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Merry Christmas!

Or happy winter holiday of your choice or happy New Year, as you prefer! : )

No new screenshots or quotes yet, I’m afraid - I’m stockpiling them so that if work gets really busy as it did this fall, I won’t just disappear off the face of the internet again. Ideally I plan to start posting regularly again in the new year.

In the meantime, I do have a little present for my Shadow Pond family and any other Royal Pains / Boris fans out there.

I have a few ideas that have been floating around in my head for months. I’ve written bits down here and there, but none of them are anything close to complete. So, for this holiday season, I’m going to lay out a brief summary and short snippet from five of these fic ideas and you wonderful people can tell me which one I should actually get down to writing.

Everyone - and by “everyone” I mean “anyone who reads this post” - gets two votes, and the fic with the most votes by January 8th is the one I’ll start really working on. Hopefully I’ll be able to start posting in February or March - we’ll see! (The other ideas will probably be written eventually, but I’ll give priority to the one people like best and work to get it finished.)

So let me know what sounds good to you and have a very merry Christmas / happy holiday / fun New Year’s!! Fic samples under the cut! ^_~

*Note: These are all Boris/Hank fics because that’s how I roll. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

1) The Shapeshifter AU

Wherein Boris is a shapeshifter and Shadow Pond serves as a safe haven for other shifters. When Hank crashes a party and saves the life of a guest, Boris decides he is the ideal candidate - not only to become Boris’s personal doctor, but also to help with a plan of even greater importance. Hank, meanwhile, knows that his new boss is a very private, even secretive man…but he has no idea just how much Boris is hiding. [This one has the potential to get super long, just to warn you. It mmight take longer to see any of it.]

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“So what was the big hurry?” Evan asked as soon as Hank came onto the patio. “Everything okay?”

“Yeah, everything’s fine,” Hank said as he passed him. “Just a bite.”

“A – a bite?” Evan repeated. “Like a wo– uh, a dog bite, or uh…something else?”

Hank turned slowly. Evan only got that high-pitched and agitated when he’d done something that he knew Hank wouldn’t like. “What do you mean, something else?” If this was leading up to some wild theory that Boris was a vampire…

“I, uh, nothing? I didn’t mean anything! I was just – I’m not supposed to know, I’m not supposed to say anything –”

“You tell me right now,” Hank interrupted, cutting through the babble, “or –”

“The attack wolves are really wolves!” Evan blurted. “And there are tons of other animals up there, like foxes and bobcats and probably lions and tigers and bears for all I know –”

“Oh, sure.” Hank relaxed. “Boris just has a private menagerie that roams the property and bites unsuspecting –”

“Henry, I saw them,” Evan insisted, and he looked so completely serious that Hank couldn’t help but believe him.

A few more pointed questions and the whole story came spilling out. By the end of it, Hank was simmering with righteous indignation. It didn’t matter if the housekeeper had really been bitten by a “dog” or not – Boris had obviously coached her on what to say, lied repeatedly to Hank and Evan, and then threatened Evan into lying for him!

“I’ll be back soon,” he said grimly, and started back out toward the main house.

“Henry!” Evan caught at his arm. “Look, maybe we should just let it go. What if he feeds you to his pit of alligators or something?”

“No, Ev, I’m not gonna let this go. I won’t work for someone I can’t trust.”

This time, Evan let him go with a wordless noise of frustration. Hank was well on his way when he heard Evan yell, “If you’re not back by dinner, I’m calling animal control!”

2) The Season 8 Fix-It Fic

Wherein Hank doesn’t run off to find Jill, Boris doesn’t abandon Shadow Pond, and the two of them go on a vacation together instead. [Could go shorter or longer, but I’d say at least 5-10 chapters.]

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Hank arrived to find Boris already seated, as per usual, with a newspaper.

“Hank.”

“Hey, Boris.” Hank sat with a quiet sigh. Then he straightened in his seat as Udo put a drink in front of him, knowing immediately that something was up.

That was a bottle of beer – and not just any beer, but Hank’s favorite, the one that Boris couldn’t see without getting a look of mild disdain.

Hank looked from the beer to Boris, who was wearing his blandest expression. Hank considered his options for a moment, then picked up the bottle and took a sip.

“Okay. What’s the occasion?”

Boris looked pleased. “I have a proposal for you, Hank.”

Hank grinned in spite of himself. “Yeah, I figured as much. What kind of international intrigue is it this time?”

“Nothing so exciting,” said Boris. He paused a moment, smoothing a hand across the linen tablecloth. “I would like to offer you a vacation, anywhere you like, as long as you like. No hidden agenda. Just some time away to think about what changes you want.”

3) The Deal with a Devil AU

Crossover with the short film Love, Lots of It (starring Campbell Scott). I wrote a prompt post for this idea a while back and started writing it myself. Whoops. ^_^;; [Not sure how long this would be? Honestly this is the one that needs the most planning still.]

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There had been a story on campus, that’s what Rob had been talking about. It always made the rounds before major exams, this story about a man (or a demon or the devil, depending on who was telling it) who would grant the requests of the desperate. For a price, of course. Hank had always thought of it as just a running joke on campus, but there had been students who insisted it was true. None of them had ever seen the man in person – it was always “this girl who was here five years ago” or “my friend’s older brother’s lab partner” – but they were convinced nonetheless.

“This is stupid,” Hank said aloud. His voice sounded dull and flat in the oppressive silence of his apartment.

You’d do anything, huh? Really anything?

He stared blankly at the TV screen, not really seeing the silent, moving figures. He could just – go for a drive. Just get out of the apartment and away from the stacks of bills for a little while. He could just drive up that road, kind of a nod to one of the quirks of his alma mater. And if he brought a box, just in case… No one would ever have to know.

4) Hank gets kidnapped; Boris is Not Pleased

When Hank substituted his blood for Boris’s in Hong Kong, neither of them thought that Guy’s mysterious employers would target Hank himself. Unfortunately, they were wrong. [Again, could go shorter or longer. Sort of hurt/comfort, I guess, but very short on the hurt - nothing really awful is going to happen to Hank.]

I don’t have a good intro clip for this one, so have a longer summary: Hank receives an offer - a whole lot of money in exchange for just a little information about his employer. Bound by doctor-patient confidentiality and his own loyalty, Hank of course refuses. Alas, he’s dealing with people who won’t take no for an answer and is subsequently kidnapped. While Hank tries to stall for time and avoid giving his captors any useful information, Boris sets a search for him in motion and tries not to completely lose it. And of course, when eventually Hank’s location is discovered, Boris insists on handling the situation personally.

And here are the lines that kicked off this idea for me: Hank called him a word that he’d once heard Dmitry call Boris when Dmitry was particularly irate. Someone backhanded him viciously, and Hank decided to take that as a compliment on his pronunciation.

5) Hank has a secret admirer

Mysterious gifts start appearing outside the guesthouse for Hank. Who could this secret admirer possibly be?? [Short and very sweet. Like that’s the entire plot, Hank getting very thoughtful presents. And maybe falling in love. With Boris. In case you couldn’t tell.]

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Hank was hardly an artist, but the portrait didn’t look like professional work to his untrained eye. But the level of detail, the warm, happy expression on portrait-Hank’s face… It felt so personal, so – Hank struggled for words – reverential, almost, that his breath caught in his chest.

“Well that’s creepy.”

Evan’s voice came out of nowhere, and Hank twitched in surprise. “Hey, that’s my face you’re talking about!” he said defensively.

“You’re right, that’s part of the problem,” Evan said, nodding, “but I was more thinking about the fact that you clearly have some kind of stalker.”

Hank laughed. “Ev, don’t be ridiculous.”

“I’m serious, Henry!” He pointed at the drawing. “Look at that – someone has been staring longingly at your face from the shadows and probably going through our trash. It’s creepy!”

Hank tilted the portrait toward his chest, feeling oddly protective of it. “You’re blowing this way out of proportion - nobody is going through our trash! I think you’re just jealous.”

“Jealous? Why would I – What –” Evan sputtered.

“Goodbye, Evan,” Hank said, making a quick exit and taking the latest gift with him.

Soooo those are the main fic ideas I have kicking around in my head right now. Tell me which two you’re most interested in reading and hopefully I’ll start posting the most popular choice in a few months. Happy holidays!

#Royal Pains #Boris Kuester von Jurgens-Ratenicz #Hank Lawson #Boris/Hank #write the fic #my comrades in lust #our Shadow Pond family #ALL the RP / Boris fans #vote now!! get fic!!#i hope all of you are doing well and i promise i'll be around more in 2018

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