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Fic: Burning bright (Derek/Stiles)

ms_artisan — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 13:31:32 GMT

Yay! New fic! Written for the picfor1000 challenge.

Oh my goodness, I am SMITTEN by these two silly boys! :D

Title: Burning bright
Fandom: Teen Wolf
Pairing: Derek/Stiles

Notes: prompted by this picture, beta by dogeared

Summary: Stiles goes to college and Derek absolutely does not pine. No, really. He's FINE.

Posted on A03: Burning bright

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TW 315

ms_artisan — Wed, 22 Jan 2014 03:30:02 GMT

Oh, man! You know, there are some things that just make you FORGET plot holes and deficiencies in characterisation.

Scott McCall's absolute JOY at being the hottest girl...

Eeep! Derek's face when he saw Talia -- Oh my goodness, such a tiny tiny moment in the episode (and why? why so short??), but way to make my heart stop, show. I'd say do yourself a favour and go watch the whole sequence if you haven't already seen it.

Derek smugly using Peter for his own ends -- Go Derek!

This -- the cutest face in the whole universe

Okay, so this one isn't half bad, either

Shirts-off-chicken! Ha! so cute! (one of the few moments when I remembered they're supposed to all be 17, heh)

all of the above gifs are from the Teen Wolf tumblr where there are many MANY fine things to be found

Plus, we also got -
- Derek Hale's sassy ass
- Scott and Melissa
- Sheriff and Stiles
- Prankster Stiles (it's his DUTY, don'tcha know? :D )

So -- on balance, I liked what was there. More Derek would have been good, but of course there can never be enough Derek and so many other character moments made up for the lack of it.

I'm surprised at how much I'm enjoying this season -- I was so sure I was going to have to watch it through my fingers! :D

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New fic: Attach me to your world

ms_artisan — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 12:16:31 GMT

Oh my goodness, it's done! I admit, I'm a little excited (okay, and also a touch nervous) to post this, as it's the longest story I've written, and also my first Teen Wolf fic!

But, here it is -- a baby spark!Stiles story (which is also, secretly, a Derek-Hale-should-have-nice-things story :).

Most enormous thanks to dogeared and siriaeve for beta, chat, and encouragement -- you definitely made this better than it otherwise would have been.

Attach me to your world | 27,280 words
Fandom: Teen Wolf (TV)
Rating: Explicit
Relationships: Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski
Characters: Derek Hale, Stiles Stilinski, Scott McCall, Sheriff Stilinski, Alan Deaton
Additional Tags: Underage Sex, Mythical Beings & Creatures, First Time, Magic, baby spark!stiles, Post-3A

Summary: Turns out Stiles is magic. He's as surprised about that as anyone.

NOTE: I wrote this during the season 3a hiatus, so while it is canon-compliant up until that point, it takes no account of anything that happens in 3b.

First fic in this fandom, so I would love to hear any feedback if you have it. Storeeeee! :D

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Teen Wolf - new 3B promo

ms_artisan — Tue, 19 Nov 2013 11:57:43 GMT

Eeep! Somebody needs a Derek!

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Teen Wolf - vid rec

ms_artisan — Sun, 29 Sep 2013 13:16:29 GMT

Aw, this one almost made me cry. The song is one of my faves and the editing is gorgeous.

Precious Stilinski family feelings: Hold your head up high by maichan.

In other news. The post Season 3a, baby magic!Stiles fic is 4,500 words, and I still have no idea where it's going. How does that even happen?

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H50 4x01

ms_artisan — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 13:06:19 GMT

Gotta say one thing about H50 Season premiers -- they make me smile for more reasons than one!

(okay, so it's clearly too long since I posted if I can't even remember how to do a freaking cut!)

SO. This episode. For obvious reasons I can't watch live, but seeing as 5-0 is now airing on my Saturday morning, it wasn't all that far off. I will be very happy to get used to this! \o/

Things I learned from 401:

-- Ridiculous comes in all shapes and forms

-- If AOL were to live tweet more often, I might start to like Twitter (HawaiiFive0CBS is Alex)

Seems he was a little distracted by his co-stars

He's not wrong though -- Danno was definitely looking (or, according to Alex, was that Scott? ;)

* Danny Williams will never NOT be my favourite Detective.

"Don't move, I'll be right back" (bestest rant -- Steve thinks so, too :)

"I have your back"

Favourite line of the night: "This is terrible" heh

"Did you break anything?"

-- Someone needs to tell AOL that he doesn't need a landline AND a mobile to tweet, though.

-- Seems even Alex picks up life lessons from Danny

-- There is no such thing as the fourth wall

-- Adam is just not cut out to be a criminal

-- And -- just to end on a good note -- Kono will always be gorgeous! :D

Bonus? The return of H50 finally prompted another effort to reinstall all the apps lost in the Great Computer Crash of 2013 (seeing as the first attempt failed so dismally). AND I even found the Photoshop disk and serial # so, there will be pics!

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Okay, so that was NOT fun...

ms_artisan — Sun, 25 Aug 2013 01:53:19 GMT

Makes me think of the whole "It was a dark and stormy night..." thing, because OMG, seriously, IT WAS! Really, right in the middle of a rainy, thundery, windy storm last week, my laptop just died. So I think I was quite justified for a while there, in thinking maybe it was surge-related or angry storm God or SOMETHING!

But no. Just a virus (I don't mean that 'just'. I really really don't).

ANYWAY. Somehow, with every reasonable virus protection that you can have installed (and still have a machine that actually works) it was a virus.

And TWO factory restores later, I think maybe it's working? I'm typing, so that's good (even if the 'n' key does curiously seem to require 2 keystrokes to work). Whatever. I AM NOT COMPLAINING! (okay, I am, but it's more of a grumble, rather than the full scale freaking-out of earlier in the week :).

I did not know I was quite SO attached to my laptop. AND I have no idea how much of everything I've lost -- although I do know I lost a bunch of lovely TW links that were all ready for sharing so that is SAD.

But YAY! COMPUTER!

(restoring settings is doing my head in, but the double-keystroke on the n thing is going to get old REALLY FAST).

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It's possible I have a new girl-crush...

ms_artisan — Mon, 22 Jul 2013 09:33:29 GMT

Meet Holland Roden.

(x)

Who is, sometimes, also Lydia Martin.

(x)

(Teen Wolf, of course ;)

(x)

Smart, sassy, mysterious. What's not to love? :D

Also -- the TW cast at Comic Con have been very delightful. I ♥ them very much.

Lookit these two precious boys ...

Also? For those who are suffering through heat, we just had our coldest weekend in over 10 years. I think I've been outside a grand total of 3 times since Friday! Share me some over-heated pics / stories, I beg you!

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Huh.

ms_artisan — Sun, 14 Jul 2013 07:56:13 GMT

Wow, so it's been a while (especially in LJ/DW-years :). Who knew a month could pass so quickly?

How are you all?? Surviving your respective Summer / Winter I hope (if anyone's interested, it's the depths of winter, here -- max temp today was 13C [ie. freeeezing] and it's rained the WHOLE WEEKEND! Bah!) ??

So. There's been things. Happening. :) I'm going to skip RIGHT OVER the not-so-good, and concentrate on the FUN! Some stuff and pics under the cuts below...

PINK!! I didn't get many pics because I was too busy enjoying the show, and man, she is a fabulous performer! I have so much love for her energy and attitude and sheer kindness to her fans. If I had a teenage daughter I'm pretty sure I'd be pointing her at Pink as a role-model. Also, apparently, our concert is the one going on the World Tour DVD when she's done, so the lighting and effects were unbelievably spectacular. Anyway, here, have one of my crappy phone pics and one of the media pics from the show:

And, umm... I might have also finally given in and fallen headlong into Teen Wolf fandom. Which, you know, how does anyone resist, when it brings a cast like THIS!:

(Okay, not actually TW -- this is from the wrap of Maze Runner filming, but I mean, really -- Dylan O'Brien is barely less-cute than a puppy himself, they should not be adding a real one!)

(source)

Tyler Hoechlin who, unlike the character he plays, is a giant bundle of sunshine

(source)

The fandom is full of talented artists who produce the MOST AMAZING THINGS, like this lovely manip by Deedo

(source)

This is Isaac, just after he HEALED A PUPPY *NO WORDS*

(source)

The absolutely fabulous Holland Roden (who plays Lydia Martin). You're welcome (there are more gifs at the source)

(source)

The equally fabulous Allison Argent (played by Crystal Reed). You're still welcome.

(source)

And that's barely scratching the surface! :D

PLUS, on top of all of THAT, I'm finding TW itself INTRIGUING this season. And this last couple of weeks I've been inhaling ALL THE FIC! Which is 99% housed on A03 (thank goodness), because the rest of the fandom seems to be almost entirely tumblr-based. Which, you know, is a Very Fine Thing most of the time (as the above proves), but which is an exercise in total frustration when it comes to reading fic.

So. Here. Have some THINGS:

Fic (as always, read the author notes and tags for warnings):

By any other name by entaglednow

Alpha Spikes by starbeast

Gravity's got nothing on you by zosofi

Vids:

Total Crack -- "Love at first bite" (seriously, go watch, it's hysterical :).

Gorgeous vid -- "Dangerous Game" by 0o0Vanilla0o0.

Movie Trailer -- "Red Riding Hood" by paquim

*falls down* I REST MY CASE!

(also? I say with love, that dogeared may just be THE BEST fannish enabler ever :D)

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The things you come across on random searches... :)

ms_artisan — Mon, 27 May 2013 11:51:42 GMT

Well, hello there Steven. How're YOU doing?

(how have I not seen this pic before?)

In other news...

Extended (almost) 3 minute trailer for Agents of SHIELD is under the cut for anyone who hasn't seen it yet (spoilers)--

Eeee! Welcome to Level 7! Yay, PHIL!

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New fic: ho'ohiki, Steve/Danny, 1/1

ms_artisan — Sat, 25 May 2013 23:33:30 GMT

Another little baby comment!fic that grew up into a story. :D

ho'ohiki (2204 words) by artisan447, Siria
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Hawaii Five-0 (2010)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Steve McGarrett/Danny "Danno" Williams
Additional Tags: Missing Scene, Episode: s03e24 Aloha Malama Pono

Summary:"Steve does a quick left-right, keeping just ahead of the HPD cruiser, and risks a glance at Danny." A missing scene from 3.24.

(ho'ohiki on AO3)

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H50 finale - sneak peek

ms_artisan — Sat, 18 May 2013 06:48:32 GMT

EEeee! H50 3x24 sneak peek ...

Oh, my! Now THIS looks like the show I've been wanting to watch ALL SEASON! (what do you mean it's only 1:14 worth? ;P ).

Man, even without context, this feels like what SHOULD have happened in each of the previous TWO finales. With the trusting each other, and backing each other up, and working together. Third time lucky, maybe?

Also? How is everyone? I have been stupid-busy the last two weeks, and then LJ flipped out and I know I've missed many things. BAH! So, in lieu of regular comments, here -- have the video of Alex on Ellen tonight.

[stupid embed doesn't work, so here's a screengrab of Alex and his very cute shoes, and a Facebook link: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=182796828544849]

Also, also?? H50 is moving to Friday nights next year, which makes me stupid-happy! Because that means it airs on Saturday mornings for me (I think, unless my internal timezone converter is screwy), and I should actually have TIME TO WATCH AND ENJOY without having to go to bed in order to work the next day! \o/

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H50 323

ms_artisan — Sat, 11 May 2013 07:59:56 GMT

Ahahaha! A 323 sneak peak...

I have never seen anything so ridiculous in my life, but I LOVE it. Steve is SO delighted, despite himself. As for you, Doris McGarrett, you are almost as ridiculous as your son! :D

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3x22 sneak peek

ms_artisan — Sat, 04 May 2013 14:39:37 GMT

Eeep!

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A03 meme

ms_artisan — Sat, 04 May 2013 11:59:21 GMT

I'm a sucker for stats, and I love the Archive of Our Own kind of a lot -- I'm really really happy we have it as a place to read and archive fic. How else could we find so may fabulous things all in one place, huh? Biggest hugs to everyone who posts there, reads, and leaves comments or kudos -- it's a lovely way to make a community, isn't it?

Anyway, here -- my top 10 fic at the Archive by hits. Interestingly, if sorted by kudos the order is almost the same. I think the only pattern here is that there is no pattern. :D

Instinct (1278 words)
Hits: 4628 Kudos: 129
Fandom: Hawaii Five-0 | Steve/Danny
Summary: There's a reason Steve keeps taking off his shirt, and in his head it all makes perfect sense.

A day in the life of a Superhero Ninja (4490 words)
Hits: 4051 Kudos: 119
Fandom: Hawaii Five-0 | Steve/Danny, Grace
Summary: In any decent fairytale nothing bad ever happens to the Princess because the hero is always there to protect her. What's a hero to do when the real world is not so obliging?

Holding on (11094 words)
Hits: 3510 Kudos: 104
Fandom: Hawaii Five-0 | Steve/Danny, team
Summary: No one expected things to work out the way they did, and they're all holding on the best they can. Post season 1 - canon divergence

Save the day (1492 words)
Hits: 2124 Kudos: 54
Fandom: Hawaii Five-0 | Steve/Danny
Summary: "Jesus Christ, Danny, you scared the crap out of me." Steve's voice sounds raw and ragged, and Danny can feel his hands shaking as he works. "What the hell did you think you were doing?"

Squishes! (732 words)
Hits: 2109 Kudos: 51
Fandom: Hawaii Five-0 | Steve/Danny, Grace
Summary: Tiny comment fic for dogeared who posted some sad!Steve pics and, like me, thinks the world needs more squishes. Established Steve/Danny getting all schmoopy.

Home is where (680 words)
Hits: 2006 Kudos: 57
Fandom: Hawaii Five-0 | Steve/Danny
Summary: When it comes to the select group of people he really cares about, Danny can't help feeling too much. Middle story of a trio, inspired by Dear Steve by sheafrotherdon, and followed by one big disaster by dogeared(coda for 220)

Give a man an inch... (1370 words)
Hits: 1972 Kudos: 116
Fandom: Hawaii Five-0 | Steve/Danny
Summary: Sleeping bags have sides. They do. Danny insists (and, okay, I'm calling this a prequel for 310 to account Danny's indulgence of Steve's Rambo-ness)

The Best Medicine (1650 words)
Hits: 1817 Kudos: 47
Fandom: Hawaii Five-0 | Mary, Steve/Danny
Summary: Her brother's supposed to be freaking Captain America or something, he ought to have a better sense of self-preservation.

Muscles of the soul (560 words)
Hits: 1711 Kudos: 65
Fandom: Hawaii Five-0 | Steve/Danny
Summary: Steve's not letting Danny out of his sight (coda for 215)

Beard Burn (1227 words)
Hits: 1608 Kudos: 48
Fandom: Hawaii Five-0 | Steve/Danny
Summary: Danny is a little irritated, and he has a right to be, goddamnit! Inspired by A Close Shave by thegrrrl2002.

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H50 - 321

ms_artisan — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:19:46 GMT

Huh. Okay, so that was unusual.

I'm kind of disappointed I have time for a reaction post this week and I didn't last week, because I liked 320 so much more than this one.

This one I disliked much of the time and was intrigued by some of the time. I am NOT a fan of talk shows or reality shows and so even though so much of the construction of the episode was in no way believable, it still made me squirm in a very uncomfortable way, the way I always do with those shows. So, you know, the 'make it look less polished' thing worked, but not in a good way, just in an 'omg, it looks so amateurish' way.

BUT, at the same time, it was intriguing to have the outsider POV and see familiar things differently -- the tail-end of Danny's giggle at the camera crew needing to sign personal waivers, the many MANY lovely Danny back-views, Steve doing weapons maintenance as an aside, the cargument from the backseat, the approach to the interrogation room. So kudos to the crew for finding different angles and framing to give the episode an entirely different feel than it normally does. And kudos also to the director and actors for being able to carry that uncomfortable vibe all the way through.

As for the Wo Fat thing -- well, on the one hand, it's such a major plot arc it felt weird to view it from such a distance, but at the same time, seeing it from an outside perspective (and with none of the usual dramatic effects, like background music) gave it more impact in a way because it striped away the emotion and made it so much more cold and unfeeling.

On the plus side? It felt like we got a whole lot more team than we've been getting lately, so go team! Oh, and what a tease with the tattoo artist in the credits, he was just a witness and did NOT get us another Steve-tattoo. Bah!

Anyway, here -- some pics, because well, even with my very very crappy screengrabs this week ... it's not an episode without pics, right? :D

Danny's back and ass are a thing of beauty

Danny does not want the camera in his face, PLEASE. He asked nicely

Steve wants to know if the crew have all signed personal waivers, because that's 'essential' :D

Crappy screengrab, but Danny's giggle right there was probably the episode highlight for me

"Who has all that tech expertise?" "Ah, that would be me" Yay, Kono

"OMG, you see!" Steve, proving just how annoying Danny is. I love them so SO much when they bicker, and so -- Steve decides where Danny's eating lunch every day, huh? Of course he does ;)

I just liked the framing of this one

Oh, Steve...

So. Anyone know anything about the next episode? And is it next week, or do we have to wait again? I think I've missed all the spoilers if there's been any.

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New fic: All the madness in my soul, Steve/Danny, 1/1

ms_artisan — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 21:29:31 GMT

A missing scene for 3x20, because Danny worries.

Title: All the madness in my soul
Words: ~1600

Many thanks to dogeared for the beta, also to siriaeve who helped plant the image of Danny fixing Steve's tie.

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All the madness in my soul

"They say sometimes people put walls up, not because they want to block people out, but because they want to see who cares enough to knock them down." --unknown

Sure enough, the water snapped off before it'd had time to so much as wet the stall, let alone anyone standing under it, and Danny rolled his eyes. Clearly not even the day from hell would break Steve of that hoo-yay deny-all-needs habit. Three minutes on the dot, if he were any judge, which huh, apparently he was, seeing as he could now time a Navy shower without even thinking about it.

He glared at the closed door and thought about sneaking back to the lounge room so Steve wouldn't find him hovering, but screw that. If Steve didn't know exactly where he was right now, he'd eat his hat. Besides, why should he hide, huh? He worried, it was a thing, and he wasn't going to feel bad about it.

He shoved his hands deep into the pockets of his dress pants and tried to stretch his hearing to whatever was going on behind the closed door, but Steve was a stealthy son-of-a-bitch so he couldn't make out much. He heard a squeak as the cabinet door opened, then the sound of the faucet and finally a clink when what had to be Steve's razor hit the basin -- so, okay, then, shaving; shaving was good.

He rocked back and forth, heel-toe, toe-heel, just for something to do, because waiting was the most impotent damn feeling in the entire world, and he seriously wasn't any good at it. Shouting? Now that was something he was good at -- it was in his genes, probably, and he'd had a lot of practice -- but it was possible that somewhere, among the things that shouting hadn't fixed, he'd maybe learned to listen just a little bit, too. And so now he was waiting.

Because Steve had asked.

"Give me some space, Danny," he'd said, looking like shit, slumped into the corner of the Camaro. Danny didn't want to even think about the last time he'd seen Steve looking so pale and exhausted, so giving him what he needed was right at the top of his list of priorities.

So, right, space. He could do space, he could do a whole Alpine tundra of space if that's what Steve wanted. And he figured that Steve just meant no-questions space, not actual leave-me-alone-space, so he'd talked all the way home from the base -- about what the team had been up to while Steve was away, and Kono's spanking new board (apparently it carves) -- and swallowed pretty much everything else that was trying to bubble its way up and out of his mouth.

And, well, maybe it worked or something, because Steve might have raised his eyebrows when Danny launched into the story of Gracie's new obsession with field hockey (seriously, who runs around sports fields outdoors in winter?), but inch-by-inch he'd relaxed, and when he finally reached over to grip Danny's hand hard it felt like thanks, and gratitude, and Danny had gripped back equally hard and held on tight the rest of the way home.

So here he was now, hovering in the corridor like a damned high school monitor, because this day wasn't even halfway over yet.

Steve hadn't said a word about what he'd been doing since 8am, which left Danny to fill in the gaps. And he was pretty sure that what he'd been doing was talking himself hoarse answering questions, because, apparently, when a highly trained field operative makes the decision to take a sanctioned mission off-grid to get it done right, every mother-fucker within a bull's roar of the chain of command wants in on the debrief. Surprise!

It made Danny's blood boil that the Navy hierarchy would pull this kind of bullshit today of all days, because what the hell kind of timing was that? Was it a test or a punishment? Damned if he knew, but it seriously pissed him off that after everything Steve had done, all the blood, sweat and tears he'd expended serving his country, he still had to put up with that level of crap. But he'd stayed out of it because he was willing to concede -- reluctantly -- that Steve knew more than he did about 'Standard Procedure' and just getting through it all the least painful way possible.

The sudden click-slide of the lock releasing pulled him out of his head, then the door swung open and Steve was right there, one hand on the knob, the other braced on the basin, the towel he'd used to dry off slung low around his hips.

"Hey," Steve said, and their eyes met for a long second.

"Hey, yourself," Danny replied, his chest clenching with the sudden switch from wanting to turn a flame-thrower on the Navy brass, to wanting to pull Steve into a crushing hug. But as far as he knew they were still doing the "space" thing and he wasn't exactly sure where the boundaries were.

He blinked, let his eyes slide away to take in the shaving gel on the bench, the razor, and the slight tremor in Steve's hand as he straightened. And okay, so that's how it was, huh? Space might be hard to define but he could still recognise a McGarrett-style ask for help when he saw one, and that he did know what to do with.

"How about you sit your ass down and let me do that for you, huh?" He tilted his chin in the direction of the bathroom and made sure he looked anywhere but at the bruises that marked Steve's chest and abdomen. "A chin full of tissue paper would not be a good look with your dress blues, am I right?"

Steve hesitated, then nodded, the start of a smile lifting the corner of his mouth. "Yeah, okay," he said, then turned and sat on the closed toilet lid. He kept still until Danny stepped between his knees with the supplies, then looked up and said, "Thanks, Danno."

Danny sucked in a tight breath, because really, there were limits to this saint-like behaviour he had going on, and that face right there would push even Francis of Assisi to the edge. He swallowed hard and waved the razor in a deliberately nonchalant arc.

"Oh, don't thank me yet," he drawled. "There's still time to draw blood."

Steve smiled a second longer, then tilted his head back and let out a genuine laugh. It was the first Danny had heard since he'd collected him from the airport 24 hours earlier, something Danny knew intrinsically, the same way he knew just how long a Navy shower lasted -- because he'd been watching, he'd been paying attention, caught up in Steve's orbit and Steve in his, but there it was, filling up the small bathroom.

He finally let a fond, stupid grin spread over his own face, took hold of Steve's jaw and rubbed a thumb over his bristly chin and in a gentle line up the side of his cheek. "All right, come on, laughing boy," he said more quietly, "let's get this done."

"Okay," Steve simply replied, and then he tilted his face up and closed his eyes.

Danny's breath stopped in his chest, because fuck -- even pale and exhausted and steeling himself to go bury a brother-by-choice, Steve McGarrett could still tie his heart in knots.

He somehow managed to smooth the gel over Steve's rough stubble and keep his hands steady enough to shave the bristles away; to wipe up the remnants with a wet cloth, and with that, it seemed he wiped away a good chunk of Steve's tension. Enough so, that by the time Danny dragged him into the bedroom, helped him re-apply the layers of Navy -- shirt, socks, pants, obscenely shiny shoes -- Steve was almost himself again.

"All right, then," Danny finally said, threading Steve's tie under his collar. "You think you could finish this off?"

He patted Steve's chest and turned to grab the uniform jacket, but when he looked back, Steve was fumbling with the knot, a small frown wrinkling the skin between his eyebrows.

He left the jacket where it was. "C'mere, let me do that," he said, reaching up. "What? You've forgotten how to do your tie all of a sudden? Who doesn't know how to knot a tie."

"Maybe I've gotten used to you doing it." Steve shrugged and tried to take over, but Danny batted his hands away.

"Get your hands out of the way, Steven. Seriously, you're just going to mangle it."

He finished it off, made sure the knot sat flat between the wings of Steve's collar then made the mistake of looking up. In a breath he lost himself in Steve's big eyes and goofy face, and then Steve's lips were on his, soft and careful and tasting incredible.

Fuck that, Danny thought, and pressed in closer, so done with careful. He deepened the kiss, and by the time it ended, they were both holding on too tight and breathing too hard; Danny's lips were tingling. He ducked his head, blinking hard, and rode the wave of feeling as the tight knot of worry in his chest finally released, swept away by a ridiculous high.

Steve let out a deep shuddering breath and took a half step back, and Danny looked up, met Steve's soft grin with one of his own. Because this -- this was his life now, this roller-coaster ride of worry, fear and joy, vested in this crazy lunatic half-ninja asshole, and it didn't look as though it would change any time soon.

And strangest thing of all? He didn't feel like complaining.

--- the end ---

Title from:
"I'll love you with all the madness in my soul"
- Bruce Springsteen, Born to run

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320 sneak peek

ms_artisan — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 22:47:44 GMT

Eeee! Forearm porn!

Link to the 320 sneak peek on EW: spoilers, silly!:)

ETA: Oh! And one more: more spoilers

So. My Saturday morning's off to very fine start, how's your FridaySaturdayWhatever going? :)

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BIRTHDAY!

ms_artisan — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 22:20:59 GMT

Eeee! It's dogeared's birthday!

Happy birthday, lovely! I hope it was fabulous.

Here, have a smiley wolf!

*squishes*

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New fic: More than a minute, H50, Steve/Danny, 1/1

ms_artisan — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 02:07:47 GMT

Another little fic for kissemdanno.

This one's a sequel to Muscles of the soul (a 215 coda), but it can also stand alone.

Story is here: Steve always has more than a minute for Danny.

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A warm up?

ms_artisan — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 12:02:26 GMT

Ahhh, I'd like to say something sensible, but, no.

Maybe just watch this instead ...

He's so gleeful! ♥

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New fic: Kisses are forever

ms_artisan — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 01:58:44 GMT

Kissem Danno has to be one of my favourite Communities in the whole world. So much kissey goodness! Anyway, this weekend I wrote a little fic for the current round. Storeeee is here:

Title: Kisses are forever (err, yes, I may have accidentally watched a little James Bond this past weekend)
Words: ~1400
Summary: Sometimes Sunday mornings are just ... Sunday mornings

Many thanks to siria and dogeared for their lightning fast beta-ness at no notice at all. You guys are the best! *squishes*

There are also lots more kisses there if you haven't found them already, and the Comm is open for another whole week, so plenty of time FOR MORE!

Here's a handy dandy link: kissemdanno

Steve and Danny say GO! WRITE US MOAR KISSES!

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