fandom Merlin.
pairing Merlin/Arthur.
archived @ AO3.
notes Modern AU/Reincarnation. Warning for mild consent issues inherent in prostitution, written in a way that could be triggery. Title from Roethke.

Written for kinkme_merlin, to the prompt: Arthur/Merlin, Arthur is reincarnated in the modern day and on his coming of age day (as it would be the equivalent of his ceremony, not necessarily when he turns seventeen or eighteen or whatever) remembers everything immediately and seeks out Merlin. Merlin, however, has been keeping himself alive/reincarnating himself with magic, with the consequence being that he slowly loses his memory of who he used to be. So he knows he's been alive a long, long time, and that he was waiting for something, but he can't remember what. And since he can't remember and felt like he had no purpose, he became a sex worker (stripper, porn actor, or hooker... even a phone sex worker). Arthur shows up and he thinks he's just a fan/another client. I'd particularly like it if they didn't have a relationship in Arthur's first life, but that's not strictly necessary. I didn't plan to de-anon but I sort of want to play more in this universe. So.

( 'Arthur' chokes and flushes, as though they're not standing in an erotic massage parlour, as though 'Arthur' doesn't have a copy of Penthouse held loosely in one hand. 'I'm hardly trying to pick you up, Merlin.' He chuckles a little bitterly. 'Look, d'you really not know who I am?' )

fandom Baccano! [spoilers through 1.13]
pairing Maiza/Firo.
archived @ AO3
notes written for crescendo. poetry is Robert Browning, Another Way Of Love and You'll Love Me Yet. title from the former.

( “Yeah, I have a memory of-” he huffs a little laugh. “Well, it's not really my memory, I guess. But you used to read poetry to me- him.” )

fandom Merlin. [spoilers through to 2x04]
pairing Merlin/Arthur-ish.
archived @ AO3
notes originally posted here for derryere's Merlin Hug Meme.

( “I am not,” states Arthur flatly, “Pining.” )

fandom Dead Poets Society.
characters Neil, Todd, Charlie.
archived @ AO3.
notes Title from Eliot. This exploded out of my chest like a bad sci-fi movie, and is the most pretentious, layered piece I've written in a while.

( Words are immortal and life is fleeting, that’s what Keating teaches them. )

fandom Star Trek XI [reboot-verse]
character James T. Kirk. (Kirk/Spock pre-slash)
archived @ AO3
notes Apparently I had to write a character study before I could write any of the crackfic or porn I want to try. Thanks to jeeps for the beta (especially for her help with Spock.)

( Kirk relies heavily on his knights; he likes them the best, the way they seem to move in defiance of the rules, acting on their own strange patterns. )

fandom indesolution. [political au]
characters nathan petrelli, charlie dalton, + a multifandom cast of thousands.
notes okay so you know how i like confusing everyone by writing aus of rpg universes? yeah. this works as a really, really fucked-up crossover though, even if you've ignored every other indesolution rpg fic i have posted. written in hard format with exuberance during two sleepless san francisco weeks.

( revolution of the mind )

fandom firefly [pre-Serenity], doctor who [S2], torchwood [S2]
characters lots.
archived @AO3
notes written for geekinstinct for the campfuckudie Secret Santa. this has no rpg connections, though, it's pure old-fashioned crossover, folks.

( It talked to me, Simon. Told me the doctor’s coming. )

fandom heroes. [written between S1 & S2]
characters mohinder suresh, matt parkman, molly walker & nathan petrelli, peter petrelli.
notes the first was for exuberance, the second for inupr0n.

( I wanna be a hero. )

fandom torchwood / doctor who. [post s2/s4]
characters captain jack harkness.
archived @ AO3
notes spoilers for all of Torchwood. title from E. E. Cummings' now what were motionless move. written for paralinguistic.

( Sleep is for the dead. )