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welcome!! <3

i thought it was about time i post a little introduction, share some things about me, and maybe keep a record of my wips and current fics in a somewhat organized way? my ao3 is getting a bit out of hand...

so hello! my name is maddie! pronouns are she/her and i'm currently 24 years old <3 you will see me yap A LOT about glee, formula 1, harry potter (the marauders specifically), baseball, and maybe some other things from time to time...i love to complain and analyze media by shouting into the void about shows from 20 years ago. i'm also a feral swiftie and read copious amounts of fanfiction. my biggest special interests at the moment are seblaine & niff, which is the inspiration for all of my fics.

note: no promises but i'm not opposed to prompts..feel free to send them in my askbox and i'll see what i can do!

my fics/wips/finished works!

find my ao3 here!

the slow burn series - a seblaine au where blaine stayed at dalton

How Bright We Burn - a retelling of season 3 where seblaine meet, become friends, then enemies, then fall in love

Brighter Than The Sun - follows seblaine through the summer between junior & senior year in ohio, paris, & saint-tropez

Until We Burn Out - a retelling of season 4 where seblaine are now dating and navigate warblers politics, competition with the new directions, and relationship troubles together (WIP)

Fragile Little Flames - jeff's retelling of the events of the series, specifically regarding his relationship with nick - not a necessary read for the series but has been one of my favorites to write

Sequel (Title TBA) - senior warblers POVs of their summer after high school, 7 chapters each from a different POV

Sequel (Title TBA) - follows seblaine and the warblers through the college years...tbd on what this will look like

one shots:

the things i do (when i picture you) - phone sex, infidelity, season 3 au, canon compliant?

kiss you anyway - warblers christmas party smut, season 3 au, infidelity

'til the veins run red and blue - canon compliant kinda ethereal fic where seblaine drive around together after a halloween party

If We Make It Through December - holidays future fic where seblaine run into each other at the airport on the way home for the holidays

as you kneel, i'll be watching you fix me - smut based on the i want you back scene from canon

11:11 - canon compliant fic where sebastian apologizes for slushygate, probably one of my favorite things i've ever written

The Way I Loved You - exes to lovers featuring background niff where seblaine reunite and hook up at thad's wedding

Champagne Supernova - crackfic where seblaine don't remember anything that happened the night before while drunk and have to retrace their steps to figure it out

invisible string - sebastian gets cheated on and tries to drown his sorrows when he runs into blaine at the bar

Paper Thin - enemies to lovers neighbors au where seblaine live in next door apartments

slipped away like a bottle of wine - season 3 au where blaine visits dalton to celebrate the warblers sectionals win and has a long and healing talk with sebastian

multichapter fics:

yours for the weekend - a tis the damn season songfic where seblaine have a tradition of hooking up at thanksgiving when blaine returns home to ohio (WIP)

something for my soul somewhere - a music & lyrics au where songwriter blaine & washed up popstar sebastian fall in love

Something More - a post-canon future fic where songwriter blaine's daughter befriends lawyer sebastian's niece at school

For Real This Time - my first seblaine fic! not my best work but it's basically a season 4 au where blaine reconnects with sebastian post breakup with kurt

future fics/unpublished wips:

a seblaine/warblers band au

a teachers au where seblaine are both teachers who work in adjacent classrooms and all the students ship them - this is a seblaine week 2025 wip!

a ta/student au where sebastian is the ta for one of blaine's classes at nyu

an infidelity au where season 3 happens the exact same but over time blaine does cheat on kurt with sebastian

a niff future fic where they never got to be in love bc nick couldn't get his shit together

many have suggested a harry potter seblaine au, so i'm thinking about this...would probably be drarry/dramione adjacent bc i think that fits the characters best

seblaine f1 rivals to lovers au

seblaine sex workers au

below the cut, i've written a non exhaustive list of some of my favorite things! i'm happy to yap about any of this literally ever!

#pinned post #intro #pinned intro #fanfiction #introductory post #personal #seblaine #seblaine fics #glee fics #glee #writing schedule

mr-deep-downer

I should quit my job to pursue a life of meaningless violence

muppetshow2026

i genuinely feel like im being edged

totearup

Cliff can't believe he didn't figure it out sooner. The strange move to Ottawa. How happy he's been. And most damming of all, "Jane", it fucking rhymes!

He watches a highlight reel of Ilya celebrating with his line and realizes he's just going to have to accept it.

Ilya was in love with Zane Boodram.

#cliff marleau #zane boodram #ilya rozanov #heated rivalry #i’m dead this is so funny

therealrashid

fame is a gun and hudson williams is sucking it offffffffffffff

#hudson williams

bugbugly

when two men kiss they are kissing yaoily. when two women kiss they are kissing yurily. they don’t know what it’s called when a man and a woman kiss because it hasn’t been done yet

spicyvampire

#heated rivalry #hollanov

opaliteskye

the thing that got me the most on my first read of every summer after wasn't the twist with percy and charlie; it was that sam knew that whole time. he knew, and he still wanted to be with her. I remember just being floored. percy hated herself and beat herself up for what she did for twelve years, and she returned to barry's bay expecting charlie and sam to hate her too, but they don't. they're kind to her. sam is kind to her, and he still loves her. and HE KNEW. that makes it hit so much harder.

he had twelve years to process everything that went wrong in their relationship, come to terms with the fact that they were both young and full of insecurities and handled things poorly, and forgive her for what she did. it's what makes the ending of the story believable. like, these characters are older, they've learned from their past, there's been time and space for empathy and forgiveness, which are the core themes of the book.

and the show destroyed all of that in ways i'm struggling to understand beyond wanting to add needless drama and stretch out the story.

#every summer after #i’m struggling because i know book adaptations are very hard #but like i just cannot fathom why some of these changes were made #this post perfectly sums up my feelings #bc yeah i had beef with a lot of aspects of the show #but the only thing i truly cannot comprehend is why on earth sam didn’t know #doing it this way is so disrespectful to charlie’s character imo #and just ruins the themes of maturity and growing up and empathy and forgiveness #we were truly spoiled with heated rivalry bc why did i expect another faithful adaptation

Chapters: 30/30 Fandom: Glee (TV 2009) Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Blaine Anderson/Sebastian Smythe Characters: Blaine Anderson, Sebastian Smythe, Jeff (Glee), Nick the Warbler (Glee), Hunter Clarington, Original Male Character(s), Original Female Character(s), The Warblers (Glee), New Directions (Glee), Kurt Hummel, Trent (Glee) Additional Tags: Dalton Academy, Season 4 AU, Established Relationship, (but also somehow still a slow burn), dalton academy is a queer utopia, hunter clarington is a menace, show choir politics, college admissions trauma, asexual trent nixon, bisexual nick duval, bisexual jeff sterling, Smut, sometimes (a lot of the time) it's a replacement for talking, Found Family, Past Blaine Anderson/Kurt Hummel, Breaking Up & Making Up, Power Couple, Background Nick Duval/Jeff Sterling, sebastian is having an existential crisis about his future, they are teenagers who cannot communicate their feelings to save their lives, Angst with a Happy Ending, Sebastian makes constant jokes about the US military at hunter's expense Series: Part 3 of The Slow Burn Series Summary:

Graduation season! Congratulations to the Dalton Academy Class of 2013 ;)

#how bright we burn #lusthurts fics #seblaine #sebastian smythe #blaine anderson #niff #nick duval #jeff sterling #trent nixon #meatbox #seblaine fic #glee fic #glee #sebastian x blaine #nick x jeff #until we burn out

Hello! I've been absent on tumblr for a while.

Been meaning to ask you how are you doing? How is the writing process going? Have you already figured out how the boys' lives will be in college?

I know motivation isn't a thing that can be physically passed on. But i do really hope you are well. And hey, i'll mentally share my own motivation with you :)

Really excited for the final chapter of Until We Burn Out!

Have an amazing day/week/month!

So have I! Haha truly I can't even remember when this ask was sent but I'm trying to comb through mine right now and catch up on the past months since I last checked Tumblr! Life really has a way of getting in the way.

I'm okay! Busy, unfortunately. I'm too young to be a millennial, but I'll use the millennial cliche that "adulting" sucks. It's hard to fit writing in as an adult with a full time job. Whoever decided we should only get two days a week off, and that's when we have to do all our housework/cleaning, hobbies, friend time, family time, traveling, etc., is truly evil.

Trust me when I say the motivation is there, but the time is not! I appreciate you sharing yours though, every bit helps :)

Re: the writing process...it's been better lately! I actually finished a draft of a novel, and I'm in the early editing stages right now! Anyway, while I'm awaiting feedback, I've had a bit of time to work on the hbwb verse again, and it's been really fun to come back to! I'm happy to say that I'm actually done with the final chapter of UWBO, and you can expect to see that sometime this week! I was hoping to post it today, but I don't think that's going to happen...likely tomorrow or Thursday!

The summer fic is also mostly done! That still requires substantial editing though. But I imagine I'll be posting most of it this summer :) I like when the seasonal vibes align with real life. I do still have a few scenes to write, but I'm pretty excited about that fic in general! It is MUCH longer than I planned, but such is life.

As for the college fic, I've gotten a pretty good start on it! I've completely outlined (in extensive detail) the first year of their college arcs with a very general outline for the years that follow. I'm not sure of a timeline for when that will actually start being posted...but I can tell you that I have a pretty good idea of where they're at for this story!

Thank you for asking :) I hope you have a great day/week/month as well!

#seblaine #lusthurts fics #how bright we burn #asks

Okay, but where's the petition for having "Seblaine are competing in a slut off" as an official tag for the college fic? LMAO.

Okay, since i love to hear you talk about stuff, let me ask you a question!

I know that you have written lots of Seblaine fics over the years, with different storylines and ways they get together. But for you, what is a foundation aspect of both their characters you always lean into? Like... a core trait that it’s always there when you write about Sebastian and Blaine, even when the stories are different?

haha enough people have said this at this point that I think I might actually use it as a tag lmao...or at least something like it!

and thank you! lol I always love a fun question like this! This one is hard because I do think there's a lot that changes based on how they get together, how old they are when it happens, what their past relationships look like, etc. But I do think there are some things I consciously include with seblaine always and some things people have pointed out to me that I always do! Some are very silly random little things and some are like overarching relationship things...here are some examples!

Both are deeply flawed: even though I think it ebbs and flows at different points in their lives, I think they both have a lot of character development to work through. Sebastian is pretty self-centered, entitled, often careless, and noncommittal, and Blaine is a perfectionist who's also pretty self-centered, occasionally clingy/needy, and desperate for validation. I like how these flaws interact with each other, and I like that they're both struggling with things instead of just like one of them being the villain in the relationship or whatever.

Instant Attraction: I think it's obvious from their first interaction in the show that they're instantly attracted to each other, and even if it's the slowest burn imaginable, this will always be true to me. I like that Blaine is very flustered by their first meeting and how forward Sebastian is, and I like that Sebastian kinda has this moment when they first meet that's like oh! in a way that he doesn't often feel. So yeah regardless of how and when they get together, this will always be a thing for me!

Endlessly horny & an inkling toward public sex: Yeah people have pointed this out to me haha but I also think ever since I noticed it, I do it even more...so yeah lol I write a lot of scenes where seblaine are just so impossibly horny for each other and also have a thing for public sex. Regardless of circumstances, I think this will always be a thing.

An affinity for dancing: obvious reasons haha

Sebastian being OBSESSED with watching Blaine perform: also for obvious reasons

Friends first: within reason of course, because there are situations where there's a hook up before they even become friends. But for the most part, I really like the version of seblaine that's sort of forced to become friends rather than something else. I like this idea that Sebastian didn't really do the whole friends thing, but he was kinda forced to since Blaine was in a relationship. That's the reason why they become as close as they do, and I think without them having become friends, Sebastian probably never would've cared deeply enough to be in a relationship or like actively care about Blaine's feelings.

I think those are the main things that stay the same? Beyond personality traits that are always there and stuff like that...but these are just some kind of general things that are always there for me! Thank you for asking :)

#seblaine #lusthurts fics #asks #sebastian smythe #blaine anderson

I need to come here and say how much i enjoy you writing flawed Blaine (without villanizing him, of course). I think i enjoy it so much bc i think that the very common trope is to have Sebastian has the flawed one. But i always enjoy when a story is not one-sided. That’s why i love that you make Blaine as flawed as Sebastian.

I know that right now they are in a very good place in your story. But since you said you are writing sequels, i hope that there’s more nuances for their relationship going forward.

(I just love them being little shits lmao)

Thank you! There are a lot of things I struggle with as a writer, but I like to think writing deeply flawed characters that are still possible to sympathize with is one of my strengths. I think Sebastian and Blaine both being deeply flawed in different ways adds so much nuance to the relationship and also makes it a lot more equal to me!

Trust me, there will always be more of seblaine being little shits ;) they may be at a good place now, but there is still a lot unresolved!

#seblaine #lusthurts fics #asks #how bright we burn

I hope you keep writing seblaine forever and ever into eternity. Seeing an update from you always becomes the highlight of my week.

thank youuu this is so kind <3 I hope so too! It's gotten harder, especially since now I have a full time job and am like pretty actively working on non-fanfic writing projects, but it's always refreshing to come back to seblaine! I know this year has been like a drought for me lmao but I hope to end that relatively soon! It's only because I have a whole backlog of things that need to be edited before I can post them haha

anyway thank youuu, hope to make you happy with an update really soon :)

#asks #lusthurts fics

Warblers (and others) as Taylor Swift Songs

resurfacing from the spring trenches to say it's SUMMER !!! happy summer :) have another long ass Tumblr post as a treat

I've selected a song that I think represents each of the main characters in my slow burn series (and some of the side characters too, because I couldn't help myself) as well as some lyrics from that song that best show off that song as a reflection of their character.

I'm happy to elaborate further, as always ;)

BLAINE ANDERSON: “mirrorball”

Hush, when no one is around, my dear You'll find me on my tallest tiptoes Spinnin' in my highest heels, love Shinin' just for you Hush, I know they said the end is near But I'm still on my tallest tiptoes Spinnin' in my highest heels, love Shinin' just for you

And they called off the circus, burned the disco down When they sent home the horses and the rodeo clowns I'm still on that tightrope I'm still tryin' everything to get you laughing at me And I'm still a believer, but I don't know why I've never been a natural, all I do is try, try, try I'm still on that trapeze I'm still tryin' everything to keep you looking at me

SEBASTIAN SMYTHE: “Mastermind”

No one wanted to play with me as a little kid So I've been scheming like a criminal ever since To make them love me and make it seem effortless This is the first time I've felt the need to confess And I swear I'm only cryptic and Machiavellian 'cause I care

So I told you none of it was accidental And the first night that you saw me, nothing was gonna stop me I laid the groundwork and then saw a wide smirk On your face, you knew the entire time

You knew that I'm a mastermind And now you're mine Yeah, all you did was smile 'Cause I'm a mastermind

JEFF STERLING: “Foolish One”

You know how to keep me waiting, I know how to act like I'm fine Don't know what to call this situation, but I know I can't call you mine And it's delicate, but I will do my best to seem bulletproof

'Cause when my head is on your shoulder, it starts thinking you'll come around And maybe someday when we're older, this is something we'll laugh about Over coffee every morning while you're watching the news

But then the voices say, "You are not the exception You will never learn your lesson"

Foolish one, stop checking your mailbox For confessions of love that ain't never gonna come You will take the long way, you will take the long way down

Foolish one, stop checking your mailbox For confessions of love that ain't never gonna come You will learn the hard way instead of just walkin' out

NICK DUVAL: “Anti-Hero”

Did you hear my covert narcissism I disguise as altruism Like some kind of congressman? (Tale as old as time) I wake up screaming from dreaming One day, I'll watch as you're leaving And life will lose all its meaning (For the last time)

It's me, hi, I'm the problem, it's me (I'm the problem, it's me) At tea time, everybody agrees I'll stare directly at the sun but never in the mirror It must be exhausting always rooting for the anti-hero

ETHAN MOORE: “Down Bad”

Now I'm down bad crying at the gym Everything comes out teenage petulance "What if I can't have him" "I might just die, it would make no difference." Down bad, waking up in blood Staring at the sky, come back and pick me up What if I can't have us. I might just not get up I might stay down bad

TRENT NIXON: “I Hate It Here”

I'm lonely but I'm good I'm bitter but I swear I'm fine I'll save all my romanticism for my inner life and I'll get lost on purpose This place made me feel worthless Lucid dreams like electricity, the current flies through me, and in my fantasies I rise above it And way up there, I actually love it

I hate it here so I will go to Secret gardens in my mind People need a key to get to The only one is mine I read about it in a book when I was a precocious child No mid-sized city hopes and small town fears I'm there most of the year Cause I hate it here I hate it here

MEATBOX: “22”

Yeah We're happy, free, confused, and lonely at the same time It's miserable and magical Oh, yeah Tonight's the night when we forget about the deadlines It's time Uh oh! I don't know about you But I'm feeling 22 Everything will be alright If you keep me next to you You don't know about me But I'll bet you want to Everything will be alright If we just keep dancing like we're 22, ooh-ooh 22, ooh-ooh

HUNTER CLARINGTON: “CANCELLED!”

Good thing I like my friends cancelled I like 'em cloaked in Gucci and in scandal Like my whiskey sour And poison thorny flowers Welcome to my underworld Where it gets quite dark At least you know exactly who your friends are They're the ones with matching scars

EMMA DRAYTON: “The Bolter”

He was a cad, wanted her bad Just like any good trophy hunter And she likes the way it tastes Taming a bear, making him care Watching him jump then pulling him under And at first blush, this is fate When it's all roses, portrait poses Central Park Lake in tiny rowboats What a charming Saturday That's when she sees the littlest leaks Down in the floorboards And she just knows She must bolt

HATTIE GRISWOLD: “Bejeweled”

Sapphire tears on my face Sadness became my whole sky But some guy said my aura's moonstone Just 'cause he was high And we're dancin' all night And you can try to change my mind But you might have to wait in line What's a girl gonna do? A diamond's gotta shine

Best believe I'm still bejeweled When I walk in the room I can still make the whole place shimmer And when I meet the band They ask, "Do you have a man?" I can still say, "I don't remember" Familiarity breeds contempt Don't put me in the basement When I want the penthouse of your heart Diamonds in my eyes I polish up real, I polish up real nice

JAMES PARK: “Sweet Nothing”

Industry disrupters and soul deconstructors And smooth-talking hucksters Out glad-handing each other And the voices that implore "You should be doing more" To you I can admit That I'm just too soft for all of it Ooh They said the end is coming Everyone's up to something I find myself running home to your Sweet nothings Outside, they're push and shoving You're in the kitchen humming All that you ever wanted from me was Sweet nothing

DYLAN REDMOND: “Fifteen”

Back then I swore I was gonna marry him someday But I realized some bigger dreams of mine And Abigail gave everything she had To a boy who changed his mind And we both cried

'Cause when you're fifteen And somebody tells you they love you You're gonna believe them And when you're fifteen Don't forget to look before you fall

But I've found time can heal most anything And you just might find who you're supposed to be I didn't know who I was supposed to be At fifteen

PRESTON MOORE: “this is me trying”

Pulled the car off the road to the lookout Could've followed my fears all the way down And maybe I don't quite know what to say But I'm here in your doorway

I just wanted you to know That this is me trying I just wanted you to know That this is me trying

They told me all of my cages were mental So I got wasted like all my potential And my words shoot to kill when I'm mad I have a lot of regrets about that

I was so ahead of the curve, the curve became a sphere Fell behind all my classmates, and I ended up here Pouring out my heart to a stranger But I didn't pour the whiskey

JUNE STERLING: “Slut!”

Got love-struck, went straight to my head Got lovesick all over my bed Love to think you'll never forget Handprints in wet cement Adorned with smoke on my clothes Lovelorn and nobody knows Love thorns all over this rose I'll pay the price, you won't

#lusthurts fics #how bright we burn #seblaine #niff #sebastian smythe #blaine anderson #jeff sterling #nick duval #trent nixon #dalton academy warblers #taylor swift

GUYS I FINALLY MET DARREN CRISS

#i am truly so uncool pls the way i was shaking #the way i’ve seen this man on broadway five times and this is the first time he’s stage doored #i love this man #darren criss

latenightseth

#all my sports teams do is disappoint me #and yet i’m still here #minnesota twins #minnesota wild #ferrari

So... i was just going through twitter (or X), minding my business and i just saw someone talking about a TV Show and joking that two male characters of that were having a "slut off" and my mind went straight to Seblaine, bc in my mind they could easily fit into that lol. Yeah, maybe this is a weird ask, but i keeded to get this out of me lol.

Also, just so you know, when i think about your college sequels, the idea of Seblaine being slutty in New York is really appealing to me lol.

haha yeah that is a very seblaine term tbh! I love to embrace their slut eras tbh, and I think a lot of people can really benefit from having a slut era while for others it can pretty irreparably ruin their lives and that's a fun dynamic to explore! trust me the slut eras will continue during college in new and bigger ways <3

also, I do have a lot of the college era outlined (in excruciating detail for seblaine's freshman year) and "seblaine are competing in a slut off" could 100% be a tag to represent the second semester of their freshman year ;)

#seblaine #how bright we burn #lusthurts fics

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