Okay, but a GTA!AU where Burnie and Ashley just meet under the most random of circumstances? Like, nothing to do with their crews or anything, they just happen to be taking the same aquarium tour one day, or they stop to rest on the same bench while jogging in the park. And they start talking, which leads to flirting, which leads to exchanging numbers and texting all the damn time (even during crew meetings, which annoys Gus and Joel to no end. Matt and Geoff just think it’s adorable). And they’re always planning dates, but of fucking course work keeps forcing them to cancel.
And then finally the stars align, and they’re able to go on a first date. Which is going really, really well until both of their phones start buzzing in the middle of dinner. And Burnie just immediately deflates because Matt is telling him that something big is happening tonight; big enough that Gus is calling in friends that no one even knew he had. He apologizes to Ashley, tells her that something came up at work, and she replies with “yeah, same here”. And neither of them say it, but he knows they’re both thinking that maybe this wasn’t meant to work out after all.
Matt has to pull him aside later, because his mind kept wandering during the briefing, and he even asks if Burnie wants to sit this one out. And while he appreciates the offer, he knows it’s Matt’s way of saying he thinks Burnie is too distracted to do his job, and besides, it’s not like he can just go back to his date. So he tells Matt not to worry about it, that it’s nothing, and they should really get going if they want to meet their contacts.
And his jaw practically hits the floor when Ashley is waiting for them in a parking garage with two other girls that she introduces as Dollface and Blawndee. She doesn’t seem shocked to see him in the slightest, and he starts to realize that he might be the only one that didn’t know he was dating the infamous Jinx.
And later, much, much later, after they’ve saved each others’ asses once or twice and the sun is starting to rise over Chilead, he asks if she’d like to continue their date where they left off. She answers by stretching up on her tiptoes to kiss him. He can hear his idiot colleagues whistling and cat-calling from a few feet away, but he chooses to ignore them.
They go back to his place, where they eventually fall asleep watching Netflix on his couch. And for all the trouble that his last first date was worth, he wouldn’t trade it for the world.
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Prince’s Whumptober 2020 masterpost
Gonna have links, titles, summaries, and all that jazz under a readmore because i decided to really push myself and do all 31 prompts separately. Thank you to everyone who liked and reblogged my work; your support means the world to me and makes me want to keep writing!
multiparters here have been listed in chronological order rather than posting order for ease of reading.
FAHC
No 1. LET’S HANG OUT SOMETIME
Waking Up Restrained | Shackled | Hanging
Title: another duck joins the flock
Fandom: FAHC
Character(s): Geoff, Michael
Rating: T
Warning(s): blood, handcuffs
Wordcount: 728
Summary: Or how the Fakes gained their most famous muscle. [tidied up/expanded this never-to-be-posted fahc wip for whumptober]
Naruto
No 2. IN THE HANDS OF THE ENEMY
“Pick Who Dies” | Collars | Kidnapped
Title: and the worst part of waiting is the anticipation
Fandom: Naruto
Character(s): Team 7
Rating: T
Warning(s): blood, vomit
Wordcount: 951
Summary: Team Seven gets captured. [part of the whumptober au]
No 3. MY WAY OR THE HIGHWAY
Manhandled | Forced to their Knees | Held at Gunpoint
Title: A Teaching Moment
Fandom: Naruto
Character(s): Sakura, Kabuto
Rating: T
Warning(s): none
Wordcount: 498
Summary: Kabuto makes her an offer she can’t refuse. [part of the whumptober au]
No 29. I THINK I NEED A DOCTOR
Intubation | Emergency Room | Reluctant Bedrest
Title: Graduation
Fandom: Naruto
Character(s): Sakura, Kabuto,
Rating: T+?
Warning(s): blood
Wordcount: 835
Summary: Kabuto has one more test before Sakura can be considered a true medic-nin. [part of the whumptober au]
No 15. INTO THE UNKNOWN
Possession | Magical Healing | Science Gone Wrong
Title: Arboreal
Fandom: Naruto
Character(s): Sakura
Rating: T
Warning(s): needles
Wordcount: 803
Summary: It was only a matter of time before Sakura found something that could help her escape. [part of the whumptober au]
No 9. FOR THE GREATER GOOD
“Take Me Instead” | “Run!” | Ritual Sacrifice
Title: no good deed goes unpunished
Fandom: Naruto
Character(s): Naruto, Teuchi, Kyuubi
Rating: T
Warning(s): violence against children
Wordcount: 972
Summary: Something goes wrong on his seventh birthday. Naruto might never be the same again.
No 26. IF YOU THOUGHT THE HEAD TRAUMA WAS BAD…
Migraine | Concussion | Blindness
Title: Degradation
Fandom: Naruto
Character(s): Kakashi, Sakura, Naruto
Rating: T
Warning(s): dismemberment ment
Wordcount: 187
Summary: Kakashi knows that power comes with a price.
Dragon Age
No 6. PLEASE….
“Get it Out” | No More | “Stop, please”
Title: Like Dogs
Fandom: Dragon Age
Character(s): Female Tabris, Shianni, Soris, Nelaros
Rating: M
Warning(s): implied/offscreen rape, violence against women, blood
Wordcount: 1640
Summary: It was supposed to be a good thing, getting married. It wasn’t. [this is really just a love letter to the origin that fucking shooketh me]
No 19. BROKEN HEARTS
Grief | Mourning Loved One | Survivor’s Guilt
Title: all’s fair but war is not without casualties
Fandom: Dragon Age
Character(s)/Pairing(s): Female Cousland, Alistair; ex-Alistair/Warden
Rating: T
Warning(s): none
Wordcount: 695
Summary: Ten years after the Blight ends, Elissa Cousland runs into someone she never thought she’d see again. It, uh, doesn’t go quite as planned. [mostly canon compliant; Loghain is spared and becomes a warden]
No 11. PSYCH 101
Defiance | Struggling | Crying
Title: Duty
Fandom: Dragon Age
Character(s): Female Cousland, Eleanor, Bryce
Rating: T
Warning(s): blood, betrayal, last stand
Wordcount: 633
Summary: Even without interference, history marches on. A what-if scenario if Duncan wasn’t there to recruit the Cousland. [part of iron & ash]
No 23. WHAT’S A WHUMPEE GOTTA DO TO GET SOME SLEEP AROUND HERE?
Exhaustion | Narcolepsy | Sleep Deprivation
Title: To Ostagar
Fandom: Dragon Age
Character(s): Female Cousland
Rating: T
Warning(s): none
Wordcount: 545
Summary: Jasmine is determined to get vengeance for her family. [part of iron & ash]
No 14. IS SOMETHING BURNING?
Branding | Heat Exhaustion | Fire
Title: Consequences
Fandom: Dragon Age
Character(s): Female Surana
Rating: T
Warning(s): none
Wordcount: 368
Summary: Surana helps her best friend escape the Circle, and the consequences are more than she bargained for.
No 21. I DON’T FEEL SO WELL
Chronic Pain | Hypothermia | Infection
Title: Corrupted
Fandom: Dragon Age
Character(s): Female Mahariel, Duncan
Rating: Gen
Warning(s): none
Wordcount: 192
Summary: It’s a long journey from the Brecilian Forest to Ostagar for someone with blight sickness.
No 31. TODAY’S SPECIAL: TORTURE
Experiment | Whipped | Left for Dead
Title: Big Sister Instinct
Fandom: Dragon Age
Character(s): Female Hawke, Unnamed Templars
Rating: T
Warning(s): torture, violence against women
Wordcount: 325
Summary: Marian Hawke would rather die than betray her family. She might even just get the chance to do it.
Mass Effect
No 4. RUNNING OUT OF TIME
Caged | Buried Alive | Collapsed Building
Title: never forget to bury your regret (before it buries you)
Fandom: Mass Effect
Character(s): Male Shepard, Human OC
Rating: T
Warning(s): cave-in, blood, character death
Wordcount: 450
Summary: Survival training goes south in the ICT.
No 7. I’VE GOT YOU
Support | Carrying | Enemy to Caretaker
Title: First Contact
Fandom: Mass Effect
Character(s): Turian OC, Human OC
Rating: T
Warning(s): injuries, broken bones, vomit, vehicular crash
Wordcount: 1150
Summary: Decimus isn’t ready to die, but he’s especially not ready to die on a stupid scouting mission to a stupid alien colony. [set during the First Contact War; probably not canon-compliant but idgaf]
No 18. PANIC! AT THE DISCO
Panic Attacks | Phobias | Paranoia
Title: what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger (and what does makes you scarred forever)
Fandom: Mass Effect
Character(s): Female Shepard, Edi, Tali’Zorah, Garrus Vakarian
Rating: T
Warning(s): panic attack, open space
Wordcount: 662
Summary: Shepard isn’t afraid of getting spaced. No, really. [a closer look at the geth dreadnought mission]
No 28. SUCH WOW. MANY NORMAL. VERY OOPS.
Accidents | Hunting Season | Mugged
Title: Torfan
Fandom: Mass Effect
Character(s): Female Shepard, Major Kyle
Rating: T
Warning(s): blood, guns, drugging
Wordcount: 589
Summary: How the Butcher came to be.
No 25. I THINK I’LL JUST COLLAPSE RIGHT HERE, THANKS
Disorientation | Blurred Vision | Ringing Ears
Title: Rest
Fandom: Mass Effect
Character(s)/Pairing(s): Female Shepard, Anderson; referenced Shepard/Vega
Rating: T
Warning(s): blood, character death
Wordcount: 1018
Summary: A father-daughter moment after they open the arms of the Citadel. [part of Alder]
No 5. WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU’RE GOING?
On the Run | Failed Escape | Rescue
Title: they found you on the floor
Fandom: Mass Effect
Character(s): Female Shepard
Rating: T
Warning(s): alcohol, vomit, underage drinking
Wordcount: 348
Summary: Like mother like daughter; Shepard deals with her trauma after Mindoir. [part of Gloria Shepard]
No 22. DO THESE TACOS TASTE FUNNY TO YOU?
Poisoned | Drugged | Withdrawal
Title: there’s easier ways to die
Fandom: Mass Effect
Character(s): Female Shepard, Ashley Williams
Rating: T
Warning(s): DTs, vomit mention
Wordcount: 368
Summary: Shepard takes a stand against her own demons. [part of Gloria Shepard]
No 17. I DID NOT SEE THAT COMING
Blackmail | Dirty Secret | Wrongfully Accused
Title: you crawled up on your cross
Fandom: Mass Effect
Character(s): Female Shepard, Jacob Taylor
Rating: T
Warning(s): alcohol
Wordcount: 645
Summary: Shepard gets a morale boost from a crewmate. [part of Gloria Shepard]
No 16. A TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY
Forced to Beg | Hallucinations | Shoot the Hostage
Title: Cornered
Fandom: Mass Effect
Character(s): Garrus, Female Shepard
Rating: T
Warning(s): broken bones
Wordcount: 1281
Summary: Garrus gets into some trouble. [part of the omega non-reaper au]
No 20. TOTO, I HAVE A FEELING WE’RE NOT IN KANSAS ANYMORE
Lost | Field Medicine | Medieval
Title: Ancient History
Fandom: Mass Effect
Character(s): Female Shepard, Garrus
Rating: T
Warning(s): injuries, death, self-destructive/suicidal actions
Wordcount: 1223
Summary: Jane is an enigma and Garrus just wants to figure her out. [part of the omega non-reaper au]
No 8. WHERE DID EVERYBODY GO?
“Don’t Say Goodbye” | Abandoned | Isolation
Title: After
Fandom: Mass Effect
Character(s): Garrus, Female Shepard
Rating: T
Warning(s): injuries, death
Wordcount: 440
Summary: Jane comes for Garrus after the gangs’ assault. [part of the omega non-reaper au]
No 30. NOW WHERE DID THAT COME FROM?
Wound Reveal | Ignoring an Injury | Internal Organ Injury
Title: Debt
Fandom: Mass Effect
Character(s)/Pairing(s): Garrus, Female Shepard, Mordin; mutual pining Shakarian
Rating: T
Warning(s): painkillers
Wordcount: 590
Summary: After the gangs’ assault, Garrus overhears something. [part of the omega non-reaper au]
Undertale
No 13. BREATHE IN BREATHE OUT
Delayed Drowning | Chemical Pneumonia | Oxygen Mask
Title: Drowning
Fandom: Undertale
Character(s): Toriel, Asgore
Rating: T
Warning(s): character death, child death
Wordcount: 156
Summary: Asriel brought Chara home one last time.
[replacing no. 27] Alt 7. Found Family
Title: The Door
Fandom: Undertale
Character(s): Frisk, Papyrus, Sans
Rating: Gen
Warning(s): none
Wordcount: 357
Summary: Just a little look at what could be a meeting with Gaster
Red vs Blue
No 12. I THINK I’VE BROKEN SOMETHING
Broken Down | Broken Bones | Broken Trust
Title: Being a twin is a Hard Thing
Fandom: Red vs Blue
Character(s): South Dakota
Rating: T
Warning(s): psychological trauma
Wordcount: 281
Summary: In the days before Wash finds them, South gets… introspective. [canon compliant? taken from a wip I was never going to finish so I fleshed it out for whumptober instead]
Original Fiction
No 10. THEY LOOK SO PRETTY WHEN THEY BLEED
Blood Loss | Internal Bleeding | Trail of Blood
Title: please leave a message
Rating: T
Warning(s): blood
Wordcount: 537
Summary: A detective’s work is never done. Antonia deals with the news that her most famous case’s subject is on the run again. [original fiction]
No 24. YOU’RE NOT MAKING ANY SENSE
Forced Mutism | Blindfolded | Sensory Deprivation
Title: Secondary Location
Rating: Gen?
Warning(s): kidnapping
Wordcount: 143
Summary: Antonia wakes up on the wrong side of the city. [original fiction]
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Patreon Update
It’s been a while since I shared these on tumblr - been a bit too busy to keep up with all my social media, sadly :’D But! I think this is as relevant a time where I should pick the habit back up.
[patreon]
Table of Contents:
Upcoming Fics for February
Voting Results (Fics planned for this year)
About my Original Novel 2k19
Writing Advice - Future Topics
Patreon Anniversary
Upcoming Fics
I'm hoping to have all of these posted for early access during February. My last exam is on the 11th, so I can't guarantee anything until then, but this is what I have in store for you.
Rifts in Time: Mistress of the Universe (currently $3 tier): Disney's Descendants time travel, Mal-centric story, bamf!Mal
Misfits: Untitled Jeremy & Ray bonding fic (to post tmrw or the week after)
Rifts in Time: What's My Name: DD Jane/Uma time travel, bamf!Jane, bamf!Uma
Commissioned sequel to Dead Man's Tale
Once these are up and running, I'll be working on my first multi-chapter of the year. Which brings me to the next point...
Voting Results
The Replacement won the race of which multi-chapter that will be, so that's what I'm going to work on first! I'm about 1.5 chapters into the story, so I'm hoping to post the first one come March.
The general interest checks resulted in my To Write list for the rest of the year, in addition to these three multi-chaptered fics and my original novel. Since there's a tie between the Ramwood Marriage and Eternal Eclipse, I will put them back up to vote when Replacement is finished, together with the two clear winners of the other poll, the Jeremwood Dragon AU and the Mavinwood Hybrid AU.
Other stories that got enough interest to be pushed up the priority list include:
Multi-chapters: No Good In Goodbye (Freewood fahc), Burned Ashes (Burnie/Ashley fahc), Turnfreewood Kings
One-shots: Werebear!Michael (Mavin fahc), Doppelgänger (Trevredo fahc), Freewood Robbery
Jeremichael Knight AU is also on this list, but I'm as yet unsure if it'll be just a long one-shot or a multi-chaptered story.
Misfits and CEOmegaverse clearly won this race. I'm going to try and write two installments for each of these series and put them up as options on polls for shorter in-between stories.
As you can imagine seeing this long a list, I'm not going to be able to work through all of these ideas in 2019, especially not with my original novel as a side-project. However, I'll try and get as many as I can of them done and post regular votes so you can decide which I should focus on first.
Novel
My goals for the original novel is to have at the very least the first draft done this year, if not the second revision. I'm currently participating in a workshop by Lynsey G of Oneshi Press on the planning and preparation for publishing, and it's an incredible help. I will share more with you as soon as I have a little breathing room to write up my experience so far.
These are things you can look forward to:
Excerpts from the first draft
Writing exercises to develop the character dynamics
Detailed updates of my journey in planning, writing & publishing a novel
Plotting and planning exercises, story outline
Offer to be a First Reader for Patrons (similar to a beta, with a focus on feedback re: impact, when things get boring, what leaves an impression, are the characters likeable, etc.)
Votes on certain details (like The Professor's name)
Writing Advice
I've been brainstorming on new topics, since my original batch is about to run out. I'm seeking suggestions on what other topics I can cover - and your input would be much appreciated.
With the help of some friends, I've gathered the following tentative topics:
character conflict
writing romance/building up relationships
The Mary Sue Problem
introducing new characters
how to start a story
believable conversations (dialogue)
dropping hints (set-up and pay-off)
Anniversary
In March 2018 I officially opened this Patreon, and it's been a blast. So many awesome things happened - so many amazing people who wished to support me. I am so incredibly grateful to each and every one of you, for however long you could and wanted to make this possible. Thank you.
There's three things I want to do for our first Anniversary:
A 500 word prompt to each and every one of my current patrons.
An anniversary stream on Twitch, date pending. Multiplayer and/or party games, with patrons getting a preferential invite to (1) round of each game.
Turning one Writing Advice post of patrons’ choice public.
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