My first foray into Heated Rivalry fanfiction. Hope you enjoy!!
“I have bad feeling about this.”
The two men looked up at the two-story suburban Ottawa house. Strings of multicoloured lights twirled around the squat, snow-covered cedar trees in the front yard, and a little cobblestone walkway curved up from the driveway toward the porch.
Shane looked over his shoulder and grinned. “You’re scared of my parents now?”
Ilya raised one dubious eyebrow. “Is not just your parents inside. Also there are aunts. Uncles.” He shuddered dramatically. “You should not have told me about Great Aunt Alice.”
Shane laughed. “It’s fine. Just ignore everything she says, and the rest are all gonna love you.” He leaned up on his tiptoes and kissed Ilya’s rough-stubbled cheek. “Just like I do.”
“Like you do?” Ilya wiggled his eyebrows up and down, and Shane saw the start of a mischievous grin twinkling in his eyes. “This will make this party much more interesting.”
The Winter Promptfest, hosted by the lovely Rider's Quadrant discord server ( @the-riders-quadrant ), has just wrapped up and submissions have been pouring in all week. With over 70 submissions for the event, I wanted to compile them all so people could easily browse all the entries (which consist of not only so many amazing fanfics, but also beautiful art and even a thoughtfully curated playlist).
Please browse through the works and leave some comments and praise for any you enjoyed ❤️ So many amazing creators put their hearts and souls into creating beautiful pieces for this event (and during an insanely busy time of year for so many!), so lets spread that holiday spirit and shower them with love!
She's stuck at the Samara outpost. A treacherous place and the way she's commanded to work feels wrong. She wants out, but who can she go to for help?
Here is my OC for the Riders Quadrant Winter Prompt Fest 2025!
The prompt was: Graphic character sheet or any drawing of your OC in Empyrean universe. Character design and/or accessories shall be inspired by first 5 out of 10 pics you see after opening your Pinterest. The OC does not necessarily need to be a Basgiath Cadet, but of course may be!
After a laundry mishap, Ridoc finds himself with a hoodie he doesn’t recognize. It just might lead him to the love of his life.
May or may not be inspired by the Shane Hollander Hoodie GIF. Whos's to say.
Excerpt:
Out of habit, I put the end of the hood’s string in my mouth, and have to fight back a smile as I chew on the end. I just know this hoodie belongs—belonged, it’s mine now, I’ve decided—to the cutest boy.
Durran. Whoever that is. I spin around and collapse face first into my bean bag and say the name out loud over and over again until Sawyer comes back to our room and asks me, “The fuck’s got into you?”
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - College/University, Sharing Clothes, or stealing, Depends on the perspective, Meet-Cute, First Meetings, in class, Chemistry, Dorm Laundry, Dorm Life - Freeform, Pre-Relationship, Texting, Hoodie, Lucky Hoodie, it smells like a sexy man, ridoc is obsessed, and you should be too, Dual POV, Inspired by shane hollander and that damn hoodie gif
Fic Summary: Following War Games and the events at Resson, Bodhi is overwhlemed by grief, the rebellion, and his new position as Flame Sectionleader and finds himself turning to Liam's squadmate Ridoc for solace as the two scheme an elaborate plan to steal Commandant Panchek's underpants. And somehow, much to his surprise, Bodhi finds himself falling for the larger-than-life rider.
Note: This fic is an Iron Flame retelling from Bodhi & Ridoc’s POV.
Chapter Summary: Bodhi and second squad take Aaric to Violet and Xaden.
Oh, but before the taglist, thank you to @copperfirebird for the Broccoli art that accompanies each chapter, I love them fiercely. And thank you to @ellebellewritesfic for beta'ing. You are a star, my dear, and it's been so valuable having your help.
Happy Winter Solstice to @headcanonheadcase! Your snowdragon comes bearing AaricxSloane!! My fingers are crossed that Slam becomes a thing in Onyx Storm, but if not, I'll happily escape to headcanons.
Also a special thank you to @suebswrites, @alexandia03, @essjaywrites, @yanny-77, and Maze for coordinating the @rq-gift-exchange Solstice Exchange! This was so much fun!
Fic Summary: Following War Games and the events at Resson, Bodhi is overwhlemed by grief, the rebellion, and his new position as Flame Sectionleader and finds himself turning to Liam's squadmate Ridoc for solace as the two scheme an elaborate plan to steal Commandant Panchek's underpants. And somehow, much to his surprise, Bodhi finds himself falling for the larger-than-life rider.
Note: This fic is an Iron Flame retelling from Bodhi & Ridoc’s POV.
Chapter Summary: Ridoc endures RSC with his squad and discovers a few uncomfortable truths. One, he can't live without Bodhi. Two, Bodhi might not be who Ridoc thinks he is.
Excerpt:
“Yeah, well, I’m going to go rub one out in the shower.” He paused and forced a grin to his face. “Unless you’d like to help me out.”
Imogen made a stop gesture with her hands as her face contorted. “Gross, Gamlyn.”
He could tell by the look on Imogen’s face that she knew his heart wasn’t in it.
“Your loss.” Ridoc winked and spun on his heel, hurrying down the third-year corridor to the stairs before Imogen could say anything to make this even worse.
Thanks to @alexandia03 @suebswrites @sarahydeart and Niv for beta
Special thanks to @acourtofladydeath for the inspiration for the line about Imogen's Blue Balls
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Summary: When Sawyer Henrick is seriously injured during the Battle of Basgaith, Liam Mairi realizes that his girlfriend isn't the only one feeling more than friendship for the man.
Word Count: 5.6k
“I know it’s shit that you’ve lost some autonomy. You can wheel yourself to breakfast, I won’t make you be pushed around everywhere. And if you’re feeling up for it later, we can help you practice with the crutch,” Liam says tenderly. He leans down so his breath is hot on Sawyer’s ear. Voice low, he adds, “But trust that we want to take care of you. We want to help you.” His lips ghost against the outer shell of Sawyer’s ear and he’s keenly aware of the goosebumps emerging on Sawyer’s neck. “And the only other thing we want to do is you.”
This was written by @yanny-77 and myself and oh boy, it was a delight to write with Yams! She really has a magic touch when it comes to words.
"But if you asked Ridoc, the prettiest person on that team was backliner, Bodhi Durran. The man was tall and broad with a soft face, and the prettiest eyes."
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Chapter three of my @rq-gift-exchange fic for @yanny-77 is up! Go check it out!
Special thanks to @take-me-to-the-riverr and @korrinamoe for beta reading!!
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