stubborn tiny lights vs. clustering darkness forever

Dear Yuletide Author

2014-10-26T04:35:19Z

Dear Yuletide Author:

First and foremost: thank you so much for this gorgeous thing you’re going to be writing little old me (and I am so sorry this is late in going up—work has been brutal)! I so appreciate it, you have no idea. I hope it’s fun for you, and I hope you’re not stressed at all by it, because truly: anything you make will be great, and I’ll be thrilled and flattered and humbled by your generosity. I’m also incredibly flexible in terms of what I want/like—I’ve included some ideas and indications, but truly, the main point is: I never, ever want to stand in the way of someone’s muse. If you get pulled in a totally different direction, and you’re feeling the momentum? RUN with it. I find the most awesome thing in writing and reading alike to be the spark of passion, of enthusiasm in the words that you can see when the author’s totally into it. I am hoping you’ll find something here that sparks one of those moments for you in the writing process.

So, to that end: some general musings about things I prefer—I've grown to like happy endings, but I'm most attached to emotional satisfaction. I adore the cliche of near-death experiences spurring the realization of deep emotional attachments. I think convincing and moving portrayals of non-sexual intimacy (within or outside of sexual situations) are fantastic. Cerebral styles and plots are totally up my alley. I like poeticism. I'm flexible about how the characters are portrayed: I like the canon, and I like it when people take the canon and run in their own directions with it, so long as the development and/or the justification is clear enough to cogitate. I love the imagination of plots that lean toward magical realism. I tend to prefer romance in my pairings, but again: your mileage. As for the porn, once more—it's lovely but not necessary if you're not feeling it (which is also to say that, if you are, I'm totally down), and as for specifics, I'm fairly open-minded. That said, unless your heart's set on it (because who am I to argue if you're committed to an idea?), I'd prefer not to have: non/dub-con, mpreg, omega-verse, super-cracky crack, scat/watersports, spanking, genderswap, characters as anthropomorphic manifestations of animals, non-consensual humiliation/non-consensual BDSM (I prefer to see everyone enjoying themselves and the fulfillment of their kinks accordingly, basically). On the flip side of that, though: I am a fairly open-shipping person, so if you like a ship, or if something speaks to you, run with it! If there is no ship, I will love it just as much (gen is wonderful). Basically: if you want to go romance, or sexual content with or without romance, by all means: do; if you don’t, that will receive just as much love :D

Guardians of the Galaxy (Movies)
I am absolutely in love with the team dynamics among these brilliant, screwed-up misfits. There is not a thing I can think of that is attached in any way to this movie that I’d be even slightly disappointed in receiving. Character studies? Shipping? Team-as-family? Fleshing out the baddies? Pre-movie? Post-movie? Mixtapes? Something good, something bad, bit of both? Run with it. I am serious. I LOVE this movie. All of the things are good about writing for this one.

The Blacklist
Like countless people, the gravity that swirls between Reddington and Lizzie is mesmerizing, however you want to explain or contextualize it—dark, twisted, possessive, oddly endearing, there is so much there to work with, and I’d love to see any and all takes on it. That said: the entire cast is brilliant, and the characters are so well-developed, have so much potential—team dynamics here, as well, are totally up my alley. Character backstories, or what these people do when they’re not at the office/in the field—those are great. Dembe has so many layers we haven’t seen yet, so much depth and promise as a character—if you feel inclined, I’d love to see even just one of those layers, just one veins of that promise. Ressler is complex and flawed and human, and I love the dynamic he has with Elizabeth—something strong and honest that could turn into something stable for both, in terms of friendship. Or otherwise, if you want to go in that direction—as I said, I am a polyshipper in most things, and this is no exception.

True Detective
The atmosphere of this show was something special. Playing with the rugged, repressed, bleak psychology of this show would be fantastical—I enjoy explorations of the complex relationship (however you interpret that word) between Rust and Marty, but also character studies, explorations of both/either character beyond their connection to one another, missing scenes, imaginings after the end of the Form and Void. Philosophical ramblings in the style of dear Rust are also most welcome ;)

The Eagle | The Eagle of the Ninth (2011)
I’m not going to pretend I don’t dig Esca/Marcus. Anything and everything leaning in that direction? I’m absolutely thrilled by.

Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes
This series gave us so many intriguing looks at these characters, particularly in considering where so many of them have gone/are going in the MCU at present. I’d love for some of the incarnations of the characters here, who aren’t yet on-screen in the MCU, to get some love—be it speculative for their filmic futures, or more strictly confined to EMH. Involve anyone and everyone you want. I’ve been a rabid Marvel fan too long to every encourage leaving anyone out that you want to include :)

Kings (TV)
I love metaphor, particularly when it plays on history and religio-mythical themes, not to mention my enjoyment of the creative retelling of stories in general—in Kings, I feel like there real potential that the show sometimes fulfilled, and sometimes didn’t. Anything that looks at the characters, the existing symbolism, the relationships, the character and/or political dynamics, the future beyond the show’s cancellation, what have you: free reign, with this one. Well, with all of them, but—you get what I mean.

Once more: thank you so much for your time and talent. I wish you the most wonderful end-of-the-year, and joyous times of whatever-celebrations-you-enjoy :)

<3 hitlikehammers

Fic: Einfühlungsvermögen (or Feelings: A Primer for the Emotionally Inept)

2014-01-02T00:14:38Z

Title: Einfühlungsvermögen (or Feelings: A Primer for the Emotionally Inept)
Pairing: Dorian/John Kennex
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 2,955
Summary: Five human emotions that Dorian helped John to understand, and one that John demonstrated to Dorian—though honestly, given the givens, Dorian really could have done without the introduction.
For jetamors, for Yuletide 2013.
Disclaimer: I own nothing but the plots.

Einfühlungsvermögen (or Feelings: A Primer for the Emotionally Inept)

Fic: Quite Contrary (COMPLETE)

2014-01-01T18:29:22Z

Title: Quite Contrary
Rating: R
Pairing: Sherlock/John/Mary, and variations on the theme
Word Count: 17,125
Summary: Who is Mary Morstan, and how does she fit?

Ten (largely unrelated) speculative variations on the theme.
Disclaimer: I own nothing but the plots.

Quite Contrary

FIC: The Architect of Solitude (Postlude)—COMPLETE

2013-11-10T02:31:34Z

Title: The Architect of Solitude
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Sherlock/John
Word Count: 91,426 (COMPLETE)
Summary: In the ninth year of John Watson’s life, he learned a magic trick, and he starred in a play. The Fall is just an act, just a magic trick in the end—a necessary deception, a desperate sort of sham. It's sleight of hand to save lives and keep hearts unbroken. And it was all John's idea.

And that changes everything.
Spoilers for 2.03 — The Reichenbach Fall.

Chapter Summary: And the important thing—the important thing is that at the age of forty-one, John Hamish Watson believes beyond all possibility for doubt that broken hearts will mend and soar and race and thrive once the clouds part, once the sky clears, so long as those hearts are held dearer than the fear of death, so long as the love is enough.

Disclaimer: I own nothing but the plot. Title credit to Georg Trakl.

Start from the Beginning //
The Architect of Solitude: Postlude — Every Indescribable Joy

Fic: Cicatrice, Or: The Ornaments of Forgetting (1/1)

2013-10-25T01:48:46Z

Title: Cicatrice, Or: The Ornaments of Forgetting
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Sherlock/John
Word Count: 16,945
Summary: In order to survive, to protect; to save his mind from the distraction, and spare his heart the ache, Sherlock deletes John Watson.

Sherlock deletes ~~John Watson~~.

And then he comes back home.

Disclaimer: I own nothing but the plot. Title credit to Walter Benjamin and Graham Greene.

Cicatrice, Or: The Ornaments of Forgetting

To You, Dear Yuletide Author

2013-10-14T13:25:29Z

Dear Yuletide Author, I feel dreadfully that this letter is so horrifically belated. Life—or perhaps more specifically, my schedule—got the best of me for longer than I was prepared for, and alas, it is not until just now, with a few minutes to spare while some files load, that I can pop in and write you a bit of a note. You may no longer need it, but mostly, if you see this, I just want you to know that I think you're stellar. I love to write for people, but the idea of someone writing for me—even though, well, exchanges are BUILT that way, duh—is still a bit mind-boggling. So the fact that you signed up to write for someone, and then got me, and are willing to try to write something with my interests even vaguely in mind? You're fabulous. Thank you in advance.

I’ve grown to like happy endings, but I’m most attached to emotional satisfaction: if I can invest in the comings and goings and feel with the characters and the plot as it unfolds, I’m usually pretty satisfied. I adore the utter cliche of near-death experiences spurring the realization of deep emotional attachments. I think convincing and moving portrayals of non-sexual intimacy (within or outside of sexual situations) are fantastic. Reunions are lovely, when they’re earned. Meeting-the-family never fails to beget enjoyment, I find. Cerebral styles and plots are totally up my alley. I like poeticism, and the poeticization of just about anything. I’m flexible about how the characters are portrayed: I like the canon, and I like it when people take the canon and run in their own directions with it, so long as the development and/or the justification is clear enough to cogitate. I love the flexibility and imagination that’s unleashed with plots that lean toward magical realism. I prefer romance in my pairings. I don’t mind porn, in fact, I quite enjoy it, but I’d prefer more plot/character development/etc., if I have a choice. I’m not generally “into” specific kinks, usually, but as with my writing, so with yours: if it’s interesting, and it fits the characterization put forth and it makes for complexities and development and whatnot, I’m fairly open-minded. That said, unless your heart’s set on it (because who am I to argue if you’re committed to an idea?), I’d prefer not to have: non/dub-con, mpreg, omega-verse, super-cracky crack, scat/watersports, spanking, genderswap, characters as anthropomorphic manifestations of animals, non-consensual humiliation/non-consensual BDSM (I prefer to see everyone enjoying themselves and the fulfillment of their kinks accordingly, basically).

Mostly, even after all that: I believe that if a author’s enjoying the writing, the readers more likely to enjoy the reading. Have fun.

Fandom-specific, here are just a few ramblings regarding things I didn't put in my initial requests:

Elementary

I love this show. I think it does something unique and gorgeous and new with the established canon, and the vulnerability of Sherlock/the interesting development of Joan/the new spin on Moriarty all procide really productive, entertaining, enlightening, and real foils for the other recent/current iterations of the ACD characters. I love Sherlock/Joan, but I also love friendship, character study, family dynamics: really, this fandom is still young, and there are so many possibilities, so anything you might want to try in it would be wonderful in my book :)

Lewis (TV)

I have a soft spot for Hathaway. Really and truly. With or without Lewis. If you feel similarly? Have at it.

V (2009)

I loved this show, and I was disappointed when it was cancelled. I particularly felt that it would be interesting to see Joshua developed, and also to see what might come of the Chad/Anna dynamic. Dark and twisty character introspection. I like that, here.

The Borgias: The Original Crime Family (2011)

Pairings, threesomes, moresomes, character studies, PWP: go wild, here. I feel like the lushness of this series lends itself to making just about any sort of snippet one could write.

Breaking Bad

This show, in my opinion, is like distilled intensity and heartbreak and dark humor and it is magnificent for all of that. I have a particular love of Gus. And of course, of Jesse—seeing him post-series would be lovely.

The Eagle | The Eagle of the Ninth (2011)

Anything you might be inspired toward here, really. I'm totally not picky.

Again, dear Yultide Author: whatever you'd like to write, I am sure that I'll love it. Thank you again for being awesome <3

Fic: The Architect of Solitude (Chapter Eighteen)

2013-09-15T14:24:55Z

Title: The Architect of Solitude
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Sherlock/John
Word Count: 88,551 (so far)
Summary: In the ninth year of John Watson’s life, he learned a magic trick, and he starred in a play. The Fall is just an act, just a magic trick in the end—a necessary deception, a desperate sort of sham. It's sleight of hand to save lives and keep hearts unbroken. And it was all John's idea.

And that changes everything.
Spoilers for 2.03 — The Reichenbach Fall.

Chapter Summary: The way that Sherlock’s stare pierces him straight through should hurt almost, by rights; instead it shivers, quakes in John’s rising pulse as he comes back to wakefulness, as he basks in that aqua glow trained just on him as if he’s a puzzle, as if he makes no sense and yet brings sense, as if he’s impossible and important, and impossibly important and his chest feels tight as he squeezes his eyes shut once more against their stinging because there has been too much sorrow, too many tears, and yes, John knows there will be more but not here, not for this.

This is perfect, without weeping.

Disclaimer: I own nothing but the plot. Title credit to Georg Trakl.

Start from the Beginning //
The Architect of Solitude: Chapter Eighteen — More Than The World’s Meant to Stand

Fic: Stars & Stripes (1/1)

2013-08-22T18:01:52Z

Title: Stars & Stripes
Rating: NC-17
Pairings/Characters: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark, Clint Barton/Phil Coulson, Pepper Potts/Tony Stark, Bruce Banner/Pepper Potts/Tony Stark, Bruce Banner/Pepper Potts/Natasha Romanov/Tony Stark, Pepper Potts/Natasha Romanov; Implications of General Avengers Polyamory
Summary: It was innocent. It was mostly-if-not-entirely innocent, and well-intentioned, and Steve would like it to be documented and acknowledged that he was not the one who decided it’d be a good idea to go rummaging through their colleagues’ bedside tables, alright? It was not Steve’s idea, and therefore Steve cannot be blamed for the thing that was found as a result.

The star-spangled, silicone thing sitting on the duvet between them, shaped like a...bowling pin.

A very thin, very particularly-contoured bowling pin.

“It’s a set, too,” Tony adds, as if that makes it any better. “We’ve all got one.”

Inspired by this art post.

(( “Does the term ‘double-team’ mean anything to you, Uncle Sam?” ))

Fic: Like Lithium (1/1)

2013-06-24T15:12:29Z

Title: Like Lithium
Rating: NC-17
Pairings/Characters: Kirk/McCoy
Summary: The thing is, it’s still sour in the pit of his stomach, in the swell of his chest. It’s still difficult to swallow around when Leonard thinks on it too hard, but the blood beneath him's new enough to be enthralled at this, enraptured, because it’s never known such heat.

And it's not a sin to want this, to need this. By god, it’s anything but.

Sequel to Like Antimony. Spoilers for Star Trek Into Darkness.
Warnings: Into Darkness Spoilers

(( The lights are low, seventeen percent; the air is thick with sweat, with heat and need and aching, with hearts close enough to breaking they may as well be fractured; blood new enough to be enthralled at this, enraptured, because it’s never known such heat. ))

Fic: Like Antimony (1/1)

2013-05-18T03:36:47Z

Title: Like Antimony
Rating: PG-13
Pairings/Characters: Kirk/McCoy
Summary: The thing is, Leonard fell in love with a moron with a savior complex; a hero with a heart of gold.

And the glass between them is too damn thick.

Spoilers for Star Trek Into Darkness.
Warnings: Into Darkness Spoilers (and warnings consistent with the plot of said film)

(( If Leonard didn’t know any better, if he didn’t understand the world and fairness and feeling and loss as he does, he’d think this was punishment. He’d think this was hell. ))

Fic: Small Mercies (1/1)

2013-05-17T19:05:27Z

Title: Small Mercies
Rating: PG-13
Pairings/Characters: Kirk/McCoy; Spock, Montgomery "Scotty" Scott, Nyota Uhura, Christopher Pike
Summary: He doesn’t have enough sense just yet to hope for anything specific. He only knows that the voices are a comfort.

Five conversations the crew had with Jim while he was unconscious, hoping that he might hear them, and one conversation Jim had in return, knowing damn well he'd be heard.

Spoilers for Star Trek Into Darkness.
Warnings: Into Darkness Spoilers

(( The voice breaks off, choked, and he hears breathing, heavy, distraught, and he realizes.

The voice is crying. ))

Fic: Penumbra (Complete)

2013-05-07T22:49:42Z

Title: Penumbra (10/10)
Rating: PG-13
Pairings/Characters: Sherlock/John, Kirk/McCoy; Jim Moriarty
Summary: When James Moriarty vows to burn a heart, he doesn’t do it by halves. When John Watson’s life hangs in the balance, Sherlock Holmes would cross timelines, end galaxies—would burn worlds for his family, for the man he loves.

James T. Kirk, on the other hand, ends up caught in the crossfire, facing off against a fierce adversary bent on razing the planet he calls home, which is nothing new, really.

Having the misfortune to carry the name of the man his enemy is seeking to destroy, and thus being mistaken for said asshole? That, well: that is a little new. Sherlock (BBC) Crossover. Minor Trailer Spoilers for Star Trek Into Darkness.
Warnings: Violence
Disclaimer: I own nothing but the plot.

Start from the Beginning

Penumbra: Chapter Ten

Fic: The Architect of Solitude (Chapter Ten)

2013-04-06T13:28:56Z

Title: The Architect of Solitude
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Sherlock/John
Word Count: 38280 (so far)
Summary: In the ninth year of John Watson’s life, he learned a magic trick, and he starred in a play. The Fall is just an act, just a magic trick in the end—a necessary deception, a desperate sort of sham. It's sleight of hand to save lives and keep hearts unbroken. And it was all John's idea.

And that changes everything.
Spoilers for 2.03 — The Reichenbach Fall.
Disclaimer: I own nothing but the plot. Title credit to Georg Trakl.

Start from the Beginning //
The Architect of Solitude: Chapter Ten — The Weight and The Promise

Fic: Superstring Theory (1/1)

2013-03-26T11:32:40Z

Title: Superstring Theory
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Sherlock/John
Word Count: 1629
Summary: Love transcends all dualities, refutes all logic, defies explication; Sherlock tries to make sense of it, nonetheless.
Disclaimer: I own nothing but the plot.

(( John’s hand on him is an anchor and a threat, and Sherlock leans in to the whole of destruction and the promises of yesterdays in false stars against the dark. ))

Fic: The Architect of Solitude (Chapter Nine)

2013-03-23T15:06:15Z

Title: The Architect of Solitude
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Sherlock/John
Word Count: 34859 (so far)
Summary: In the ninth year of John Watson’s life, he learned a magic trick, and he starred in a play. The Fall is just an act, just a magic trick in the end—a necessary deception, a desperate sort of sham. It's sleight of hand to save lives and keep hearts unbroken. And it was all John's idea.

And that changes everything.
Spoilers for 2.03 — The Reichenbach Fall.
Disclaimer: I own nothing but the plot. Title credit to Georg Trakl.

Start from the Beginning //
The Architect of Solitude: Chapter Nine — Nothing More in the Whole of Being

Fic: Gibbous, Waxing (1/1)

2013-03-21T20:35:29Z

Title: Gibbous, Waxing
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Sherlock/John
Word Count:5,022
Summary: Despite all the things John loses when Sherlock jumps from that rooftop, the one thing that remains firmly in place—against all odds—is his sanity, his mind.

Sherlock, unfortunately, may not be so lucky.

Or: the one where it's Sherlock who thinks John's a figment of his imagination when he finally returns home, not the other way around.

(( Concerning John, there could be no deletion; because of John, the Hard Drive lagged. ))

Fic: The Architect of Solitude (Chapter Eight)

2013-03-11T10:59:41Z

Title: The Architect of Solitude
Rating: R
Pairing: Sherlock/John
Word Count: 30,824 (so far)
Summary: In the ninth year of John Watson’s life, he learned a magic trick, and he starred in a play. The Fall is just an act, just a magic trick in the end—a necessary deception, a desperate sort of sham. It's sleight of hand to save lives and keep hearts unbroken. And it was all John's idea.

And that changes everything.
Spoilers for 2.03 — The Reichenbach Fall.
Disclaimer: I own nothing but the plot. Title credit to Georg Trakl.

Start from the Beginning //
The Architect of Solitude: Chapter Eight — A Noose Too Soon

Fic: oh heart, you wicked saint (1/1)

2013-03-10T18:17:14Z

Title: oh heart, you wicked saint
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Sherlock/John
Word Count: 4,156
Summary: John teases his incisors against the stretch of that skin with each beat, beat, beat, and yes, John wants—he licks, tastes salt and smoke and solace and he refuses to think about what he’s been missing, what he’s been overlooking in this the whole goddamn time.

In which John finally comes to understand Sherlock's infatuation with the human heart, and makes the absolute most of it. In bed.

(Part IX of the Cardiophilia Sequence; Follows suddenly your heart showed me my way, the beat and beating heart, your heart in the lightning (and the thunder that follows), echoes through the caverns of a chest (the give and take) , i'd trade your fading heart (for the flailing beats in mine), i am tired, beloved (of chafing my heart against the want of you), all the jagged edges (of the broken heart made whole), and within the beating, blessed (aching, rising; hand in hand) but stands on its own.)
Disclaimer: I own nothing but the plot.
Author's Notes: My dear speak_me_fair wanted something to read. This came of it. My thanks to her for the coaxing and, as usual, for the Britpicking and the beta-work of awesome.

(( oh heart, you wicked saint ))

Fic: Penumbra (Chapter Five)

2013-03-04T03:08:11Z

Title: Penumbra
Author: hitlikehammers
Rating: PG-13
Pairings/Characters: Sherlock/John, Kirk/McCoy; Jim Moriarty
Summary: When James Moriarty vows to burn a heart, he doesn’t do it by halves. When John Watson’s life hangs in the balance, Sherlock Holmes would cross timelines, end galaxies—would burn worlds for his family, for the man he loves.

James T. Kirk, on the other hand, ends up caught in the crossfire, facing off against a fierce adversary bent on razing the planet he calls home, which is nothing new, really.

Having the misfortune to carry the name of the man his enemy is seeking to destroy, and thus being mistaken for said asshole? That, well: that is a little new. Sherlock (BBC) Crossover. Minor Trailer Spoilers for Star Trek Into Darkness.
Warnings: Violence
Disclaimer: I own nothing but the plot.

Start from the Beginning

Penumbra: Chapter Five

Fic: The Architect of Solitude (Chapter Seven)

2013-02-27T04:59:15Z

Title: The Architect of Solitude
Rating: R
Pairing: Sherlock/John
Word Count: 26,424 (so far)
Summary: In the ninth year of John Watson’s life, he learned a magic trick, and he starred in a play. The Fall is just an act, just a magic trick in the end—a necessary deception, a desperate sort of sham. It's sleight of hand to save lives and keep hearts unbroken. And it was all John's idea.

And that changes everything.
Spoilers for 2.03 — The Reichenbach Fall.
Disclaimer: I own nothing but the plot. Title credit to Georg Trakl.

Start from the Beginning //
The Architect of Solitude: Chapter Seven — Something Equally Red

Fic: within the beating, blessed (aching, rising; hand in hand) (1/1)

2013-02-12T14:10:56Z

Title: within the beating, blessed (aching, rising; hand in hand)
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Sherlock/John
Word Count: 4,269
Summary: Five times John happily indulged Sherlock's strange infatuation with his heartbeat despite his failure to comprehend the fixation, plus one time where John found he understood it rather perfectly.

(Part VIII of the Cardiophilia Sequence; Follows suddenly your heart showed me my way, the beat and beating heart, your heart in the lightning (and the thunder that follows), echoes through the caverns of a chest (the give and take) , i'd trade your fading heart (for the flailing beats in mine), and i am tired, beloved (of chafing my heart against the want of you), and all the jagged edges (of the broken heart made whole), but stands on its own.)
Disclaimer: I own nothing but the plot.
Author's Notes: My abiding thanks to speak_me_fair for the Britpicking, the beta-work, and the push to give this thing a more-deserving title. Likewise, my love to togoboldly for loving this fic more than makes any sense, and helping me to love it, too.

(( within the beating, blessed (aching, rising; hand in hand) ))

Fic: Penumbra (Chapter Two)

2012-12-21T21:03:11Z

Title: Penumbra
Rating: PG-13
Pairings/Characters: Sherlock/John, Kirk/McCoy; Jim Moriarty
Summary: When James Moriarty vows to burn a heart, he doesn’t do it by halves. When John Watson’s life hangs in the balance, Sherlock Holmes would cross timelines, end galaxies—would burn worlds for his family, for the man he loves.

James T. Kirk, on the other hand, ends up caught in the crossfire, facing off against a fierce adversary bent on razing the planet he calls home, which is nothing new, really.

Having the misfortune to carry the name of the man his enemy is seeking to destroy, and thus being mistaken for said asshole? That, well: that is a little new.

Minor Trailer Spoilers for Star Trek Into Darkness.
Disclaimer: I own nothing but the plot.
Author's Notes: So, with Benedict Cumberbatch playing our villain in the new Trek, and then this trailer having the end-bit that it does... how was this not going to happen?

Previous: Chapter One

Penumbra: Chapter Two

Fic: Penumbra (Chapter One)

2012-12-06T23:36:36Z

Title: Penumbra
Rating: PG-13
Pairings/Characters: Sherlock/John, Kirk/McCoy; Jim Moriarty
Word Count: 734
Summary: When James Moriarty vows to burn a heart, he doesn’t do it by halves. When John Watson’s life hangs in the balance, Sherlock Holmes would cross timelines, end galaxies—would burn worlds for his family, for the man he loves.

James T. Kirk, on the other hand, ends up caught in the crossfire, facing off against a fierce adversary bent on razing the planet he calls home, which is nothing new, really.

Having the misfortune to carry the name of the man his enemy is seeking to destroy, and thus being mistaken for said asshole? That, well: that is a little new.

Minor Trailer Spoilers for Star Trek Into Darkness.
Disclaimer: I own nothing but the plot.
Author's Notes: So, with Benedict Cumberbatch playing our villain in the new Trek, and then this trailer having the end-bit that it does... how was this not going to happen?

Penumbra: Chapter One

Fic: The Architect of Solitude (Chapter Four)

2012-12-06T23:31:37Z

Title: The Architect of Solitude
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Sherlock/John
Word Count: 17,701 (so far)
Summary: In the ninth year of John Watson’s life, he learned a magic trick, and he starred in a play. The Fall is just an act, just a magic trick in the end—a necessary deception, a desperate sort of sham. It's sleight of hand to save lives and keep hearts unbroken. And it was all John's idea.

And that changes everything.
Spoilers for 2.03 — The Reichenbach Fall.
Disclaimer: I own nothing but the plot. Title credit to Georg Trakl.
Author's Notes: My thanks to the utterly incomparable speak_me_fair for betaing and Britpicking like a star.

The Architect of Solitude: Chapter Four — Epicentre

The Five Acts Meme: Round Seven

2012-11-29T14:26:01Z

This will end one of three ways:

a) I will manage to contribute to Five Acts between classes, finals, work, and conference revisions, and it will provide short, rejuvenating, much-needed breaks in my schedule.

b) I will contribute ALL OF THE THINGS to Five Acts, and neglect my other responsibilities.

c) I will fail to contribute to Five Acts.

And...go.

So, for those of you who are new to this game, here's the way it works:
1. Make list of your five favorite themes/kinks etc. to read about (THIS LIST can help), with the fandoms you'd like to read about them in.
2. Post the list.
3. Head over here to share your list with the world.
4. Play as inspired :)

THE FIVE ACTS

Near-Death Experiences; Danger; Confessions in Stressful Situations; Reunions After Mistakenly Thinking a Loved One Has Come To Harm; Caring for Someone After They've Been Injured

Happiness; Ecstasy; Smiling; Laughing; Reconnection; Affection; Kissing; Happy Endings; Relief; Romance; Joy; Caressing

Angst; Darkfic; Anger; Melancholia; Trauma; Fear; Worry; Quiet Desperation

Artistic; Tattoos; Piercings; Writing; Poetry; Sketching; Painting; Body Paint; Music; Singing

Oral/Neck/Vocal Festishization; Nape of the Neck; Throat; Clavicle; Pulsepoints; Accents; Whispers; Lips

THE FANDOMS

Alice: Alice/Hatter
Avatar: Jake/Neytiri
Avengers/Marvelverse: Tony/Pepper, Tony/Steve, Tony/Bruce, Thor/Loki, Loki/Anyone
The Big Bang Theory: Sheldon/Penny, Penny/Amy, Penny/Amy/Bernadette
The Chronicles of Narnia: Any/Any
Dark Angel: Max/Alec
Doctor Who: Ten/Donna, Ten/Master, Ten/Martha, Ten/Rose, Ten2/Rose, Ten/Sarah Jane, Donna/River Song, Eleven/River Song, Eleven/Amy/Rory
Final Fantasy: Rikku/Auron (X), Tidus/Yuna (X), Auron/Braska/Jecht (X), Paine/Baralai (X-2), Lulu/Anyone (X), Vincent/Cloud (VII), Cloud/Sephiroth (VII), Vincent/Sephiroth (VII), Cloud/Vincent (VII), Zack/Cloud (VII), Cloud/Kadaj (VII:AC)
Fringe: Peter/Olivia, Alt!Olivia/Alt!Lincoln, Etta/Simon
Grey's Anatomy: Derek/Meredith, Meredith/Cristina, Derek/Meredith/Cristina, Cristina/Owen, Derek/Meredith/Cristina/Owen
Hawaii Five-0: Steve/Danny
Harry Potter: Draco/Harry, Draco/Ginny, Snape/Anyone
Heroes: Peter/Sylar, Peter/Gabriel, Peter/Nathan, Adam/Anyone
Inception: Cobb/Arthur, Cobb/Saito, Arthur/Eames, Eames/Fischer, Saito/Fischer
Lord of the Rings: Elf/Elf, Man/Man, Elf/Man -- I'll swing just about anything along those lines.
Lost: Anyone/Anyone. Seriously.
Once: Guy/Girl
Once Upon a Time: Snow/Charming, Rumpelstiltskin/Belle
The Pretender: Jarod/Miss Parker
Revolution: Miles/Sebastian
Sherlock: John/Sherlock, Sherlock/Mycroft
Sherlock Holmes: Holmes/Watson
Star Trek: Kirk/McCoy, Kirk/Spock
Star Wars: Anakin/Obi-Wan
Supernatural: Dean/Sam, Dean/Sam/Castiel, Lucifer/Castiel, Lucifer/Dean, Michael/Lucifer, Castiel/Balthazar, Castiel/Crowley, Lucifer/War
Tin Man: Glitch/Cain
Torchwood: Jack/Ianto, Tosh/Owen, Ianto/Owen, Gwen/Ianto
V: Erica/Hobbes, Erica/Jack, Erica/Ryan, Ryan/Valerie, Joshua/David, Anna/Chad, Joshua/Lisa
V For Vendetta: V/Evey
Watchmen: Comedian/Anyone, Ozymandias/Anyone

*** And of course: ANY AND ALL GEN FIC and ANY AND ALL CROSSOVERS in any of the above-mentioned fandoms :D ***

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