glinting off the waterfall that hides them is entrancing; Alice doesn’t realize the precipice until Uncas pulls her back.
#48 – Welcome
He had been gone a week hunting – Alice couldn’t help but throw her arms around him, even with others watching.
#49 – Winter
She had finished the quilt for their bed a week before the first snowfall, but Uncas had to put a fur on top the bed before the week was out.
#50 – Wood
They stacked the wood in the fire high as the wind whistled about the cabin, but Alice felt the warmest with Uncas in the bed.
Fandom: Last of the Mohicans
Claim: 1sentence; Uncas/Alice, delta
Status: Complete
Rating: PG-13
Summary: A look at the challenges for Uncas and Alice.
Warnings: Mild war violence
#01 – Air
The air whips her skirts around her legs up on the cliffs, and Alice wonders if it is possible for the wind to carry her away.
#02 – Apples
She’s holding a half-eaten apple when he finds her at the fort, curled up in a corner with her legs tucked under her skirts; Uncas sits next to her, satisfied at only hearing the apple’s crunch.
#03 – Beginning
When they meet, she’s entranced by his deep eyes but frightened by his grip on her arm; when they meet, Uncas is entranced by her lithe form, but frightened by her innocent eyes.
#04 – Bugs
If there is anything worse than the heat, it is the bugs at the fort – they get into everything, and Alice is disgusted to find cooties in the bed she’s supposed to sleep in; this is the worst of father’s campaigns.
#05 – Coffee
The coffee at the fort is like mud, thick, and leaves a dirty taste in Alice’ mouth; Life on the frontier is nothing like sipping coffee from dainty cups back in Albany.
#06 – Dark
In the dark, Uncas can pretend that the war is not happening and Alice is more than just a temptation.
#07 – Despair
Until his father and Nathaniel appeared on the cliffs, Uncas felt despair for Alice, but never himself; he had failed her.
#08 – Doors
Alice had seen many doors in her life, from gilded to iron, but none looked prettier than the rough-hewn wood of the cabin Uncas had built.
#09 – Drink
Uncas drinks the rum at the fort to stop his thoughts of golden hair, but it only makes things worse – he talks about her hair instead; Nathaniel laughs and tells him to have another drink.
#10 – Duty
Alice knows she should be dutiful, she should be meek, but Cora has cultivated such outspokenness in her, she cannot help but ask Uncas about himself.
#11 – Earth
In this wide, wide Earth, how could there not be a place without wars, Alice wonders.
#12 – End
They leave the fort with the English colors held high, but Uncas knows, can feel deep in his bones, that this is not the end.
#13 – Fall
When she trips, it is his arm that steadies her, when she struggles, it is he who helps her climb; Alice cannot help the regard that grows within her, even though she tries.
#14 – Fire
The fire does little to warm her in her sodden skirts while they rest for the night, but Uncas’ hand on her hair makes her feel as if there is a fire inside her.
#15 – Flexible
She sees him bend and whoop while playing lacrosse and hides a smile behind the laundry she is folding – he has bested Nathaniel again.
#16 – Flying
Uncas wonders what it would be like to see the sky as the hawk does, soaring and looking down on his animal brothers.
#17 – Food
There is plenty of food at the fort, but Alice never feels hungry after seeing the man scalped.
#18 – Foot
She is not used to traveling so far on foot, but Alice doesn’t complain; each step brings them closer to father, to safety.
#19 – Grave
As she sat by Uncas’ side, trying not to think of the cliffs, Alice prayed there would be no need for graves.
#20 – Green
After the rain, little sprouts of corn had appeared in the soil, and Alice couldn’t help but kiss Uncas in celebration – there would be no famine this year, God willing.
#21 – Head
Uncas loves when she shakes her hair free from her head, loosening the braids and pins to reveal a golden curtain.
#22 – Hollow
Alice wonders if she will bleed when Magua kills her; she feels hollow inside.
#23 – Honor
There is an honor among the savages that Alice is surprised to see; they are hardly savage at all, these men that saved her and Cora.
#24 – Hope
When Magua took Alice with only a small group of Huron, Uncas knew he could save her.
#25 – Light
There wasn’t much light shining into the corner of the fort where Alice sat, hiding; with soldiers dancing around the fire, there was even less to highlight the blush in her cheeks when Uncas brought her hand to his lips.
#26 – Lost
Alice remembers once, when she was very young, becoming lost on the streets of London when Papa was taking her to the market; being lost in America is even worse.
#27 – Metal
Alice likes to trace her fingers over the metal in Uncas earlobe when they lie in bed and ask him about his childhood.
#28 – New
Nadie is gloriously, perfectly small – and terrifying, when she is born; what does it mean when she cries?
#29 – Old
It is Chingachgook who shows Alice how pat Nadie’s back to put her to sleep, his leathered hand the size of her small back.
#30 – Peace
Their small patch of frontier is mostly peaceful, away from the war, and Alice prays each night that God will keep it so.
#31 – Poison
Uncas knew that hatred could poison a man’s heart, but he would never trust the Huron.
#32 – Pretty
Alice knows that Cora will always be the prettier sister, for Alice is too thin, too frail to be a beauty; Uncas can think of nothing prettier than Alice’s golden hair and lithe form.
#33 – Rain
She can hear the rain pattering on the roof when she awakens in the middle of the night, and Alice snuggles closer to Uncas’ still form, drawing his arm around her; when lips ghost across the back of her neck, she cannot help but sigh contentedly.
#34 – Regret
Alice regrets her fascination with Uncas when she enters the fort; what proper woman would behave the way she had?
#35 – Roses
Her brocade roses are muddied quickly, and the hem of her skirt rent asunder, but Uncas thinks she looks every part a lady – far too good for him.
#36 – Secret
It is no secret that Cora prefers Nathaniel to Duncan, but when Alice whispers it to Uncas at the fort, he smiles as if he is surprised.
#37 – Snakes
Alices loathes snakes, and is horrified to learn that they are poisonous in America – what a horrible country!
#38 – Snow
Uncas loves to see Alice’s eyes light at the snow on the ground; she is like a child in her excitement.
#39 – Solid
There is a solidness about Chingachgook that Alice finds soothing, with him she feels safe; it is clear that Uncas is much like his father.
#40 – Spring
He brings her a few flowers from the forest when he returns from the hunt – nicer than any hothouse blooms she saw in London.
#41 – Stable
Uncas has become her one reassurance in this mad war; as they leave the fort in surrender, Alice can’t help but look back towards him.
#42 – Strange
Despite the many strange and foreign places they had gone with father, Alice thought America the strangest.
#43 – Summer
With the summer heat came the bared chests of the men in the fields; Alice can’t keep the flush from her cheeks as she looks at Uncas.
#44 – Taboo
He is a savage, but in this mad world, Alice cares naught for the rules of society.
#45 – Ugly
He thinks the scars that mar his skin are ugly, but Alice kisses them one by one, a proof of his devotion to her.
#46 – War
Uncas will do anything to keep Alice from the war.
#47 – Water
The light glinting off the waterfall that hides them is entrancing; Alice doesn’t realize the precipice until Uncas pulls her back.
#48 – Welcome
He had been gone a week hunting – Alice couldn’t help but throw her arms around him, even with others watching.
#49 – Winter
She had finished the quilt for their bed a week before the first snowfall, but Uncas had to put a fur on top the bed before the week was out.
#50 – Wood
They stacked the wood in the fire high as the wind whistled about the cabin, but Alice felt the warmest with Uncas in the bed.