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bethefirstThe collection is live! There is an absolutely mind-blowing total of 57 fics this round! I'm so impressed, you guys! Great job! *claps*
As usual, please do not check out the fics via the fandom list page on AO3. Only a couple of fandoms are listed there, due to AO3's wrangling policy, so most of the stories will not show up on said page. Instead, there's an alternative fandom list below. (You can also browse the collection via the works page on AO3, where all are accounted for.)
All stories, ordered alphabetically by fandom:
三生花 A Flower For Three Lives (2023)
A Different Kind of Betrayal
Fang Xusheng marries Lin Xiao in their first life. She comes back for Dan Niang eventually.
A pair of spoons - Shena Mackay
Spilled jewels
There ought to be a moonlight-saving time, so I could love that man of mine...
Outside, as he walked past the doorstep, he still heard music.
Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls - Meg Cabot
If you’re going to become an actress/veterinarian, you have to do a lot of studying, especially for the veterinarian part
Allie starts working on her dream for real and realizes university is hard.
Amelie (Visual Novel)
nothing
Amelie <> nothing
Arabian Nights (TV 2000)
a taste of kindness
Life often turns upon such small things as a tree full of ripe peaches, a broken branch, and a moment of kindness.
原子少年 | Atom Boyz (TV), VERA (Band), Ozone (Taiwanese Band)
恥 / Chǐ
Absently, Jhen looks down at his stack of auditionee profiles, and flips the page to the next actor. Zhou Zu’an’s face stares back at him.
He whips his head up in time to see Zhou Zu’an, top of every music chart, face of a thousand billboards. Bowing at him. In his direction. Each auditionee received a short script containing a selection of scenes; Zu’an’s is carelessly rolled up in his hand.
“My name is Zhou Zu’an, and I’ll be auditioning for Lin Chen-hsiang.”
Jhen meets Zu’an again when Zu’an auditions to be the love interest to the character Jhen plays in a breakout drama.
Bear Series - Karma Wilson
Kept Warm
Tonight is for snuggling in Bear's cave.
炎の転校生 REBORN | Blazing Transfer Students (TV)
No beauty without love
When Fujii begins to suspect that there might be something wrong in the Omotenashi Academy, Baron Chujou resorts to extreme measures to take Fujii’s minds off things.
Buccaneers - Sheila K. McCullagh
Birds of A Feather
Captain Harken confronts Solomon Dee over his lack of engagement with the world, both professionally and privately. There is a war going on, and his sailors risked their lives to request his assistance.
The situation devolves from there, but at least they can both agree that Nicholas deserves their help.
Carruthers - Diana Wynne Jones
Chrysalis
Carruthers and Elizabeth both transform
Casual - Chappell Roan (Music Video)
oh what is that thing that just happened?
The Siren returns to the sea.
Cherry Blossoms Upon A Wintry Sword - Xī Zǐxù (Novel)
the water never stays the same
Traveling to deliver the invitations for the Kunlun Sword Competition had been going well for Lin Rufei. So, of course, something had to go wrong.
Chuzzle 2 (App)
Before and after Kittyball
Before Kittyball shows up, Stinky is really mean.
Come Closer - Sara Gran
all the broken kisses salt as brine
Naamah has some fun with her body.
Leynilögga | Cop Secret (2021)
love is like (a shot in the dark)
The wounded look on Hörður's face hadn't been washed away by the alcohol. If anything the memory had only grown more vivid, the edges of it sharp enough to cut.
Daymare Town (Video Game)
A Place You Can't Call Home
Something feels not quite right in this town.
Dragon Tactics
As Commanded
Fain does as commanded-
Eastshade (Video Game)
The last gift
In her last months or weeks, a mother thinks of her life and worries for her children.
Gemstone Dragons - Samantha M. Clark
When All The Lights Are Low
Opal was sprawled on the floor of the bedcave, comfortably enough, trailing one wingtip in the water.
Greendaughter - Anne Logston
Within
Chyrie had given birth inside of a borrowed den.
Hell is a Squared Circle (Graphic Novel)
Why Tap Out?
Ted Walsh on not giving up wrestling or drinking, no matter how bad the pay is for the former.
I Swear I Won't Bother You Again! - Reina Soratani (Light Novels)
The Reckoning
Violette and Auld have it out over his apparent hatred of her, except there is much more between them than just Bellerose.
Unfortunately, it turns out that Violette was not the only one to mysteriously time travel after her death, and Violette must face the fact that her own actions have made Auld hate her far more than her mother's could have.
Impact Winter - Travis Beacham
Unfinished Business
"My god, Rook," Darcy breathed. "Have they been starving you?"
Her maker was barely recognizable, lying very nearly in a heap, wrists and ankles chained both to each other and to the wall. His rich, dark skin was ashen and looked thin as paper plastered to his skull. His mouth fell open as though he lacked the strength to close it, fangs jutting out past his once-full lips, breathing stertorous.
Indigo - Emily Short
>take all
Life is too long and love is too short.
九歌·云中君 | Jiu Ge: Yunzhong Jun - Winky诗 (Song)
雲中君 / sovereign among clouds
A shaman sings in search of rain.
Kingdom of Heroes (Video Game)
Dark Stormy Knight
It was a dark, stormy night when Osric arrived with his report.
Kung fu Chef (Gong fu chu shen)
True Passion
Chou Dou Tiin's passion lays somewhere else.
La Montagne Verte (Fairy Tale)
Home Sweet Home
The Devil's Daughter learns things about boiling into cauldrons.
Ladies Night (2005)
Eyes on the Money
Jesse had a motto, 'to survive you must learn not to care'.
Last Sentinel (2023)
this would be a bad idea
Cassidy falls ill, four months into their shift on the Sentinel.
Last Time I Lied - Riley Sager
Taking This One To The Grave
As Vivian attends Allison's memorial, she flashes back to Katherine's, and wonders if Natalie and Allison had thought of her in their final moments.
League of Peoples - James Alan Gardner
Live in the Real and Name the Lies
Zillif lives. Everything and nothing changes as a result.
Magical Deathpair (Video Game)
Our Own Last Words
Glassical falls in love with Vastine slowly, and entirely against his will.
(Or: five times Glassical watched Vastine die.)
More than Friends (TV 1978)
My Favorite Sunken Coast
Matty's feelings about Terry are pretty ambivalent, especially because of that whole failed fourway that led to their breakup. But when he comes to the premiere party for the filmed version of Alan's book, old feelings are not easily put away.
My Aunt Is a Monster - Reimena Yee
Strange and Wondrous (or, The Story of the Monster and the Pineapple Tart)
The renowned adventurer Lady Walteranne Hakim Whimsy is presumed dead after disappearing on an expedition eight years ago. Her childhood friend and longtime rival, Professor Doctor Cecilia Choi, is determined to find out what happened to her...but the truth might be stranger than she ever imagined.
Night of the Living Dead 3D: Re-Animation (2012)
The Absolute Beginner's Guide to the Use of Shovels as Offensive Weapons
If ever there's a time to reconnect with your estranged brother, then it's during the zombie apocalypse.
Odd Man Out - Sarah Ellis
Full of Surprises
One unspecified-to-him dog and two ballerinas was more than enough pretending among his five girl cousins for Kip to keep track of.
Of Dragons and Fae - Mikuni Tsukasa
As The Season Changes To Spring
Signs of spring, much to Mayna's relief.
Paris Z Week
All the Pretty Dresses
Kind of a freeform fic for Aurélie Gerlach's Paris Z Week zombie novel. During the initialinfection, someone managed to hide in an office for a while. Unfortunately, those particular zombies have a weakness for both flesh and fashion, which kinda sucks when you're not into that at all.
Patito Feo (TV)
taste of it
An ugly duckling dares to stand up for herself. (And fails.)
PCU (1994)
Rand's Annoying Freshman Roommate
Tom Lawrence and Rand McPherson are roommates. Tom gets on Rand's nerves. One day, Tom gifts Rand an "It's Raining Men" T-shirt.
ペンディングトレイン―8時23分 明日 君と | Pending Train: 8:23 Ashita Kimi to
mismatched shoes
With everything going on, you didn't even consider asking for a shoe of all things.
Pixel Chix (Toys)
Eternal Road Trip
Pixel and her dog go for a car ride.
The Attic - A. M. Burrage
A Promise in the Dark
What if Forbes had woken up the night Derek encountered the ghosts in the attic and had helped him make his escape?
The Book of Tea duology - Judy I Lin
to be banish'd from myself
Prince Kang's father was successful in his first coup. Kang grew up as the heir to the throne, while Zhen became the Banished Princess.
Still, there is a shénnóng-tú competition, poisoned tea bricks, and a peasant girl who desperately needs a cure for her sister. Zhang Ning finds her fate becoming entwined with both royal cousins... but when it comes to the handsome prince, she finds it hard to mind too much.
The Bridge Builders - Rosemary Sutcliff
away for a while
Math hungers for what lies beyond the turf wall.
The Fisher of Bones - Sarah Gailey
Books of Bone and Gold
Not for them
The Harpist (1999)
Covet
Rupitsch needs some time away from the stress in his life.
The Ipcress File (1965)
Treacle Tart: Recipe for One
Harry doesn't like to be lonely. But he does like to cook. With his hands busy in the kitchen, his mind can freely focus on the person he misses the most.
The Mappist - Barry Lopez, The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet - Reif Larsen
Mapping the Territory
Two disciples of Corlis Benefideo meet for the first time in a McDonald's in Bozeman, Montana.
The Nice House on the Lake (Comics)
Above the Roaring Flames
Here's how it goes: You’re human now, and you aren’t prepared for how much it’d hurt.
The One - John Marrs
You Say One Love, One Life
Amy gets her genuine Match, but after her experience with Christopher, isn't sure she wants to pursue it.
The Roads to Freedom (TV)
The Follies of Man
Claude’s imposition upon Ivich has imposed itself once more.
The Sandsea Trilogy - Chelsea Abdullah
Bittersweet Victory
Omar pulls his brother closer in his attempt to push him away.
For the first time in years, Omar wants to take off his earring. To be free of his mother's eyes and the ringing that fills his ears, clamorous, like a thousand gold coins clinking together. She doesn't tell him to kill Mazen, but neither does she tell him to stop. She must see into his heart — more clearly than the sky, more clearly than the flow of night to day — and yet she says nothing.
The rose falls to the ground as Omar pulls his brother closer. Into his arms: a place he likely never thought he'd find himself. Does he feel the warmth of his brother, his strength, the way their hearts thump together?
锦心似玉 | The Sword and the Brocade
I look for what I miss
Shiyi measures her mourning in embroidery.
악녀라서 편하고 좋은데요? | What's Wrong With Being the Villainess? (Webcomic)
Covet
Debora yanks her skirts out of her petticoat, shaking the lines back into place.
She doesn’t see Isidore watching her, wanting her.
食べないの? おおかみさん | Tabenai no? Ookami-san | Why Don't You Eat Me My Dear Wolf? (Manga)
Shedding Season
Taro is fond of brushing his husband's fur.
Thank you all so very much for taking part! I know these are all nonexistent fandoms, but I hope we can try to check out our fellow participants' stories and comment wherever possible. If you're not familiar with any of the fandoms, you can also try browsing the tag page to see if there are any themes/tropes/kinks that catches your eye.
Happy reading! I really hope to see you guys again next round ♥
As usual, please do not check out the fics via the fandom list page on AO3. Only a couple of fandoms are listed there, due to AO3's wrangling policy, so most of the stories will not show up on said page. Instead, there's an alternative fandom list below. (You can also browse the collection via the works page on AO3, where all are accounted for.)
All stories, ordered alphabetically by fandom:
三生花 A Flower For Three Lives (2023)
A Different Kind of Betrayal
Fang Xusheng marries Lin Xiao in their first life. She comes back for Dan Niang eventually.
A pair of spoons - Shena Mackay
Spilled jewels
There ought to be a moonlight-saving time, so I could love that man of mine...
Outside, as he walked past the doorstep, he still heard music.
Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls - Meg Cabot
If you’re going to become an actress/veterinarian, you have to do a lot of studying, especially for the veterinarian part
Allie starts working on her dream for real and realizes university is hard.
Amelie (Visual Novel)
nothing
Amelie <> nothing
Arabian Nights (TV 2000)
a taste of kindness
Life often turns upon such small things as a tree full of ripe peaches, a broken branch, and a moment of kindness.
原子少年 | Atom Boyz (TV), VERA (Band), Ozone (Taiwanese Band)
恥 / Chǐ
Absently, Jhen looks down at his stack of auditionee profiles, and flips the page to the next actor. Zhou Zu’an’s face stares back at him.
He whips his head up in time to see Zhou Zu’an, top of every music chart, face of a thousand billboards. Bowing at him. In his direction. Each auditionee received a short script containing a selection of scenes; Zu’an’s is carelessly rolled up in his hand.
“My name is Zhou Zu’an, and I’ll be auditioning for Lin Chen-hsiang.”
Jhen meets Zu’an again when Zu’an auditions to be the love interest to the character Jhen plays in a breakout drama.
Bear Series - Karma Wilson
Kept Warm
Tonight is for snuggling in Bear's cave.
炎の転校生 REBORN | Blazing Transfer Students (TV)
No beauty without love
When Fujii begins to suspect that there might be something wrong in the Omotenashi Academy, Baron Chujou resorts to extreme measures to take Fujii’s minds off things.
Buccaneers - Sheila K. McCullagh
Birds of A Feather
Captain Harken confronts Solomon Dee over his lack of engagement with the world, both professionally and privately. There is a war going on, and his sailors risked their lives to request his assistance.
The situation devolves from there, but at least they can both agree that Nicholas deserves their help.
Carruthers - Diana Wynne Jones
Chrysalis
Carruthers and Elizabeth both transform
Casual - Chappell Roan (Music Video)
oh what is that thing that just happened?
The Siren returns to the sea.
Cherry Blossoms Upon A Wintry Sword - Xī Zǐxù (Novel)
the water never stays the same
Traveling to deliver the invitations for the Kunlun Sword Competition had been going well for Lin Rufei. So, of course, something had to go wrong.
Chuzzle 2 (App)
Before and after Kittyball
Before Kittyball shows up, Stinky is really mean.
Come Closer - Sara Gran
all the broken kisses salt as brine
Naamah has some fun with her body.
Leynilögga | Cop Secret (2021)
love is like (a shot in the dark)
The wounded look on Hörður's face hadn't been washed away by the alcohol. If anything the memory had only grown more vivid, the edges of it sharp enough to cut.
Daymare Town (Video Game)
A Place You Can't Call Home
Something feels not quite right in this town.
Dragon Tactics
As Commanded
Fain does as commanded-
Eastshade (Video Game)
The last gift
In her last months or weeks, a mother thinks of her life and worries for her children.
Gemstone Dragons - Samantha M. Clark
When All The Lights Are Low
Opal was sprawled on the floor of the bedcave, comfortably enough, trailing one wingtip in the water.
Greendaughter - Anne Logston
Within
Chyrie had given birth inside of a borrowed den.
Hell is a Squared Circle (Graphic Novel)
Why Tap Out?
Ted Walsh on not giving up wrestling or drinking, no matter how bad the pay is for the former.
I Swear I Won't Bother You Again! - Reina Soratani (Light Novels)
The Reckoning
Violette and Auld have it out over his apparent hatred of her, except there is much more between them than just Bellerose.
Unfortunately, it turns out that Violette was not the only one to mysteriously time travel after her death, and Violette must face the fact that her own actions have made Auld hate her far more than her mother's could have.
Impact Winter - Travis Beacham
Unfinished Business
"My god, Rook," Darcy breathed. "Have they been starving you?"
Her maker was barely recognizable, lying very nearly in a heap, wrists and ankles chained both to each other and to the wall. His rich, dark skin was ashen and looked thin as paper plastered to his skull. His mouth fell open as though he lacked the strength to close it, fangs jutting out past his once-full lips, breathing stertorous.
Indigo - Emily Short
>take all
Life is too long and love is too short.
九歌·云中君 | Jiu Ge: Yunzhong Jun - Winky诗 (Song)
雲中君 / sovereign among clouds
A shaman sings in search of rain.
Kingdom of Heroes (Video Game)
Dark Stormy Knight
It was a dark, stormy night when Osric arrived with his report.
Kung fu Chef (Gong fu chu shen)
True Passion
Chou Dou Tiin's passion lays somewhere else.
La Montagne Verte (Fairy Tale)
Home Sweet Home
The Devil's Daughter learns things about boiling into cauldrons.
Ladies Night (2005)
Eyes on the Money
Jesse had a motto, 'to survive you must learn not to care'.
Last Sentinel (2023)
this would be a bad idea
Cassidy falls ill, four months into their shift on the Sentinel.
Last Time I Lied - Riley Sager
Taking This One To The Grave
As Vivian attends Allison's memorial, she flashes back to Katherine's, and wonders if Natalie and Allison had thought of her in their final moments.
League of Peoples - James Alan Gardner
Live in the Real and Name the Lies
Zillif lives. Everything and nothing changes as a result.
Magical Deathpair (Video Game)
Our Own Last Words
Glassical falls in love with Vastine slowly, and entirely against his will.
(Or: five times Glassical watched Vastine die.)
More than Friends (TV 1978)
My Favorite Sunken Coast
Matty's feelings about Terry are pretty ambivalent, especially because of that whole failed fourway that led to their breakup. But when he comes to the premiere party for the filmed version of Alan's book, old feelings are not easily put away.
My Aunt Is a Monster - Reimena Yee
Strange and Wondrous (or, The Story of the Monster and the Pineapple Tart)
The renowned adventurer Lady Walteranne Hakim Whimsy is presumed dead after disappearing on an expedition eight years ago. Her childhood friend and longtime rival, Professor Doctor Cecilia Choi, is determined to find out what happened to her...but the truth might be stranger than she ever imagined.
Night of the Living Dead 3D: Re-Animation (2012)
The Absolute Beginner's Guide to the Use of Shovels as Offensive Weapons
If ever there's a time to reconnect with your estranged brother, then it's during the zombie apocalypse.
Odd Man Out - Sarah Ellis
Full of Surprises
One unspecified-to-him dog and two ballerinas was more than enough pretending among his five girl cousins for Kip to keep track of.
Of Dragons and Fae - Mikuni Tsukasa
As The Season Changes To Spring
Signs of spring, much to Mayna's relief.
Paris Z Week
All the Pretty Dresses
Kind of a freeform fic for Aurélie Gerlach's Paris Z Week zombie novel. During the initialinfection, someone managed to hide in an office for a while. Unfortunately, those particular zombies have a weakness for both flesh and fashion, which kinda sucks when you're not into that at all.
Patito Feo (TV)
taste of it
An ugly duckling dares to stand up for herself. (And fails.)
PCU (1994)
Rand's Annoying Freshman Roommate
Tom Lawrence and Rand McPherson are roommates. Tom gets on Rand's nerves. One day, Tom gifts Rand an "It's Raining Men" T-shirt.
ペンディングトレイン―8時23分 明日 君と | Pending Train: 8:23 Ashita Kimi to
mismatched shoes
With everything going on, you didn't even consider asking for a shoe of all things.
Pixel Chix (Toys)
Eternal Road Trip
Pixel and her dog go for a car ride.
The Attic - A. M. Burrage
A Promise in the Dark
What if Forbes had woken up the night Derek encountered the ghosts in the attic and had helped him make his escape?
The Book of Tea duology - Judy I Lin
to be banish'd from myself
Prince Kang's father was successful in his first coup. Kang grew up as the heir to the throne, while Zhen became the Banished Princess.
Still, there is a shénnóng-tú competition, poisoned tea bricks, and a peasant girl who desperately needs a cure for her sister. Zhang Ning finds her fate becoming entwined with both royal cousins... but when it comes to the handsome prince, she finds it hard to mind too much.
The Bridge Builders - Rosemary Sutcliff
away for a while
Math hungers for what lies beyond the turf wall.
The Fisher of Bones - Sarah Gailey
Books of Bone and Gold
Not for them
The Harpist (1999)
Covet
Rupitsch needs some time away from the stress in his life.
The Ipcress File (1965)
Treacle Tart: Recipe for One
Harry doesn't like to be lonely. But he does like to cook. With his hands busy in the kitchen, his mind can freely focus on the person he misses the most.
The Mappist - Barry Lopez, The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet - Reif Larsen
Mapping the Territory
Two disciples of Corlis Benefideo meet for the first time in a McDonald's in Bozeman, Montana.
The Nice House on the Lake (Comics)
Above the Roaring Flames
Here's how it goes: You’re human now, and you aren’t prepared for how much it’d hurt.
The One - John Marrs
You Say One Love, One Life
Amy gets her genuine Match, but after her experience with Christopher, isn't sure she wants to pursue it.
The Roads to Freedom (TV)
The Follies of Man
Claude’s imposition upon Ivich has imposed itself once more.
The Sandsea Trilogy - Chelsea Abdullah
Bittersweet Victory
Omar pulls his brother closer in his attempt to push him away.
For the first time in years, Omar wants to take off his earring. To be free of his mother's eyes and the ringing that fills his ears, clamorous, like a thousand gold coins clinking together. She doesn't tell him to kill Mazen, but neither does she tell him to stop. She must see into his heart — more clearly than the sky, more clearly than the flow of night to day — and yet she says nothing.
The rose falls to the ground as Omar pulls his brother closer. Into his arms: a place he likely never thought he'd find himself. Does he feel the warmth of his brother, his strength, the way their hearts thump together?
锦心似玉 | The Sword and the Brocade
I look for what I miss
Shiyi measures her mourning in embroidery.
악녀라서 편하고 좋은데요? | What's Wrong With Being the Villainess? (Webcomic)
Covet
Debora yanks her skirts out of her petticoat, shaking the lines back into place.
She doesn’t see Isidore watching her, wanting her.
食べないの? おおかみさん | Tabenai no? Ookami-san | Why Don't You Eat Me My Dear Wolf? (Manga)
Shedding Season
Taro is fond of brushing his husband's fur.
Thank you all so very much for taking part! I know these are all nonexistent fandoms, but I hope we can try to check out our fellow participants' stories and comment wherever possible. If you're not familiar with any of the fandoms, you can also try browsing the tag page to see if there are any themes/tropes/kinks that catches your eye.
Happy reading! I really hope to see you guys again next round ♥
