About Me
Hi. I’m T.
Cancer, early-80s baby. From the western mountains of the U.S., born and raised, though I have moved a state over (still in mountains). East coast for college. Love to travel and have traveled quite a few places, including all over my own country. I prefer to do it in my baby, Fiona, a 18yo car with 380k+ miles on her.
Have always loved to read and write and draw, but stopped most post-college. Got back seriously into reading thanks to 2020 and Rebecca Yarros’s Empyrean series has gotten me back into writing and I am forever grateful.
I love hockey - and play it - and am an Ironman triathlete. I love to cook and to bake. I like shiny rocks and dragons and dinosaurs and stuffed animals and not acting my age … and thankfully married a guy who enjoys acting similarly.
My music tastes are polyjamorous - I will legit listen to pretty much anything and everything, but I do tend mostly to the rock side of things.
Speaking of music (and fanfiction) ... I have an Empyrean playlist!
FOR FAN FICTION
I’ve spent decades reading it, mostly in the Pride and Prejudice world (with bits and pieces of Persuasion and Labyrinth (and really old original smut pieces on ancient geocities sites of some chick and her friends with wrestlers and minor league hockey players …)), but have only recently published, and only with the Empyrean:
RSC Lesson - Coping Mechanisms (536 words, completed) First post; my take on why PTSD doesn’t exist at Basgiath.
I’ll Always Keep You in Mind (4375 words, completed) In which our characters are in rock bands. I entirely blame @siobhanbooks on this one. 😜 Also in which I apparently invent Bodociam as a ship. 🤷♀️
Window of Opportunity (229 words, completed) Blame @yanny-77 ‘s The Underpants Heist for inspiring this one. (originally posted here on tumblr)
victory is all you need (105,844 words, completed) Modern college hockey AU and my baby of which I am so dang proud PLEASE LOVE IT TOOOOOO.
Violet Sorrengail grew up as the lone figure skater in her family, but right before she starts at Basgiath U, her mom (the dean of students) insists that she has to join the hockey team. So not only does she have to navigate two large life transitions, she’s also told to avoid one Xaden Riorson and his crew … thanks to some sketchy shit that went down with his parents and the now-closed University of Aretia. Or so she was told (since her mom helped things go down). But things are never exactly what they seem …
Xaden Riorson, PI tumblr-posted plot bunny that I WILL NOT BE FINISHING. Probably. Think 1930s detective stories and film noir. But this came to me while running and I had to word vomit it out.
The Backup Plan (15,041 words, completed) Pseudo-soulmates story. Violet, daughter of the king’s head of security, is dragged to a betrothal party for the prince of Tyrrendor. She and her best friend are expected to get married eventually … but he and the king’s son are in love already. That Tyrrish prince? His name is Xaden and he negotiated two hours to find a better option. And a lot can happen in a handful of hours … (also I contribute my second ship to the fandom: Dain x Halden)
In the character waiting room Tiny microfiction tumblr-only post in honor of @siobhanbooks’s birthday. Bodhi gets another fucking assignment … but this one he likes just fine.
agony brings no reward (20,566 words, completed) Bonus behind-the-scenes content for viayn from various POVs.
The Backup Backup Plan (1151 words, completed) It was suggested that Catriona Cordella and Alic Tauri might make a good match and the adult(ier) adults in their lives agreed ... but not all backup plans work out ...
karma is a cat (purring in my lap 'cause it loves me) (1337 words, completed) ... I ... don't know. In which the dragons are humans and the humans are cats. Blame my brain.
In the Cordyn Aerie (581 words, completed) Kiralair often wondered if her flier uncle's gryphon missed flying and adventure.
the truth in our scars (169,633 words, completed) Soulmates/soulmarks AU where Xaden and Violet are a rare pair of soul-scarred mates … and what that might mean and how things might change …
unrequited (455 words, completed) Liam watched Violet Sorrengail fall in love with Xaden Riorson. Not him.
the one last wish (is that you pay for it) (4370 words, completed) An OS-compliant fic where Dain decides that Halden needs to learn how to listen ... and to be a little less fucking stupid.
ttios: fate's remix (176,288 words, completed) What if Fate hadn't kept Xaden and Violet from meeting in the tree in ch.5 of the truth in our scars?
My Voice (Will Take You There) (679 words, completed) Fanfic of a fanfic - what if Xaden's karaoke experience in "Lights, Camera, Bitch, Smile" was a lot less awkward ...
Three Fingers of Aretian Reserve (6542 words, completed) Fanfic of a fanfic - snippets inspired by the One Manhattan universe.
From the Turret to Eternity (1447 words, completed) Rhiannon and Quinn share the surprisingly similar stories as to how they met their best friend.
Really Great tales and stories (maybe????) (12,044 words, completed) The "these cursed ships" project ... with a twist.
trust us, we know (3247 words, completed) The modern AU no one asked for with the dragons as dinosaurs.
Forged in Ink (12,137 words, completed) Epistolary canon-divergent AU where X and V meet prior to the quadrant and become pen pals.
Antici ... pation Is Always Good (6676 words, completed) The crew takes on the Rocky Horror Picture Show.
the perks of customer service (32,438 words, completed) Xaden is forced on administrative leave to work a customer service job; he chooses a coffee shop and learns that there are indeed perks to working a customer service job.
A Duke for the Holidays (12,407 words, completed) Fourth Wing meets Hallmark Christmas movie.
Diary of a Broody Foodie (4001 words, completed) Fanfic of a fanfic - Xaden's inner thoughts during the course of The Research Project.
Xaden's POV of Good Fortune (Cookie) tumblr-only micro fanfic of a fanfic.
What Winning Looks Like (78,756 words, completed) Fourth Wing meets the Winter Olympics. Technically interconnected one-shots.












