halfamoon | Feb. 3rd, 2026

Feb. 3rd, 2026

Today's theme is The Caregiver.

Here are some ideas to get you started: She spends time looking after others, often to the exclusion of her own needs. Whether this is an occupation like a doctor, or whether she's a parent or looking after her own parents, she thrives on taking care of other people. Or you could look at a character who was thrown into a caregiving role that might not want to be there and show how she navigates that path.

Just go wherever the Muse takes you. If this prompt doesn't speak to you, feel free to share something that does. You can post in a separate entry or as a comment to this post.

Want to get a jump start on tomorrow's theme? Check out the prompt list in the pinned post at the top of the page. Please don't post until that day.

melime

Title: Guilty Pleasures
Fandom: Dragon Age: Inquisition
Character: Cassandra Pentaghast & Leliana
Prompt: Guilty Pleasures
Rating/Category: T/Gen
Summary: Leliana finds Cassandra reading the latest Swords & Shields.
Notes: With this prompt, my mind went straight to Cassandra's quest, Guilty Pleasures. The serious and responsible Seeker can't be caught enjoying the romance books of the guy she once arrested, right?

Guilty Pleasures

Finding Cassandra is trivial, even if she thinks that she's hiding. Not hiding so much that someone who did find her would have just cause to accuse her of hiding, but hiding nonetheless, at a spot in the yard that, while still out in the open, would only be visible by people passing by.

“You know, if you wanted Varric's book this badly, I could have taken it for you,” Leliana says, arriving quietly enough that her words are the first thing to betray her presence.

Cassandra nearly throws the books in the air, then holds it protectively against her chest, as if she means to hide the cover. The problem is, Leliana was at Kirkwall, she was witness when Cassandra first got her hands on Swords & Shields and all the excuses that she has for reading it. It's a terribly guarded secret, but at least Cassandra is far better at that with things that matter.

“I don't know what you're talking about. I… did the Inquisitor tell you to?” Cassandra asks, with a sigh of resignation.

“Oh no, she told no one, except for Varric. And then they were talking about it, loudly, in public. She's trying to understand what's so special about this story to make it a secret,” Leliana says, although she had found out through other sources before that as well.

She says it more to illustrate a point, if Cassandra wanted it to remain a secret, then she shouldn't have asked for the Inquisitor's help. The Inquisitor does get things done, but she's not always the best with expectations of privacy.

“I should have known. I should have known better than to let myself get carried away, but the last one ended in a cliffhanger and I just needed to know what happened to the Knight-Commander,” Cassandra says, as if she needs to justify her reading habits.

Leliana laughs. “Don't be silly, just read your books. The world is not going to end because you took an hour to yourself. It might still end, but it won't be for this.”

Cassandra looks around, but no one seems to be noticing them talking there, and to anyone out of earshot, they might as well be talking about some important Inquisition matter.

“I suppose I can stay here another few minutes. I only have fifteen pages to go,” Cassandra says, opening the book again.

Leliana leaves her be. Good on her, they all have such weight on their shoulders, they won't last long without a few guilty pleasures.

suzume

Title: Mother Figure
Fandom: Suikoden III
Character(s): Lucia, Luce, & Jimba
Rating: G
Summary: Lucia introduces Luce to Jimba.

( Luce had been sad of late. )

linky

Today I have 12 icons from Gotchard and Girls Remix featuring various different characters. The full icon table is under the cut!

( 12 Icons )

sisterdivinium

Title: Does this hurt?
Fandom: Warrior Nun
Characters: Jillian Salvius, with Mother Superion and Camila (Yasmine is in the background).
Rating: G
Notes: Done with felt tip pens, Chinese ink and graphite.
Summary: It's not what she was supposed to be doing but Jillian finds herself patching up the sisters after their missions.

Over here, at my journal.

ineffablecabbage

Title: A Letter to Stacey

Day/Prompt: Guilty Pleasures

Fandom: Sweet Valley High/Baby-sitters Club

Character/Pairing: Claudia Kishi/Olivia Davidson, Stacey McGill

Rating/Warning(s): T; Eating disorders

Word Count: 1146

Summary:Claudia Kishi goes to college and meets a hot artist from the most ridiculous town in California (and maybe develops a crush). She writes a letter to Stacey about it. In between, there are some guilty pleasures.

Author's Notes: This fic does take Sweet Valley High's crack seriously - that means all of the bullying Robin Wilson sustained for her weight, the twins constantly mentioning their "perfect size 6" bodies, etc. Not to mention the fatshaming that happens throughout the series. There are mentions of eating disorders, diet culture and everything that goes with both in this fic, though it is told from Claudia's POV, as told to her by Olivia.

On AO3

ineffablecabbage

Title: see the good things that you see

Day/Prompt: Day 3: The Caregiver

Fandom: Percy Jackson

Character/Pairing: Amphitrite/Sally Jackson

Rating/Warning(s): General Audiences

Word Count: 6369

Summary: "Women who sleep with gods don’t make it out alive. Sally knows this. “I understand if you want to kill me,” she states. “But my son hasn’t done anything to deserve your anger. He’s just a baby. It’s not his fault that I slept with Poseidon.”"

Sally Jackson acquires a roommate, who may or may not be the wife of her son's father.

Reccer's Notes: Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah. This everything I love in a good remix of Greek goddesses. The Amphitrite is not the Amphitrite in the book series, which the author warns for - nor is the Poseidon (he's closer to his mythological counterpart) - but it's a very lovely what-if. A very good way to pick up these characters, shake them, throw them onto the Yahtzee board, and see how they might have mixed together in a different way, in a way that prioritized their lives over The Big Three. Sally and Amphitrite are both The Caregivers here, and that theme is repeated.

On AO3

cmk418

Title: Here for You
Fandom: Heated Rivalry
Character: Svetlana Vetrova (with Ilya Rozanov)
Rating: Teen
Word Count: 508
Summary: What if Svetlana found out about "Jane" long before she mentioned it

( Here for You )

lovelytomeetyou

Day 3 - The Caregiver

Title: We make do (with these broken bodies of ours)
Fandom: Black Jack
Characters: Pinoko, Black Jack
Rating: T for body dysphoria, surgery mentions and medicine.
Summary: Life and beauty can be paid for. In fact, it’s much easier to live if you have either money or health. Pinoko and Black Jack have neither. Nor can their bodies be “fixed” so easily. And Pinoko will never be a woman, in body.

Story in ao3

alchemicink

Winry is who I thought of for "The Caregiver" because even though she's not technically a doctor like her parents, she does plenty to provide care to people in need

Title: Learned from the best
Fandom: Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood
Character: Winry Rockbell
Rating: G
Length: 150 words
Summary: Winry gets started on a new project
Link: here on ao3 or you can read it under the cut below

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lightbird

A day late for day 2, lol.

Title/Link: Objects in Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear
Fandom: Quantum Leap (1989)
Character(s): Donna Elesee, Verbena (Bena) Beeks (and appearances by Sam Beckett and Al Calavicci)
Rating: Teen and Up
Prompt: Guilty Pleasures
Summary: Donna and Verbena assess the famous new physicist at the project. A first meeting story with a very slight hat tip to The Lady Eve.

lightbird

I wrote this for a previous

halfamoon challenge, and it definitely fits this prompt too.

Title/Link: Falling Stars
Fandom: Hey Arnold!
Character(s): Olga Pataki, Helga Pataki
Rating: General Audiences
Prompt: The Caregiver
Summary: Olga enjoys a little bit of time alone with her baby sister during the family vacation.

jacquelee

Title: Finding Yourself in a New World – Chapter 3: The Caretaker
Day/Prompt: Day 3 / The Caretaker
Fandom: Warrior Nun (TV)
Character/Pairing: Yasmine, Doctor Salvius, Camila, Shannon
Rating/Warning(s): unnamed character death
Word Count: 2653
Summary: Yasmine meets Doctor Jillian Salvius and learns more about being a healer.

Here on AO3