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hi so my most recent fic marks the total of 50992 words published to AO3 for The Old Guard. Okay! Why not!

#My thesis is only like 10 000 words and I haven't started writing it yet #but based on this it won't be any trouble at all lmaooooooo #others have written more and faster than me and i know this BUT 50k for the old guard?? awesome stuff tbh. i did not even notice

remembering again the full extent of what forever is

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

Andromache says, "I used to think it was my job to save you," and Quỳnh feels the oath breaking like it's her skin and bones, like she'll bleed out from Andromache's betrayal before Nile's stab. Anger, too. She is so angry.

"It was," she says, and presses the detonator.

2k words! Andromaquynh. Lots of fun to write, to be honest. I think Quỳnh deserves to be so so so angry. Discord loses, and there's a happy ending also.

#fleetling's fic #andromaquynh #andromaquynh fic #the old guard #andromache x quynh #as i say in the (spoilery) end notes #[blank tag to hide spoilers]#ugh why isn't that working #hide the spoilers pls OH YAY #Quynh gets to be angry and be loved regardless #Discord gets to lose pathetically #Andy gets to suffer and also be kissed (separate events but she is a willing participant to both)

remembering again the full extent of what forever is update: 2k

#almost done. maybe.#fleetling fic progress

the "quỳnh blows them up" fic, now titled "remembering the full extent of what forever is" (hozier lyric) update: 1.7k

#fleetling fic progress #Not sure if I'll actually write more for this or if it stands alone as-is #Hmmm. I shall consider.

my other new WIP: in which Andy says "I used to think it was my job to save you," and Quỳnh tells her that it was and then hits the trigger.

(They live, don't worry. Because Andromache does as she'd promised and saves Quỳnh despite saying she wouldn't keep that promise anymore.)

Progress: 1.2k, pretty much all written in @travellingdragon's dms (sorry and thanks)

#fleetling fic progress #the old guard 2 spoilers #andromaquynh #andromache x quynh #Edit: This is finished and posted btw

new (ish) WIP: Copley POV, in which Quỳnh comes to him first, not Booker. (Discord also doesn't exist.)

Current progress: 1.7k

#fleetling fic progress

48 hr exchange masterpost

Hi. Yes I know I have already posted some of these already.

WRITTEN DURING THE 48 HOURS

Cookie, Cake, and Slice, the three fics I wrote for my assigned recipient, gred_and_feorge0! All Percy Jackson fandom. Respectively, ~600, 1.3k and ~400 words. Cookie: in which Sally Jackson worries about her son and they accidentally bake cookies the 'wrong' way. Cake: in which the Athena cabin wakes Annabeth up to tell her her boyfriend is doing something weird... and it's her birthday. Slice: in which they repeat the cookie cake incident, on purpose, at New Rome University.

Shadowed valley, ~800 words for meadowblades! The Old Guard, set post-movie 1; a reflection on what it means for Andy to be mortal and still a leader, and what has changed and what hasn't.

birdsong, 2.5k for codesandstuffs. Six of Crows duology. Inej, in a modern era, who can hack safes and still thanks her saints. Featuring some light Kaz/Inej.

dream a little dream of you, 5k for DistractedDaydreamer! Percy Jackson fandom, again, but this time Rachel/Reyna, and how they might meet again post-HoO. I saw this ship posted and it enthralled me! I was indeed writing this down right to the very deadline.

Total written during the 48hrs: 10,652 words

WRITTEN DURING TREAT WEEK

Secret-holder (300 words exactly) and bloodsong (also a triple drabble), for dim_paper_lanterns! Six of Crows duology again. The request I worked from was for fun AUs and a focus on Inej, so they are, respectively, Inej in a fantasy world where she has a magical power that matches her in canon (able to see people's secrets) and Inej in a fantasy world where she has a magical power that goes against her in canon (she can hear weapons whispering for violence and they always want her to kill).

Ache, ~300 words for fensandmarshes!!!! Six of Crows duology again. Implied trans woman Nina, her femininity, how Inej is a woman too but doesn't wear it the same way, vibes of "do I want her or do I want to be her." Nina/Inej.

Belonging, ~700 words for maevedelights. Six of Crows duology, again. Inej is back in Ketterdam, for a visit. Kaz wants her help with something. Their unconventional relationship, the barrel king and his Wraith, the Wraith and her Dirtyhands. Them and their city. They do not touch. They do not need to.

lūcēscō, 8.2k for DistractedDaydreamer. We are back to Percy Jackson fandoms. Rachel/Reyna again, set post-HoO again. This one is a different AU: what if demigods have phones now, and Reyna, who can't say that she's doing fine because her dogs know it's a lie, accidentally texts a wrong number. Thankfully, she gets the one mortal who's not shocked to receive a text about killing the Minotaur. Things escalate from there. I can't believe I wrote 8k for this, frantically trying to finish it in time to post it in treat week. I hope it's enjoyed!

shining armour, ~600 words for GallifreyanFairytale. PJO again, Rachel/Reyna again. This one's a modern AU, in which Reyna is a historical re-enactor and Rachel runs a flower shop and the new meds that are meant to help her fainting spells aren't exactly up to the task.

Words written over the entire exchange: 21,060. Now I have to get back to my actual life.

@extremetimedchallengeexchange mods, thank you so very much for running this incredibly fun event! Thank you also to everyone who sprinted with me :)

#fleetling's fic #Why did it do weird things with font sizes. It didn't do that when i was writing the post. The fuck.

dream a little dream of you

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

That gets her a proud smile. "I was a praetor for a while," Reyna says. "Retired, now. I'm between positions; I was thinking about joining the Hunters."

She doesn't say anything else about that. Rachel can't blame her; that sounds very personal, and they've only just met. "The Hunters are cool," she says.

Reyna sighs. "I don't know if it's for me," she admits, and looks almost surprised at herself. "There's… a prophecy."

Rachel snorts. "I know something about those," she says, and extends her hand. "I should do the full thing, I guess. Nice to meet you, Reyna. I'm Rachel Elizabeth Dare, current Oracle of Apollo."

5k words!

I wrote this at breakneck speed in sprints in the last few hours of @extremetimedchallengeexchange and it's for a ship I hadn't ever considered before but which was lots of fun. Excellent prompt.

#fleetling's fic #Extreme Timed 2025 #heroes of olympus #Heroes of olympus fic #pjo fic #percy jackon and the olympians #reyna avila ramirez arellano #rachel elizabeth dare #Rachel/Reyna #In which Reyna does not have her heart healed by a demigod and in which Rachel's love does not cloud her vision.#Prophetic dreams that you think are just wishful dreams for the win.

Birdsong

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

Inej slips down, lands with barely a sound, walks three isles down, five steps in, punches in her birthdate, overrides the error message by requesting to change the code, puts in the generic back-up check-code and… yes, they hadn't changed it from the default.

Amateurs.

2.5k for @extremetimedchallengeexchange. This fic was one I thought might get me to 5k, but... did not want to go that long.

#fleetling's fic #Extreme Timed 2025 #inej ghafa #six of crows #six of crows fic

Shadowed valley

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

It's what doesn't change that surprises her the most. Sure, she bleeds now. Sure, she feels each fight for a few days, now, her muscles sore, bruises tender and aching. But —

Approx 800 words, also for @extremetimedchallengeexchange!

#fleetling's fic #Extreme Timed 2025 #the old guard #andromache the scythian #the old guard fic

Cookie / Cake / Slice

Three works I wrote for the 48hr exchange run @extremetimedchallengeexchange!

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

Sally laughs. Her feet ache and her eyes are dry and itchy, remembering the tears she'd swiped away before Percy got home from school.

She hands him the box of chocolate chips and watches him tip them all in. It's too many, probably, but it'll work. They'll make it work.

Approx 600 words

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

"What's going on?" Annabeth asks. She won't be able to go back to sleep now.

"Your boyfriend is doing something," Malcolm says, and… yeah, she should have expected this.

1.3k words

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

They make a cookie cake for Percy's birthday. In between classes, maybe, but they bake the cake.

Approx 400 words

#fleetling's fic #Extreme Timed 2025 #percy jackon and the olympians #pjo fic #pjo hoo toa #percabeth fic

rome crashes against the curve of your back (all roads lead back to you)

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

Andy, through time, and the living act of finding a home and family.

Minoan Crete, circa 1300 BCE

She'd stayed here too long, perhaps, the first time.It's like a shock of cold water, a blade in the back. It's another lesson to learn: she cannot control how she is remembered. She can make lasting change, but she can never stay.

CHAPTER ONE IS UP! Each time period I pick will get 1000 words exactly and there will be an overarching plot. First up was Minoan Crete. Coming next will be the fall of Troy. I'm doing so much reading for these, and you all get to be witness to it through footnotes. If I get something wrong please tell me!!

#fleetling's fic #andromache the scythian #andromache of scythia #the old guard fic

ivyburied

portrait of a girl as longing, girl as home rendered in light, girl with a citrus mouth & sunscape hands. heartbreak girl / heartache girl. melodrama in three acts, meaning tragedy is the last one.

see the drowned light pouring onto our hands? see me, foxglove at my mouth? we are both kneeling begging for forgiveness & absolution is an ochre-colored word / there’s never enough of it to turn to gold. rome crashes against the curve of your back. all roads lead back to you.

& she says, there is a world where angels are made of sunrise & something ruinous. let me take you home. let me fold pages of history above our heads so we can search for something greater in them. you know i would have loved you in a past life.

—occhiolism | originally published in rose quartz magazine | e.k.

#Taking a fic title from this

rome crashes against the curve of your back (all roads lead back to you) AKA "the old guard through the ages" fic progress: 1k!

I have now written Andy in Minoan Crete, which is the first of the eras on my long list, mostly due to their use of the double axe symbol. I have read so many pdfs on linear a. I have done so many google searches. This is the type of fic i very much could provide footnotes for

#fleetling fic progress #The footnotes thing is only half a joke. Should i do footnotes???

travellingdragon

Andromache in Minoan clothing, inspired by John Collier's Clytemnestra (1914) and to a lesser degree Clytemnestra (1882).

#You will never guess what I've been writing #fleetling fic progress

Next thing on the list is the guard through the ages, which doesn't even have a working title yet.

#Gonna be aiming for 1000 words per time period. Probably starting with minoan greece. Maybe.#Is Quỳnh even around then? Like. Andy born approx 4000 BCE. 2000 years? Or 3000 years? Alone? And then 1 500 between her and quynh meeting #and them meeting anyone else #So i think it's 2000 years alone ngl #Wait no. Canon says 3000 years iirc #So Andy's alone from approx 4000 BCE to 1000 BCE #Which is why i wrote her at the fall of troy alone #In the same fic Quỳnh speaks minoan. Which predates the fall of troy. This is intentional.#Andy taught her.#OH ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPT THEY MET IN 800 CE. GOOD TO KNOW. GOOD TO FUCKING KNOW.#That's also like. Quite divergent from the “3000 years alone” thing like.... That's 4 500 years alone. Guys did you mean bce.#No actually i think the screenplay script is just not canon to the movie #Whatever.

'til then my windows ache

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

Andy misses her axe. Andy misses Quỳnh, and her axe, and the rest of her team, and sometimes that seems to hit her like a sledgehammer. It's loneliness like a knife, piercing her between her ribs.

"Are you using those?" the woman asks. Her voice is a false memory, too.

OR: in which Andy stays behind while the team runs a mission, and she doesn't believe her eyes, at first, when Quỳnh finds her.

7.7k

This one was good fun and then it fought me and then it was good fun again. I hope it's equally rewarding to read!

#fleetling's fic #andromaquynh #andromache x quynh #andromaquynh fic

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