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Five @ Five: @wickodi

As a part of our author spotlight, we’ve asked each writer to highlight 5 fics and tell us a little about their experience writing (or reading) them.

1. Reaching In The Dark by @ohmarqueliot

He held onto the image of being bent over by Khal Drogo, and then sighed ruefully. He knew he should go and find that hotel and bargain for the cheapest room they’d give him for cash, but he waited at the corner like the impressively attractive male lead in a romcom as Quentin walked away down the street. He couldn’t help it – he’d been stuck living a life that wasn’t his for the last few months, and seeing someone that he actually knew felt like fresh air had been breathed into him for the first time in so, so long.

A few metres away now, Quentin drained the rest of his coffee and veered towards the trashcan on the edge of the sidewalk, dancing awkwardly around a woman who stopped in her tracks on the path. Quentin kept walking, not noticing that she was staring at him. A moment later she caught sight of Eliot and her brows rose in a way that he would have found comical if he hadn’t been distracted by the swell of anger and irritation that was starting to roll through him. She glanced quickly at Quentin’s back as he walked away, and then turned back to him in bewilderment.

“What the fuck are you doing here?”

Yeah, this wasn’t the help that I was hoping for. Thanks, universe. Sighing heavily, he waved his hand half-heartedly. “Hello to you, too, Alice.”

This entire fic made me cry and laugh and blush all at the best of times. It’s wonderfully written, and actual got me into liking Alice and Eliot as friends. If only it was canon...

Written on Your Heart by Tobiko / @rahnesinclair

A few hours later the pen vanished.

Hanna scrubbed Kady raw, ignoring Kady’s squeals and cries. Fucking judgmental parents.

Quentin’s father Ted had been a bit worried when Quentin’s arm hadn’t cleared up, but he’d just given Q a reassuring pat on his head and said, “She must be one heck of an artist.”

Eliot’s parents grumbled when they saw the scribbles. Soulmates. What useless nonsense.

Margo’s entire family had thrown a party in celebration, though they complained to anyone who would listen that it was a bit early and she wouldn’t even remember.

Alice was two-years-old and already knew how to hide things from her parents, with a little help from Charlie.

Penny’s parents didn’t notice.

Did I mention I’m a slut for group soulmates???

The Zeppo by @adjovi

She chuckled into her mug. My work here’s done. Not more than ten minutes later, Eliot came down, shooting her an obscene grin, lifting her feet and letting them drop into his lap as he slid in beside her. He pulled out a pack of cigarettes, tapping one out and dragging over an empty beer can as an ashtray, one of many littering the floor and tables, sticky remnants of the festivities from the night before. He lit up, looking over at her, blowing out a long plume that curled up and away. “El…you’ll never guess who just skittered out of here…”

“Bambi, be nice.” He took another drag, glancing at her like he meant anything but.

She tilted her head, licking her lips. “Our favorite nerdy little puppy.” He shifted a bit under her, leaning his head back against the sofa, sliding long legs a bit further out. “Didn’t know Q had it in him.”

He didn’t say anything for a moment, which made her start to wonder, and when he answered, his voice was filthy dirty. “Neither did I.” He was smiling in a way she hadn’t seen on him in a long time, eyeing the ceiling.

Her mouth fell open. “You?

Margo’s voice and POV in this is excellent, and it has all the right ships so obviously I’m game :)

All Some Children Do is Work by EdgarAllenCat

He thought he was prepared for whatever horrific thing was behind that front door. He was ready for blood, gore, and death. As it turned out, he wasn’t ready, because there was no way he could have prepared himself to see a tiny girl with brown curls choking out a little boy with a tie. Penny froze and blinked. That wasn’t….was it?

Without thinking Penny jumped forward and pulled the little girl away before untying the boy’s tie. The boy took a deep, gasping breath. He coughed and rubbed his throat before looking up at Penny with wide, terrified eyes.

“Hey! I almost had it,” the little girl said indignantly, putting her hands on her hips.

Penny looked at her and looked at the boy on the ground and felt his stomach run cold. He wasn’t sure what had happened here, but he knew that Chronomancy had a lot to do with it. In a state of pure shock, he looked around the room, hoping to god he was wrong. His gaze fell upon a gaunt girl with wild curls and hauntingly familiar green eyes.

“Kady?” Penny asked, blinking several times as though to make sure he was seeing this right. There was no way he was mistaken. He had spent so many nights looking into Kady’s eyes that they were forever burned into his memory. Penny could forget a lot of things, but he could never forget the jade green colour of Kady’s eyes.

She tried to move further away, but was pressed against the wall. “How come you know my name,” she asked with fearful suspicion.

What the hell had they done? Penny looked at the children around him. His friends. “What the fuck did you asshats do?!”

If you ever need just the best feel-good, hilarious, somehow-not-ooc fic, then this is it.

I Am Also a We by NeverlandHart / @neverlandmagician

“An hour later, Julia is back in her apartment. She swallows a Tylenol for her migraine and walks towards the bathroom. As she waits for the shower to heat up to the perfect temperature, she tries to get herself back into focus. When the water is hot enough, she slips out of her clothes and walks into the shower, pulling the curtain closed. The hot water helps her migraine some, but not enough. After she rinses her hair she turns the water off, opening the curtain and-

There’s a woman standing in the middle of her bathroom, her skin is tan, a slight contrast to her green eyes and dark brown curly hair. She looks as alarmed as Julia feels.

And, well, when it fully hits her, Julia does the first thing that anyone would do when there’s a stranger standing in your apartment.

She screams.”

I love Sense8 so much and the fact that someone is doing a crossover gives me so much joy!!

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