#gaulcienne fic

[honeyteacakes]

For the Soft™️ fic prompt meme:

30. ‘this is my husband/wife/girlfriend/boyfriend/partner etc.’

With Lucienne/Gault please?

(from this prompt list, requests always welcome! 💖)

Lucienne is experimenting with a laptop. She has been experimenting with a laptop- off and on- for the past week and half. It is a beautiful device, gifted to her from the dreams of a software engineer. Dream had insisted upon it, had not allowed her to demure or turn away the gift. It has been over a century since either of them had caught up with human inventions, and he'd seemed confident that she'd be a fan of this one.

In truth, it intimidated her a bit to use the computer- so unlike other data documentation methods that she'd been familiar with for millennia- but she had a hunch that it would grow on her. Matthew agreed, of course.

"No, no- the back button hit the- the one that says delete- yeah, ok." Matthew adjusts himself where he's perched on her shoulder, bends down closer to the laptop's screen. "It would be so much easier to show you how this thing works if I had thumbs. This is like trying to explain it to my grandma over the phone."

"I am older than your grandmother," Lucienne reminds.

"Yeah, I know. Weird to think of it that way, though." Matthew nips at her ear, a playful gesture. If she had hair, she has the sense that he'd be trying to preen it. He's rather affectionate for a raven. "Ok, so now that we've opened up the browser, you're going to want to go to the bar at the top of the screen... yeah that one, and-"

"What are you working on?"

Lucienne glances up over the edge of the laptop screen. Gault is standing at the end of an aisle of shelves, a thin tome under her arm. She's been spending more time in the Library as of late in order to research her new role. She'd taken to it with gusto, and has been glowing from it. It suits her. It suits her so well that even Dream had noticed. And looking at her now, smiling as she walks toward Lucienne, it's a wonder that Lucienne's ribs don't crack open with the joy she feels on Gault's behalf.

"I'm trying to show Lucienne how to use Twitter," Matthew calls from her shoulder. His feathers plump at the mention, proud to be of use. He's sweet, and so young. Lucienne enjoys their time like this, when he's able to ramble and rant about the things most familiar to him. She has the sense that it grounds him. The rest of the Dreaming is unfamiliar, but explaining 'twitter' (whatever that is) seemed to have excited him. Lucienne may have mild trepidation about his excitement, but she doesn't want to spoil it for him.

"Oh, Jed has talked to me about that one," Gault says. She joins them at Lucienne's desk, sets the volume that she'd been carrying down on top of another precarious stack of books that Lucienne has been collecting. "He tells me he likes the 'memes' there."

"God, I miss memes," Matthew says wistfully.

"Maybe Lucienne can share them with you? When she 'tweets'?"

"I have promised no such thing," Lucienne warns. She's still only lukewarm to the whole concept of a 'web site,' but she's trying not to be too externally grumpy about the development.

Gault smacks her shoulder. "Be nice."

"I am nice," Lucienne grouses. She grabs Gault's hand from where it had stopped against her shoulder, brings it to her mouth to press a quick kiss to her palm. "I am just not sure that I will like these 'memes.'"

Matthew squawks, startled. He falls from her shoulder, but quickly rights himself and settles on her desk. He shuffles so that he stands in front of the laptop.

"What was that?" He asks, wings agitated. "What w- you're dating? Why didn't you tell me, Loosh? We're best friends."

"We're not dating, Matthew-"

The raven makes a disbelieving noise.

"- we are married. We haven't made a secret of it."

"What?"

Lucienne sighs. She forgets that mortals are strange about such things, and do not quite have the same sort of perceptions about them as older beings. She lifts Gault's hand and locks their fingers together.

"Matthew, Gault is my wife."

Matthew sputters.

"God, Loosh, way to drop a bomb. We've got to get better about the whole small talk thing. Next thing I know, you'll be saying you've got kids and a dog."

Lucienne arches an eyebrow. "Who says that I don't?"

Matthew practically chokes.

She and Gault share a look, mischief twinkling in the former nightmare's eyes. In truth, they have neither children nor pets, but Matthew doesn't need to know that. Yet.

They could have a little bit of fun first.

"Oh?" Gault says, voice all sweetness and innocence. "You hadn't heard?"

Lucienne barely restrains a smile.

This is going to be delightful.

#gaulcienne #gaulcienne drabble #mine #my writing #this was so fun!!!! <3 #thanks for the prompt 💖💖💖💖💖 #gault #lucienne the librarian #gaulcienne fic #prompt fills #mytumblrsandmanfics

[ml-nolan]

OMG Gaultcienne 17 or 21 for the soft prompts, please?

YEEEES—Happy New Year, LFG!

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21. this is a very long hug now sort of hug

The prickle on the back of her neck tells Lucienne that there is a nightmare in the Library of the Dreaming. The sensation does not frighten her, not anymore, but it does deliver a feeling of unease. But nightmares need assistance in the library just as anyone else might, and one nightmare has been visiting more commonly as of late.

Lucienne navigates to a section of the library overshadowed by a towering cumulonimbus cloud. When she reaches the mouth of the row, sure enough, Gault is there studying the spines.

"Can I help you find something, Gault?"

Gault start, a skinny lightning bolt shooting out toward Lucienne. Seamlessly, Lucienne dodges it. Nothing to take personally.

"Oh, I'm so sorry," Gault says, face lighting up her stormy face with highlights of peach and lavender. 

If a thunder cloud could be demure, if the spitting clouds of an atmospheric river could be sweet, this is how they would look. Lucienne tries to ignore the tightness in her chest at the sight.

"I am just looking for… well, you know…"

Lucienne does know. This is not Gault's first furtive visit to the Library in the past few months.

"Well then, you are in the wrong place for that. Come along."

Lucienne turns, not bothering to see if Gault is following. She can feel Gault behind her, as if she were being pursued by a malevolent sky entity. But she knows Gault cannot help that, cannot help the way her presence brings a sense of cosmic foreboding, so she is not afraid.

They cross to the section where the more recently created children's stories are kept. Many of the centuries-old ones are warnings, meant to keep children from drowning, or trusting strangers, or drawing too close to wild animals. It is only recently that stories have been built to entertain and comfort young humans. After weeks of coaxing, like trying to draw a suspicious animal from its den, this is what Gault now trusts Lucienne to find for her.

Lucienne guides her to a row packed with 20th century fairy tales, and a smile like the moon glowing through a misty sky graces Gault's lovely face. Then she quickly sobers, frozen in place. Knowing she is not yet ready to choose one herself, Lucienne makes a selection. It tells stories of bright sunny days, of fluffy white clouds that smile down upon picnics and adventures in wide open meadows.

Gault takes it in her hands as if it were a box of precious stones.

"You will not tell Lord Morpheus about this, will you?" she murmurs, as she always does. 

If she is asked specifically, Lucienne must tell the truth. However, Morpheus never shows much curiosity about his subjects unless something is very wrong in his domain.

"I will not mention it to him," she says.

Suddenly strong arms are flung around her, and Lucienne is swept into a whirlwind of a hug. The longer it lasts, the more the smell of rain on newly turned soil, of ozone from a fading cloudburst, permeates her senses. After a few seconds, she gives in, raising her own arms to return the embrace. The last time she was enveloped by clouds she had wings and feathers. 

It is not an unpleasant feeling, and not one that she wants to end too quickly.

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Comes from these Soft Prompts. My inbox is open if anyone wants to hop in with asks for Sandman, The Magnus Archives, or Malevolent ships (or any of my OCs).

#Gaulcienne #Lucienne the Librarian #Gault the Sandman #the sandman netflix #Lucienne didn't realize how much she needed a damn hug #Gault wants a teddy bear's picnic #who can blame her #Gaultcienne #Gault x Lucienne #Kick's fics

[lucienne-thee-librarian]

More Lucienne Fic Recs

Part 2 to Morphienne and gen Lucienne centric fic recs, this is a non-exhaustive list of other Lucienne rarepairs!

Gaulcienne

This is Why I Don't Leave the House by @zorawitch has to be one of my most revisited and beloved fics not just for this pairing, but for this fandom ever. It's the one that actually hooked me for this ship, it's a human au but everyone is written - just spot on and it's both romantic as hell but with some serious drama too, the entire family is in this, even Despair actually gets moments to shine which is rare it seems. Dr*ml!ng is in it but very very briefly, like it's objectively the Side Pairing Where One Is On the Phone For 5 Minutes in the background for once, also contains very side (but weirdly cute) Desunity. I seriously want to turn this fic into heroin and put an IV to inject it right into my veins. I love it so much (Obviously) and you'll see why if you read it. Descriptions: A+, dialogue A+ character work A ++++.

In Places No One Will Find by starsniper explores the grief of losing Jessamy from Lucienne's POV and Gault is the Best as per usual. This broke my heart in all the best ways, it needs SO much more love.

Obliterate All Prior Things by The_KickIt_Domain is. It is one of the most beautifully written fics I've ever SEEN. Everything about the way Lucienne and Gault are written and the sense of history between them is 10/10. The yearning and the tenderness is off the charts. Definitely a favorite

Daydreams by james is a sensual and beautifully written snippet of domestic Gaulcienne and I adore it.

Beautiful by melime tender fluff with lush description.

"This is my wife..." by @honeyteacakes is just. Short but so so sweet and feels like a look into Matthew and Lucienne's bond as well as hers and Gault's relationship. They also have a bit of fun at his expense lol

dreaming weather by Anonymous way too short but HOT and poetic smut.

Sea Changes by Cafephile FLAWLESS addition to monsterfuckertober. Gault brings back an old nightmare form with tentacles for fun and a good time is had by all:) hot and lovely.

Calliene (Calliope and Lucienne)

@two-hands-toward-the-sun is literally carrying this ship tag on their shoulders and all of their Calienne fics are good but here's some highlights:

I carried this for years plus it's sequel, I can feel the sun whenever you're near are just. *chefs kiss* absolutely great exploration of them trying to deal with their trauma and sometimes competing needs together.

you love each other until the city becomes beautiful , heart of my heart, come my way and stay my honey are all pure quality fluff. Shoot this serotonin straight into my veins.

Corinthienne (Cori × Lucienne)

I haven't read much fic for this pairing so its gonna be short lol, but I couldn't pass these by

Insatiable by honeyteacakes is incredibly tragically steamy and beautifully written.

Quiet in the Library by starkraving is just. MWAH. Very smutty and full of Feelings, it packs such a good punch I can't oversell it.

Just Between Us by onyourleft084 Lucienne tries to domme the Corinthian into behaving and staying in line and it works...for awhile. Honestly I don't feel like I'm selling it right though, just by that simple description. You will feel things about this and them by the end, I promise. At least I did.

#gaulcienne #callienne #calliope x lucienne #corinthienne #lucienne #gault the sandman #calliope #the corinthian #sandman fic recs

[alphascorpiixx]

There are so few f/f pairs in the Sandman tag so I thought I’d contribute.

G, 1041 words, no warnings

#the sandman #lucienne #gault #gault x lucienne #lucienne x gault #gaulcienne #my fics

[tryan-a-bex]

A masterlist of my Lucienne fics in honour of Librarian Day! (I’ve been reblogging things all day and just now realized only new posts show up in the tag 😭)

Sometimes when you fall, you fly My first Gaulcienne fic, with art by @athymelyreply

Spill the tea A meta discussion of fanfiction by the characters!

Fireflies and a Missing Person Where is Mervyn? With art by @ibrithir-was-here

The Dragon’s Tongue Lucienne has words with Queen Titania of the Fae. Now with an amazing sequel by @lostelfwriting

Eldritch Horrors and the Chaos Gremlin Lucienne tries her hand at matchmaking

The Dragon Rider Gault is the dragon, and after Jed leaves Lucienne cuddles in.

Naga No-Go Lucienne gets called on to help; she’d rather not talk about it, okay?

Trials of a Shapeshifter in Love possibly my sweetest Gaulcienne fic. Gault wants to surprise Lucienne, but Lucienne recognizes her no matter what form she takes.

Murder at the Greenhouse a human au murder mystery based on an idea by @seiya-starsniper

Muhulhu: the introduction helm crack. I’m sorry, and so is Lucienne.

Biker Dream and Traveller Hob human au where Lucienne is a normal everyday heroic librarian

The Library Cat Lucienne’s Library is invaded, first by a cat and then by even more chaos

A Mystery in the Library Why are the unpublished Agatha Christie’s resolutely backwards? (I didn’t set out to make this a detective series and yet here we are)

Categorization Systems Lucienne receives a late night visitor in the library, during the events of Season of Mists. From a prompt by @orionsangel86

#lucienne the librarian #dreaminglibrarianday #dreaming librarian day #tryana find it back

[seiya-starsniper]

In Places No One Will Find

I meant to post this for Femslash weekend, but absolutely forgot! I bit off way more than I could chew since it was also NYCC weekend as well ahahaha. But still, better later than never!

Dedicating this fic to @tryan-a-bex, #1 stan for this ship <3

Ship: Gault x Lucienne / Gaulcienne

Tags: mentions of Jessamy's death, angst, hurt/comfort

Fic below the cut, or you can read it on AO3 as well!

The Library is trembling.

It is a curious phenomenon, and not one that Gault knows how to handle. She walks slowly through the stacks, careful to keep her wings folded so she does not accidentally brush against the rare and delicate volumes that line the shelves.

The books themselves rattle and shake, the movement causing tremors to reverberate throughout the walls, the floor, and even the chandelier that hangs high in the center of the ceiling.

When she reaches the heart of the Library, Gault finds the reason for the disturbance in the normally calm and peaceful space.

Lucienne is bent over a table and crying.

The sight is so arresting, so unheard of that Gault can do nothing but stand and stare for a few moments. She has never seen Lucienne cry, not once in her many millennia of existence. Lucienne is one of the core facets of the Dreaming, strong and unwavering in her dedication to the Dreaming and to Lord Morpheus. Even when the Dream King himself had wavered in his duty, too caught up in emotional distress and heartbreak, Lucienne had always been there to set him to rights, had always been the more levelheaded and stoic of the two of them. Gault had once thought she felt little to no emotion at all. 

But Gault now realizes this is a foolish thought. Lord Morpheus would not have kept her by his side first as his raven, and then as his second in command, if it were so. 

“It is impolite to stare, Gault,” Lucienne calls out, breaking Gault from her thoughts.

Gault does not startle, does not hiss in surprise, but it is a near thing. When she was a nightmare, she had always prided herself on her excellence as a hunter and stalker. The only other nightmare who could best her in that skill was the Corinthian. Her footsteps are still silent even today, and they should have been further hidden by the rattling of the books. But Lucienne is older still, and the Library is still her domain, so of course she notices all who enter and leave.

“This is the first time I have seen you cry,” Gault says, her tone gentle and non-threatening. She has gotten good at sounding reassuring in her time as a dream. “Forgive me for my indiscretion.”

Lucienne nods, her back still crouched as if she is hiding something from Gault’s view. “Forgiven. Was there something you required of me?” she asks. 

Gault shakes her head. “I have followed the path of despair to this place,” Gault says, then smiles a little self-deprecatingly. “It is a habit, I’m afraid.” 

Lucienne huffs a broken laugh. “Some things never change,” she replies, and were it not for the melancholy in her voice, Gault would almost think she sounds fond.

“What has hurt you so, Lucienne?” Gault asks, hoping that her bluntness will not be rebuffed. Lucienne’s body begins to tremble once more, but the Librarian breathes deeply once, twice, thrice before her breathing evens out.

“Alex Burgess has died,” Lucienne finally answers.

Gault is…confused. “Is he not the one who imprisoned Lord Morpheus?” she asks. “Why do you mourn him then?”

Lucienne shakes her head. “It was his father that stole Lord Morpheus from us. But his son—” Lucienne then steps aside, revealing the figure she had previously been hiding.

Jessamy. Or rather, her stuffed and taxidermied body. Gault hisses.

“It’s barbaric,” is all she’s able to say as she slowly approaches the table. So little of Jessamy remains in this trophy, this mockery of life. To the untrained human eye, her plumage looks much the same, but Gault can see that few of her original feathers are attached to this body, filled in instead with pieces from other birds and plastic. 

“Jessamy was slain by Alex Burgess’s hand when she attempted to free Lord Morpheus,” Lucienne says, nodding when Gault raises her hand in question. When Gault touches Jessamy's body, she sees the last moments of the raven's life. She sees the fire Jessamy set to the mansion as a distraction, feels the hope in her tiny body at the chance to free their lord, all the way up to the shock of the shotgun that tore her to pieces.

“How did you come upon this?” Gault asks. “Does Lord Morpheus—?”

Lucienne nods shakily. “Lord Morpheus was previously unaware that Jessamy—that Alex had—” she pauses and shakes, and Gault realizes that she is no longer shaking with sorrow, but with rage. “He was not aware that her body had been desecrated in this manner until he glimpsed her figure in Paul Mcguire’s dreams. He had been planning to sell her at an estate auction.”

Gault inhales sharply. “Does the man still yet live?” It is a harsh, but honest question. Both Gault and Lucienne know that the Dream King does not take any slights against him lightly, even accidental ones. But for a crime like this, she would not be surprised if Lucienne chose not to hold the Dream King back should he choose to punish Paul Mcguire for his lover’s sins.

Lucienne sighs, but eventually nods again. “He has been punished enough, and he did not know the significance of Jessamy to our lord. He gladly handed her over with no fuss.”

Gault’s wings droop in relief. “That is good to hear,” she replies, staring mournfully at the body of someone she once greatly admired. “Jessamy deserves to be at home where she belongs.”

“She does,” Lucienne agrees. “I am glad she has returned home. But I—” she pauses, unsure of how to continue her thought. “It is difficult to look at her like this. I do not know what to do.”

Gault nods, and realizes that while there’s nothing that can be done for Jessamy now, there is something that can be done for those she left behind.

“Lucienne,” she says, taking a small step towards the librarian. “I’m going to hug you now.”

Lucienne’s breath catches in her throat, but she does not otherwise move to indicate that this is an unwelcome gesture. Gault tugs the other woman into her arms and embraces her fiercely, not just with her arms, but her wings as well. It isn’t long before she feels Lucienne’s arms slowly lift to return the embrace. 

They stand like that for seconds, minutes, hours. Gault does not know. She does not care. What she does care about is that Lucienne’s body is warm and soft in a way she had not thought possible. That shortly after their embrace, Gault can feel the tension bleeding away, bit by bit, piece by piece, from the other woman’s body. That Lucienne is here, alive, and vulnerable with her, and how that makes Gault feel vulnerable too. 

Eventually, they step back from one another. Gault already misses the warmth of Lucienne’s body. 

“Thank you,” Lucienne says. “For coming to check in on me. I—I very much needed that comfort Gault.”

“Of course,” Gault answers, feeling flushed suddenly and not knowing why. “If you ever need such a thing in the future—”

“I will call for you,” Lucienne replies, a bright smile overtaking her features. Gault realizes she likes making Lucienne smile. She thinks she’d like to do it again. 

#the sandman #gault the sandman #lucienne the librarian #gault x lucienne #gaulcienne #seiya writes #seiya writes gaulcienne

[wordsinhaled]

so, i don’t know if anyone would be down to do this... but is there... any interest in making like, a fest??? an exchange??? a prompt collection? a fun week? a thing... anything? celebrating our lovely underappreciated black characters in the sandman? 

i have ZERO free time in life and have never organized this type of fandom event before so i don’t think i’d be able to substantially run it but i would be so happy to say make graphics promoting it and generally help out if some people did run it

i am not an artist so i am not good at imagining Art but as a writer there are a bunch of lil plots that live rent free in my head that i would read the hell out of (free to a good home!)

- what does it MEAN to be a dream vs a nightmare? philosophical gault character study! 

- i have like, 0 recollection of lucien from the comics, oops, so i don’t know how much of this is covered in them. but i wanna know lucienne’s entire story? like epic proportions. what sort of raven was she and what was her companionship with dream like then? if she was actually a human before that, what was her mortal life like? how does she feel about the loss of jessamy? how does she feel about matthew? idk but i literally love her 

- also (detailed rather than passing mention) fic of lucienne running the dreaming in dream’s absence 

- jed and rose come to live with unity and live their best life with visits from uncle murphy!

- death of the endless doing literally anything in her life. being full goth!!! death through the centuries! character study about being death of the endless? i have been a death fan for forever and. there just needs to be approx 500% more death content than there is. bless the artists who redraw the comic panels with kirby for example...... 

- things i have to write myself if i want nice things — the therapist!death AU where she is rogerian as hell and totally heart eyes amazing..... i have this Vision (again, not an artist sadly) of death facilitating a teen group... they’re all sitting in a circle of chairs in like a community center space... there’s a pride flag hung up over the door... she looks so kind and lovely..... <3_<3

- gaulcienne bookstore AU, i’m sorry it’s cliche but i need it

- honestly just gaulcienne being sweet with each other in general, canon or AU doesn’t matter, because... yeah

- basically anything featuring mazikeen???

AND... feel free to add things on if you want *shouts into the void*

#the sandman #death of the endless #gault #lucienne #gaulcienne #mazikeen of the lilim #jed walker #rose walker

[windsweptinred]

Oh, oh! Have you ever written Johanna and Death? Would you consider writing that for the Sandman femslash weekend for me? I’ll be writing Gaulcienne, my beloved. And maybe something for Rose Walker if I can get inside her head!

I haven't, not beyond the odd headcannon, even though I absolutely adore Johanna and Death as a ship. Which shame on me! I'd more then happily have a crack it for you. 😁♥️

I've also been promising @two-hands-toward-the-sun some Calliope/ Lucienne art for the longest time as a thank you for their gorgeous fics. So this is just the week to do it!

... And I'm on a bit of an ancient Greece kick at the moment, so I really want to do some Death/Sappho art. 😅

Thank god I've got a month to prep!!

I can't wait to see your Gaulcienne work. 😊I have my favorites, but honestly I carry a torch for nearly every sandman fem slash ship I've seen. 😅

#Sandman femslash week #Death of the Endless #johanna constantine #lucienne #calliope #The sandman fandon

[ml-nolan]

Kick's 2023 Fic Roundup (YEEEHA!)

[Please use the Kayne Malevolent voice for that title]

SOOOOOO all domains included—fics, original fiction, nonfiction, and copywriting—I wrote over 300k words this year. Of that, fic was 132,449 words! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 I'm pretty proud of it, honestly, so I thought I'd hop on the rundown bandwagon.

Thanks to everyone who read my stuff, kudos-d it, commented on it, and yelled with me about it on Tumblr and Discord (Honk-Honk to all my honkos!!! 💜🖤💜🖤💜🖤). Y'all have made my life so much more fun this year.

The Sandman - Dreamling

Music When You Speak [Rated E | 72,075 words]

When incognito rock star Dream of the Endless drifts into Hob Gadling's record store, it's instant attraction. Neither of them expected things to get this serious.

This started out as an experiment in "taking time to enjoy the scenery," so naturally I had to [SPOILER ALERT] add a kidnapping subplot that ends with Dream naked and covered in blood.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Oops.

I'm so glad so many people loved it. I loved it too. Still do.

Playlist here

Aaaaand complimentary ficlet, Piece by Piece [Rated T | 610 words].

I'll Make You Sorry [Rated E | 12,035 words]

Things from Hob's past are making Hob's hookups run screaming into the night, and it's really freaking him out. Dream is very concerned (both that other people are dreaming Hob's dreams and that Hob takes so many lovers).

This is my only canon-adjacent fic (so far) that isn't ficlet or pure smut, and I enjoyed making both of them so deeply uncomfortable. Also I need to write more Corinthian because I found his voice disturbingly easy to emulate. 😂😂😂

On Sex Dreams and Anachronisms [Rated E | 1,818 words]: Two embarrassing times Dream dropped in on Hob's sexy dreams and one much nicer one. Second silliest thing I wrote this year.

(Not) Spellbound [Rated E | 1,192]: This is just bondage smut. You're welcome. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

How to Extract Your Boyfriend from Toxic Internet Culture [Rated G | 704 words]: By far the silliest thing I wrote this year. Features retired Dream's stint as a True Crime Wine Mom.

One Tall Dark Stranger [Rated G | 565 words]: From the prompt "Accidental Hand Touching."

You Will Not Be Bothered [Rated G | 420 words]: From the prompt "picking a leaf/flower petal out of their hair, or brushing dirt off of their face."

I'll Be a Better Man Than My Father Ever Was - Chapter 4 by @chaosclimber | for the Dreamling for Ukraine fundraiser.

[PODFIC] Inappropriate Uses of the Dewey Decimal System and Coworkers by Hob Gadling, no PhD (Chapter 2) by @chaosheadspace | for the Dreamling for Ukraine fundraiser.

Metaphysics by @quillingwords

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The Sandman - Femslash Weekend!

This was so fun, and I have at least one more femslash idea I really hope to have the spoons to finish in January. 💜🖤💜🖤

You're Gonna Catch Hell [Johanna/Mazikeen | Rated E | 2,116 Words]

Johanna Constantine, a gun for hire, is meeting a very dangerous new client at Club Hell. A mysterious woman who spots her right when she enters the club might pose some complications.

Pure smut, although I have an enormous hc around this AU that I'm not sure will ever see the light of day.

Obliterate All Prior Things [Lucienne/Gault | Rated E | Words 3,421]

Whatever horrible thing Lucienne says is happening to The Dreaming is certainly happening. But the other part—the bit where Lucienne thinks she is the reason for it—cannot be allowed to stand. Run away with me, Gault wants to say. We'll find our own way. Be whoever we want. And you can finally rest.

I have huge feelings about Gaulcienne, which will become extremely clear if you read this.

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The Magnus Archives — Goof Troop (aka., TimGerry)

Just an Animal Looking for a Home [Rated E | 33,349 words | Love and Nonsense AU - WIP]

When Tim Stoker came to Pinhole Books, it was like someone jammed a foot on the accelerator of Gerry's life. After a health scare, a wedding to his (let's be honest) soul mate, and the exponential growth of the shop, it's showing no signs of slowing down. Now, Pinhole is opening a second location, their beloved Fiona Law is retiring, and Tim and Gerry are bringing a new canine member into their family. But even good changes can be overwhelming, and Gerry finds himself dealing with old trauma he thought he'd left far behind him. Plus, Tim is unexpectedly forced to face old conflicts, which takes him places where Gerry can't follow. With all these stressors on top of the typical growing pains that come with a still-new marriage, Tim and Gerry have to learn to work through their issues together. It's either that or fall apart.

This is the sequel to Hiding in Plain Sight, which I actually started this in 2022 and took a hiatus while I was writing Music When You Speak (so the word count includes 2022 chapters, don't @ me 😂). It's pretty heavy but I think the break will make the story that much better for it, honestly.

Playlist here.

Also in this AU, a couple ficlets set before TimGerry got together.

What's His Deal? [Rated T | 608 words]: Gerry tries to find out what Tim's deal is. Jon is completely unhelpful. From "Blossoming Romance" Tumblr prompt: "Attempting to find out if they are single/available"

Scoop [Rated E | 682 words]: Gerry has just hired a new employee at Pinhole books, and it may just cost him his sanity. Involves ice cream.

Ad Libitum [Rated E | 1,861 words - WIP]

It's Tim Stoker's first week at The Magnus Conservatory, and his piano accompanist hasn't shown up for auditions. An imposing goth swoops out of the shadows to save him, but Tim worries his instant attraction to the man may make it hard to control himself.

I just started this one! Music conservatory AU where Tim is studying voice and Gerry is a pianist. Excited to see where it goes (honestly, your guess is as good as mine at the moment).

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And of course I've got a book and a Patreon with two serials in progress if you're interested.😉😉😉 But I hope to write a LOT more fic in 2024! Love y'all. 💜🖤💜🖤💜💜🖤💜🖤💜💜🖤💜🖤💜

#ML Nolan #Kick's Fics #the sandman #dreamling #sandman femslash #the magnus archives #timgerry #gerrytim #goof troop #dream of the endless #hob gadling #lucienne the librarian #gault the sandman #mazikeen #johanna constantine #gaulcienne #johazikeen #gerry delano #tim stoker #sandman podfic

[ml-nolan]

Hello! I'm M.L. Nolan, aka., The_Kickit_Domain on AO3, and this is my masterpost!

First, I have an M/NB contemporary romcom book out called Love, Lies, and Cryptids.

One minute, Nico Juárez is enjoying the stability of their job as senior editor at Unified Theory Press, a publishing house specializing in books about the paranormal. The next minute, they're stuck with a terrible new boss and a clueless (yet uncomfortably cute) new assistant. Jasper Milton just wanted healthcare and to keep his sexy side-hustle a secret. Now he's faced with an adorable, yet prickly, supervisor and a company thrown into chaos. Nico and Jasper must team up to stay sane. Hopefully, they won't fall in love—or be squashed by Bigfoot—in the process.

You can get it on...

Amazon.com

Bookshop.org

Barnes & Noble

Your local bookstore if you request it! The ISBN is: 9798988338604

More fics and original work below...

(lovely Martin Blackwood artwork by @hihereami)

The Magnus Archives fics:

My biggest series is the Love & Nonsense AU, which is a book publishing/bookshop AU with, as of today, over 250k words, two and a half long fics (the half is WIP), and several shorter fics both smutty and not smutty.

We've got one good solid JMart longfic, Love & Nonsense at Leitner Press, and lots and lots of TimGerry, including Hiding in Plain Sight.

The Sandman fics

These are mostly Dreamling fics, though there is a Gaulcienne fic I'm particularly proud of and a Johazikeen as well.

At the moment, my most popular Sandman fic is Music When You Speak, a human AU, where Dream is lead guitarist for The Endless and Hob owns a record store. There are also lots of podfics, smutty one-shots, and Tumblr ficlets.

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There's also literally just this one Malevolent fic, but that may change. 😉😉😉😉😉

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Aaaaand more original fiction, subscription edition!

Someone to Build Me Up

A weekly MM serial on Ream and Patreon for $5/month patrons, and on Kindle Vella using their token system. (Psp psp psp, Sandman fan friends, this is very Dreamling coded.)

Reeling from a breakup, English professor Zack Carter is trying to pull himself together for his sister's wedding. His recovery includes hiring sexy, snarky, and multi-talented Marcus Berens as his personal trainer. When Zack finds out his ex has chosen his former bully as her wedding date, Marcus agrees to play the role of Zack's boyfriend. But despite a shared love of theater, neither of them are good at pretending their feelings are just an act.

You're the Most

The second book after Love, Lies, and Cryptids, posted in serial form every other week (for now!) on Patreon and Ream for $10/month patrons. (Tim/Gerry lovers, this one's for you. 😉😉😉)

Andie Silvana is stretched as thin as they can get running Blossom & Crow—a goth bookstore and community hub—all by themself. Fresh from rage-quitting his job, Evan Brooks, fears falling back into a life he doesn’t want before he figures out what he does. Both notorious flirts, the two come together like an electrical storm. But what starts out as a little steamy fun may turn into exactly what they need.

Please enjoy! I enjoy good-natured yelling, so don't be shy about saying hello!

Lastly, you can sign up for my mailing list as well for the latest original fiction updates. Thank you!

#ml nolan #the magnus archives fanfic #the sandman fanfic #ml nolan masterpost #m/nb romance #romance books #serialized romance #dreamling #gaulcinne #jonmartin #timgerry #love lies and cryptids #gay romance fiction #lgbtq+ romance

[tryan-a-bex]

Walking with the Walkers: The adventures of Rose and Jed

Links to my tumblr posts, or go read the series on ao3. Most of these got one or two notes, besides myself reblogging them, except the first one which got my normal 20 or so notes.

(The next one is angsty!)

Please share the non-dreamling content so other non-dreamling fans can find it! I’ve tried to write more with my Gaulcienne series and now this one, but it really doesn’t get seen as much and I know there are people who are interested who just don’t know it’s out there. And please feel free to tag me in your posts about fics about Lucienne, Gault, Rose, Jed and Unity, I want to read them but also have trouble finding them!

#the sandman #fanfiction #rose walker #jed walker #tryana find it back

[tryan-a-bex]

20 questions for fic writers!

Thank you @bazzybelle and @hardly-an-escape for the tags!

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

32

2. What’s your total AO3 word count?

38,639 (I started writing March 2023, so this is happy.)

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Sandman primarily, lots of crossovers, and one for DND Honor Among Thieves which is not a crossover (The Ring Bear). I also have several done for Fuckboi Dream, but I'm waiting to post them until it is finished (if you ask nicely I might let you see them).

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

King of Night and Prince of Day (based on Nathanwonderwolf's amazing art)

Five Guesses Why Hob is Immortal and One Broken Plate (this is a Scooby Doo crossover; yes, you heard that right.)

Social Media (Delirium delivers a preteen to Dream to raise; it's his counterpart, the personification of the collective consciousness. This was supposed to be pure crack idk why people like it?)

Well... Why Not? (400 words of Hob and Crowley egging each other on to ever greater heights of recklessness.)

Heavenly Hijinks (Hob, Dream and Calliope are stuck in the elevator to Heaven, a Good Omens crossover.)

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

Yes! Because I don't get very many and I love them! Thank you to everyone who comments and gives kudos, it means so much! I write for myself, but it helps a lot to know I'm not shouting into the void.

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

I write sweetness and fluff -- there may be a little bit of angst in the beginning or middle, but certainly not in the end. Maybe you'd like the one that ends in consensual punishment (bdsm fade to black)? The Dragon's Tongue

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

May I bring to your attention The Dragon Rider? All my endings are happy, but this one makes me particularly happy because Dragon!

8. Do you get hate on fics?

No. I don't really write anything controversial I think? And I'm not well known. And Sandman fans are kind.

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

I have attempted but I end up fading to black mostly. My smuttiest ones... Fucking Helm Fucking (Hob and Dream discuss "protection"), The Dragon's Tongue (bdsm scene fade to black), Naga No-Go ("awkward sexual situations" tag), and that one chapter of A World where children won't cry (a Hob and Dream scene in a Spy x Family crossover).

10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written?

Apparently I love crossovers! Space Buns is the first one in my Sandman x Spy x Family crossover series. Five Guesses Why Hob is Immortal and One Broken Plate is the first of my Scooby Doo crossovers. Well... why not? is the most Good Omens of my Good Omens crossovers.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not that I know of!

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Not that I know of!

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Two of my fics came from a tumblr post discussion/based off someone's tags with permission -- Ring Bear with @witheringfears and Well... why not? with Avelera. Several of them are based on other people's art -- King of Night, Space Buns, Butterflies, Halloween, Well... why not? Comic/show character switch, Karaoke, and June 7th, 2389. A couple I commissioned art for: Sometimes when you fall, you fly and Fireflies and a Missing Person! Dinner and a Play I wrote so @carnelianmeluha could cook to it, including several of her requested favourite food items! I've also done art for other people's fics a few times!

14. What’s your all time favorite ship?

I'm not sure I can answer all time, but I love Gaulcienne (Gault x Lucienne from The Sandman) a lot!

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

I want to write a Sandman x InCryptids (Seanan McGuire) crossover, but I'm not sure it will happen. Just in the mulling ideas stage still.

16. What are your writing strengths?

I enjoy writing dialogue. Sometimes I do a good job making people laugh, or finding just the right words, or characterizing a blorbo just right.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

I can't seem to get the smut to carry on (yet?) and I don't write much description. I'm not sure if I just don't like it, or if I don't do it because I can't/am bad at it? Anyway, I'm not going to worry about it, it will come eventually perhaps.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?

Go for it! Making it clear from context or including a translation is considerate, but really. Doesn't hurt us English speakers to realize there are other languages in the world.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

The Sandman: Pottery (a post-Wake Destruction and Dreamling fic)

20. Favorite fic you’ve written?

I love all my children! How can I choose? No really. A Quiet Love with Wings is my Gaulcienne series, and I really love it. It gets less attention than the other fics, I think because people sort for Dreamling. Give it some love for me?

#tag game #the sandman #spy x family #gaulcienne #tryana find it back

[wordsinhaled]

A and B for the ask game!!

A - Ships that you currently like a lot. (They don’t have to be OTPs because not everyone has OTPs.) Friendships, pairings, threesomes, etc. are allowed.

ok, lemme start rattling 'em off, and i will probably leave things out by accident... good omens— ineffable husbands/spouses/partners/etc etc etc in all their wonderful queer glory. and the crowley/aziraphale & muriel friendship dynamic is lovely. i hope we get to see more of it in s3 <3 doctor who— tenrose, thasmin, doctor/master [also, as an aside, the whittaker!master fanart is glorious and has me in a chokehold if i'm honest. and i recently re-found "the naming of things," aka The Thoschei Fic of All Time; must read if you have not yet read!], thirteen/rose. HONESTLY I MISS DAN & KARVANISTA, not gonna lie. i am a sucker for jack/doctor (and jack & the doctor's entire dynamic, platonic, romantic, whatever, everything they have going on) forever. i haven't seen much of the classic doctors (mostly bits of the fifth doctor), but i thought tegan & ace's cameos in nuwho were fab as well!

the sandman— dreamling of course! dream & matthew (and dream & matthew & jessamy) friendship is my favorite OF COURSE. and i love when hob & matthew are buddies also. also, gaulcienne! dream & johanna and hob & johanna (honestly just... johanna... or like... the grittier potential of johanna, at least, definitely). dream and lucien/ne. as far as dream and his siblings go, dream & death and dream & delirium are my faaaves <3

B - A pairing–platonic, romantic or sexual–that you initially didn’t consider, but someone changed your mind. probably hob/destruction? honestly everything @softest-punk does with hobsband of the endless in general <3

#sorry not sorry for the gomens and dw fixations back with a vengeance

[seiya-starsniper]

Intro and writing masterpost

Hi there! I'm Seiya, aka starsniper! This is my blog for assorted blorbo posting writing, hope you enjoy your stay 😄 While a chunk of my content is going to be Sandman related, this is a multifandom blog overall.

I'm also on Discord! The Sadman is a multi-ship server for the Sandman fandom and it's an amazing community!

Administrative stuff:

Block these tags if you don't want to see my fandom rants:

Sandman Spoilers tags are #sandman s2 spoilers, #sandman comics spoilers, and #sandman spoilers.

Adult/NSFW Content is tagged #nsft or #nsfw. This blog is mainly geared towards adults though, take from that what you will.

Zero tolerance Policy: No terfs and no anti-behavior allowed.

Writing Stuff:

AO3 Account: starsniper or you can Read my fics on Google Docs!

Taking Requests?: I am! Check out my tag #writing prompt games and send me a prompt! Or send me anything that crosses your mind!

Transformative Works: Consider this blanket permission to create any type of transformative work based off what I've written! I only ask you let me know what you've created either using the "Inspired By" link on AO3 or tagging me on Tumblr, just because I love, love, love seeing that sort of thing.

Current Writing Event: Centennial Husbands Big Bang

General Writing tags:

#seiya writes (all writing)

#seiya drabbles (short fics/ask requests, usually under 1.5k words)

#seiya's wip previews (for snippets and previews on what I'm working on!)

See my ship specific tags and and other writing events I've participated in the past below the cut!

Ship specific stuff: I'm a multishipper overall, but I know that's not everyone's cup of tea, so here's all my assorted tags (also meant to be a reference list for me hah)

Dreamling

#dreamling (general tag)

#seiya writes dreamling (my dream x hob content)

dreamling fic rec (stories I've read and loved!)

dreamling headcanon (fanfic adjacent posts)

dreamling fanart (for those looking only for pretty pictures)

Corintheus:

#corintheus (general tag)

#seiya writes corintheus (my corinthian x dream content)

Other ships:

#seiya writes hobrinthian (my hob x corinthian content)

#seiya writes corinthienne (my corinthian x lucienne content)

#seiya writes gaulcienne (my gault x lucienne content)

#seiya writes #seiya drabbles #seiya's wip previews #will be updated periodically as I finish things and start new things #took down any WIPs where I don't have previews so I could shorten this post lol #I might have to put the completed works under a read more eventually lmao

[tryan-a-bex]

Welcome to Tryan’s meandering attempts at basic humanity.

Hello! Hi! I reblog mostly The Sandman (with a side of Fuckboi Dream), Doctor Who, Star Trek, Good Omens (now a proud Asmi’s Maggot iykyk), Nimona, Simon Snow, Spy x Family and whatever the latest movie is, with a leavening of Weird Tumblr Shit because it is the hellsite. My sexy tag is #explicit rather than #nsft because it’s more about choosing what you see than about age. Curate your own experience. My side blog is @lucienne-my-beloved, featuring some of my favourite characters from The Sandman!

My blog name is a brilliant line from @cuubism’s Joy, used with permission. My profile pic is Razzle Dazzle Dragon by Doodle.

To find my favourite posts and my original work, search for my tag #tryana find it back. I write mostly short fluffy one-shots and I’ll let you know if it’s not that. It’s nicely sorted on ao3, but if you want to stay here I’ll put a link to the first in each series (Okay, I'm not staying up to date on posting these on tumblr and linking them in series. Please see ao3.)

My ao3

My NaNoWriMo fic! Wander Witch

Commissions Masterlist

Dreamling there was only one bed fic, my most popular one so far, it won the contest!!!

Lucienne my beloved gets her own series

Walking with the Walkers: the adventures of Rose and Jed

Social Media

Death has a Life

Dreamling vignettes

A Quiet Love with Wings (Gaulcienne)

The Sandman x Scooby Doo

The Sandman x Spy x Family

Destruction and Delirium

#tryana find it back

[tryan-a-bex]

Shipping tag game

Thanks for the tag, @carnelianmeluha !

Ship I cared about as a teen but not anymore:

Kinda embarrassing to admit, but probably going to have to say Charles and Diana

First ship: Picard and Crusher, though if you mean in fandom and not just all alone, then Dreamling.

First fanfic: both read and written, Dreamling.

First fan art: seen: either dreamling or Ineffable husbands if I had to guess. Made: dreamling, though technically it was for FBD.

Ship discourse: I’ve come very close to getting into the Hob Gadling thing. I don’t mind if people don’t like him for excellent reasons, but accepting Dream and the Corinthian but not Hob (who at least historically changed, on screen) feels a little weird to me.

NOTP: I generally feel weird about Morphienne because she deserves better. But I’ll still read it 😂.

Last fanfic pairing: Hob and Murphy in FBD, technically a Dreamling fic but it gets complicated.

OTP: Gaulcienne, with an honourable mention to Ineffable lackeys/juniors/minions

Couple I’m mad about not getting into: may have to look into this destiel thing some day.

Used to dislike but now interesting: I used to dislike Desire and the Corinthian but their pairing in FBD is extremely interesting.

A ship I would have been cancelled over: idk maybe Murphy/Oneiros self-cest? Again, FBD adjacent (I’m still hoping). (Only slightly obsessed with Fuckboi Dream, sigh.)

Favourite crack ship: carnelianmeluha’s answer was very good: it’s not so much the ship that’s cracked, it’s the things they do. But I really love writing Lucienne and Gault gently mocking Hob and Dream. My rarest pair is probably Rose and Barbie.

The couple I read most: dreamling, but feel free to reblog with links to anything with Lucienne or the Walkers or Gault in it!!!

Have in common: I like them to be equally matched in some way. Dreamling are unhinged for each other, Muriel and Eric are young and exploring the world for the first time, Lucienne and Gault are competent and caring and traumatized.

Hate in a ship: non con.

Sorry I couldn’t type out all the questions on my phone so I won’t tag anyone but if you want to play, go for it!

#tag game #tryana find it back