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Merry Christmas Chrisker n Thorki :D
#spot the difference challenge all my otps are the same#albert looks so soft hnnnyhghh#art#resident evil#biohazard#myart#wesker#albert wesker#fanart#chris redfield#loki#chrisker#thor#loki laufeyson#thorki#marvel mcu#christmas 2023#chris x wesker#chris/wesker
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November OTP Prompt Challenge - Harry/Nic - Day 19
Day 19 - Handmade
you will learn to love me
This time, Nicodemus will not let Harry go.
9“I have made this myself, just for you.”
These were the first words I heard in days. Maybe more. It was hard to keep track of time in complete darkness, bound in constant agony.
Nicodemus had gotten his apocalypse and his dark age. Most of my friends were dead, others I lost contact with in the chaos. There was no use in fighting anymore.
I was strung up by my hands, thorn manacles biting into my flesh, hobbling my magic. The strain on my muscles blended together into a single undercurrent of pain. Now, it seemed like Nicodemus wanted to add to my misery.
My captor held up something, that looked like an eccentric piece of ugly jewelry. Strands of cord, metal and some kind of fabric were intricately woven together, with two silver clasps at each end. Even without touching it, I could feel the power buzzing in it.
Nicodemus ran a thumb along the strands and smiled at me, the gesture indulgent and terrifying.
“I cut off a piece of my own noose for you, Harry, and tore off a strip from the Shroud. That should tell you everything about my intentions.”
I was so shocked at his words that it took me a moment to figure out the nature of the energies he had woven together.
My eyes widened.
“No… no, please just…”
I wasn’t above begging, but it was of no use. I struggled when Nicodemus brought the jewelry up to my neck, even though I knew I couldn’t get away. My back muscles jumped as the strands touched my skin. Nicodemus fastened the clasp with a final click.
“There,” he said, satisfied. “That will make sure nothing can do too much damage to you.”
He said it as if he weren’t the one who planned on inflicting the damage himself.
Nicodemus pulled out a long, silver knife, and raised it without hurry. He used it to cut the tatters of my shirt off my body, careless of how much he sliced the skin as well. Scarlet blood welled up with stinging pain. A few heartbeats later, the wounds began to heal.
It wasn’t as fast as his own healing. Just enough that I could experience the full agony of the injuries, without any hope that they would blissfully end my suffering.
I felt a hot tear slide down my cheek, as hopelessness overwhelmed me.
Nicodemus touched my face, his fingers stained red with my blood. When shame made me look away, he abruptly grabbed my hair and yanked until he forced me to meet his gaze again.
“Don’t worry, Harry,” he said, voice calm and deep. “You will learn to enjoy this.”
I longed for the days when I was offered the opportunity to join Nicodemus on my own terms. I longed even more for the time when I could choose to die denying him.
Nicodemus used the point of the knife to touch my lips. Then he slid it down, with barely there pressure, tracing the fading wounds on my body. When he smiled again, it promised more agony and violence to come.
“And eventually, you will learn to love me.”
#my fic#november otp challenge#harry/nic#um yeah this did not go into the cute handmade christmas present direction#oops#harry dresden/nicodemus archleone#torture
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Just a quick reminder that the "All The Wizardry" bundle is still available at Ebooks Direct!
Contains nineteen DRM-free ebooks:
The nine New Millennium Editions of the main-sequence Young Wizards novels
The Feline Wizardry trilogy
The two collections of interstitial fiction: Interim Errantry and Interim Errantry 2: On Ordeal
The only two Young Wizards short stories (as the title item and "Theobroma" in Uptown Local and Other Interventions
The non main-sequence novel Young Wizards: Lifeboats and the standalone novella Owl Be Home For Christmas (These last two works are included as independent ebook volumes even though they also appear in the Interim Errantry collections.)
The "CD extras" work The "How Lovely Are Thy Branches" Advent Calendar, featuring outtake dialogue from How Lovely Are Thy Branches (which appears in Interim Errantry)
The Young Wizards OTP Challenge, Days 1-17: short fiction in the OTP format
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Hello, my dear! If you're still taking the January prompts, how about "new beginnings" + Rhett x Honeybee? ✨
Decided to write this as a little mini follow-up to the christmas gift ☺️
“Rhett, I’m not made of glass,” you giggled as your husband scooped you up out of bed and carried you down the stairs to the kitchen, mindful of each step that he took.
“You’re precious cargo, honeybee,” Rhett murmured, his stubbled cheek brushing against your temple as he pressed a kiss to the top of your head. “And you’re carryin’ precious cargo. So that makes you doubly precious cargo.”
Your heart melted at the way he managed to say the sweetest things you’d ever heard in such a simple, matter-of-fact way. That was Rhett, and you loved him for it.
“So are you going to carry me around from now until the baby comes?” you asked teasingly as he finally set you down at the kitchen table. “It’s probably going to get more challenging once my belly grows,” you added with a grin, resting a gentle hand on your still-flat stomach.
Rhett grinned as well, setting a kettle on the stove and reaching for what was left in the breadbox. “Well I’ve never been one to back down from a challenge, you know that,” he told you with a wink.
You just laughed and shook your head, putting your feet up on the chair beside you and watching as your very handsome, very capable husband set about making breakfast for the two of you.
It only took about fifteen minutes for Rhett to have scrambled eggs, sausage, and toast on the table, in addition to a cup of coffee for himself and the cup of tea he’d made for you.
“Cheers, honeybee,” he said in that low voice of his, raising his coffee mug.
“To what?” you smiled, lifting your tea cup as you awaited his response.
“To new beginnings,” Rhett grinned, his blue eyes shining as he rested one hand over your stomach. “I can’t wait to see what this year is gonna bring.”
January OTP Prompts
#rhett abbott#rhett abbott x reader#rhett & honeybee#rhett drabble#lewis pullman#january writing prompts
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I did in fact fail at comfortember 😔☝️ BUT IM EXCITED TO DO THIS ONE I MADE LIKE A MONTH AGO HEHE
No rules, just have fun! If you do wanna tag this use the #dddrawcember23 tag (so I can see it too muahahah :3)
Prompts typed out bellow!
DareDevil December
Drawing challenge ❄️ ⛄️
1. First Holiday at the Nelson’s
2. Holiday Party at the Firm
3. Fight in the Snow
4. Fogwell Boxing Gym
5. OTP Holiday First Date
6. Mourning/Loss
7. Matching Sweaters
8. Snowed In
9. Hot Chocolate
10. Horns and Devil Tail
11. Mistletoe
12. Christmas Tunes
13. Last Wishes
14. Holiday Feast
15. Family (Blood and/or Found)
16. Winter Isolation
17. Seeing Fire
18. Shovel and the Graveyard
19. Multi-Verse
20. Villains taking a Holiday
21. RarePair
22. First Aid Box
23. Candle Ceremony
24. Old Masters
25. Broken
26. Doppelgänger
27. Eggnog
28. Kingpin
29. Avocados at Law
30. Fond Memories
31. Happy New Years!
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Fic Priority Polling
Hiya! I'm emerging from pneumonia, last day on antibiotics, and I'm wanting to get back the the saddle. So, I have four active WIPs, and a graveyard of many more and plot bunnies multiplying, and I want to know what there's interest for. So vote! Comment!
Links to the works on AO3:
OTP Challenge Daken/Bullseye (29/30 finished) Misc works, the latter more plotty but all nsfw.
The Way You Shake and Shiver (1/?) Fake-Dating after sadistic punishment gone wrong, they work together to undermine Osborn. Team dynamics and base in the Dark Avengers arc.
Doing the Work (1/?) Est. Relationship post DA, working with and against the Kingpin. Feelings happen and conflicts are created.
What's Owed to us as the World Ends (8/?) Crossbones and Bullseye navigate the King in Black event and their feelings. Very H/C and villain relationship.
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aight friends, christmas is exactly a week away! im gonna give myself a personal challenge where i write at least one christmas/winter related prompt for an otp every day up until christmas.
ive never fully completed one of these before so im trying to pull through this time! trying to get back on my writing zoom yk
recently ive been hyper fixating on jjpope and cooliver again so those are probably the main couples ill write for for this challenge lmaooo so please feel free to tune in if you are still in any of those fandoms 😔🤞🏾🤞🏾
day 1: prompt—“playing christmas songs on the piano”
pairing: cooliver
synopsis: bored in the otto house with nothing to do, cooper decides to break out his piano skills on the family piano.
day 2: prompt—“character a gets character b a puppy for christmas”
pairing: jjpope
synopsis: pope gives jj a cute, furry little present for christmas
day 3: prompt— “snowstorm”
pairing: cooliver
synopsis:
day 4: prompt- christmas market
synopsis: oliver and cooper visit their local christmas market for the first time
day 5: prompt— “mistletoe”
pairing: jjpope
synopsis: jj is struggling with his feelings for pope, which he is convinced are unrequited. however, his feelings are put to the test when they end up under the mistletoe—together.
day 6: 💀💀
day 7: MERRY CHRISTMASSS!!!
pairing: cooliver
synopsis: cooper asks oliver to be his fake date to his parents’ christmas gala, to get them off his back about finding a partner. oliver, who is apparently a masochist, agrees.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/52526356
#jjpope#cooliver#mayward#jj#pope#jj maybank#pope heyward#ahw#american housewife#cooper bradford#oliver otto#winter prompts#christmas prompts#christmas prompt fill#winter prompt fill#prompt fill#fanfics#gay people
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Song Poem Challenge!
“Put your entire song collection on shuffle, then write down the first line from each of the first ten songs that pop up to create a poem. Then dedicate the poem to the blorbo or OTP that it most reminds you of!”
i was tagged by @omgkalyppso! the rules said 'use these lines to create a poem' so i did some rearranging. i also broke the 'first ten songs' rule and switched out some that absolutely couldn't ever fit *cough* super trouper
my poem:
I need to tell you something
well, I was moving at the speed of sound
just a little rush, babe
snow falling gently to the ground
god damn, I've been running, taking me forever now
you must always remember everyone's around
one last cue
take it out on me
with you it's always all or nothing
Despite all my cheating i still don't know really what character or ship this would fit. Mialix? I feel like i could mess around with this to the point where i create new characters From it, rather than making it fit anything existing.
songs:
Janeen (Jann Arden), Crashed (Daughtry), Sedated (Hozier), Christmas Eve (Celine Dion), Lady Mine (Josh Ramsay ft. Chad Kroeger), The Power of One (Donna Summer), Good To You (Marianas Trench), End of an Era (Marianas Trench), Feather (X Ambassadors), Somebody (Daughtry)
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creation: wrapped
so, a quick roundup of some of my favourite highlights of the last year of creating fandom content. In 2023, I published many gifsets and edits (I am not counting) and published over twice the number of words as I wrote in 2021, according to ao3.
favourite fic written: it's a smallish one, but it's glut thy sorrow on a morning rose, which is an eoin-centric paddy/eoin, in an au in which eoin lives, but is sent home due to how severe his injuries are. it mostly centres around his anger and vulnerability during the healing process.
fic exchanges/fests entered: i joined in several challenges this year:
Heavy Artillery Rarepair Exchange (1 fic, Runner/Leckie - The Pacific)
Heavy Artillery Holiday Exchange (2 fics, Liebgott/Tipper, Liebgott/Grant/Heffron - Band of Brothers)
Hickeyshipping (1 fic, Tozer/Hickey - The Terror)
Yuletide (2 fics, Jade & Donna - From, Collins/Peter - Dunkirk)
SAS Kink Heroes (and Kinky Christmas heroes) (9 fics, all starring Mike Sadler)
Year of the OTP (8 completed fics, 1 WIP, out of a goal of 12 fics - pretty happy with this. All Paddy/Eoin - SAS Rogue Heroes)
Of the above, my favourites were HA's everything's the same as it was, a Runner/Leckie zombie apocalypse au fic and come now and i'll show you what i keep, a Paddy/Eoin merfolk/fairytale au.
favourite gifset/edit posted: it's a tossup between this eugene sledge (the pacific) gifset and this one of mat cauthon being the best girldad (wheel of time) . i'm also very fond of this most times, a ghost is a wish eoin/paddy gifset.
other highlights: I commissioned the wonderful @elyksina to create a piece of art of Dalish!Eoin McGonigal, based on my SAS: RH Dragon age AU. It's perfect and I could not have hoped for more.
Also have to mention the hot roy summer creations of which I was a very small part. Roy Cobb squad, rise up. I love you very much.
THANK YOU everyone who left a like, a kudos, comment or reply on any of these. every single note was warmly appreciated. I hope that you enjoyed these works as much as I enjoyed creating all of them.
Let's see what happens in 2024!
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THE YEAR OF NIKOLEKSI
At the beginning of 2023, I decided to participate in The Year Of The OTP: 12 prompts. 12 months. One ship. I chose Niko/Aleksi because, well, in Niko’s own words, they’re soulmates. 🤷♀️
I have a very bad habit of starting a writing challenge and then giving up halfway through. (Sorry, Whumptober and Whumpuary mods. 😅) But I actually completed YOTP, and I’m very proud of myself!! So, I’ve compiled all 12 fics into one masterpost:
January: DU LÜGST
Prompt: Historical AU
Word Count: 969
Summary: Vienna, Austria. 1794 A.D.
Niko has been studying abroad for a few years now, learning the art of music from a master composer. One day, he hears about a new, handsome face in town. A fellow Finn - and a fellow musician.
Tags: Alternate Universe - Historical, 18th Century, Flirting, Pre-Relationship, Short Oneshot
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February: I’M A SHIPWRECK
Prompt: Mermaid AU
Word Count: 1,378
Summary: After a lover breaks his heart, Niko decides he doesn't want to live anymore, and dives into the sea. But, a mysterious savior drags him out of the water, back to shore. Niko isn't sure what shocks him more. That someone saved his life - or that that someone isn't human.
Tags: Suicide Attempt, Alternate Universe - Merpeople, Drowning, Near Death Experiences, Mouth-to-Mouth
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March: TOWELS
Prompt: “Make Me.”
Word Count: 584
Summary: Aleksi is hogging all the towels in their shared hotel room, and Niko is annoyed.
Tags: Arguing, Flirting, Nudity, Implied Sexual Content
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APRIL: WHAT ARE YOU DOING NEW YEAR’S EVE?
Prompt: “No, I’m Not Dating Your Brother!”
Word Count: 963
Summary: It's Christmas, and Niko is in Oulu, visiting his family. Aleksi is in a different city, but he decides to give Niko a video call, and wish him a happy holiday.
Joona can see the obvious crush Aleksi has on his brother, and decides to meddle a little.
Tags: Christmas Presents, Webcams, Fluff
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MAY: MY CUTE HAMSTER
Prompt: Pet/Child Acquisition
Word Count: 546
Summary: Aleksi and Niko have been dating for about a year now. They already have Rilla, but they decide they're ready to adopt a second pet together.
Tags: Established Relationship, Short & Sweet, Tooth-Rotting Fluff
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JUNE: IT WAS HATE AT FIRST SIGHT FOR US, DARLING
Prompt: Soulmate AU
Word Count: 801
Summary: Everyone has the first words that their soulmate will ever speak to them, written on the inside of their wrist.
But, there's just one problem. The words on Aleksi's wrist are "fuck you."
Tags: Alternate Universe - Soulmates, Soulmate Identifying Marks, Enemies To Lovers, Short Oneshot
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July: LET’S SEE HOW FAR WE’VE COME
Prompt: Vacation Together
Word Count: 518
Summary: Two years after their performance at Eurovision, Niko and Aleksi return to Rotterdam for a romantic vacation.
Aleksi is feeling a bit nostalgic.
Tags: Established Relationship, Vacation, Short & Sweet, Fluff
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August: ENGLISH SUMMER RAIN
Prompt: Storm
Word Count: 538
Summary: Niko and Aleksi share a hotel room, the night before a festival gig. Aleksi discovers that Niko has a phobia of thunder.
Tags: Thunderstorms, Astraphobia, Sharing A Bed, Mild Hurt/Comfort, Short & Sweet
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September: FIFTEEN LOVE
Prompt: Meeting The Family
Word Count: 1,374
Summary: Aleksi travels to Oulu, to meet Niko’s little sister, and cheer her on at her tennis match.
Tags: Established Relationship, Meeting The Family, Tennis, Fluff, Minor Injuries
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October: PLAYING COPS & ROBBERS
Prompt: Couple’s Costume
Word Count: 1,056
Summary: On the final night of the Warrior Souls Tour, Nyamjantsan - better known as “Jaya” - from The Hu invites Niko and Aleksi to a Halloween party.
Niko really wants to wear a costume that matches Aleksi - but the DJ isn’t really sure why.
Tags: Halloween, Costume Parties & Masquerades, Jealousy, Love Confessions, Fluff
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November: THE WORST WISH
Prompt: “Be Careful What You Wish For”
Word Count: 1,489
Summary: Aleksi is in love with Niko. But, Niko is in a relationship with Joonas.
When he spots a shooting star in the sky, Aleksi wishes - for one, selfish second - that Joonas would disappear, so that Niko could be his. Immediately, he regrets it. But, when Joonas gets into a terrible accident the next day, Aleksi is consumed with guilt. He can’t help but think this is all his fault.
Tags: Car Accidents, Major Character Injury, Hospitals, Pining, Not Actually Unrequited Love, Angst With A Happy Ending, Polyamory
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December: ROSES ARE DEAD, VIOLETS ARE DOOMED
Prompt: Tattoo Parlor/Flower Shop AU
Word Count: 2,242
Summary: Aleksi is on the bus, headed to his part-time job at his aunt’s flower shop, when he meets a young tattoo apprentice named Niko.
Aleksi is only sixteen, and it only takes a day for Niko to become his first crush. But, Niko appears to have his eye on someone else.
Tags: Alternate Universe - Flower Shop & Tattoo Parlor, Teen Romance, First Crush, Light Angst, Not Actually Unrequited Love, First Kiss
#blind channel rpf#niko vilhelm x aleksi kaunisvesi#yotp 2023#let’s ignore that 7 of them were under 1k words#and that only 4 of them got posted in the actual month they were supposed to be posted#I got to write so many flavors of love - sweet and angsty and even a little bit spicy!#I had fun participating in this project. thank you event mods for a fun 2023 :)
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A Year in the Life: November
Twelve vignettes from the married life of Tara Lewis and Emily Prentiss, written for the Year of the OTP writing challenge.
A week late because...*gestures vaguely at the state of everything*
Prompt: Be careful what you wish for. Also part of @imagining-in-the-margins' office party writing challenge.
Words: 794
Warnings: none
Read on AO3 or below the cut
Emily looked at the calendar on the wall in the kitchen and noticed that Thanksgiving was only a few weeks away.
“Hey, babe,” she called out to her wife in the other room, “Are we doing Thanksgiving with your family again this year?”
“No, I don’t think so,” Tara replied without looking up from her newspaper, “My dad’s flying out to California to see Gabriel, and since Aunt Thelma moved into assisted living, she can’t really host us all anymore.”
“Oh, okay,” Emily said, “Um, well, I guess now that my mom’s back in the country we could do Thanksgiving with her, but…” Emily didn’t even need to finish that sentence; Tara knew that holidays with Elizabeth ranked pretty low on the list of Emily’s favorite things.
“I thought we might just have a low-key dinner just the two of us,” Tara said, “You know, we’ve been working so hard lately, it might be nice to have some quiet time to ourselves.”
“Yeah, that could be nice,” Emily nodded, but Tara could hear the disappointment in her voice. She thought of how many holidays Emily had spent alone and felt a pang of guilt.
Tara came from a large extended family, and even when her father’s military service took them abroad, they lived on military bases where the other Americans stationed overseas treated them like family. She took for granted having a place to go for Thanksgiving or Christmas, because it was always a given. Emily didn’t grow up like that. She was an only child who spent too much time living abroad to become close with what little extended family she did have, and her mother’s work meant she moved around so often that she never got to build any strong community ties. She didn’t have childhood memories of big Thanksgiving dinners, all the aunts and uncles and cousins gathered around a turkey, fighting over who got to break the wishbone.
But they had a family now, the BAU family, and Emily didn’t need to spend her holidays alone anymore. Matt and Kristy were more than happy to set two extra places at their Thanksgiving table, and Emily would get to spend the holiday in a house full of love and laughter and rambunctious kids. On Thanksgiving Day, they arrived at the Simmons house bearing a pecan pie (Tara’s contribution to the meal) and a bottle of wine (Emily’s contribution). No sooner had they stepped inside and shed their coats than the five Simmons children came running to the door to greet them.
“Emily!” David cried, hurling himself against her with a forceful hug that nearly knocked her backwards.
Tara felt a sticky little hand slip into hers, and she looked down to see Rose’s little face looking up at her expectantly.
“Come see my turkey picture, Auntie Tara!” Rose said, pulling on Tara’s hand and leading her into the playroom.
Matt’s mom had flown in from Michigan, and Kristy’s parents had come over early that morning to help with getting dinner ready and wrangling the children. Her brother and sister-in-law came over that afternoon, bringing two more kids of their own. When dinner was ready, they all sat down to a long table set for sixteen which was absolutely jam packed with serving dishes of turkey and a whole host of Thanksgiving sides. It looked like it could feed an entire army. There’s no way this all gets eaten, Emily thought, naïvely.
This was unlike any Thanksgiving dinner Emily had ever been to before. Tara had a big family, but Thanksgiving at Aunt Thelma’s was never this loud, this boisterous, this joyfully chaotic. Dishes were passed around the table in never-ending cycles, and chatter seemed to come from every direction. Occasionally someone would knock something over or drop something or spill something, and everyone would leap up from their chairs to clean up the mess. Jake spilled gravy on Emily’s sleeve, but in all the commotion of the Thanksgiving table, she barely even noticed. The whole evening was such a whirlwind of food and family and noise that she barely even noticed that they finished off the entire turkey. No being sent home with a tote bag full of leftovers this time.
When Tara and Emily finally got back to their quiet, empty house, Emily flopped down on the couch with a happy sigh. Tara climbed onto the couch and curled up next to her.
“Mmmm, quiet at last,” Emily said with a slight chuckle.
“Those kids wore you out, huh?” Tara teased.
“There’s so many of them!” Emily laughed.
“You’re the one who wanted a big family Thanksgiving dinner…”
“I know,” Emily said, “And I loved it.”
“Good.”
“But…maybe next year a low-key night to ourselves wouldn’t be so bad, either.”
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Just a quick reminder that the "All The Wizardry" bundle is still available at Ebooks Direct! (Curiosity rover not included...) :)
Contains nineteen DRM-free ebooks:
The nine New Millennium Editions of the main-sequence Young Wizards novels
The Feline Wizardry trilogy
The two collections of interstitial fiction: Interim Errantry and Interim Errantry 2: On Ordeal
The only two Young Wizards short stories (as the title item and "Theobroma" in Uptown Local and Other Interventions
The non main-sequence novel Young Wizards: Lifeboats and the standalone novella Owl Be Home For Christmas (These last two works are included as independent ebook volumes even though they also appear in the Interim Errantry collections.)
The "CD extras" work The "How Lovely Are Thy Branches" Advent Calendar, featuring outtake dialogue from How Lovely Are Thy Branches (which appears in Interim Errantry)
The Young Wizards OTP Challenge, Days 1-17: short fiction in the OTP format
...And as always, should you misplace any of these, or need to change platforms, we'll replace them for you free! Details here.
So stop in and grab yourself an armful of wizardry!
Get the "All The Wizardry" Bundle
(For our UK friends, the normal sad caveat: we can't sell directly to you from the Ebooks Direct store any more due to Brexit. Our apologies.) :(
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i’m about to go tell my kids there’s a whole bunch of new books on their tablets, let’s goooooo
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Silver-white winters that melt into spring
Written for the Year of the OTP challenge prompt: That’s my favourite thing about you.
On AO3!
Well here we are, at the end of the year, and it seems fitting to end it with the ship that started the year; Rulie!
In truth, they are my OTP but it was fun to write this series with a few different pairings and get to challenge myself with the prompts.
Happy New Years to all, and I promise to see you back here in 2024 with even more JatP fic!
“I know we both love Christmas,” Reggie said as he eased himself back onto the couch. “But I’m kind of glad it’s over.”
Julie sighed as she swung her feet into his lap. “Still gotta get through New Years.”
“We are having a quiet night in with champagne and Rockin’ New Years Eve on the tv,” Reggie said firmly. “No parties, no obligations, just us to ring in the new year together.”
“That sounds lovely,” she groaned as he rubbed the sore arches of her feet. “How’d you get everyone to agree?”
“The usual threats and bribery,” Reggie replied. “Honestly everyone just wanted a bit of a chill thing anyways, so I begged off for us to do our own thing.”
“My hero,” Julie quipped, offering him a smile. “That’s my favourite thing about you, how you look after me.”
“I could never pick just one thing,” Reggie said, placing a kiss on her ankle. “Everything about you is my favourite.”
“Sap,” Julie replied.
“But I’m your sap,” Reggie countered.
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On New Year's Eve Julie woke up late, and alone. There was a note on Reggie’s pillow, so she unfolded it.
You’re my favourite person to share a bed with-you give the best cuddles, and your little snores are adorable
“I don’t snore!” She called out, slipping out of bed, and got no response, so she went to the kitchen. There was a tray of food and coffee, still warm. Plus a note.
You’re my favourite meal partner, it’s always fun to eat with you, even when you insist we eat healthy.
Julie snickered as she took in the oatmeal when she knew Reggie would prefer bacon and eggs. But Julie said the odd day of a healthier option wouldn’t kill him. “Might keep you around another decade or two even,” she had teased. “And I want you to be around for them, see what a silver fox you turn into.”
“Yeah, you still gonna be into me when I’m all old and wrinkly?” Reggie had asked.
“And then some,” Julie had promised.
She smiled as she recalled the awed expression he’d given her at that. Julie adored Reggie, but she wished he didn’t doubt her devotion so much, and wanted to throttle his parents for damaging his self esteem so. He had gotten better, but there were days she knew he still doubted, and she vowed to ensure every day that he knew how much he was loved.
~
Finishing her breakfast, she went back up the stairs, wondering idly where Reggie was. He wasn’t exactly a morning person, so it was odd for him to not be here. But given the notes, she figured he had some sort of plan.
On her toothbrush:
Your smile is my favourite (yes even with the gap) it might not be perfect but it always brightens my day.
Then again on her hair brush:
I love your curls, especially when you leave them all wild and free, and the fact that you trust me to help you with them is my highest honour
Julie bit back a grin at that; she had only recently brought Reggie in to help her maintain her curls. He had taken notes, making sure he knew each step, and delighted in helping her wash, condition, and style them. He was surprisingly gentle, and though he could only manage a braid right now Julie had caught him looking up more advanced styles to try.
Julie couldn’t wait to see what he came up with honestly.
Another note was waiting for her on her dresser.
Though my favourite outfit on you is nothing but a smile, I do love your style, no matter what you wear.
Julie blushed at that-Reggie had always been pretty vocal about loving her curves, and worshipped them often-especially on days she chose to flaunt them. But today was just going to be them, so she decided on comfort over fashion-leggings, a crop top and Reggie’s own beloved red flannel over top, almost like a hug from the man himself.
Speaking of which, where was Reggie? She loved the romance of these notes but she wanted the real thing. Calling out receives no reply, and her texts go unanswered. She decides to check the yard, since they tend to enjoy spending time in their garden, and finds another note by her sneakers.
The fact that you’re such a sneakerhead is my favourite thing, even if I don’t get it. But I love to see how you doodle on each pair, making them uniquely yours-your creativity astounds me.
There’s no Reggie in the garden, but she does pay some attention to the plants, trimming weeds and watering them as needed. And of course finds another notes on her watering can.
Before you I would never claim to have a green thumb, but the fact that you nurtured that in me is my favourite thing. You make me bloom Julie.
She shakes her head and tucks the note into her pocket-her man is too cute. She makes a pile of the notes once back in the house, smiling at Reggie’s love for her. Wonders where else he might have them hidden, and takes a slow walk through the house.
On the bookshelf: Your mind is my favourite thing, how smart you are (except at math :P) and how you always strive to learn more
On the piano: You are the music of my life, the counterpoint to my melody, and the fact that you share your music with me is my favourite thing.
On the fiddle that Reggie bought her as a joke one year, and she had faithfully learned in retaliation: The fact that you indulge the country boy in me is my favourite thing, and I can’t wait to make our album that does surprisingly well just like we promised each other all those years ago.
The shelf she had made him to display his comics and action figures: I love that you let me be my nerdy self, even sitting through the prequels with me (what a woman!) and let me display all my geeky stuff proudly-the fact that I can be myself with you is my favourite thing.
On the door to the laundry room: You make even the most dull chores fun, because building a life with you is my favourite thing.
Julie heard the front door open then, and rushed to find Reggie entering, plowing into his arms. “You sweet, silly, ridiculous man.”
“Hey darlin’,” he said, beaming as he swung them around. “You find all my notes?”
“I don’t even know, how many did you write?” Julie asked with a laugh.
Reggie shrugged. “Didn’t really keep track. Told you I could never pick just one favourite thing about you.”
Julie pulled him down for a kiss then, a scorching, fiery one that left them both panting. She barely pulled away, their breaths mingling as she whispered “You’re my favourite thing.”
“Sap.”
“So was there a reason for the romantic paper trail?” Julie asked after they had eaten lunch and done a pile of dishes.
“Just felt like doing something special to end the year on,” Reggie replied. “It’s been a heck of a year, and you’ve been my rock through it all-so you deserve a little romance.”
“What did I ever do to deserve you?” Julie asked.
“Oh trust me, I ask myself that every day,” Reggie replied with a wink.
~
Their afternoon and evening was spent together, loving one another, enjoying one another’s company-nothing spectacular, but to Julie she thought this would always be her favourite way to spend New Years.
They were waiting for the ball to drop in New York, glasses of champagne ready-the neighbours had been setting off fireworks for a few minutes now, and that plus the lights of the tree was all they needed. “Is it weird for us to ring the New Year at eight?” Julie asked.
“You really wanna stay up until midnight?” Reggie countered.
“Fair enough. So did I find all your notes after?” Julie asked, spreading out all the ones she had collected, plus a few Reggie had produced from the oddest places-really when was she supposed to look in the pantry or amongst the DVDs? But she kept each one-she thought about making a scrapbook, something to keep each note safe and treasured as Reggie made her feel.
“I think there’s one last one on the tree,” Reggie said, gesturing to where there was indeed a note stuck in amongst the branches. Julie got up and snatched it, but snuggled right back into his embrace to read it.
Julie, you are my favourite person, and I can’t wait to see what new aspects of you will become my new favourite thing. I want us to spend our lives together so we always keep finding new things to love about one another. So will you be my favourite one and only, and become my wife?
Julie turned to see Reggie there, a hopeful smile on his face, and a gorgeous ring in his hand. “But you always said…”
“Julie, I never thought marriage was something I wanted,” Reggie admitted. “After my parents, I thought it wasn’t for me. But you, you make me want things I never thought I would. Marriage, a family, a happily ever after. But I can only have it with you. You made me believe in love again Julie, and I think that is my favourite thing about you.”
Julie held out her left hand, though it was shaking. “Ask me then, I need to hear the words, to make sure this isn’t a dream.”
Reggie chuckled. “Not a dream darlin’, but you make all my dreams come true. This is just making one of yours real too. So Julie, will you please marry me?”
“Yes!” she exclaimed, watching the ring slide home before pulling him into a hug, almost sobbing as he held her tight, pulling back to kiss her sweetly. They could hear cheers from the television, but they didn’t care, only having eyes for one another.
Later, after drinking champagne and sharing more kisses than she could count, Julie held up her hand, admiring the ring. “You did good,” she commented.
“Your dad helped,” Reggie admitted. “Even offered your grandparents rings for our wedding.”
“I’d love that,” Julie replied, smiling up at him. “So does everyone know?”
“How else do you think I got them to agree to just us on New Years?” Reggie replied. “They’ll be by tomorrow for brunch so you can tell them all then.”
“So we can ring in the New Year as fiancees?” Julie asked. Reggie nodded, smiling into the kiss she offered him. “That’s my new favourite thing.”
“Just wait until I get to call you my wife,” Reggie replied.
Julie shivered at the word, pulling him down for yet another kiss, the sparks from it brighter than the fireworks lighting up the sky, and the ring on her finger. But nothing beat the glow in Reggie’s eyes as they pulled apart or the smile on Julie’s face as she whispered “My husband.”
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LET'S GET READY BY CHRISTMAS!!
Drawing my OTP in different AUs in 10 days until Christmas (Also works with fanfics)
Starts on the 15th and ends on the 25th
Day 1: vampire
Day 2: mermaid/merman
Day 3: childhood friends
Day 4: genderbend
Day 5: Wizard/witch
Day 6: switched personalities
Day 7: Halloween
Day 8: god/goddess
Day 9: High school
Day 10: Christmas
I will TRY to complete this challenge
#otp#otp prompts#writing prompt#fic prompt#prompt challenge#prompt idea#drawing prompt#artists on tumblr#all fandoms
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Book 1 - (Un)Common Attraction
Harper Gale - a small-town girl from Montana - takes a leap of faith and jets off to Cordonia to join Prince Christian's social season. But does she actually want to become the queen of a small European country? Or will her heart have other ideas? An AU take of TRR1 featuring my OTP - Harper & Drake.
Book 2 - (Less Than) Noble Intentions [In Progress]
The social season may be over, but Harper Gale's problems are just beginning. With everyone at court a potential suspect, can she and Drake survive the engagement tour and get to the bottom of the plot against her and clear her name? An AU take of TRR2 featuring my OTP - Harper & Drake.
Lone Star State [Coming Soon!]
A prequel series to (Un)Common Attraction detailing Drake’s escapades at the Walker Ranch in Texas during his final year of university.
Polo!
Drake gets roped into playing a charity polo match when one of the other team members doesn’t show for the game… What can possibly go wrong? One-shot set before the start of (Un)Common Attraction.
Thanksgiving [In Progress]
Harper and Drake fly to Bozeman, MT to spend their first Thanksgiving together with Harper’s family. Mini-series that takes place after the events of (Less Than) Noble Intentions.
A Winged Wish
On a special December night in the lead-up to Christmas, Harper has a tough choice to make... One-shot written for 2021 Choices Twelve Days of Fictmas.
Uncharted: Tales from the Gypsea
A collection of standalone one-shots chronicling Harper and Drake’s honeymoon adventures around the Mediterranean. Set after the events of (Less Than) Noble Intentions.
Sleepless in New York
What if Drake met Harper on the first night of Prince Christian's New York bachelor party? A standalone AU written from Drake’s POV.
A Leviathan Surprise
Maxwell unveils a larger than life surprise for Bertrand’s 30th birthday. A Maxwell Beaumont Appreciation Week 2023 one-shot.
A (Slightly Awkward) Reunion
After Bertrand discovers that he has a son, he works up the courage to see Savannah. But an important conversation is very rudely interrupted… A Smut-Tember 2021 one-shot.
Camping Was Intense
Harper organises (another) surprise birthday party for Drake that doesn’t end up going as planned… Two-parter written for Drake’s Birthday Bash 2021.
Mission: Cordonia [In Progress]
Harper's jewelry heist on the night of the Beaumont Bash goes wrong... TRR and Mission:Impossible II mash-up (that turned into a mini-series) written for @choicesprompts’ Rewrite Challenge.
The Highwayman
On one dark, windswept night, a highwayman's luck runs out... My submission for @choicesprompts' Song Rewrite Challenge that turned into a mini-series.
Mardi Gras Madness
The TRR lads celebrate Maxwell’s 21st birthday in New Orleans during Mardi Gras. What could possibly go wrong? Collaborative project written in tandem with three other writers.
One Step Ahead
Nothing is as it seems in this fast-paced thriller. A really fun round robin collaboration I participated in with several other TRR fic writers here on Tumblr in 2022.
One Night In Cordonia
It’s night of the Beaumont Bash, and there’s more than one surprise in store for the unsuspecting guests! Another fun round robin collaboration hosted by @choicesprompts in 2023.
Sex Bomb
It's the night of Leo's coronation, but the young prince has bigger worries. One-shot follow-up to my submission for One Night in Cordonia written for Smut-tember 2023.
Isle of Misfits
Bertrand starts a PR firm… for celebrities. What can possibly go wrong? A cross-fandom round robin hosted by @choicesprompts in 2024.
Take a peek inside Harper & Drake’s Scrapbook for OTP Asks, Moodboards, Edits and other fun stuff!
#harper gale#drake walker#the royal romance#kara halloway#uncommon attraction#less than noble intentions#sleepless in new york
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