Writing is hard.

Queliot lives here now

[katjohnadams]

i remember adults telling me, as a kid, to listen to doctors and get my flu vaccine and any shots i could because they remembered Before.

then they started fighting Covid precautions.

i remember adults telling me, as a kid, that the ozone was disappearing and the earth was dying and we needed to recycle and save the planet.

now my parents think climate change is a myth.

i remember adults telling me, as a kid, that racism was a plague, that we had to love and accept everyone, that we should never judge before walking a mile in their shoes.

then they told me that protesting for my Black siblings was wrong.

i remember adults telling me, as a kid, that we needed to give to the poor. working at soup kitchens. making quilts. collecting food and money and supplies. building houses. because it was the christian and just plain right thing to do.

now they look at me, on food stamps with their grandchildren, and lament the "welfare state".

i remember adults telling me, as a kid, that it was easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than a rich man to enter the Kingdom of Heaven and that any rich man, especially an immoral one, should never run our country.

you can guess who they voted for.

i remember adults telling me, as a kid, so very much.

when did they forget?

[audrocur-deactivated20221128]

wow millennials are glued to their i-phones and laptops so much they cant even be bothered robbing in person anymore!!! maybe these trust fund babies should stop phishing credit cards while sitting on their butts and go out there and put some elbow grease into their thievery!

[thesnadger]

[weaselle]

I know exactly what happened. Because it happened to me.

I trained for years to be a con artist. I told my friends and family that I wanted to be a magician, but that was just a cover for why I was constantly practicing sleight of hand. 

In junior high and high school, I would shop lift a bunch of candy on my way to school, sell it to kids at the morning break, and use that money to run a crooked poker game at lunch.

Finally, when I was 19 or 20, I felt I was ready, and I picked my first pocket. I was on the bus, bumped a guy as I passed down the aisle, got his wallet, super clean.

In the wallet was several hundred dollars. A huge first score, I had been hoping for a couple twenties. I sat there looking at the, like, 400 bucks, thinking.

That was my rent at the time. We were both on the bus. It was likely his rent too. Lord knows the only reason to carry that much cash on the bus is you’re on your way to pay a bill. We were both on the bus, you know? That’s not someone I was comfortable stealing from.

I tapped him on the shoulder and told him “hey i think you dropped this” and gave it back to him with all the money still in it. It was the first and last time I ever picked a pocket.

Picking a rich person’s pocket is a loosing game. They probably have credit cards and not cash, those credit cards probably have the best anti-theft measures their bank can provide, and you probably can’t get close enough to those people to pick their pockets unless you’re already rich yourself.

The people who’s pockets you can reliably pick are the people around you. The people who are also on the bus, who are in this same shitty situation with you.

As wealth inequality becomes more drastic picking pockets has very clearly become “stealing from other poor people” and it’s not satisfying. I want to steal from Google and Apple and Fox and Facebook and General Mills and Hershey and Tesla. Not the person next to me.

[just-a-hazbin-writer]

Wow. This post went from funny to a life lesson in a way I wasn’t expecting, amd I’m not sorey at all.

[uberguber89]

See, unlike the capitalist elite, common criminals have a sense of morality and empathy.

[mousidy]

[technofeudalism]

yarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr you greedy fucks

[puppygirl-hornyposting2]

good.

[momperlman-deactivated20251022]

"We keep making our service worse, cancelling shows before their time, hiking up the prices, and generally ruining what once was a decent product--piracy keeps wining somehow. 🤷"

[ceeainthereforthat]

I useful to be content with streaming.

I don’t feel that way anymore.

So if something isn’t easy to pay for or buy on dvd, i guess I don’t get to watch it.

[ceeainthereforthat]

Just wanted to say how much I really, deeply, truly love Enfleurage. Thank you for writing it.

Thank you so much! I’m really looking forward to getting back to it once i’m done my other obligations.

[ceeainthereforthat]

Narrator: They are still not done their other obligations

[bananonbinary]

“oh no we need to practice for our fake dating” is the funniest trope to me cause like. there are so many people who force themselves into a shitty relationship they hate just because of amatonormatiivity that it’s an ingrained part of popular culture to joke about hating your partner.

which is to say, oh my god you dont need to hold hands and go on fake dates, you don’t even need to agree on a single detail of your cover story beforehand. you can literally stand 6 feet apart at all times and look profoundly uncomfortable and all anyone will think is “yikes™. not my problem”

[bananonbinary]

actually people should address this in fanfic more because “i know we could half-ass it, but i would never fake mistreat my fake husband, how dare you” is absolutely delightful

[ceeainthereforthat]

Okay hold up

no sorry i’m going to take this seriously i know this post was a joke but i can’t deal with the fact that it whooshes right past the whole point of why they’re having a fake relationship caper in the first place

the person who “needs” the fake relationship is in a situation where they want to cook up the fake relationship because they want people to believe that they are in a relationship that makes them HAPPY.

it’s not that they’re in a relationship and it is mediocre or on the rocks. that will not do. because that will not fulfill the objective. they either need people they love to decide that they are fine and that they don’t need to worry about them or they need people they resent to fucking eat it. or BOTH, we can contain multitudes. a partner you hate simply *will not do.*

yes i have thought about this way more than most people. I love fake relationship stories. I’ve written fake relationship stories! I have given this some thought from the perspective of someone who is actually fond of the trope and what emotional needs a story like this addresses.

Next time i will talk about what the fake relationship trope has to do with insecure attachment and fear of rejection but this is already too long goodnight!

[orlissa]

Hi,

It’s you friendly neighbor fanfic author here. In the light of this apparent new trend of people feeding unfinished fics to AI to get an “ending,” and some people even talking about “blanket permissions,” let me just say this:

I EXPLICITLY FORBID ANYONE TO FEED MY FICS TO AI. DUDE, THAT IS ABOUT THE LEAST RESPECTFUL THING YOU CAN DO. IF YOU DO IT, SHALL YOU BE EXCOMMUNICATED FROM YOUR FANDOM AND WALK ON LEGOS BAREFOOT TILL THE END OF DAYS.

That is my anti-permission.

Thank you for your attention.

[ayrki]

Co-signed.

And if I somehow come across mention of you doing this, I am going to track the author down, let them know, and proceed to make sure people know what kind of dirt-bag you are.

Look, I’ve been reading fic on the internet practically for about 25 years, and I have encountered many a fic I would murder several first borns to know what happens next.

I also -unfortunately- am also responsible for a few unfinished fics out there, but I want you to hear me loud and clear:

NOTHING IS ABANDONED.

I’m just working on other shit like trying to be a person, you know.

But it’s very simple: if you want to know what happens next in anything I have up, unfinished:

ASK ME.

I actually have shit written, I have outlines, I have hundreds of thousands of words stuck inside me I will vomit all over a person if even marginally asked.

Just ask my poor partner who got to listen to me talk about a massive reveal I have been sitting on for 10-15 years. (…oh Amy Bradshaw, I was merciless to you.)

I promise you right now with 1000% surety: no AI exists that will ever figure ANY of the turns I have planned.

Mind, I also know my shit is so niche and specific the likelihood of someone trying this is slim. But just fucking don’t for ANYONE.

[ceeainthereforthat]

(hey if there’s a fic of mine you like that’s up on ao3, download it-life is uncertain)

[ceeainthereforthat]

Just wanted to say how much I really, deeply, truly love Enfleurage. Thank you for writing it.

Thank you so much! I’m really looking forward to getting back to it once i’m done my other obligations.

[tsutomi-goshiki]

me: *writes 1st chapter of a fanfic*

comment: i can’t wait to know what happens next

me: hahaha me too! *sweats* me too

[themagiciansreccenter]

Author Spotlight: @ceeainthereforthat​

Every week we interview a writer from The Magicians fandom. If you would like to be interviewed or you want to nominate a writer, get in touch via our ask box.

First things first, tell us a little about yourself.

THE DREADED QUESTION! I’m a novelist, in my public persona, and so I literally write all day long.

How long have you been writing for?

For years, but it was off and on until 2014, when I suddenly just started writing all the time. I started with fanfiction, I wrote original stuff, and I’ve recently come back to fanfic after being on hiatus for a couple years.

What inspired you to start writing for The Magicians?

I got into the fandom late–my first live episode was 4.11–and I never saw a season finale that so desperately needed to be erased by as much transformative fiction as possible. I was so upset. I went into reading fanfiction to help me move away from the heartbreak of 4.13.

And fic is infectious. Once I started reading stories, I started getting an idea for one. And one day I just dashed off a really short scene of queliot thirst, thinking, I’ll just get this out of my system. But it didn’t work that way, and now I have a universe alteration timeline 41 story set in an alternate first year at Brakebills that’s pushing 70k and it’s not done yet.

Who is/are your favourite character(s) to write? What it is about them that makes them your favourite?

I am really torn. Do I love writing Quentin, who resonates so deeply with the part of me that doesn’t realize that getting out of bed every day is an act of bravery? I love writing Quentin, because I feel like his headspace is so familiar–but since I’m in control of writing it, I can write these moments where Quentin comes up against his monsters and persistent feelings of self-doubt and show how he resists them by having faith in the people around him.

…Or do I love writing Eliot, who resonates so deeply with the part of me who went through growing up with people who were hostile to who you were, who you loved, how you were different, and how he walked away from all that bullshit and never looked back, and made himself what he wanted to be? I want to clutch Eliot to my chest because he seems like the typical queen bee meanie at first, and he’s good at saying, “I don’t care” while at the same time doing things that show that no, he cares a hell of a lot, but he’s not going to get hurt again if he can help it–but since I’m in control of writing it, I can write these moments where Eliot walks up to what he fears most, and instead of slaying the monster, he embraces vulnerability and the risk of hurt in hope of something incredible.

WHICH DO I PICK? HELP

Do you have a preference for a particular season/point in time to write about?

So far I have been writing about the very beginning. First year. Season One. Where it all started, but different. Writing for The Magicians is a surprise for me because I’m usually writing Alternate Universe RomCom fics, but all my ideas are much more closely related to the Magicians TV universe than I usually ever write.

Are you working on anything right now? Care to give us an idea about it?

Oh boy. Two things! The first one is Enfleurage, the story that was supposed to just be a little flash/slice of (horny!) life between Quentin and Eliot,  but wound up exploding into this plotty epic fantasy. I didn’t know what it was going to be when I started it, and so it starts out feeling like a flirty romance fic, and then I found the plot and went, “oh well, I guess I’m writing a longfic.”

The other is a series of incredibly porny short stories. The series is called Hedonism for Beginners, and like Enfleurage, it was just supposed to be this simple one-shot. And then I wrote a sequel. And now i have a short list of stories that happen next in the series. I started working on a new story really recently, and … it seems to want to have a plot. But I think it can progress gradually with each story I write.

How long is your “to do list”?

That’s it. I don’t have any more ideas for Magicians fic. *knocks on wood*

What is your favourite fic that you’ve written for The Magicians? Why?

Enfleurage and Hedonism for Beginners are the only fics I’ve written for the Magicians. I think I’m always going to be fond of Enfleurage, because it came in a time in my life where I needed to prove to myself that I know how to write a story, and I can trust my characters and my own sense of story to tell something that will keep people entertained.

Many writers have a fic that they are passionate about that doesn’t get the reception from the fandom that they hoped for. Do you have a fic you would like more people to read and appreciate?

There aren’t as many hits on Hedonism for Beginners when you compare it to the audience for Enfleurage. I know that’s partially because I locked the series away so it can only be seen by logged in members of the archive, and that a lot of people who enjoy the fic on Ao3 don’t actually have accounts there. I think it might also have a narrower audience because the sex is explicit and the story really revolves around writing the smuttiest smut I can manage, ha! and so that probably limits the audience too.

What is your writing process like? Do you have any traditions or superstitions that you like to stick to when you’re writing?

My writing process is all over the place, and it depends on what i’m doing. Usually I outline but for the Magicians fics I’ve worked on so far, I’ve been working without much of an outline at all, just seeing where the characters and my understanding of stories takes me.

For tools I use a combination of scrivener and google docs. I’m really nuts about scrivener and I have an elaborate project setup complete with color coding and other bells and whistles. I write the first draft of a scene in Scrivener, and then I copy/paste it to google docs for alpha/beta reader feedback and do editing on it there.

I also track wordcount - I don’t try to make a wordcount goal every day; I’m just tracking the work I actually did that day so when I feel like I’ve been wasting time doing nothing I have proof that’s not true.

Do you write while the seasons are airing or do you prefer to wait for hiatus? How does the ongoing development of the canon influence and inspire your writing process?

I didn’t start writing these stories until hiatus (and i don’t know if I’m going to keep watching for season 5, I’m still really angry) but I think If I was still in progress on a long fic and the season started again, that’s cool, but I’m writing for what inspired me at the moment of that first spark of an idea. Maybe something in the new season will be pertinent and maybe it won’t. I guess I’ll know when I get there.

What has been the most challenging fic for you to write?

The stories in Hedonism for Beginners are the more challenging stories to write. I don’t precisely shy away from writing sex scenes, but I did kind of gloss over them a little, and I really felt like I wasn’t bringing everything to the page that I could. I’m talking about the more frank descriptions of the action going beyond metaphor and feeling cues into exactly what they did with the envelope (and getting more adventurous with the kind of sex i’m portraying,) but I’m also talking about getting more intimate with the person whose point of view we’re experiencing while reading–trying to get into the skin and mind and heart of the character, so we can see how that sex scene changes things for them.

It’s been beneficial already. I can see that they’ve improved me as a writer in general–that working on writing better sex made me use skills that apply to everything I write.

Are there any themes or tropes that you like particularly like to explore in your writing?

I think I’m not good at seeing the recurring themes and tropes in the things I write. But I haven’t ever written a story where nobody in the story falls in love. There’s always a romance in everything that I write, even if it’s not the main point of the story.

Are there any writers that inspire your work? Fanfiction or otherwise?

I think I gain inspriation from everything I read lately. Fiction, fanfiction, essays, non-fiction–it all helps to fill the well and inspire me.

What are you currently reading? Fanfiction or otherwise?

I’m not reading much fiction right now - I’m currently reading a book about city planning and how states try to make living spaces according to the ways in which they have attempted to make their citizens legible, through census data and other records, and how it doesn’t always work. After that I’m going to read a book authored by a member of the Black Panthers during the Black Power movement (it’s for a book I’m writing)

I’m having decision paralysis on my next novel to read. I’m really behind on novels, it’s really quite sad.

What is the most valuable piece of writing advice you’ve ever been given?

Don’t hoard your best ideas. Use them right away, and clear up your brainspace to make room for another mind-blowing awesome idea. Another one will come - and the more you use your best ideas, the more excellent ideas you will get.

Are there any words or phrases you worry about over using in your work?

I’m overly fond of the word fingertips. I don’t know why.

What was the first fanfic that you wrote? Do you still have access to it?

um. I think it was for the vampire lestat? and I don’t have access to it any more.

Rapidfire Round!

Self-edit or Beta?

Both. Betas are really, really important.

Comments or Kudos/Reblogs or Likes?

I love getting comments on Ao3, and I love getting reblogs with tag comments on tumblr. Likes/Kudos are nice.

Smut, Fluff or Angst?

Can’t we just have it all?

Quick & Dirty or Slow Burn?

Both. Yes, both. both is good.

Favourite Season?

Season Three

Favourite Episode?

the same as everyone. 3.05!

Favourite Book?

Haven’t read them.

Three favourite words?

petrichor, somnolent, euphoria

Want to be interviewed for our author spotlight? Get in touch here.

[themagiciansreccenter]

Five @ Five @ceeainthereforthat

As a part of our author spotlight, we’ve asked each writer to highlight 5 fics and tell us a little about their experience writing (or reading) them.

How Easy You Are To Need by @ohmarqueliot

If he tried hard enough, he could almost pretend that he’d lost track of who’s moans belonged to whom. Almost. Before he’d fled the common room, Alice and Kady had been making out on the couch right beside him, grinding against each other, Alice’s hands gripping tightly at the back of the couch as she moved over Kady. Penny had Julia pressed up against the wall, one leg hitched over his waist and her hips rolling against his. Several others had been in various states of undress around the room, their hands and mouths and bodies all over each other, and Quentin had quickly given up trying to pry people off of each other.

Sure, I dig the sex pollen, even if it’s usually pretty dubious consent-wise. But even more, I really enjoy stories that take on the aftermath of the sex pollen incident–so I’m waiting for part 2 of ohmarqueliot’s story with anticipation. This story was so damn hot, and then the end of part one had me yelling.

Tomorrow Past Tonight by veganshailseitan

He places the tile with a more care than is strictly necessary –a second to compose himself before he meets Eliot’s eyes– and wonders, far from the first time since they’d gotten to Fillory six months ago, how his fingers would feel elsewhere on Quentin’s skin.

For a moment he wants to ask him… something. If Eliot feels this tension between them. If he wants to do something about it. Or maybe just do Quentin. But how do you ask out someone you live with, and work with, and eat and drink and spend all your time with?

“Thanks,” he swallows, mouth dry, breaking eye contact after what he hopes was a normal amount of time.

He tries not to think about it for the rest of the day.

Ho damn this fic. This fic is the reason why I started writing Hedonism for Beginners stories–I made the terrible mistake of reading this fic while I was stuck waiting for a flight in an airport, and there were people all around me and listen I fucked up, okay? I should have bookmarked it and come back to it later but instead I devoured the whole thing while worrying that someone could see what I was reading out in public.

But I was also in deep admiration for the craft in that story, and I was left feeling like “Why can’t I do that? what am i doing with my sex scenes? How do I put both the erotic, full on horny on the scene, and keep the emotional resonance there, and how do I get explicit without being indelicate–what do I need to learn?”

Routine Maintenance by @messier51

Routine maintenance is not exactly a simple task–the mechanical parts, the spellwork, and the user all need to be balanced and attuned. Mostly, Eliot’s wings are in superb shape. Fillorian Royal couriers often carry the most precious cargo and are popular targets of bandits and thieves. Despite this, they are the most efficient and safest way to move important documents and small items around the world. So they’re well-compensated for their work.

“It looks like your scapular bearings are worn down a lot more than they ought to be, can I take a look at you?”

“Sure,” Eliot says, starting to untie his shirt. “How do you want me?”

Eliot Waugh: Flirt of the Century. Angel of the Crown. Client.

“You can leave that on for now.”

I really love this story so far. Its worldbuilding is marvelous to me, and the promise of a plotty, twisty adventure has me wishing I had all the story right now…and the UST is making me smile. If you’re looking for a fic that reads like a fantasy novel that reads like fic, then this one is the story for you.

Enfleurage, by @ceeainthereforthat

“Drink it,” Eliot says. “It can’t go back in the bottle, can it?”

Quentin lifts the glass and lets it hover just in front of his nose. It’s like perfume, a forward, complex fragrance that carries the terroir of the land the grapes bloomed and ripened in. 2009–a near perfect year for French wine, and this one a sterling example of a tiny village in his favorite region.

Eliot watches him breathing in the bouquet, waiting for him to lift the glass to his lips and drink. The smooth glass tilts, and Quentin’s tasting the first notes of plum in the second before—

Oh. Oh. Quentin holds the wine in his mouth and closes his eyes as sunlight caresses his face. The wine unfurls into round, earthy tannins, soft dusty violets, the power and delicacy of grapevines that were old before he was born. He opens his eyes and Eliot’s studying him, a tiny, secret smile as he reaches out and caresses Quentin’s cheek.

“Thank you,” he says. “That was exquisite.”

Quentin swallows his wine to a rolling, prismatic finish. “You knew. You knew exactly what this bottle was worth.”

“Every cent,” Eliot says. “I wanted to watch you enjoy it.”

“Enjoy it?” Quentin asks. “It’s–sublime. I’ve never had anything like it.”

“If you’re like that with all your first times, Quentin Coldwater, I’m going to find a new one for you every week.”

This is the first of my Magicians fics. It’s in progress, and so far it’s 70k and about 2/3rds done, and I’m hopelessly in love with it. I never planned on writing such a long story, but it is what it is, and following the characters into this timeline 41 story is wonderful.

Videotape #1, by @ceeainthereforthat

“You can say no to anything,” Eliot says. “You can ask me anything you want.”

Quentin pushes his hair out of his eyes. “Does the camera work?”

“Yes.”

“Is there even a VHS in the cottage?”

“There is.”

Quentin stares at it for a long moment. “Do you want to keep the tape?”

“Only if you’ll let me.”

Quentin looks over the whole scene, and his tongue darts out of his mouth to lick his lips. “What do you want me to do?”

“Whatever you want. I have an interview I’d like to do while you do it.”

“Okay,” Quentin says. “Yes. Yes to all of it.”

This is the second of the Hedonism for Beginners series. It’s partially inspired by a 30 year old movie starring James Spader called Sex, Lies, and Videotape. I thought it was just going to be the sequel and I’d be done, but in writing it, I realized that it really was going to be a series, or perhaps more accurately, a serial where Q and El explore their desires together and inevitably catch feelings. My slogan for this series is “All sex! No disasters!” so it’s not going to be a twisty dramatic thing like Enfleurage, with each of the stories focusing on the sexual adventures of the characters.

[ceeainthereforthat]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Rating:

Explicit

Archive Warning:

No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories:

F/M

M/M

Multi

Fandom:

The Magicians (TV)

Relationships:

Quentin Coldwater/Eliot Waugh

Margo Hanson/Eliot Waugh

Quentin Coldwater/Margo Hanson/Eliot Waugh

Characters:

Quentin Coldwater

Eliot Waugh

Margo Hanson

Alice Quinn

Additional Tags:

marqueliot

Threesome - F/M/M

Sex Magic Shenanigans

Porn with Feelings

Oral Sex

Cunnilingus

Vaginal Fingering

Sense Sharing

it's a pagan ritual

that is also an orgy

disco never died

outlandishly sexy outfits

Eliot POV

Feelings

Facial Shaving

"You can't bring homework to Ibiza," Eliot says, and Quentin looks a little embarrassed.

He shrugs. So damn cute. "I thought I'd do it on the ferry. You said there was a three hour trip from the portal to the island?"

Alice looks up. "Not that I've been there but I thought there was a portal directly to the island?"

"If you're attuned," Eliot says. "If you're bringing a tribute, it's the ferry for you."

"Right, so I just thought—"

"Sweetheart, it's a luxury charter. The Star of Bacchus has three hot tubs, two cocktail bars, an outdoor discotheque, and a communal playroom. They'll dump your homework into the sea."

[ceeainthereforthat]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Rating:

Explicit

Archive Warning:

No Archive Warnings Apply

Category:

M/M

Fandom:

The Magicians (TV)

Relationship:

Quentin Coldwater/Eliot Waugh

Characters:

Quentin Coldwater

Eliot Waugh

Additional Tags:

HOLY FUCK TWO ELIOTS

Consensual Choking

Face-Fucking

Threesome - M/M/M

Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence

Season One Shenanigans

Porn with Feelings

Oral Sex

Anal Fingering

Anal Sex

Sharing sexual fantasies

Eliot Waugh's canonically huge dick

Quentin POV

Emotional Hurt/Comfort

Feelings

He turns to look at Eliot. "How?"

"You need special materials and a few days of ritual magic. You have to give it your DNA--the ancients thought it was blood, tears and seed--and then you have to do a ritual to link your consciousness into its body. Then I had a few days to practice operating it."

"That's a lot of work for a threesome."

Eliot slides his hands up to Quentin's knees. "It was your fantasy. Could have timed it better, though."

"But I like this," Quentin said. "This feels good. I know it's not the raunchy hot sex you planned on, but I could get used to two of you."

Eliot smiles. "We can have raunchy hot sex later. Or cuddly sweet sex--I've never had a cuddly sweet sex threesome before."

[ceeainthereforthat]

enfleurage   chapter 20/??

explicit  |  quentin coldwater/eliot waugh  |   71,707 words  |  in-progress

warnings: see author’s notes. canon-typical violence

Eliot turns back to his task. All the sod has been cut and set aside. Now he drives the point of his spade deeper, cutting up the soil packed for years undisturbed. It's hard work, but the birds are singing overhead, and Quentin's quietly talking to a stag that walked into the clearing and leaned on Quentin until he gave in and scratched its fur. Robins perch on the stag's antlers, singing and landing on the fresh turned earth to feast on worms.

Blisters ache on palms he had worked hard to make smooth and soft—the hands of a man who had never worked a day in his life, save the writer's bump on the side of his left middle finger. His shoulders and his back protest every time he pierces the ground, every time he lifts a block of dirt on his spade—years of bending and working long forgotten.

But he can dig a grave. He's going to dig Tolan's.

[ceeainthereforthat]

A Quick Note About Progress on my Fics

I have a deadline crunch! I’m going to be going great guns on my commercial writing efforts, and I still have traveling to do so updates to Enfleurage are going to be slow. If I can steal a bit of time I will get chapter 20 out this week.

Hedonism for Beginners doesn’t have the same urgency, so I will write glorious queliot smut after the dust has cleared.

[ceeainthereforthat]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Videotape #1

complete at 5177 words

part 2 of the Hedonism for Beginners series

Rating:

Explicit

Archive Warning:

No Archive Warnings Apply

Category:

M/M

Fandom:

The Magicians (TV)

Relationship:

Quentin Coldwater/Eliot Waugh

Characters:

Quentin Coldwater

Eliot Waugh

Margo Hanson

Additional Tags:

Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence

Season One Shenanigans

Porn with Feelings

exhibitionist quentin

Dildos

Oral Sex

Anal Fingering

Sharing sexual fantasies

Eliot Waugh's canonically huge dick

Anal Sex

surprise! it's a video camera

Eliot's amazed reaction to quentin

Feelings

"You can say no to anything," Eliot says. "You can ask me anything you want."

Quentin pushes his hair out of his eyes. "Does the camera work?"

"Yes."

"Is there even a VHS in the cottage?"

"There is."

Quentin stares at it for a long moment. "Do you want to keep the tape?"

"Only if you'll let me."

Quentin looks over the whole scene, and his tongue darts out of his mouth to lick his lips. "What do you want me to do?"

"Whatever you want. I have an interview I'd like to do while you do it."

"Okay," Quentin says. "Yes. Yes to all of it."

[ceeainthereforthat]

enfleurage   chapter 19/??

explicit  |  quentin coldwater/eliot waugh  |   68,206 words  |  in-progress

warnings: see author’s notes. canon-typical violence

Durstan won't leave Quentin alone for a minute, not even while he'd like a little privacy. He zips up his jeans and steps away from the bushes, rolling his eyes as he catches sight of Durstan.

"Honestly, if you were going to turn your back anyway, you could have let me just have a minute to myself."

"My instructions are explicit, Honored Consort," Durstan says as he turns around, and Quentin fights to hide his wince at the sight of the man’s wasp-stung face. "It's my duty as a knight of the Eye."

"Right." And he can't fight with Eliot about it, because Eliot won't fight. He'll explain, in that disquietingly calm voice, his face blank and expressionless unless he remembers that he should smile. Quentin is important. Quentin is the key in the fight against the Beast. Quentin is their edge in the war Eliot declared against a force that held all but a small corner of Fillory in shadow, and therefore he can't even take a piss in privacy.

Quentin's the key in the fight against the Beast. How's that work? What's he going to do, bloom flowers at it?

A towering fir tree's boughs slump in dejection, and Quentin alters course to pat its trunk. "Sorry. That was mean. It's just I don't know what to do, and it's frustrating and—"

He stops himself. "I'm talking to a tree."

"Yes, Honored Consort," Durstan says. "But the tree understands you, so that's quite all right."