Sunday Six (ish)
The Christmas fic currently stands at 63,121 words. And I'm not halfway done. It's been a while since I posted any words from it, since it's been a while since I've written any words so enjoy this longer excerpt. Instead of Sunday Six sentences it's like Sunday Six paragraphs lol
Someone knocked at the door. “Clint?” It was Phil fucking Coulson himself. Clint gripped the edge of the sink, wondering if Phil would freak out if Clint pulled him into the bathroom and shoved him against the wall.
How thin were these walls anyway?
“Get a grip, Barton.” Clint glared at himself in the mirror. Phil was hot. This was an indelible fact. Clint had known this for eight years. Phil loved him. Clint had also known this, for years. Clint and Phil were together now. This was new. And they had their whole lives to fuck the ever loving shit out of each other. Clint could wait. He would wait. Because Phil needed him to be in his right mind for this family holiday. Clint could do this.
“Are you okay?” Phil persisted.
“I’m fine,” Clint said, and he thanked his lucky stars his voice actually did sound fine. Being a spy did sometimes pay off. “One minute.” He patted his face dry, gave himself a stern look—straighten up, Barton!— and then pulled open the door with a smile for Phil.
Phil, who was looking up at him with just a touch of concern, his crows feet crinkling just so at the corners of his eyes. Clint wanted to kiss each crinkle.
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Today on thing that I doubt anyone but I care about, I thought I’d share my ‘moodboard’ (in inverted commas because i don’t know what counts as a moodboard and I’m hesitant to call it an aesthetic because it is not aesthetic in the colours) of my Coffee Shop AU?
I love my Coffee Shop AU and it’s honestly one of the things I’m most proud of because it brings me so much comfort and memories and supported me through the pandemic lockdowns after Shield ended. Anyway…
I present….
To Live For The Hope Of It All : a photo collage
All photos do not belong to me bar the ‘Beyond Measure’ and are all taken from Pinterest so credit goes to their owners etc.
The original fic can be found here and the continuation one shots that got out of hand and could probably have it’s own moodboard can be found here. In fact there is other bits and bats in a whole series.
If you’ve ever left a comment or kudos or enjoyed reading this fic, let me thank you sincerely. There will be more from my favourite AU soon.
All my love, M.
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It's almost time for #Superb_Owl Sunday! To get ready, here is a German tournament shield (Targe) c. 1500 seen at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, featuring an owl whose motto is "although I am the hated bird, I rather enjoy that."😏
Title: Tournament Shield (Targe)
Date: ca. 1500
Culture: German
Medium: Wood, burlap, leather, gesso, polychromy
Dimensions: H. 26 3/8 in. (67 cm); W. 12 3/8 in. (31.5 cm); D. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm); outer circumference 19 5/16 in. (49 cm); H. of lance rest 2 3/8 in. (6 cm)
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 307
"Shields of this shape were inspired by Hungarian light-cavalry shields and were adopted in Germany and Austria for the Hussarisch Turnier (tournament in Hungarian-style costume). The German motto around the owl reads in translation, 'Although I am the hated bird, I rather enjoy that.' Below this are the quartered arms of the Tänzl and Rindscheit families, which were united by marriage in 1499."
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Sunday Snippet
Was inspired last night by the boys in my new fic...
“You disappeared.”
Wulfric pulled his attention away from the night sky to face his accuser. “You were busy. I was in the way.”
The lord of the manor scoffed as he moved up to the wall, rested his forearms against the embrasure and looked out across the inner bailey. Taking a deep breath, Aubri insisted vehemently, “Never.”
Warmth filled Wulf but a memory surfaced, and a wave of childhood impishness got the better of him. Lifting a brow in challenge, he tilted his head slightly to one side. “Is that so? I seem to remember our first meeting differently.”
Aubri’s breath caught in surprise and echoed through the night air. Darting a look at Wulfric, he smiled in bemusement. “Is that so?”
“I thought it was a wild boar in that bush. Or a badger, at the very least.” Wulfric fought a smile and swallowed a laugh before concluding, “As it turned out, it was the boorish son of our lord.”
Aubri’s nose twitched and his smile slid into a smirk. “I was boorish?”
The conversation was ridiculous, but it was nice that they had found this level of comfort with one another once more. “I was not the one stumbling through the woods, was I?”
Aubri snorted softly in amusement while shaking his head. There had been a time, even as recently as just a few weeks ago, where he would have been affronted if Wulfric had even hinted at such a thing.
“Your wordplay is horrible,” Aubri muttered before knocking his shoulder into Wulfric’s.
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My media this week (1-7 Jan 2023)
📚 STUFF I READ 📚
🥰 2022 Holiday Epilogues (Cat Sebastian) - all the previous years' holiday epilogues + new story for 2022
🥰👂 The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (The Lord of the Rings #0) (J.R.R. Tolkien, author; Andy Serkis, narrator) - Serkis is a great narrator, full-stop but he does a very good McKellen Gandalf voice and then, of course, he IS Gollum (which I totally didn't even think about until he did the voice!)
😊 Burns Like a Gin (And I Like It) (Ennaess) - 51K, Geraskier - pt 2 of Might Ignite It - very hot series but of course these two can't do anything without some tasty angst LOL
🙂 Star Star (poorlittlegreenie) - 93K, steddie modern fake dating AU
🥰 Are You Flagging? (soidade) - 40K, steddie, canon-divergent AU - very enjoyable with the key tags being: Friends to Lovers, idiots to lovers, Bisexual Disaster Steve Harrington
🥰 After the click of the shutting (aesc, pearl_o) - (pt 3 of a series) 96K, cherik age-difference AU, really loved how this dug into how they have to work to make their broken edges fit together
💖💖 +270K of shorter fic so shout out to these I really loved 💖💖
Caleb Murphy Gets a Hug (Dira Sudis (dsudis)) - The Cabots series [Cat Sebastian]: Peter Cabot/Caleb Murphy, 2.3K - Yuletide 2022
Save the Date (Nabielka) - The Cabots series [Cat Sebastian]: Peter Cabot/Caleb Murphy, 1.3K - Yuletide 2022
Lifting (Spatz) - Sins of the Cities Series & Lilywhite Boys Series [KJ Charles]: Sukey & Emma, Justin Lazarus & Susan Lazarus, 1.8K - Yuletide 2022
a map of everyone who loves you (phonemicengineer) - Stranger Things: Steddie, 7K - gorgeous soulmark/soulflowers AU, tender and lovely
The Alexandrian Solution (Bexless) - Teen Wolf: Sterek, 5K - reread of a classic forever fave, still absolutely hilarious
Some Things Cosmic (stereobone) - Stranger Things: Steddie, 12K - a dream-sharing fix it fic, loved it
fate's in my hands (wearing_tearing) - Stranger Things: Steddie, 3.4K - very short but cute soulmark fic!
we miss being ruffians - Chapter 20: try to keep my skeletons in (napricot) - MCU: Stucky, 8K - this continues to be one of my fave series!!!!!
📺 STUFF I WATCHED 📺
Leverage: Redemption - s2, e8-9
Julie and The Phantoms - s1, e1-9
Hot Ones - Neil Patrick Harris Needs Magic to Escape Spicy Wings
Glass Onion
Uncoupled - s1, e1-2
🎧 PODCASTS 🎧
Our Opinions Are Correct - The Incredibly Strange Career of Anne Rice
Big Gay Fiction Podcast - Ep 411: From Hockey Fan to Hockey Romance Collaboration with L.A. Witt and Anna Zabo
It's Been a Minute - Millennials in Hollywood are making parents apologize on-screen
Vibe Check - A Test of the Emergency Rhythm Section
Switched on Pop - ICYMI 90s Music Canon
The Atlas Obscura Podcast - The Plant
Ologies with Alie Ward - Oneirology (DREAMS) with G. William Domhoff
Shedunnit Book Club - Book Club: Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers
Renegades: Born in the USA - Our Unlikely Friendship
Into It - 2023 is the Year of Hollywood in Recession
The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Medical Clowning Program
Off Menu - Ep 91: Joel Kim Booster
Our Opinions Are Correct - Encore Episode: Has JK Rowling destroyed Harry Potter fandom?
🎶 MUSIC 🎶
Campfire Classics
Julie and The Phantoms (Season 1 soundtrack)
I'm Blue, Skies [Cheyenne Jackson]
Renaissance [Cheyenne Jackson]
Presenting Bonnie Raitt
By Women, For Women
Rockin' Around the Living Room
Endless R&B Throwbacks
This Is How We Do It: '90s R&B Party
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