Fanfiction

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All the fiction I've written, such as it is, is up at the Archive Of Our Own, as Sineala. Most of the Professionals fanfiction is also mirrored at the Automated Hatstand, as Sineala. I believe all my pre-AO3 Yuletide stories are available here.

Crossovers: Classical RPF/Highlander

Akratophoros (LJ, DW, AO3)
Julius Caesar/Methos, NC-17. 9030 words.
What does it take to cross the Rubicon?
(Written November-ish 2010 for kink_bingo 2010. The square is "drugs/aphrodisiacs.")

Crossovers: The Eagle/Inception

In the Hands of the Painted People (LJ, DW, AO3)
Gen, PG. 2855 words.
To learn what the British tribes are planning against Rome, Placidus shares the dreams of a man of the Seal People. He discovers much more than he ever wanted to know.
(Written January 2013 for Motetus for fandom_stocking 2012.)

Crossovers: The Eagle/Vorkosigan Saga

One Thing (LJ, DW, AO3)
Gen, PG. 2592 words.
The only thing worse than being the son of the Butcher of Komarr is being the son of his political officer. [An Eagle/Vorkosigan fusion.]
(Written September 2011; posted September 2012.)

Crossovers: Echo Bazaar/Hotel California

Being an Account of a Journey to the strange new California Republic (and a most peculiar Hotel therein) (LJ, DW, AO3)
Gen, PG. 3045 words.
Mr. Wines has been known to make deliveries even to distant lands. Here is the journal of one of his errand-beings.
(Written December 2010 for mjules for Yuletide 2010.)

Crossovers: Harry Potter/Highlander

Rebirth (LJ, DW, AO3)
Snape/Methos, NC-17. 7328 words.
After the Battle of Hogwarts, Snape meets Methos. Contains Deathly Hallows spoilers.
(Written September 2008.)

Crossovers: Harry Potter/The Professionals

Special Men (LJ master post, DW master post, AO3, Automated Hatstand)
Bodie/Doyle, NC-17. 24,830 words.
It is 1975, the height of the First Wizarding War, and Voldemort's reign of terror has spread far and wide. His followers, the Death Eaters, have begun cursing and killing Muggles. As CI5's brief includes domestic terrorism, the responsibility for stopping Voldemort falls on them -- but this is not a fight they can win without magic. For this reason, Ray Doyle, an Auror, is transferred from the Ministry of Magic to join CI5, as its first and only wizard. But his abilities must remain secret from his fellow agents, including Bodie, his new partner. But Bodie seems to have a few secrets of his own, and it especially doesn't help that Bodie is so damned attractive...
(Posted September 2010 for the Pros Big Bang 2010 (ci5_boxoftricks), written in the summer sometime.)

Crossovers: The Professionals/Rivers of London - Ben Aaronovitch

A Magic Trick (LJ, DW, AO3)
Bodie/Doyle, PG. 1208 words.
On an otherwise routine CI5 assignment, Bodie and Doyle have a strange visitor.
(Written December 2012.)

Crossovers: Warhorses of Letters/Temeraire

In the Midst of the Marvelous (LJ, DW, AO3)
Copenhagen/Marengo, PG. 2739 words.
It's life after wartime, as Copenhagen and Marengo exchange more love letters. Might they finally get a chance to meet? Also, there are dragons.
(Written December 2011 for Daegaer for Yuletide 2011.)

Alma-Tadema paintings

Opportunities (LJ, DW, AO3)
OFC/OFC, G. 500 words.
Aurelia visits Claudia with news; Claudia is not entirely sure whether to be happy about it.
(Written January 2013 for Carmarthen for fandom_stocking 2012.)

Avatar: The Last Airbender / Avatar: The Legend of Korra

Prosperity More Shining (LJ, DW, AO3)
Gen, G. 200 words.
After the war is over, Toph reflects on her decisions.
(Written January 2012 for gelishan.)

Channeling (LJ, DW, AO3)
Gen, PG. 1254 words.
Lin borrows an Equalist glove.
(Written October 2012 for kink_bingo 2012. The square is "electricity.")

Babylon 5

Gloves Come Off (LJ, DW, AO3)
Gen, G. 526 words.
Bester knows what he's doing is right.
(Written December 2009 for Amber Largo for Yuletide 2009.)

Presumption (LJ, DW, AO3)
PG, Ivanova/Talia. 954 words.
Maybe they both have secrets.
(Written October 2013 for kink_bingo 2013. The square is "sensation play.")

Cambridge Latin Course

Salvius' Chest (LJ, DW, AO3)
Salvius/Haterius, NC-17. 1673 words.
To Salvius, just departing into exile, hurries Haterius, his most faithful client.
(Written with Lysimache, December 2009, as an English translation of my Yuletide 2009 gift, Arca Salvii. All links are locked, per her request.)

Classical RPF

Cui Dono Lepidum Novum Libellum (LJ, DW, AO3)
Catullus/Juventius, Catullus/Lesbia, PG. 1958 words.
Catullus goes to college.
(Written December 2012 for Carmarthen for Yuletide 2012.)

Curse Workers - Holly Black

Stand Still, Pause Clocks (LJ, DW, AO3)
Cassel/Lila, PG. 1510 words.
After the events of the trilogy, Cassel and Lila stop on the road to have a little fun with transformation work. Maybe it's not such a good idea.
(Written December 2012 for Liviania for Yuletide 2012.)

Due South

Uncovering (LJ, DW, AO3)
Fraser/Kowalski, G. 520 words.
A quest for a new world, or at least the remains of the old.
(Written September 2013 for trope_bingo Round 2. The square is "au: apocalypse.")

The Eagle (2011) / The Eagle of the Ninth - Rosemary Sutcliff

I Wrote Your Name for All to See (LJ, DW, AO3)
Esca/Marcus, NC-17. 3695 words.
Marcus discovers what he truly wants.
(Written March 2011 for kink_bingo 2010. The square is "humiliation (verbal).")

Coax Me (LJ, DW, AO3)
Esca/Marcus, NC-17. 6259 words.
In which Esca trains horses, Uncle Aquila has several misconceptions, and Marcus learns that there are truly only three reasons to free a slave.
(Written March 2011 for the_eagle_kink.)

If It Feels Good Do It (The Molliculi ac Parum Pudici Remix) (LJ, DW AO3)
Esca/Marcus, NC-17. 5189 words.
Esca has kissed people before. Only not on the mouth.
(Written April 2011.)

Post Cenam [After Dinner] (Lingua latina: LJ, DW, AO3; English: LJ, DW, AO3)
Esca/Marcus, NC-17. 386 verba (latine), 536 words (English).
Post cenam, Marcus Escam fellat. [After dinner, Marcus fellates Esca.]
[Podfic by paxpinnae.]
(Written April 2011.)

I Sing (LJ, DW, AO3)
Esca/Marcus, R. 3487 words.
The Romans have strange ideas about poetry. Fortunately, Esca is not a Roman.
[Podfic by jaxie12.]
(Written May 2011 for the_eagle_kink.)

Strong and Splendid and True (LJ, DW, AO3)
Esca/Marcus, PG-13. 2563 words.
Someone told Marcus that Britons don't kiss; Esca is determined to demonstrate otherwise.
(Written May 2011.)

On the Narrow Edge (LJ, DW, AO3)
Marcus/OFC, NC-17. 3532 words.
Marcus likes armor and authority, and no one can ever know. It is therefore a very, very bad idea for him to join the army. [Part of a Directedverse AU.]
(Written June 2011 for kink_bingo 2011. The square is "uniforms/military kink.")

Thee, O Love, with Hidden Torch (LJ, DW, AO3)
Esca/Marcus, NC-17. 1306 words.
Esca teases Marcus... in bed.
(Written July 2011 for kink_bingo 2011. The square is "teasing.")

A Mile Down the Road (LJ, DW, AO3)
Esca/Marcus, G. 100 words.
Marcus plans their horse farm in Spain, but Esca has excellent short-term goals in the meantime. (A very short exploration of the alternate film ending.)
(Written July 2011 for gelishan.)

Five Times Esca Hit Marcus in the Face (LJ, DW, AO3)
Esca/Marcus, PG-13. 2270 words.
Even if you'd choose to do the same thing again, it makes all the difference in the world to be able to have the choice.
(Written August 2011 for kink_bingo 2011. The square is "roleplaying.")

A Collar of Grass (LJ, DW, AO3)
Gen, PG. 939 words.
Marcus weaves, dreams, and wants things he can never have. [Part of a Directedverse AU.]
(Written August 2011 for kink_bingo 2011. The square is "collars.")

Who Should Give Law to Lovers? (Love Is a Greater Law to Itself) (LJ, DW, AO3)
Esca/Marcus, NC-17. 3796 words.
Esca offers Marcus the chance to take command again.
(Written September 2011 for kink_bingo 2011. The square is "masters, doms, slaves and subs.")

Lie Hidden (LJ, DW, AO3)
Gen with implied Cottia/Esca/Marcus, G. 673 words.
Uncle Aquila is good at keeping secrets.
(Written September 2011 for the Fanmedia Challenge, Round 1, at ninth_eagle.)

Hard Is the Fortune (LJ announcement, DW announcement, AO3)
Esca/Marcus, Cottia/Esca/Marcus, R. 21,680 words.
After her father dies with the Ninth, Flavia is sent to Britannia to live with her uncle Aquila. There she meets a pair of British girls, and together the three of them change each other's lives in ways they could never have expected. [Genderswap AU, always a girl.]
(Written September 2011 for the Fanmedia Challenge, Round 2, at ninth_eagle.)

Annona (LJ, DW, AO3)
Esca/Marcus, G. 968 words.
Esca is not particularly fond of the grain-dole.
(Written October 2011 for the Fanmedia Challenge, Round 3, at ninth_eagle.)

Fastened Down (LJ, DW, AO3)
Esca/Marcus, PG. 2245 words.
Placidus just wants Marcus Aquila to suffer horrible pain. How difficult can this possibly be?
(Written October 2011 for the Fanmedia Challenge, Round 4, at ninth_eagle.)

Mixing Nectar in the Cups (LJ, DW, AO3)
Esca/Marcus, PG. 1190 words.
Esca is right for all the wrong reasons. (Or: Transitivity is not a property of Roman mythology.)
(Written November 2011.)

An Ancient and Noble Game (LJ, DW, AO3)
Esca/Marcus, NC-17. 8155 words.
Marcus and Esca play Never Have I Ever.
(Written December 2011.)

From the Depths of His Heart (LJ announcement, DW announcement, AO3)
Esca/Marcus, R. 31,308 words.
After his injury at Isca Dumnoniorum and subsequent discharge from the army, Marcus moves to Calleva, learns to live with himself again, and happens to fall in love with a young British man on the way. Also, Esca is a werewolf.
(Written July 2011 - March 2012; posted March 2012 for eagle_bigbang.)

The Battle Line (LJ, DW, AO3)
Esca/Marcus, NC-17. 7324 words.
After an encounter with soldiers at their farm leaves Esca unsettled, Marcus dons his old armor and offers himself up.
(Written October 2011; posted April 2012.)

Anywhere on This Road (LJ announcement, DW announcement, AO3)
Esca/Marcus, NC-17. 31,074 words.
Marcus has always known what he wanted. Esca is sure he knows what Marcus wants. One of them is wrong.
(Written May 2011 - May 2012, posted May 2012.)

Drive Others to Frenzy, Drive Others Mad (LJ, DW, AO3)
Esca/Marcus, PG. 3127 words.
At the festival of Hilaria, Marcus is intrigued by a stranger who is not, perhaps, as strange as he first seems.
(Written June 2012 for the Fanmedia Challenge, Round 1, at ninth_eagle.)

The Fires and the Conscious Air (LJ, DW, AO3)
Esca/Marcus, NC-17. 2477 words.
A storm causes Marcus and Esca to take shelter in a cave. I think you know what happens next.
(Written July 2012 for the Fanmedia Challenge, Round 2, at ninth_eagle.)

Children of the Sun (LJ, DW, AO3)
Esca/Marcus, PG. 6127 words.
Everyone knows that somewhere else in the world is the person who is the other half of their soul, destined for them by the gods, a person whose very emotions they can feel. Lonely and in disgrace, Marcus soldiers across the empire, certain that his own soulmate is out there, and he strives to find him even as duty and misfortune would keep them apart.
(Written July 2012 for the Fanmedia Challenge, Round 3, at ninth_eagle.)

Hetaeriae Eaeque Brevi Fient (LJ announcement, DW announcement, AO3)
Esca/Marcus, NC-17. 13,584 words.
After the return of the Eagle, Rome is not done with Marcus Aquila. He and Esca are persuaded to infiltrate a group of potential conspirators -- possibly-traitorous men about whom there are yet other shameful rumors, stories of debauchery and vice. What do they get up to at their dinner-parties? To find out the truth, Marcus and Esca must pretend to be lovers, but it is a difficult thing to pretend to be what Marcus so badly wishes they could be in truth. (Or: Marcus and Esca go undercover as gay at an orgy.)
(Written July-August 2012 for the Fanmedia Challenge, Round 4, at ninth_eagle, and also for kink_bingo 2012. The square is "orgies/decadence.")

All the Blood That I Will Bleed (LJ, DW, AO3)
Marcus/Cradoc, Cottia/Esca/Marcus, R. 5098 words.
This is why you don't fraternize with the enemy.
(Written October 2012 for kink_bingo 2012. The square is "virginity/celibacy.")

An Unexpected Omen (LJ, DW, AO3)
Cottia/Esca/Marcus, PG. 3449 words.
One evening Marcus, Cottia and Esca meet at the standing stones to look for a sign. What they find is something better than they could ever have hoped for.
(Written October 2012 for eagle_rbb to accompany artwork by bunn.)

Shadows on the Land (LJ announcement, DW announcement, AO3)
Esca/Marcus, PG-13. 18,904 words.
Esca, son of Cunoval, has known from childhood how his life will be. When he first feels the soulbond in his mind, he will be made a man of the Brigantes. He will be inked. He will become a warrior. In a few years, his soulmate will come in search of him from a neighboring clan. His soulmate will be proud of him, proud that Esca is heir to a clan chieftain, proud that Esca will one day be lord of five hundred spears. They will marry. They will lead the clan together. It will be a good life. Then Esca discovers his soulmate is a Roman soldier. This is, shall we say, problematic. [Sequel to Children of the Sun.]
(Written November 2012.)

Eudaimonia (LJ, DW, AO3)
Esca/Marcus, G. 934 words.
Marcus has never been a good Stoic.
(Written January 2013 for Piscaria for fandom_stocking 2012.)

Chosen Man (LJ announcement, DW announcement, AO3)
Esca/Marcus, NC-17. 116,551 words.
The son of the man who lost the Eagle of the Ninth would never be allowed a first command of his very own fort, would he? Marcus is posted not to Isca Dumnoniorum, but to a wretched and run-down garrison north of the Wall. There he finds that he is the new centurion of a group of scouts and spies, all of them British. He has few supplies and no experience. His men distrust him. His superiors despise him. His second-in-command is an incompetent drunkard. And the local tribes are determined to kill all of them. But the worst thing of all is one of Marcus' soldiers. He is an enigmatic, dangerous, and insubordinate man by the name of Esca, who makes Marcus yearn for terrifying things he has never before wanted and can never, ever let himself have...
(Posted February 2013. Written March - July 2011.)

Remaining (LJ, DW, AO3)
Gen, G. 607 words.
How does Cottia feel about being left behind?
(Written March 2013 for trope_bingo round one. The square is "crossdressing.")

A Gesture of Goodwill (LJ, DW, AO3)
Esca/Marcus, PG. 1146 words.
"You're saying you want me to marry one of them?"
(Written April 2013.)

Confusion (LJ, DW, AO3)
Esca/Marcus, PG-13. 3470 words.
What in the world had he done to make Marcus think this of him?
(Written May 2013 for the_eagle_kink.)

They Make a Desolation (LJ, DW, AO3)
Gen, PG-13. 4450 words.
One cannot beat obedience into a slave who wishes to die.
(Written May 2013.)

The Centaur (LJ, DW, AO3)
Gen, G. 3848 words.
The Tenth Legion's primus pilus and its new tribune embark on a possibly-ill-advised quest for a possibly-legendary being, in the course of which they grow to know each other rather better than before.
(Written June 2013 for Motetus for sutcliff_swap 2013.)

Vae Victis (LJ announcement, DW announcement, AO3)
Esca/Marcus, NC-17. 33,405 words.
War looms on the horizon as Marcus' homeland of Etruria is faced with the unreasoning demands of the Gauls, a vicious, deadly foe. Young and lonely, Marcus begins a tentative friendship -- a friendship that could become something more -- with Esca, a prince of the Gauls. But the differences of the two nations cannot be ignored, and both Marcus and Esca must choose between the needs of their peoples and the desires of their hearts.
(Posted July 2013 for eagle_bigbang.)

To the Stars (currently a WIP on AO3)
Esca/Marcus, rating indeterminate, ask me about the word count later.
In a world where Rome never fell, it is four thousand years ab urbe condita, and the peoples of Earth have taken to space. When a signal from the lost Ninth Fleet's Eagle is detected in a British system, it's up to ex-centurion Marcus Aquila and spaceship pilot Esca to retrieve it.
(Posted July 2013 for the third Fanmedia Challenge, Round 1, at ninth_eagle.)

Hands (LJ, DW, AO3)
Esca/Marcus, PG. 1401 words.
Esca notices all the ways Romans touch people, and all the ways he wishes Marcus would.
(Posted August 2013 for the third Fanmedia Challenge, Round 2, at ninth_eagle.)

Into the Same River Twice (LJ, DW, AO3)
Esca/Marcus, G. 4717 words.
All of Marcus' memories are wrong. This isn't necessarily a bad thing. (Or: Five places Marcus may or may not have met Esca. Mostly not.)
(Posted August 2013 for the third Fanmedia Challenge, Round 3, at ninth_eagle.)

Written in the Constitution of the Age (LJ, DW, AO3)
Gen, PG-13. 1155 words.
Having tried to run away, Esca the gladiator is returned to Beppo, and the arena's slave-master inflicts a punishment that, for Esca, is the worst thing possible. [Prequel to "They Make a Desolation."]
(Posted August 2013 for the third Fanmedia Challenge, Round 4, at ninth_eagle.)

Aes Imaginosum (LJ announcement, DW announcement, AO3)
Esca/Marcus, PG-13. 11,069 words.
"Are you very certain you have no brothers, Marcus?" Esca asked.
(Written October 2013 for trope_bingo Round 2. The square is "secret twin / doppelganger.")

Midwinter (LJ, DW, AO3)
Esca/Marcus, NC-17. 1356 words.
Marcus shares with Esca some of the more private aspects of the mystery cult. (Or: This one time, at Mithras Camp...)
(Written October 2013 for kink_bingo 2013. The square is "ritual.")

Raising the Stakes (The Following Ancient History Remix) (LJ, DW, AO3)
Esca/Marcus, NC-17. 3456 words.
In an attempt to interest Esca in a game of latrunculi, Marcus suggests an unusual wager: the removal of clothing. The ensuing game is not quite what Marcus was prepared for.
(Written November 2013. Remix of Carmarthen's Nothing of Greater Value.)

Io Saturnalia! (LJ, DW, AO3)
Esca/Marcus, R. 5459 words.
A story set in the universe of "Chosen Man," in which Marcus and his optio Esca go to Calleva for the holiday of Saturnalia, and Marcus learns valuable lessons about making assumptions about what other people know about your religious observances. Also there is cuddling.
(Posted December 2013.)

Frontier Wolf - Rosemary Sutcliff

On the Mend (LJ, DW, AO3)
Alexios/Hilarion, G. 1050 words.
Hilarion returns to visit Alexios the next night at Onnum.
(Written December 2011 for Carmarthen for Yuletide 2011.)

The Fond-Name (LJ, DW, AO3)
Alexios/Hilarion, PG-13. 1533 words.
The Frontier Wolves' fond-name, as Alexios finds, is quite literal. After the bonding, Alexios would do anything for his wolf-sister. Then, of course, he has to. [Fusion with the Iskryne universe.]
(Written February 2012 for Psychic Wolves for Lupercalia.)

The Best Ones (LJ, DW, AO3)
Alexios/Hilarion(/OFC), NC-17. 6585 words.
When Hilarion discovers that Alexios is a virgin, he decides to help relieve his friend of this burden in a time-honored manner: a trip to one of the local prostitutes. Events do not exactly go as planned.
(Written Fall 2011 sometime; posted May 2012.)

On the Longest Night (LJ announcement, DW announcement, AO3)
Alexios/Hilarion, PG. 10,005 words.
Hilarion is determined not to repeat past mistakes, nor to trust his new commander without good cause -- but he finds Alexios far more tempting than he should. And this time it is not only his own heart that is in danger, but the safety of the entire Ordo. (Also, there are kittens.)
(Written July-August 2012 for Sistermine for sutcliff_swap 2012.)

A Swift Fierce Pleasure (LJ, DW, AO3)
Bericus/Vedrix, PG-13. 2190 words.
Bericus was minded of his wolf often.
(Written September 2012 for kink_bingo 2012. The square is "plushie or furry kink.")

On Watch (LJ announcement, DW announcement, AO3)
Alexios/Hilarion, NC-17. 10,373 words.
While making the rounds of the fort, Alexios accidentally stumbles across Hilarion in an intimate situation. And again. And then again. One might almost think it was more than just a coincidence. But that can't be true, can it? (Or: a story in which there are freckles and strigils, Alexios is exceedingly oblivious, and Hilarion flirts in wildly shameless ways.)
(Written October 2012 for kink_bingo 2012. The square is "voyeurism.")

All Greek (LJ, DW, AO3)
Alexios/Hilarion, R. 1180 words.
Alexios teaches Hilarion Greek... in bed.
(Written January 2013 for Seascribe for fandom_stocking 2012.)

In Need and Haste (LJ, DW, AO3)
Gen, G. 1882 words.
After what happens to Connla, Alexios discovers hope from an unexpected source, and he learns that not all lost things stay lost. [Fusion with Diane Duane's Young Wizards series.]
(Written March 2013 for trope_bingo round one. The square is "fusion.")

I Know It's Only Trouble (LJ announcement, DW announcement, AO3)
Alexios/Hilarion, NC-17. 14,656 words.
Hilarion is in love with Alexios. Alexios is in love with a dead man. Hilarion and Alexios should most definitely not sleep together. Unfortunately, Hilarion is very bad at making good decisions.
(Written March 2013 for trope_bingo round one. The square is "secret relationship (free space).")

Coniungantur Animae (LJ, DW, AO3)
Hilarion/Lucius, PG. 837 words.
Don't touch strange stones you find in the woods. Really, don't.
(Written April 2013 for trope_bingo round one. The square is "soulbonding/soul mates.")

The Winds of Castellum (LJ, DW, AO3)
Alexios/Hilarion, NC-17. 7885 words.
In spring, the fort of Castellum is blanketed by a pollen that causes desire among those who breathe it in. This includes Alexios and Hilarion.
(Written September 2013 for trope_bingo round two. The square is "sex pollen." Also for kink_bingo 2013, "altered states.")

Harry Potter

Laughs at a Funeral (LJ, DW, AO3)
Remus/Sirius, R. 300 words.
Why does everyone think sex makes things better?
(Written November 2002.)

The Lantern Bearers - Rosemary Sutcliff

Theft (LJ, DW, AO3)
Gen, G. 2100 words.
Aquila steals a wolf. Then he steals his freedom. [Fusion with the Iskryne universe.]
(Written February 2013 for Psychic Wolves for Lupercalia.)

Merlin (BBC)

Year's Turning (LJ, DW, AO3)
Gwen/Morgana, NC-17. 2451 words.
Two dreams, two chances.
(Written March 2009.)

Les Misérables

Res Novae (LJ, DW, AO3)
Gen with a side of unrequited Enjolras/Grantaire, PG. 1136 words.
In Ancient Rome, Les Amis -- or rather, I suppose, the amici -- are supporters of Catiline in the conspiracy of 63 BC. Events progress about as well as you would think.
(Written April 2013 for trope_bingo round one. The square is "au: historical.")

Nail Polish (industry)

Only Once (LJ, DW, AO3)
Gen, G. 449 words.
The story of the most beautiful nail polish in the world.
(Written December 2011 for Lysimache for Yuletide 2011.)

Points series - Melissa Scott and Lisa A. Barnett

A Commission (LJ, DW, Yuletide, AO3)
Nico/Philip, Philip/Coindarel, R. 1102 words.
Ever wonder how Eslingen got that promotion in Coindarel's Dragons?
(Written December 2008 for thermidor for Yuletide 2008.)

Cherry Without Any Stone (LJ, DW, AO3)
Nico/Philip, PG. 1181 words.
Nico and Philip have something to say on the subject of lemanry.
(Written December 2009 for Cyphomandra for Yuletide 2009.)

The Professionals

Laeti Triumphantes (my LJ, DiaLJ, DW, AO3, Hatstand)
Bodie/Doyle, NC-17. 4393 words.
On a cold winter night, Bodie finds a new way to keep warm.
For the December 2008 discoveredinalj Discovered Whilst A-Carolling challenge. My prompt was "O Come All Ye Faithful."
(Written November-December 2008.)

Miles Scortillusque (AO3, Hatstand; extended story notes at my LJ, story notes at DW)
Bodie/Doyle, NC-17. 56,632 words.
The year is 74. A lonely Roman soldier on leave in Pompeii meets a Celt at a brothel. Together they each learn that the other is not what they expected.
(Written February-April 2009.)

Concatenation (LJ, DW, AO3, Hatstand coming soon)
Bodie/Doyle, PG. 6345 words.
Cowley makes Bodie and Doyle get married. [A cracktastic Valentine's Day present for lysimache.]
(Written February 2011.)

Fraternization (LJ, DW, AO3, Hatstand coming soon)
Bodie/Doyle, PG. 100 words.
An epilogue drabble to "Concatenation," in which a question on the future is pondered... in bed.
(Written February 2011.)

Look on My Works (LJ, DW, AO3)
Bodie/Doyle, R. 1198 words.
Two CI5 agents, two wolves, one Ford Capri. It's not going to be a good night. Or maybe it is. [Fusion with the Iskryne universe.]
(Written February 2012 for Psychic Wolves for Lupercalia.)

Arcadia (LJ announcement, DW announcement, AO3)
Bodie/Doyle, NC-17. 89,908 words.
To catch an unknown assassin, Bodie and Doyle head undercover on a cruise ship, posing as a couple. Aboard the ship are many people from Bodie's past, and any one of them could be their suspect. In the course of the investigation, Doyle discovers that there are a great many things he would never have guessed about Bodie's former life... and about his own feelings for his partner.
(Written September-November 2008; actually posted October 2012 for Pros Big Bang 2012 (ci5_boxoftricks).)

Acceptable Risk (LJ, DW, AO3)
Bodie/Doyle, PG. 1357 words.
If you're going to die, there's probably a few things you should say first.
(Written September 2013 for trope_bingo Round 2. The square is "24 hours to live.")

Psion series - Joan D. Vinge

One Hundred Heads (LJ, DW, AO3)
Gen, PG. 2595 words.
Cat tries to get out of his own mind for a while.
(Written December 2010 for Aycelcus for Yuletide 2010.)

Psych

Deck the Halls With Glowing Deer (LJ, DW, Yuletide, AO3)
Gen, PG. 5231 words.
In which Shawn asks for and receives a hippopotamus for Christmas, and Shawn and Gus solve a mystery of missing lawn decorations.
(Written December 2008 for neko_chelle for Yuletide 2008.)

Roma Sub Rosa series - Steven Saylor

That the State Suffer No Harm (LJ, DW, AO3)
Gen, G. 2034 words.
In which Gordianus the Finder entirely fails to help Cicero defend Gaius Rabirius.
(Written December 2011 for Lysimache for Yuletide 2011.)

Star Trek: AOS

Following Orders (LJ, DW, AO3)
Sulu/Chekov, NC-17. 1458 words.
"I'm not calling you 'sir.' I outrank you."
(Written May 2009 for st_xi_kink.)

Stars Apart, Shine the Same (LJ, DW, AO3)
Kirk/Spock, Kirk/Spock Prime, NC-17. 8049 words.
It is the third mission of his command, and Captain James T. Kirk suspects he is going insane.
(Written May 2009 for st_xi_kink.)

Firefalls (LJ, DW, AO3)
Nero/Ayel, PG-13. 781 words.
You can never go home again.
(Written May 2009 for st_xi_kink.)

Whereof Reason Knows Nothing (LJ, DW, AO3)
Gen, G. 1147 words.
Everyone knows Vulcans don't have wolfbrothers. Jim meets a Vulcan who has one. [Fusion with the Iskryne universe.]
(Written February 2012 for Psychic Wolves for Lupercalia.)

Reflexive Possessive (LJ, DW, AO3)
Kirk/Spock, PG. 2770 words.
After Khan, Jim has a few residual issues. Spock helps him. Naturally, there's a strange Vulcan practice for everything.
(Written September 2013 for trope_bingo round two. The square is "writing on the body." Also for kink_bingo 2013, "languages and translation.")

Star Trek: The Original Series

Feel Fine (LJ, DW, AO3)
Gen, G. 651 words.
Spock finds that he wants to be happy.
(Written October 2013 for kink_bingo 2013. The square is "emotion play.")

Star Trek: Rihannsu - Diane Duane

Rrh-thanai (LJ, DW, AO3)
Gen, G. 4487 words.
After the war, Ael welcomes the Federation to ch'Rihan.
(Written December 2013 for Lexigent for Yuletide 2013.)

Valdemar series - Mercedes Lackey

One True Way (LJ, DW, AO3)
Gen, PG. 4385 words.
Scenes from a Valdemar that never was. (Or: the one where the Companions are evil.)
(Written December 2010 for isabeau for Yuletide 2010.)

Vorkosigan Saga - Lois McMaster Bujold

Of Unfed Hope (LJ, DW, AO3)
Miles/Galeni, G. 1758 words.
During their confinement, Miles and Galeni bond in an unexpected way.
(Written December 2009 for lyricalnights for Yuletide 2009.)

The X-Files

In Violentia (LJ, DW, AO3)
Mulder/Krycek, PG-13. 200 words.
Krycek tells Mulder why he hits him.
(Written September 2002.)

Palliative (LJ, DW, AO3)
Gen, R. 867 words.
Alex Krycek deals with his oilien experiences in a unique way.
(Written, uh, sometime, for kink_bingo 2009. The square is "enemas." Posted February 2010 as amnesty.)

Young Wizards - Diane Duane

What's Loved (LJ, DW, AO3)
Nita/Ed, PG. 763 words.
Much later, Nita meets Ed in Timeheart.
(Written January 2013 for Ambyr for fandom_stocking 2012.)


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Songvids

(Announcements contain download links. The uploaded versions of most of these are crappy RealMedia files, because I was a n00b who knew no better. If you want big shiny versions, let me know and we can work something out. Also, a lot of these aren't, uh, uploaded anywhere. Hmm.)

Firefly

Everything I Need
Gen, more or less. Song by Melissa Ferrick.
Kaylee has everything she needs.
(Vidded December 2002 and not really finished, but it's as done as it's getting.)

Hard Core Logo

Flower (LJ announcement, DW announcement)
Joe/Billy. Song by Pansy Division. Explicit lyrics warning, plus spoilers.
Joe wants to fuck Billy. Billy wants to fuck Joe over.
(Vidded February 2002.)

Highlander

Gimme Danger (LJ announcement, DW announcement)
Gen. Song by Ewan McGregor. (Yes, it's an Iggy Pop cover.)
"He stood a stranger in this breathing world, / An erring spirit from another hurl'd; / A thing of dark imaginings, that shap'd / By choice the perils he by chance escap'd." --Byron, "Lara" Canto 1, XVIII, published 1814
"I have no hope, no dreams, no poetry left. All I feel is this raging hunger. And all I hear is my own voice screaming my failure." --Byron, in conversation with Methos, 1997
(Vidded October 2005, with lysimache)

There's a Girl
Amanda/Rebecca. Song by the Ditty Bops.
There are so many secrets between them.
(Vidded June 2006. Never released.)

Jurassic Park III

Wherever You Will Go (LJ announcement, DW announcement)
Alan/Billy. Song by The Calling.
Alan lets Billy convince him to follow him.
(Vidded May 2002.)

Oz

No One Knows My Plan
Gen. Song by They Might Be Giants.
Ryan O'Reilly's behind pretty much everything going on at the prison. Season 1 only.
(Vidded August(?) 2002. Never released.)

The X-Files

Sorry (LJ announcement, DW announcement)
Mulder/Krycek. Song by Nerf Herder. Spoilers through "Existence."
Krycek's sorry, okay? He's sorry for a whole lot of things he's done. But mostly he's sorry that he ever fell in love with Mulder.
(Vidded July 2002.)

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Title: Gimme Danger
Artist: Ewan McGregor (from the movie Velvet Goldmine)
Vidders: lysimache and sineala
Fandom: Highlander
Spoilers: "The Modern Prometheus" (Season 5)
Length: 4:26
Warnings: drug use; violence; language; het; implied m/m/f threesome

Summary:
     He stood a stranger in this breathing world,
     An erring spirit from another hurl'd;
     A thing of dark imaginings, that shap'd
     By choice the perils he by chance escap'd
            --Byron, "Lara" Canto 1, XVIII, published 1814

     "I have no hope, no dreams, no poetry left. All I feel is this raging hunger. And all I hear is my own voice screaming my failure."
            --Byron, in conversation with Methos, 1997

Download: (both versions are 320 x 240)
(Neither YSI nor Megaupload were working for me. Boo.)
mov (23.1 meg)
http://rapidshare.de/files/6845674/gimmedangercd.mov.html

mp4 (19.1 meg)
http://rapidshare.de/files/6844973/gimmedangermp4.mp4.html

ETA: Permanent link: http://versaphile.com/download/danger.zip

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Feedback is welcomed.

My third songvid is done, done, done! I feel kind of silly announcing it when most of you reading this have been feedbacking me on the vid in progress, but hey...

Song: "Sorry"
Artist: Nerf Herder
Fandom: The X-Files
Pairing: Mulder/Krycek
URL: http://www.versaphile.com/download/sorry.zip

It's a zipped RealPlayer file, 8.7 megs, 320x240. Minor warning for language on the song lyrics, I suppose, though nothing as bad as Flower -- mostly just a masturbation reference. You watched RatB, so you can handle a masturbation reference, right?

Episodes used: Sleepless, Duane Barry, Ascension, One Breath, Anasazi, The Blessing Way, Piper Maru, Apocrypha, Tunguska, Terma, The Red and the Black, Existence. Yes, there's stuff from Existence. Consider yourself warned.

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I would just like to say that I spent far more time messing with brightness and clip speed than I ever thought I would, and I would like it if important scenes of X-Files had not been shot in near-total darkness.

So, what do you people think?

This is not an announcement of a new vid.

versaphile, who likes to host her friends' vids, has been hosting the two I have. Her download page now has links to slightly-corrected zipped RealPlayer versions of my two existing vids.

Flower (Hard Core Logo, Joe/Billy slash) has been re-exported in a correct aspect ratio. It's at 424x240, which is about right. More or less. Anyway, IT IS NO LONGER ALL SQUISHY. If you liked it when it was squishy, by all means redownload it. Please. So I can stop being embarassed about having a squishy-ratio vid on the net. Also, initial credits have been added. Warning: explicit lyrics.

Wherever You Will Go (Jurassic Park III, Alan/Billy slash) has had initial credits added. No other changes, but if you liked it, please take this version instead of your old one.

Due to the fact that I am actually learning how to work this RealPlayer export thingy, the HCL vid is about a meg smaller than it was before, and the JP3 vid is about two megs smaller.

And, yes, the "Sorry" vid is almost ready. I'm just going to do a little more tweaking of it. Soon, soon it will be ready. I think I'm starting to get to be technically better at this video editing thing. I look at "Flower" and cringe in places --even though I still quite like the idea of it, I just threw the clips on there, timing by ear, no effects of any sort, a couple of bad cuts and a really awful pronoun problem in the last verse. I want to remake it someday. On "Wherever You Will Go," I started to get better at timing to the word and beat, though I was still doing it by ear, and I learned how to do a fade. This vid, I am trying to get Premiere to do exactly what I want. I used the waveform to mark the beats. I brightened clips that were too dark. I slowed down the ends of clips that were too quick. I'm obsessed with timing actions to the word. I manually cropped widescreen shots. I really paid attention to POV. I'm hoping this one is going to be really good, even though everybody who watches M/K vids has probably seen these clips ten thousand times before.

I have completed my second songvid:

Song: "Wherever You Will Go"
Artist: The Calling
Fandom: Jurassic Park 3
Pairing: Alan/Billy

It is downloadable from here. 13.1 MB, zipped RealPlayer file. Ratio is something like 360 x 194, and it's 3:25 long.

Why, yes, there actually is a slash fandom for this movie. Their fiction archive is here.

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Well, the songvid is mostly sort of finished. I'm reasonably happy with it, even though the timing of the clips and the POV is messed up in several places, because (a) there weren't that many clips to use and (b) most of the time, I couldn't see what I was doing -- the Preview window didn't really work, previewing most of the individual clips didn't really work, and the setting in/out points thing was kind of imprecise. Also, like I said, I have a bad sense of tempo anyway.

But still, for my first effort at vidding (or video editing at all, really) I'm happy with how it turned out.

My mom watched it over my shoulder. The first comment she made on it, halfway though, was, "Did you know that he sticks out his tongue just when the song mentions blowjobs? Isn't that a funny coincidence?"

My reply was, "Yes, that was sort of the point. That was, in fact, the original reason I wanted to make this, so that I could see that part."

She didn't say anything after that.

I'm imagining how much better I could be if I had a video editing setup that actually let me see what I was doing without crashing. If I get a new computer, I am definitely going to get one with a good processor and humongous amounts of RAM, and possibly a whole extra hard drive for capturing video if I want to do this again. Which I think I do. This was kind of fun.

Also, versaphile, who is a wonderful wonderful person who talked me through the process when I didn't understand what all these crazy buttons and switches did, is also hosting the file. Flower.zip should be about 7 megs, zipped RealPlayer file.

Go! Download! Enjoy! Tell me I'm wonderful! Tell me I suck! I've never done this before!

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