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tlonista · 4 months

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Astarion fic recs, Batch 2

Thanks so much to everyone who had kind words for my Astarion fic rec list! My habit continues unabated so I wanted to throw out another little batch of mostly recent, mostly hurt/comfort-oriented Astarion-centric fanfic that I liked. As before there's references to Astarion's past abuse and assault so mind the AO3 tags.

Anyway happy holidays fellow pale elf fans, pls tip me off if you watched the latest Larian animated short and felt moved to write about shivering blanket-wrapped Astarion sitting on Karlach's lap.

Incomplete Multi-Chapter:

The Friends We Meet in the Dark by Copaline

Astarion is captured by monster hunters while spiraling over how to earn Tav's affections. Second in a series, but can be read standalone; one of two chapters posted. Big fan of its protective f!Tav, and there's some fun banter with the rest of the gang.

I Don't Know You Yet by thbreakofdawn

Nicely executed modern Bloodweave social media (text messages and Twitter) AU. Astarion is a sex worker and Gale is a grad student struggling with his relationship to his girlfriend Mystra, and they strike up a text-only friendship after a random connection. Very effective use of the multimedia format.

If the Cross on the Door Doesn't Scare You by Aylwyyn228

Sweet, angsty "Astarion starves in the Shadow-Cursed Lands because he's too scared to ask for blood" fic with the added turn of Gale guessing exactly what's happening, but being too toxic-blooded to actually help unless Astarion tells the others about his vampirism.

a half-blown rose by winter_writes

Astarion's "Tav didn't kill Cazador" dialogue in the Patch 5 Epilogue is one of the saddest things in the game, and I'm so excited to see writers running with it. In this fic Astarion was recaptured by Cazador post-game and then finally freed thanks to a fire... but he's terribly injured in the aftermath and ashamed to have his ex-lover see him. Only one chapter so far but I'm a big fan.

death by rock & roll by falco_c

This hasn't been updated in a while and Astarion hasn't actually appeared in it yet, but I'm throwing it in as a bonus because I really love its Almost Famous-y music industry AU vibe. Its translation of the tadpole ensemble into rock-and-roll burnouts, featuring in-world interviews, is absolutely delightful.

One-Shots:

Untitled by trulycertain (Tumblr-only)

It's spawn Astarion realizing he can turn into a bat and flying around and getting tired with Tav around, that's it, that's the fic. Completely adorable fluff. But "Is this what it’s meant to be like? Being a spawn? Not a starved slave?" kills me.

Family by sword_and_lance

Astarion goes to see his family after being turned, and Cazador cements his control over Astarion by offering him some scraps of comfort in the painful aftermath. It's short and restrained and chilling and so so sad.

Pointy Ears by SpaceBarbarianWeird

Yes another fluffy fic, what am I coming to. But who doesn't want to read about Astarion rediscovering trust by letting Tav touch his sensitive pointy ears with some brief digressions into elven social norms and gift-giving.

Complete Multi-Chapter:

Desperate Measures by Asidian

One of the fics that inspired "If the Cross" above, and one of my favorite "Astarion in the Shadow-Cursed Lands" pieces. Very good at balancing a sympathetic take on the character with him being, like canon Astarion, deceptive and a little bit abrasive when cornered. Plus bonus fun with Scratch.

this is a gift (it comes with a price) by ryttu3k

A post-game Ascended Astarion fic in which AA is literally soulless and knows it, and his sometimes-lover Duke Wyll Ravengard discovers over a series of nighttime visits that he secretly hates it. One of my favorite Ascension fics in part because, intentionally or not, it feels weirdly true to the experience of depressive anhedonia?

The Light of the Seven by Verelia

@reddenmore mentioned this one in the tags on my last fic rec list and I wholeheartedly agree; it's a real good Szarr Spawn Family character study delving into the backstory and personality of each of Cazador's "children," including Astarion.

#astarion #baldur's gate 3 #fic recs

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squireofgeekdom · 5 months

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haven't done a writing update in a minute, outside of doing wip memes, so --

meet in the middle, chapter 26, the very last chapter -- I think I last counted this at 35 scenes, now I'm counting it at 33, with three of those scenes not having been placed in the outline, i'm pretty sure i've shuffled and consolidated some things, also i may just be off in my counting, who the fuck even knows what i'm doing. Anyway, 7 of those are almost entirely complete, 13 are partially done with 4 of those being more than half done, and 13 are not started.

damn. usually breaking it down like that helps me realize i'm further along than i thought but uhhhhh this really just reminds me how much further i've got. and it's been over a year. trust me, no one is more frustrated at how long this is taking or wants this fic to be done more than i do. cheerleading is. welcome if you want to. That said, all told, writing and outlining and notes and all, the draft is already 8k/30 pages, so it's not nothin, and I do really love some of the scenes I'm finally getting to writing/finishing, and I feel like I've got a bit of momentum. Just gotta keep coming back. 2024 guys, 2024. (knock on wood)

Other things I'm working on - you think a year and change is a while, the Believe AU series hasn't been updated in two+ years cause whoops, that did in fact grow a plot and an ending and it took a hot minute to figure that out. There are four fics left, and the very last one is with my first reader! (thanks M!)

Things that I've started more recently include two Lucius & Fayeth fics, for High Rollers Aerois, inspired by my relisten through (which I've almost finished up!) The first is actually Fayeth & Aridan centric, tentatively titled 'for I cannot turn yet', structured around three scenes, one of which is done, one of which is partially done, and one of which is still notes

The second Lucius & Fayeth fic is tentatively titled 'many rings', which has four scenes mostly/partially written, and then a big ending montage and set piece I still need to break down

As for more things I've been working on for a long ass time - I started 'we both are' shortly after watching the kenobi series, so well over a year now - it's a reva & obi-wan centric fic, to absolutely no one's surprise. I've been making some progress on it recently, it's got 3 scenes pretty much complete, 8 scenes partially finished with 4 of those more than halfway done, and 5 scenes not started.

Plus, a bonus - if you've heard me mention Somnolence or #somnolence fic fuel, that's my post-canon Insomniac Spider-Man 2 fic concept, that's currently just 3k/9pages of notes and bits of writing, but hey, it has a title and a summary - it, in fact, weirdly had a title and a summary before i managed to put a single word of it on page. if you like the weird mindscape/dreamscape kind of stuff i've done in a fair few of my fics, it's going to have lots of that, and if you looked at the spider man 2 symbiote/symbiote hive mind stuff and thought 'this could be weirder and hornier', it should be up your alley XD

anyway, writing! it's a thing i do sometimes.

#squire talks #mitm #believe au #we both are #qpp: you wake up married #somnolence fic fuel

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a-force-dyad-in-space · 10 days

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A Fanfic Update

Hey guys, I thought I should give you an update about what's going on Ongoing-WIPs-wise just in case you've had some worries.

The short of it is that the writing juices haven't flowed well for a while now and I'm trying to get them back but it is a struggle. I've worked a bit on this fic or other but haven't made significant progress in a few months. I absolutely hope that will change soon but I unfortunately can't force it. It doesn't help that I'm going through some stuff IRL right now that I have to take care of (I am unfortunately an adult who has to do adulting and pay bills and shit 🥲). I try not to be too stressed out about it, but the more time passes the more the anxiety sets in. Wish me luck. 💪🏻

Anyway, here's a fic-by-fic overview, split up by fandom.

THE UNTAMED

The Angsty SongXue Fic — I'll be honest, I've written a little bit since I last updated you guys but I still haven't finished the buffer chapter (at this point I'm thinking about posting chapter 51 even though 52 isn't done yet), so nothing really new here. I really want to get back into a writing flow but so far it hasn't really worked. I am still working on it, though, so don't worry, I'm not going to drop it.

The It Follows AU — I'm ashamed to say I didn't even realize I posted that fic almost two years ago and I still haven't written the second half. I'm so sorry it's taking so long! I definitely still want to finish it! I might rewatch the It Follows movie before I do that, though.

The Observer Series — Oh yeah, remember that smutfic series I started a few years ago of which I've only posted part 1 so far? Yeah, I still need to work on that. I did write chapter 1 of part 2 a while ago, so it's not like it's forgotten, I just need to get my ass up and write the rest of part 2 before I can post it. 🙈

The Color Rush AU — Okay, technically I haven't posted that one yet but I did share a snippet along with a gifset a few years ago, so you guys know it exists. I haven't worked on it in a long time, though, and I don't know yet when I will find the spoons to continue writing it but I'm still intrigued by the premise and want to give it a go. Thank you for your patience!

The Somewhat Sweet, Somewhat Angsty XuanXian Fic — Again, haven't posted that one yet but I've been posting about it, so you guys know it exists. Nothing new on this front. I did want to rewrite the whole thing because I wasn't really happy with the way I wrote it thus far, so I'll probably go back to it at some point and do that, I just don't know when yet.

WORD OF HONOR

The Xie'er Deserves the World Fic — Listen, guys, I love this fic so much, I just haven't worked on it in a while. I'll probably re-read what I've written so far and go on from there, I've just been struggling with the latest chapter ever since I started writing it years ago. It's not dropped, though, I will get back to it! Pinky swear!

SAILOR MOON

I've mentioned here and there that I'm working on part 1 of an epic that is based on a doujinshi I started when I was 13 or 14. Unlike my other WIPs, this one really is 100% self-indulgent to the point where I don't even care whether people will read/like it once I post it when it's completely done. I'll just put it out there to make my teenage self happy because this story has been simmering in my head for over 20 years, and so that my IRL friends can read it if they want to. So, this one will be a long way out, but it exists. I'm only really mentioning it because I've mentioned it a couple of times before and because it's the fic that's been on my mind the most lately.

STAR WARS

You didn't think I forgot about TROBS, did you????? I did work on several beginnings of a draft during NaNoWriMo last year and I'm getting more and more of a clear picture of how I want it to go. For those unfamiliar, TROBS (or The Rise of Ben Skywalker, though I already changed the name of the fic again) is my attempt at an Episode IX fix-it fic that essentially replaces TROS. This one has been simmering in my head since early 2020 and I really want to get it out of there and onto the page for catharsis. I've even held off on reading any other TROS fix-its because of it, even though I've heard there are some really amazing ones out there (and I can't wait to read them once I've gotten my own out of my damn head). I really need to finally finish that beast. Wish me luck. 🥲

UNPOSTED WIPs

I still have so many notes for other fics (mostly for The Untamed) that I want to write at some point. Will I be able to get them all on the page? I honestly don't know, but I'll see where they take.

Anyway, that's all!

#jen's ramblings #jengwrites

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jacksadventuresinwriting · 1 year

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AO3 Wrapped

Thank you my beautiful author friends for the tags. @thekristen999 @the-likesofus @elvensorceress @jobairdxx @monsterrae1 @spotsandsocks

I know I'm lagging but I've been in full editing mode for a few weeks 😂

Works Published: 20

Word Count: 54k

Bookmarks: 777

Most Popular by Kudos: Dear Instagram, I'm In Love With a Boy

Most Hits: You Can't Stop Missing Me

Longest: The Pause Between. It's currently at 18k with 5 chapters posted.

Shortest: One Last Kiss, Then Catch Your Flight | 438 words

Most Comments: Dear Instagram, I'm In Love With a Boy

Fic that made me cry:

Your Heart is the Softest Place. After Buck talks to Hen is 6x04, he ends up at Eddie's house.

Fic that made me smile:

Beautiful Rhythms. It's just 1000 words of Eddie being stupidly fond.

Gifts: I didn't write any gifts this year.

Collaborations: No collaborations.

Events: July Rough Trade - Sentinel AU

Underrated: Hmm, I don't know. Maybe a teeny fic. Kiss Me is just 450 words of Buck and Eddie making out in the kitchen.

Coming in 2023:

I'm currently plotting for my Inexplicable Babies fic for the Q1 Big Moxie challenge, I have two new fics in the works for the Love Is... Series and a whole new *redacted* fic that is in the last stages of plotting and scene planning.

Tagging anyone who wants to play and hasn't been tagged yet. I'm SO LATE to this, so I feel like most people have done it by now but I'll tag a few anyway.

@blaidddrwg1982 @lostinabuddiehaze @firemedicdiaz @hattalove @hmslusitania @capseycartwright @cowandcalf

#buddie #buddie fic #ao3 wrapped #evan buckley #eddie diaz #jack writes

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willow-lark · 10 months

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SORRY but i just got your ask for my fic asks and then i thought i remembered seeing you reblog the same ask game days ago and meant to send numbers and forgot because it was late and i was so tired and so i just got done scrolling down your blog to find it just to be sure you actually HAD reblogged it-

*ahem* ANYWAY:

1 for fantasy au pt. 2 (ik it's not done yet but 👀), 3, 10, 18, and 27, if you want :D

oh HAHA lol. how's it going!! 💕

1. Share a song that makes you think of [fic title]

i had to think about this one!! one day i will figure out the art of making specific playlists for fics, but i've never gotten the hang of it 😆 but, thinking about it:

🥰 !! there are some darker sections of this fic but there are also some happier parts too, and i think this one reminds me of them :DD

3. What’s your favorite fic that you’ve written?

so far? honestly i really love as far away (as saturn)., this series has a really special place in my heart because exploring a soulmate au was really fun. i got to explore a lot of the platonic dynamics of the party in the first one, and really get into mike's head and his thoughts about will in the second. i love it a lot!!

10. Is there a fic that got a different response than you were expecting?

hmm, i'm not sure, honestly. i got (what felt like) a lot of feedback from a star wars drabble i wrote last year, and since i wasn't really active in the star wars fandom at the time and it was such a short fic i was really happy that a lot of people enjoyed it!

18. What’s one of your favorite lines you’ve written in a fic?

You’re the heart, it told him, but even in the faint recesses of Mike’s memory the words sound a lot like I love you.

this one's from my birthdaygate au and writing it made me feel so evil >:) but to be honest??? there r some really banger lines in fantasy au pt 2 that i cannot wait for u to see 👀 i promise i'm in the home stretch in writing that

27. Is there a fic you were nervous to post/share? Why?

ok again, fantasy au pt 2, which i know hasn't even been posted yet 😭 i made myself nauseous the other week freaking out whether the scene i had just written of byler making out was too much even though there was absolutely Not anything explicit and i'm planning on appropriately tagging it M 😭 but that's a problem for when i actually post it, and i'll make sure to take care of myself LOL. happens to the best of us sometimes

fic ask game!!

#lark answers #lark writes #byler #[insert fantasy au tag here]#stranger things #perexcri!!

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avatarskywalker78 · 1 year

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🌹😂💔

🌹 Share your most poetic line.

Nearly everyone thought Henry a murderer and his son naïve for believing in him, someone to be pitied for his hopeless quest to find the weird and the impossible in the world – and yet one look at Malcolm, at the expression on his face, showed that he was sincere, that he really did believe Henry was innocent and that the real murderer, whoever or…whatever he might be was still out there.

This is from my Henry & Malcolm fic for Cobalt Blue and The Flash - this part takes place five years before the main events of the series, early in Malcolm and Barry's friendship (but post-burnout) and Malcolm is covering for Barry on a prison visit. And has just dropped the bomb that he thinks Henry's innocent which, as you can imagine, has stunned him given he barely knows the kid.

😂 Share your funniest line (or dialogue exchange).

“Why’d you show up here anyway? You know where I live.”

“Cos Robby told me you were, in his words, ‘being even more of an idiot than usual cos you’d run into your old rival’ and that you’d reopened the snake dojo.”

“That was months ago.” He said, and Gemma cracked up again.

“I’m—I’m sorry, I couldn’t resist! No, I’ve just got a break from things and I figured I’d come down and see you lot.”

“And give me a heart attack in the process.” He grumbled.

“Please, if you can eat junk food for thirty years and still manage to do karate, I think you’re doing just fine.”

“Thanks, Gemma.”

(There is no sympathy in this dojo)

This is from my Gemma Laura McKinney AU - where Johnny has more relatives and has a far better relationship with his son as a result. Gemma isJohnny's first (and much younger) cousin who takes great delight in trolling him - and Robby as well, though they're just as likely to team up against him.

💔 Share your most heartbreaking line.

But her own parents didn’t care, and some small part of her hadn’t been surprised when they sent her to one of her aunts when she was six and for the next couple years Nicky had just been shunted around to various family members, aunts and uncles and cousins who either mainly focused on their own families or just weren’t interested in raising a kid at all.

She didn’t ever know what she’d done wrong, why no one seemed to like her, but it hurt – even finally settling at Aunt Charlotte’s hadn’t helped with that, because even she didn’t seem entirely sure about her, though to date she’d never called Nicky a burden like some of the others had, hadn’t told her that her parents were much better off without her.

…Nicky couldn’t help but feel that was a low bar, all things considered.

This is for the Nicky Connors, Cobra Adjacent series and full background - this initially started off as a flufftober fic for last year for the prompt 'Accidents Don't Just Happen Accidently' but I couldn't really find the inspiration to make it for that event. I kept it, though, because I do wanted to expand on it.

It's going to be set on July 10th 1982, Nicky's fifteenth birthday, except birthdays have never really been something to be celebrated because of the aforementioned family problems, so she's been moping the last few days - Johnny, who picked up on it (though not why because she hasn't told any of the Cobras it IS her birthday) comes around and they have another beach hangout and a talk which ends up more emotional and revealing than either of them planned...

Wip excerpt ask game

#Answering my asks #Thanks for asking!#Henry Allen #Malcolm Thawne #Cobalt Blue and The Flash #The Flash #OC: Gemma Laura McKinney #Johnny Lawrence #Cobra Kai #OC: Nicky Connors #The Karate Kid

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lokilickedme · 1 year

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I posted 1,532 times in 2022

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I tagged 393 of my posts in 2022

#hiddleston fic - 55 posts

#new chapter - 34 posts

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#the house next door - 18 posts

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Longest Tag: 137 characters

#you've been blessed with my unexpected presence for an hour now blow kisses at my ass as i walk away because you won't be seeing me again

My Top Posts in 2022:

I slipped my hands inside his coat and let them rest on his sides. His ribs were heaving. "The boys will go to sleep soon," I said quietly against the side of his face. "CJ is faking it but once Connor settles in he usually blinks out like a flipped switch."

Thomas let out a deep breath. It tickled my collarbone and all I could think about as it caressed my skin with its soft warmth was I want that all over me.

"I didn't do this to get into your good graces, Carly. I certainly didn't do it to get into your bed." He stepped back, very effectively putting enough space between us to slap a To Be Continued on the proceedings. "I'll call you tomorrow, alright?"

Chapter 10 is up!

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"There are five hands on site through the off season and our cook is no longer with us. The agency hasn't sent a housekeeper yet so those are the two positions I have that are in need of filling." She stared at me without blinking. "Can you do either?"

I nodded. It was a lie, boldfaced through the anxious movement of my head in the affirmative, and I knew she knew it.

"I can do both."

I couldn't do either.

Her eyes narrowed, and the sharp clunk of the pen in her hand hitting the desk made me jump without thinking just how guilty that flinch made me look. It was an earned guilt. I could make a bowl of cereal and I could turn on a dishwasher. Cook and housekeeper were words I assigned to other people, not myself. But things had changed the moment I'd taken those keys off the table and gotten in that car and headed west to god only knew where without much to my name other than the shoes on my feet, and just about fifteen miles down the road I'd realized exactly how committed I was to this particular escape when I didn't stop the car and turn around. There was no going back. Cooks and housekeepers weren't other people anymore.

They were me now.

A cook and a housekeeper, wearing $600 shoes.

Chapter one is up!

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Last night Big and I sat down to watch our nightly movie together - after three very exciting nights of Robert Rodriguez films he’d decided he wanted something a little more cerebral and less adrenaline charged - and after a long debate on the genre he finally chose Sherlock, the series. He’s never seen it before, although I watched it when he was a toddler and he remembered the theme music. I enthusiastically agreed because I love that show and he’s a really smart kid, I knew he’d have fun with the mystery solving and heavy deductive reasoning because his head runs in that direction anyway.

Ten minutes into it he was physically vibrating.

“He’s like me!!”

Fifteen minutes in he was bouncing on the couch clapping his hands.

“Sherlock is autistic!!”

Twenty minutes in -

“He’s asexual too!! Oh my god!!”

“He doesn’t understand other people’s emotions!!”

“He smarter than everyone else and they hate him for it oh my god mom it’s a real thing!!”

“He’s stupid about stuff he’s not interested in just like I am!!”

“HE HYPERFIXATES TOO!!!”

By the end he had a new hero and didn’t want to stop. So we moved on to episode two, and only stopped once that was over because it was getting too late to launch into another one. So guess what I’m doing every evening for a while? Thank god for cheap box sets on eBay because I only had seasons 1 and 2. And my kid is so genuinely happy and excited to find a show about someone just like him that he’s still gushing about it today.

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My #1 post of 2022

You guys like themed blank books/journals/notebooks? Did you like Chemical? Did you ever wonder what the sign out front of Tommy’s pub looked like?

Here you go :)

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angstyaches · 1 year

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Hey, I hope this isn’t weird but I just wanted to say that I’ve been binge-reading your StW series and I am OBSESSED. I’ve read a lot of the Charlie/Shayne stuff before but I was dipping in and out so I wasn’t following the plot properly, and I’m so glad I started reading from the start because I am hooked! I especially love the relationship between Elliott and Felix, (who are low-key my favourite OC’s ever) and I actually had a few plot-related questions about them if that’s okay? Like the backstory to how they met and why Elliott turned Felix etc - I’m not sure if I’ve missed it as I’m rubbish at navigating Tumblr so please let me know if I have! Also, is there a continuation of the proposal fic yet? No worries if not, just wanted to make sure I hadn’t missed anything! Also also (last question I swear!) but where is the series set? I’m guessing America but then Charlie keeps making cups of tea and I’m wondering if he’s a fellow Brit, plus Ryan had some dialogue that sounded a bit Scottish/Irish (cant quite remember which, sorry!)

Anyway, sorry this is so ramble-y haha. I saw you’d been a bit disappointed with the lack of interaction on some of the plot-heavy fics lately, so I just wanted to say that I (and I’m sure looooooads of others) absolutely love them and am looking forward to the next instalment. Thank you for writing! :)

Ahh I adore plot-related questions, especially since it helps me rearrange my blog to make it a little easier to follow, so thank you!

Backstory: Aside from a few snippets of Felix in his "early days" of half-vampirism, the story of how he first met Elliott hasn't been posted. I started working on it a long time ago, but it was quite heavy and dark and not what I wanted to be working on at the time. I will probably get back to it someday, especially if I feel like there's interest in reading it.

The proposal fic was actually directly followed by the I've Been Away plotline. The proposal scares Felix, which infuriates Elliott, which leads to Felix taking a little retreat to confront something from his past. You can find the correct order on Felix's masterlist, but I'll also post the story order here:

Proposal

Argument

Elliott angst (OPTIONAL reading. MAJOR TWs)

"I've Been Away" - Part One | Part Two | Part Three.

They don't have an official "making up" plot but they do make up, and they talk a bit about their problems/future plans in this fic and this fic.

I'm from Ireland and I currently live in Japan, so currently Swallow the World exists in a place that is mostly made up of the familiar/comforting aspects of Ireland, with some of the fun parts of Japan sprinkled in when convenient.

But out of all of my OCs, Charlie is definitely the most British-leaning, so you are technically not wrong!!

And Ryan is absolutely Northern-Irish coded, and I am so, so delighted that you picked up on that too!

#ask #anon #OC stuff #StW Felix #StW Elliott #sickfic #whump #angst #vampire OC #lovely people

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wikiangela · 4 months

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Hiiii Vicki 💕💕💕

I have to ask about Buddie death cast!

oooh I'm so excited about this one! it's been on hold since last summer but I can't wait to get back to it! - actually already posted like two snippets

it's gonna be MCD, which is very much not my thing even to read, but I really wanna write it anyway haha

so, last summer I read the prequel to "they both die at the end" - "the first to die at the end" which wrecked me more than the first book lol (istg it's the only ya novel i think about frequently on the daily basis even months after reading haha) and ofc immediately I was like: I wanna put buddie in that universe haha

so, if you're familiar with the death cast series, you know what it's about, but if not - basically there's a company that can predict when you're gonna die, and if you buy the subscription, they call you after midnight on the day you're supposed to die to tell you're gonna die sometime in the next 24 hours

in the fic, Eddie gets the call - and Eddie, being Eddie, thinks this whole thing is bullshit (he bought the subscription bc of his family bugging him about it, and even after shannon got the call and died, he still thinks it was a coincident) - but he calls buck to tell him anyway - it's gonna be get together, maybe getting married too, making the most out of the short amount of time they have left (Eddie does try to go to work, too, but Buck tells Bobby and he can't have Eddie on the job so he gives Buck a day off so they spend it together)

I also think it's fascinating when it comes to their job - when they're trying to save someone who's supposed to die anyway - or when they lose someone who wasn't supposed to die (one of the reasons eddie's skeptical)

so, yeah, that's more or less what I want from this fic, I really need to get back to it, and probably read the books again to refresh my memory (and bc they're SO good haha)

and a lil snippet, short one bc everything else I wrote I already posted haha

"Buck, you there?" Eddie's tired voice sounds in his ear, when Buck hasn't said a word in this conversation yet. "Did you- did you just say you're dying today?" Buck's voice shakes, as his fingers grip the phone tightly, he feels like he might pass out. "No. I said they told me I'd die today." Eddie says, and Buck can almost hear the eye roll. He’s still amazed at how stubbornly Eddie refuses to believe in Death-Cast, despite so much evidence that it’s real.

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floreleine · 3 years

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That GM prequel fic - part 3: Florence's POV

Part 1 (Madeleine, <1k, G)

Part 2 (Scarlet, 1k, G)

Ships: Floreleine & ScarletMay

Hiding the entire fic under the readmore this time for Part 1+2 spoiler reasons! This one's also rated G (or T if we're going for swear words and alcohol consumption I guess), a little over 1k words.

There will be at least 1 more part of this, and then I might post a revised and possibly longer version to ao3.

Bc idk where to put this in the fic itself yet, quick setting overview: they're not sitting around a table but instead Florence and Madeleine are sitting on a small couch, Scarlet is next to Madeleine on a wobbly kitchen chair and Anna May is sitting opposite them on a barstool at the kitchen aisle.

That night, the librarians plus Scarlet (and minus Baby, who is sleeping in the next room under a security camera that both Madeleine and Scarlet insist on checking every other minute) are sitting in the kitchen together for dinner and a drink.

Or five drinks in Anna May's case, as she downs the first one in one go and hasn't let go of the Whiskey bottle since. Florence can't blame her, really - if Madeleine had run off with some guy, no matter how early in their relationship, only to return a year later with tears and a baby... She has no idea what she'd be doing right now.

Madeleine and Scarlet are talking about the child right now, sharing child-caring advice - Florence is fairly certain that Madeleine has her knowledge from books and only from books, but she seems to have picked out sound advice from all that she has read at least - and Florence has to smile fondly at how Madeleine is glowing at the prospect of having a child in the library.

Scarlet is careful in her replies, not wanting to commit to anything, her eyes shifting back to Anna May whenever she doesn't think that the others are looking.

'She's afraid she'll kick her out after all,' Florence thinks with a quiet sigh. 'Can't blame her, Anna knows how to hold a grudge, and with how she is drinking right now... It isn't her friendliest appearance'.

Still, she thinks that they will work it out. They better. It's been a while since she has seen Anna May have an emotional reaction to just about anything, and it can't be healthy to keep it all locked inside, pushing all chances of happiness away.

Madeleine must have heard her sigh, and she leans back against Florence's side. Florence squeezes her arm, content to have her by her side, glad that they, at least, don't have to worry about their relationship status. Being with Madeleine always relaxes her, makes her feel like everything is alright in the world.

Madeleine presses a kiss to her chin and, after checking that both Scarlet and Anna May are looking down at their glasses, nods in the direction of the door. 'Should we give those two some privacy?'

Florence tilts her head for a moment to consider, then shakes her head, nodding at Anna May, and Madeleine winces a little. Yes, Anna is barely keeping it together now, who knows what she may say or rather shout if they left them alone... Anna May should get a chance to cool down, before she ends up saying something she doesn't mean and would regret.

As if on cue, Anna May throws back the rest of the Whiskey in her glass in one gulp and loudly brings it down on the kitchen counter as if to dispel the silence that has fallen.

"Fuck."

Madeleine looks like she wants to remind her about cursing with children in the house again, but Florence squeezes her arm to stop her. They don't need to irritate Anna May even more right now.

"I'm sorry," Scarlet says immediately. Florence doesn't think that she is apologizing for anything in particular, just for the situation in general, for present and past.

Anna May gets up and turns around, putting her glass in the sink and turning on the water, but then just leaning against it with her hands holding onto the metal edge and her knuckles turning white.

Florence is trying to decide whether to step in or not when Scarlet speaks up again in a shaky voice. "I can - I can leave, I don't have to -" she gets up, clearly ready to bolt, and Anna May flinches, but she doesn't turn back around.

"No-one's" leaving, Florence says at the same time as Madeleine says "No, don't be silly!" They share a smile, and then Madeleine squeezes her hand before getting up and walking over to Madeleine. "Come on, let me show you everything. You can sleep in the room with Samantha, me and Florence aren't really using it much anyway."

Florence watches them go with a soft smile. Madeleine always knows what to do, what to say. She's so grateful to have her.

Once the other two have left, Florence goes up to Anna May and slams the still-running tap down, making her jump.

"Stop wasting water and get a hold of yourself, Anna!"

Anna May whirls around, clearly ready to fight, but Florence just throws her a deadpan look and she deflates.

"Fuck, I don't know what to do." She slurs her words a little, but not as much as Florence would have expected after that much alcohol.

"Right now? You are going to drink some water so you will not be terribly hungover tomorrow. And tomorrow, you have got to think about whether you want that woman and her kid to stick around or not."

Anna May flinches a little, but when Florence sighs and pours her a glass of water, she takes it without protest and gulps most of it down in one go.

"I dun' want her to leave," she then murmurs, staring down at the glass in her hands. "She left me once, I don't want her to leave me again."

Florence sighs and pulls her into a hug. "Bloody hell, Anna, why did you never say anything? You must have been fucking heartbroken, and all you told us was that you gave dating one last chance."

Anna May half-laughs, half-sobs and clings to Florence like a lifeline. "Don't know. Didn't want to be weak. Didn't want it to be real."

"Oh, Anna," Florence sighs and squeezes her tightly. Then she takes a step back and fixes her with a hard look. "You've got to tell her that, you know that, Anna May? She is going to run away just to give you space while you are not talking to her because you're afraid she might run anyway."

Anna May sighs and grimaces a little, but nods. "I - tomorrow. I'll tell her tomorrow, before I can chicken out." she sighs. "I mean, it's not like I know whether she'd want to - whether she still-" she sighs. "She only left me because he didn't want to share, but maybe by now she's just over me."

Florence shrugs. "I can't look in her head, Anna, but from the way she looks at you... I think you guys will figure it out."

Anna May nods uncertainty, then frowns again. "And you'd be fine with it, if she's staying here... Indefinitely? I mean, she has a - kid -" she adds with a somewhat perplexed expression on her face, making Florence laugh. She's half of a mind to say 'congrats, you're a step-mom!' but stops herself at the last second. There will be time for that kind of joke when the peace between Anna May and that Scarlet isn't quite so fragile anymore. "Exactly," she instead replies. "So you know Madeleine will be mad at you forever if you let them get away."

Anna May snorts. "She did seem quite... taken by the kid."

Florence nods, frowning a little herself now. "She's always wanted kids, she just accepted that it isn't sensible in our line of work, and that I am not interested in them anyway. Seeing her with Samantha, now I'm wondering..."

"You did nothing wrong," Anna May reassures her. "And fuck, can you imagine having two kids around? It will be bad enough, trying to protect the one from everybody."

Florence sighs and nods. "I suppose. But I'm sure we'll manage. ...are you going to be alright now, or do I have to hide the Whiskey?"

"I'm not a drunk," Anna May replies a little offended, and Florence grins.

"I know you're not, but you sure made a great impression of one earlier!"

Anna May groans, and then she turns back to the counter to refill her waterglass. "Fuck, I'll be so dead tomorrow."

"Sleep in, then. Me 'n Madeleine will make sure Scarlet won't take off before you're awake and had your talk with her."

Anna May nods sharply. Florence smiles and squeezes her arm. "Well, get some sleep. I'll check on Scarlet and Madeleine."

Anna May nods again, and Florence sees her lean back against the counter with a deep sigh while she is leaving the kitchen. She really hopes that Anna May will take her advice to heart. Some heartbreak can't be avoided- but the one between her and Scarlet doesn't seem quite so inevitable.

Part 4

@phoenixhalliwell @thesevenwondersofawitch another update, hope you liked it!

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paradox-psyc-hoe-sis · 4 years

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Ain't No Sunshine - Part 1

Logan howlett x reader x Scott Summers

Word count: 1.1k

A/N: Part 1 of a 5 part series!!! I'm so excited to be writing these - the chapters aren't going to be that long each, but once I've written + posted them all I'll be compiling them into an entire fic and posting that. If that makes sense...aha. anyways, enjoy!! - Honey

(Also, this is written about James Marsden's cyclops but I guess it could work with both!)

"YES! I DID IT!" You screamed, turning to Scott; he bore just as wide of a grin as you. Excitedly, you wrapped your arms around him, and he did the same - you had been trying to master an aspect of your powers for months, and you finally got it right. You pulled away slightly to look up at him and lifted a hand up to cup his face, running your thumb across his cheekbone.

"Thank you for helping me..." you whispered, basking in his warmth. He placed his hand on top of yours, stroking your knuckles.

"It's my pleasure." He spoke softly, a smile curving at the edges of his lips.

You had been working at the school for just under a year, teaching combat & self defense. Charles knew you had powers, so he enlisted the help of Scott to aid you in your journey. Four months ago, you and Scott discovered what your powers were - the ability to control and manipulate mutations. You could temporarily take people's powers away, heighten and weaken other's mutations, and even 'borrow' somebody else's abilities. Despite this, you were struggling with the latter; but today you finally managed to steal Scott's power and shoot 1 laser blast at a target, something you've both been working on for such a long time.

Both smiling like idiots, you suddenly realised that your faces were centimetres apart. Though before you could do anything, somebody cleared their throat from the doorway. Quickly stepping away from each other, you felt heat rise to the tips of your ears. Logan stood at the door of your training room, leaning an arm against the door frame, glaring at Scott.

"Xavier wants to see you, y/n." Logan growled, not taking his eyes off the man next to you. Luckily, you made your escape - you could probably cut the tension between Logan and Scott with a knife.

When you joined the school, you could've never guessed that you'd be pursued by not one, but two romantic interests. The first person you met upon entering the academy was Logan, who consequently had to give you the tour; he was pretty solitary when you first met him, yet he warmed up to you as you spent more time at the school. You had met Scott shortly afterwards, while exploring the grounds; one of the children accidentally pushed you down the stairs, causing you to fall what felt like hundreds of feet. Thankfully, Scott was right underneath and managed to catch you, holding you bridal style. (Sure, it may not have been the best way to meet somebody, but it's the cause of a lot of inside jokes between you both.)

Once you were out of earshot, walking down the seemingly endless corridor to Xaviers office, Logan closed the door.

"You two having fun?" He asked, brows furrowed. A slight chuckle escaped Scott's lips as he crossed the room, facing the wolverine. "What's it to ya, grandpa?"

Logan sneered as Scott opened the door and walked away, leaving him in the empty gym.

As you made your way up the large oak stairs, you thought long and hard about what had just happened. You weren't oblivious to all the jealousy the two men shared, you had simply gotten used to it; but making a move on either of them, choosing between two of your closest friends - it was torture. You knew that if you didn't talk to them soon, then other girls would snap them up in a second...yet if you were to make a decision, you wouldn't even know where to start.

Reaching Professor Xaviers office, you gave the door a few knocks before entering.

"Good afternoon, y/n. Take a seat."

Smiling, you walked over to the small leather chair on the other side of his desk and plopped yourself down. Professor Xavier was in an oddly good mood...why?

"I'm very pleased to hear that you've completed your training."

"How did you know?"

With a smirk, he tapped his head.

"I know everything."

☆☆☆☆☆

Despite it being a chilly evening, that night you felt incredibly warm. Surrounded by all of your friends, Ororo had arranged a small party to celebrate you finally grasping your powers; you, Scott, Logan, Jean, Charles, Kurt, Ororo, Peter and Hank were all in the common area, music humming from the record player. You sat on one of the brown leather sofas, a beer in your hand, next to Hank. He was talking about something scientific, but you weren't really listening - your gaze was focused on Logan, who was seemingly leaving. Apologising to Hank, you followed Logan out of the lively room and into the gardens.

"Leaving so soon?"

He turned to see you leant against one of the stone pillars, your hair blowing in the wind. He laughed slightly, and took a step back towards you.

"Yeah, parties were never really my thing."

Now it was your turn to laugh, hearing your favourite song come on from inside.

"Well, we aren't at a party now...would you dance with me?"

Instead of answering, he took a few more steps towards you until you were pressed together, chest to chest. He gripped your waist, motioning for you to wrap you arms around his neck. You both swayed slightly on the spot, your dress flapping with the breeze.

"I wish we could have more moments like this," you whispered. "Where it's just the two of us."

He hummed in agreement, searching your eyes. He looked down at you with such adoration, the moonlight reflecting off your gentle face.

"There's just always something that needs doing. People to save, mutants to protect." He replied, sighing. "I'm surprised we managed to escape without being caught..."

Just as he said that, you heard Charles's voice in your head.

"Y/n and Logan, please meet me in my office."

By the look on his face, clearly Logan heard it too. You gave him a knowing smile.

"You were saying? I guess we weren't the only people who left."

As you and Logan sat down in Professor Xavier's office, Charles began explaining why you were there.

"We've had news about the MRD. Tomorrow, there'll be an attack a few miles from here, and I'd like to send the two of you out to protect any vulnerable mutants."

"I don't think I should go." You replied, tucking a stray hair behind your ear. "My suit is still damaged from the last mission, Hank hasn't had time to repair it."

Charles smiled at you. "Suits won't be needed, y/n. You two will be going undercover as husband and wife."

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