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bethefirstThe collection is live! We got a very impressive total of 47 fics this time! Awesome job, everyone!
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 almost all are accounted for — one story is posted elsewhere, and is marked below with an asterisk for easy finding if you prefer to browse via AO3.)
All stories, ordered alphabetically by fandom:
7 Billion Needles (manga)
Past and Future
Two alien entities reconsider their way of life.
Across the Obelisk
Interesting Objects
Nezglekt came to the world to look for interesting objects to collect and sell. Not for a human man with a receding hairline who somehow managed to be the most interesting thing Nezglekt had found so far.
Ad Lucem (Podcast 2023)
to sleep beneath your watchful gaze
Before it became their occasional habit, there was a first time... A struggling Miranda asks Dominic to sit with her while she falls asleep.
Agent Stoker (Audio Drama)
The Road North
Two old friends, one impending apocalypse, and a goodbye. Or: what if Agent Stoker did drive north in Episode 202?
メタモルフォーゼの縁側 | Metamorufoze no Engawa | BL Metamorphosis (Manga)
"When I'm with you…"
A mangaka and her editor, and four missing scenes.
Bristow
Missed Opportunities
After a long life working for the Chester-Perry Corporation, Bristow the Buying Clerk has retired to his favourite beachside town, and is reminiscing about a love affair that never quite happened.
From the long-running comic strip Bristow.
Brothers In Arms Series - Samantha Kane
Love's Simplicity
Leah finally has the kind of life she always dreamed of.
Chained Echoes (Video Game)
nothing will howl back
The moment man devoured the gift of the Vaen, he sealed his fate.
Gwayn intends to make damn sure that the sacrifice was worth it.
Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas (2020)
true love's consummation must bear consternation
Cinders and Charming have found true love. But on the night of their wedding, Charming reveals a little snag: in order for their marriage to be legal, they need a witness to their first coupling.
The fairy godmother is excited about this. Cinders and Charming less so.
Cinnamon - Neil Gaiman
The Land of the Lady and Tiger
Travelers tell stories of a far-away land ruled by a very strange pair - a lady and a tiger...
Based on the children's book by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Divya Srinivasan. It's beautiful, read it!
Crazy in Love (1992), Crazy in Love - Luanne Rice
How to win over your lover's family, change your entire life and defeat the Sandinistas with a soup ladle in just two years, by Mark Constable, 32 and ¾.
Mark stands his ground, Georgie is a mess, and Nick is jealous as can be. But in between births, funerals, major holidays, world conflicts and some truly terrible cioppino, they manage just fine.
Georgie's life was never going to be normal, anyway. She's a Swift.
Yaratilan | Creature (TV)
Stitches
A missing scene from episode three, set between when Ihsan and Ziya arrived back at the house with their stolen corpse and when they connect it to the machine.
In which, the corpse needs some preparations before they can begin, Ziya is not exactly the most tactful person ever, and Ihsan would probably be happier if he had some bifocals, but he's not going to say so.
คิวบิก | Cubic (2014 TV)
Emotionally Constipated
When she’d pointed out how much shorter the flight would be from Hong Kong, he’d changed his mind so fast she realized she should have led with that. She still had a lot to learn about relationships.
デミアン症候群 | Demian Syndrome (Manga)
Every Man is More Than Just Himself
Jou sat next to Azuma on the train to Nagano. A coda for Demian Syndrome.
(Rating and CCNTW for mentions of pre-canon events. Nothing is graphic and this is a tame G otherwise, but better safe than sorry.)
Divi-Dead
A Reflection, A Refraction, The Very Image Of Limerence
Yuuta reflects on his chance meeting with Ranmaru.
(For the Be The First challenge.)
Dorrie the Little Witch Series - Patricia Coombs
Dorrie and the Kidnapped Cat
Dorrie and Gink encounter an old foe and a cat in need of rescue.
Epitaph (Browser Game)
The Last Songs of the Itlie
The staff who worked for the Planetary Intervention Division weren't supposed to have feelings about the less scientifically advanced species they worked with. They certainly weren't supposed to have favorites.
Or, a poet from a dying people meets her goddess.
Exordia - Seth Dickinson
Haemotoxicity
Ssrin’s fangs are at his throat, with much the same awful precision that his knives are aimed at hers.
Exordia - Seth Dickinson
the vanguards of the dispossessed
And so that was how she grew up: Arîn, daughter of everyone, favourite of nobody, a communal product. The first patriot of democratic confederalism.
Fool's Paradise (2023)
Loving is easy
Lenny thinks about what it means to love Latte Pronto.
Ghost Dog Secrets - Peg Kehret
Fancier Names If You Think
His friend must have looked up collies after Rusty told him about the ghost dog.
Greenland (2020)
Building the Future
John Garrity reflects on those desperate hours trying to reach safety and the future that now lies ahead.
Iwájú (Cartoon)
From Prison to Revenge: Bode DeSousa Strikes Back
Tola Martins, Tunde Martins, and Kole Adesola have gone back to their lives after fooling Bode DeSousa's plan, a few months before, to use Kole in order to get at Tunde and steal information from his company for his own personal benefit. For them, peace has returned, but Bode will not remain silent, despite his monologue which explored his self-serving reasons why he kidnapped Tunde and Tola, which made him disliked by the populace. He plans to get back at the Martins family and everyone who has wronged him, including his former lackeys, and Tola's friend, Kole, among others.
Lorraine (ABNOCTO Video Game)
Another Night Out
Not for the first time, Lorraine wondered what exactly she was doing.
or: exploring Lorraine's thoughts during that one week timeskip
Lost Lad London (Manga)
Good Fortune, No Onions
The case is over, a killer has been caught, and a cop and survivor can go their separate ways. That’s the idea, at least. In practice, DI Lenny Ellis keeps receiving texts about his jade plant, opening the door for Chinese takeaway, and surrendering to being a middle-aged cliché.
Pax Romana (Comics)
Sine Die
The Pope is the genetic repository of the Secret History of the world. Years ago, it was his task to reveal to the newly ascendant Emperor the secret of the beginning of things.
Now the Emperor has come to see him ---a worrisome thing on itself--- and he has a secret of his own to tell.
Penhaligon's (Anthropomorphic), Object and Concept Anthropomorphism
there you are, teddy-darling
Teddy is the last to arrive at Lord George's party, and is overwhelmed by Helen and The Duke. Rose and Yasmine fight over Sam, who's here all the way from America. Mr Thompson, the butler, overhears something terrible.
Purple Toast
Toasted Purple
It begins with an actor and an avant garde movie and it concludes with a Canadian TV show...and an essentially gratuitous mention of Harry Potter to make use of a Firewhiskey Fic prompt.
Quilts and Cats of Calico (video game)
Once More
Another day, another patch.
Revenge (1990)
Nothing Left to See
After the attack on the brothel, Amador tries to comfort Jay in the only way he knows how.
獅子の踊り子 | Shishi no Odoriko (Manga)
Half as Well
Somehow, it’s always Havil who enables the greatest changes of his life.
Tactical Breach Wizards (Video Game)
Necroministrations
A moment between (disastrous) missions.
Tale of a Vampire (1992)
Unique
Anne is not Virginia.
Alex should have realized that a long time ago.
冷血十三鷹 | The Avenging Eagle (1978)
somewhere in the dark (I'll find you)
Chik Ming Sing wasn't asleep. He wasn't even trying to pretend that he was; sitting up and staring into the fire with distant eyes.
"We decided to ride out at dawn," Cheuk Yi Fan said, breaking the silence. He sat up too, sighing. "You said we'd be like eggs trying to strike a rock. We don't need to be sleep-deprived eggs, too."
The Blemished - Sarah Dalton
The Voice Of The People Must Not Be Denied
"It seemed strange sometimes for Elena to think of how she’d believed, back when she was in primary school, that she was even more perfect than the rest of her GEM classmates because her parents had chosen to create her from the genes of that long since dead actress Angelina, rather than using any of their own genes, and even stranger now for her to think that at the time, she’d thought it mattered."
The regime of the Genetically Enhanced Men is over; Elena tries to help people come to terms with a society where their so-called perfection is no longer prized, just as she and her friends deal with their own issues with the old regime.
데블스 플랜 | The Devil's Plan (TV)
drag me to hell
Contains spoilers for the entire run of "The Devil's Plan."
The Last Golden Child | 최후의 금빛아이 (Webcomic)
A Job Well Done
Dino has been tasked with an important mission by the Allfather, Odin. Follow him on his journey as he carries it out to the utmost of his ability, in accordance with his status as an Einheirjar.
At first glance, the mission seems easy enough, with the only problem being the vastly inconvenient living arrangements.
But is it really?
The Last Golden Child (Webcomic)
Light Sound
What happens now to Loxy Marcia following her battle against Odin and Ragnorak (The End Times)? Uriel Quincy, former Einherjar of Sound and the one who used to hate Loxy Marcia, due to his own misunderstandings and distorted perceptions of the Tree Tribe girl (Loxy) thanks to Odin's regime, decides to stick with her though her troubling feelings and give her some much needed attention, care, and a greater purpose now that her sister cannot be brought back from Helheim.
The Man with the Blue Guitar-Wallace Stevens (poem)
Hold Tonight (for Tomorrow You'll be Gone)
There are days when he is not certain who he is, not anymore.
The Mysterious Key - Louisa May Alcott
Dust
Paul gathered up the scraps of paper and fed them to the fire.
The Peregrine - J. A. Baker) *
A quickening in the sky
I see him, hiding in his own stillness, not unlike my own. I feel him breathing, waiting, being. Such a curious, indefinable bond: I have been found, and so has he. We meet by the sea-wall, and we look at each other, and he is not afraid, not anymore, and neither am I.
I am beginning to know him.
The man watches the bird. The bird watches the man.
Ognuno per sé | The Ruthless Four (1968)
Belonging
"Because you've always taken your orders from me. Isn't that right?"
Manolo knows what's coming. Had known it from the very moment Blond plucked the cigarillo from his mouth, fingers brushing against his lips. He'd known, and that — combined with the touch itself — had been enough to fill him with both dread and anticipation.
The Stripper (Web Series)
Keep Romancing, Carry On Dancing
As for Lauren, it was easy for her to fall under the tantalizing spell that Camila’s hips weaved under her palms. Gone were the sticky floors under her heels, and the thrumming drumbeat in her ears. The multicolored strobe lights behind her eyelids.
It all melted away, until all that remained was Camila, Camila, Camila.
We were robbed of a dance in a later episode so I took it upon myself to write one.
The Woods All Black - Lee Mandelo
all i've won
Les was used to thinking in terms of loss.
Time For Chaos (Podcast)
Endlessly Rejoicing That Ever We Suffered Woe
Haunted by figurative and perhaps slightly more literal ghosts, Vaughn Villiers has a night of reflection where he thinks about what was, what is, and what is yet to come for him and his rather cosmopolitan bunch of friends.
Unicorn School - Linda Chapman
Rainbow House Relationships
"I remember back in our first year," Willow said.
Wynken Blynken and Nod (Disney Silly Symphony)
So Pretty A Sail
Your head is nodding as you rub at your eyes.
Thank you all sooo 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 almost all are accounted for — one story is posted elsewhere, and is marked below with an asterisk for easy finding if you prefer to browse via AO3.)
All stories, ordered alphabetically by fandom:
7 Billion Needles (manga)
Past and Future
Two alien entities reconsider their way of life.
Across the Obelisk
Interesting Objects
Nezglekt came to the world to look for interesting objects to collect and sell. Not for a human man with a receding hairline who somehow managed to be the most interesting thing Nezglekt had found so far.
Ad Lucem (Podcast 2023)
to sleep beneath your watchful gaze
Before it became their occasional habit, there was a first time... A struggling Miranda asks Dominic to sit with her while she falls asleep.
Agent Stoker (Audio Drama)
The Road North
Two old friends, one impending apocalypse, and a goodbye. Or: what if Agent Stoker did drive north in Episode 202?
メタモルフォーゼの縁側 | Metamorufoze no Engawa | BL Metamorphosis (Manga)
"When I'm with you…"
A mangaka and her editor, and four missing scenes.
Bristow
Missed Opportunities
After a long life working for the Chester-Perry Corporation, Bristow the Buying Clerk has retired to his favourite beachside town, and is reminiscing about a love affair that never quite happened.
From the long-running comic strip Bristow.
Brothers In Arms Series - Samantha Kane
Love's Simplicity
Leah finally has the kind of life she always dreamed of.
Chained Echoes (Video Game)
nothing will howl back
The moment man devoured the gift of the Vaen, he sealed his fate.
Gwayn intends to make damn sure that the sacrifice was worth it.
Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas (2020)
true love's consummation must bear consternation
Cinders and Charming have found true love. But on the night of their wedding, Charming reveals a little snag: in order for their marriage to be legal, they need a witness to their first coupling.
The fairy godmother is excited about this. Cinders and Charming less so.
Cinnamon - Neil Gaiman
The Land of the Lady and Tiger
Travelers tell stories of a far-away land ruled by a very strange pair - a lady and a tiger...
Based on the children's book by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Divya Srinivasan. It's beautiful, read it!
Crazy in Love (1992), Crazy in Love - Luanne Rice
How to win over your lover's family, change your entire life and defeat the Sandinistas with a soup ladle in just two years, by Mark Constable, 32 and ¾.
Mark stands his ground, Georgie is a mess, and Nick is jealous as can be. But in between births, funerals, major holidays, world conflicts and some truly terrible cioppino, they manage just fine.
Georgie's life was never going to be normal, anyway. She's a Swift.
Yaratilan | Creature (TV)
Stitches
A missing scene from episode three, set between when Ihsan and Ziya arrived back at the house with their stolen corpse and when they connect it to the machine.
In which, the corpse needs some preparations before they can begin, Ziya is not exactly the most tactful person ever, and Ihsan would probably be happier if he had some bifocals, but he's not going to say so.
คิวบิก | Cubic (2014 TV)
Emotionally Constipated
When she’d pointed out how much shorter the flight would be from Hong Kong, he’d changed his mind so fast she realized she should have led with that. She still had a lot to learn about relationships.
デミアン症候群 | Demian Syndrome (Manga)
Every Man is More Than Just Himself
Jou sat next to Azuma on the train to Nagano. A coda for Demian Syndrome.
(Rating and CCNTW for mentions of pre-canon events. Nothing is graphic and this is a tame G otherwise, but better safe than sorry.)
Divi-Dead
A Reflection, A Refraction, The Very Image Of Limerence
Yuuta reflects on his chance meeting with Ranmaru.
(For the Be The First challenge.)
Dorrie the Little Witch Series - Patricia Coombs
Dorrie and the Kidnapped Cat
Dorrie and Gink encounter an old foe and a cat in need of rescue.
Epitaph (Browser Game)
The Last Songs of the Itlie
The staff who worked for the Planetary Intervention Division weren't supposed to have feelings about the less scientifically advanced species they worked with. They certainly weren't supposed to have favorites.
Or, a poet from a dying people meets her goddess.
Exordia - Seth Dickinson
Haemotoxicity
Ssrin’s fangs are at his throat, with much the same awful precision that his knives are aimed at hers.
Exordia - Seth Dickinson
the vanguards of the dispossessed
And so that was how she grew up: Arîn, daughter of everyone, favourite of nobody, a communal product. The first patriot of democratic confederalism.
Fool's Paradise (2023)
Loving is easy
Lenny thinks about what it means to love Latte Pronto.
Ghost Dog Secrets - Peg Kehret
Fancier Names If You Think
His friend must have looked up collies after Rusty told him about the ghost dog.
Greenland (2020)
Building the Future
John Garrity reflects on those desperate hours trying to reach safety and the future that now lies ahead.
Iwájú (Cartoon)
From Prison to Revenge: Bode DeSousa Strikes Back
Tola Martins, Tunde Martins, and Kole Adesola have gone back to their lives after fooling Bode DeSousa's plan, a few months before, to use Kole in order to get at Tunde and steal information from his company for his own personal benefit. For them, peace has returned, but Bode will not remain silent, despite his monologue which explored his self-serving reasons why he kidnapped Tunde and Tola, which made him disliked by the populace. He plans to get back at the Martins family and everyone who has wronged him, including his former lackeys, and Tola's friend, Kole, among others.
Lorraine (ABNOCTO Video Game)
Another Night Out
Not for the first time, Lorraine wondered what exactly she was doing.
or: exploring Lorraine's thoughts during that one week timeskip
Lost Lad London (Manga)
Good Fortune, No Onions
The case is over, a killer has been caught, and a cop and survivor can go their separate ways. That’s the idea, at least. In practice, DI Lenny Ellis keeps receiving texts about his jade plant, opening the door for Chinese takeaway, and surrendering to being a middle-aged cliché.
Pax Romana (Comics)
Sine Die
The Pope is the genetic repository of the Secret History of the world. Years ago, it was his task to reveal to the newly ascendant Emperor the secret of the beginning of things.
Now the Emperor has come to see him ---a worrisome thing on itself--- and he has a secret of his own to tell.
Penhaligon's (Anthropomorphic), Object and Concept Anthropomorphism
there you are, teddy-darling
Teddy is the last to arrive at Lord George's party, and is overwhelmed by Helen and The Duke. Rose and Yasmine fight over Sam, who's here all the way from America. Mr Thompson, the butler, overhears something terrible.
Purple Toast
Toasted Purple
It begins with an actor and an avant garde movie and it concludes with a Canadian TV show...and an essentially gratuitous mention of Harry Potter to make use of a Firewhiskey Fic prompt.
Quilts and Cats of Calico (video game)
Once More
Another day, another patch.
Revenge (1990)
Nothing Left to See
After the attack on the brothel, Amador tries to comfort Jay in the only way he knows how.
獅子の踊り子 | Shishi no Odoriko (Manga)
Half as Well
Somehow, it’s always Havil who enables the greatest changes of his life.
Tactical Breach Wizards (Video Game)
Necroministrations
A moment between (disastrous) missions.
Tale of a Vampire (1992)
Unique
Anne is not Virginia.
Alex should have realized that a long time ago.
冷血十三鷹 | The Avenging Eagle (1978)
somewhere in the dark (I'll find you)
Chik Ming Sing wasn't asleep. He wasn't even trying to pretend that he was; sitting up and staring into the fire with distant eyes.
"We decided to ride out at dawn," Cheuk Yi Fan said, breaking the silence. He sat up too, sighing. "You said we'd be like eggs trying to strike a rock. We don't need to be sleep-deprived eggs, too."
The Blemished - Sarah Dalton
The Voice Of The People Must Not Be Denied
"It seemed strange sometimes for Elena to think of how she’d believed, back when she was in primary school, that she was even more perfect than the rest of her GEM classmates because her parents had chosen to create her from the genes of that long since dead actress Angelina, rather than using any of their own genes, and even stranger now for her to think that at the time, she’d thought it mattered."
The regime of the Genetically Enhanced Men is over; Elena tries to help people come to terms with a society where their so-called perfection is no longer prized, just as she and her friends deal with their own issues with the old regime.
데블스 플랜 | The Devil's Plan (TV)
drag me to hell
Contains spoilers for the entire run of "The Devil's Plan."
The Last Golden Child | 최후의 금빛아이 (Webcomic)
A Job Well Done
Dino has been tasked with an important mission by the Allfather, Odin. Follow him on his journey as he carries it out to the utmost of his ability, in accordance with his status as an Einheirjar.
At first glance, the mission seems easy enough, with the only problem being the vastly inconvenient living arrangements.
But is it really?
The Last Golden Child (Webcomic)
Light Sound
What happens now to Loxy Marcia following her battle against Odin and Ragnorak (The End Times)? Uriel Quincy, former Einherjar of Sound and the one who used to hate Loxy Marcia, due to his own misunderstandings and distorted perceptions of the Tree Tribe girl (Loxy) thanks to Odin's regime, decides to stick with her though her troubling feelings and give her some much needed attention, care, and a greater purpose now that her sister cannot be brought back from Helheim.
The Man with the Blue Guitar-Wallace Stevens (poem)
Hold Tonight (for Tomorrow You'll be Gone)
There are days when he is not certain who he is, not anymore.
The Mysterious Key - Louisa May Alcott
Dust
Paul gathered up the scraps of paper and fed them to the fire.
The Peregrine - J. A. Baker) *
A quickening in the sky
I see him, hiding in his own stillness, not unlike my own. I feel him breathing, waiting, being. Such a curious, indefinable bond: I have been found, and so has he. We meet by the sea-wall, and we look at each other, and he is not afraid, not anymore, and neither am I.
I am beginning to know him.
The man watches the bird. The bird watches the man.
Ognuno per sé | The Ruthless Four (1968)
Belonging
"Because you've always taken your orders from me. Isn't that right?"
Manolo knows what's coming. Had known it from the very moment Blond plucked the cigarillo from his mouth, fingers brushing against his lips. He'd known, and that — combined with the touch itself — had been enough to fill him with both dread and anticipation.
The Stripper (Web Series)
Keep Romancing, Carry On Dancing
As for Lauren, it was easy for her to fall under the tantalizing spell that Camila’s hips weaved under her palms. Gone were the sticky floors under her heels, and the thrumming drumbeat in her ears. The multicolored strobe lights behind her eyelids.
It all melted away, until all that remained was Camila, Camila, Camila.
We were robbed of a dance in a later episode so I took it upon myself to write one.
The Woods All Black - Lee Mandelo
all i've won
Les was used to thinking in terms of loss.
Time For Chaos (Podcast)
Endlessly Rejoicing That Ever We Suffered Woe
Haunted by figurative and perhaps slightly more literal ghosts, Vaughn Villiers has a night of reflection where he thinks about what was, what is, and what is yet to come for him and his rather cosmopolitan bunch of friends.
Unicorn School - Linda Chapman
Rainbow House Relationships
"I remember back in our first year," Willow said.
Wynken Blynken and Nod (Disney Silly Symphony)
So Pretty A Sail
Your head is nodding as you rub at your eyes.
Thank you all sooo 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 ♥
