Secret Saito

Inception fandom holiday fic/art/fanworks exchange Dates for 2025: Sign-ups - Nov 14-23 Assignments - Nov 26 Gifts Due - Dec 28 Gifts Posted - Dec 31

[gessorosso]

Eames smiled as he noticed Arthur’s head nodding before the heavy weight dropped onto his shoulder. Clearly Arthur was exhausted after their most recent job.

Eames couldn’t wait to get them home and into their bed. God had he missed their bed after weeks of sleeping on hotel beds and lawn chairs. He planned to spend the whole day in bed once they made it back; sleepy morning sex, breakfast in bed, shitty tv, reading, cuddles… zzzzzzzzz.

@secretsaito gift for @missingfawkes ! The prompt was “sleepy” so here’s a bit of fluff… and drool. Oops!

[theangrykimchi]

“Trust me, Mr. Eames, by the end of this job your heart will have grown three sizes,” Arthur says, and pulls Eames’ hat down over his eyes in one sharp move.

“Only three?” Eames asks, fixing his hat back into place.

Arthur has already started walking away.

“At least three!” he throws over his shoulder with unprecedented confidence.

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For this year's @secretsaito I wrote/am writing a fic (with a bonus moodboard) for @mostcheery for the prompt 'cold' .

Thank you to the mods for being wonderful and keeping this fandom alive through these events!

Mostcheery I hope you'll enjoy this gift, and that we all will have a wonderful and lucky year! 🍾

Happy New Year everyone. Stay silly and have fun! ♥️

[eyedelweiss]

Happy new year and happy @secretsaito !!! Thank you guys for such a lovely year 😋😋 here is my gift for @theangrykimchi following the prompt, ‘hexing’!

[strangegeology]

It starts, innocently enough, with a baseball cap. Eames should have realised then that this wasn’t going to go the way he expected.

From The Skin Out

A farce in four parts, containing eggs, a dog, feelings, and hats.

My @secretsaito gift for @cantfixhim, whose prompt was 'hat'. First of four chapters with the rest to follow soon!

[acute-sheep]

Secret Saito for @gessorosso ❤️

Prompt: passport

I read the prompt and this popped into my head immediately. Must be handy having a forger around ;)

This was cute fluff and excuse to do ~mature~ content-ish. Also my first fandom event!!! Thank you for commenting on the discord where the team would go on vacation/relax :)

I really want to visit Valparaíso now

[stormofsharpthings]

Mistletoe Cafe

@deinvatiwrites and I are writing a fic! This is chapter 1 of our Secret Saito 2025 project, written for d4nfull!

[cantfixhim]

It's @secretsaito time! I had @mizunoir, who gave me the prompt "liminal".

I was a bit scared by the prompt because I usually write unrepentant fluff, but I decided go all in on it and write a Limbo fic. Which turned into a horror story, because the whole concept of Limbo is inherently terrifying to me. I mildly traumatized myself and one beta reader in the process of writing this, so I think that means the horror part worked out 😅. I'm also way too pleased with myself for the tag "Canon-Typical Ambiguous/Open Ending".

Everything Gold Will Stay

Tags, summary etc. below👇

M-rating, 3,353 words, no warnings.

POV Arthur (Inception), Established Relationship, Limbo, Consensual Somnophilia, Oral Sex, Canon-Typical Implied/Referenced Suicide, Canon-Typical Ambiguous/Open Ending, Morally Grey Eames, Psychological Horror, Demons, Twisted and Fluffy Feelings

Summary:

Arthur wakes up every morning to his loving husband. Arthur wakes up every morning in a house he loves. Arthur needs to wake up. Arthur, wake up. Wake up.

[mostcheery]

HAPPY SECRET SAITO @secretsaito my dear inception enjoyers!

i wrote a little something here as a gift for @thenwhatthefukcisthis, who gave me the prompt medieval (which i was very excited about). i have a horrible habit of taking my writing far too seriously, and consequently never publishing anything, so it was great fun being forced to write something unlike anything i'd think of for myself. thanks for the prompt and i hope you have as much fun reading as i did writing it!

[mizunoir]

On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me...THE Louvre Heeeeist My @secretsaito gift for @acute-sheep ❤ I wish you all the best!! Thank you for such a great prompt!

[extravagav]

Merry Christmas and a happy new year @tetchy-frog !! I was your secret Saito hello 🙋‍♀️

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

I had fun writing this but I'm sorry for where I took this prompt abbfhcbs anyways I hope you had a lovely christmas and have a happy new year 🥳🥳🥳🥳❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[secretsaito]

The 2025 Secret Saito Gift Exchange is open!

You can find all the works posted so far at the AO3 collection HERE!

Recipients, if you don't see your gift yet, don't worry! A few creators have requested short extensions to put the finishing touches on their gifts.

We will be highlighting each gift and its creator in individual posts starting soon, so stay tuned!

[thenwhatthefukcisthis]

Happy Secret Saito, everyone! @secretsaito

Here’s my gift for @eyedelweiss , whose prompt was “Amnesia”. Hope you enjoy, love !

[nototherwisespecified]

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

happy @secretsaito to @strangegeology, following the delightful prompt CACTUS, featuring logistical hiccups, tasteful redactions, & a criminal spin on a longstanding hospitality tradition. enjoy <3

[loyus-inception]

the best gift of all

HAPPY @secretsaito !!! I am keeping up my tradition of 4 page comics as my gifts… Here you go @nototherwisespecified ! I hope you enjoy! My prompt was snowglobe and immediately I looked up gag snowglobes. The one featured in this is a real one. ANYWAYS YAYYY

[tetchy-frog]

And a Happy New Year!

Here is my Secret Saito present for @stormofsharpthings ! My prompt was “tea,” so I thought I’d do a bit of wordplay. Who knows what Eames is drawing, but word spreads fast in dreamsharing.

I hope you enjoy it!

[cantfixhim]

Secret Saito fic help

Would someone be available to read my fic in about a week's time (Dec 22nd or so)? It'll wind up about 3000-5000 words, M-rated, Arthur x Eames. Ideally a full beta read, but even just someone to read it and say "Cosmo, I have no idea wtf you're trying to say here and none of this shit makes sense" would be awesome. It's not done yet, but I figured I'd ask in advance because I'm sure everyone is very busy this time of year. Messages and Asks are open.

@secretsaito if you could put out the batsignal I would be much obliged.

[secretsaito]

Hi saito,

Can we gift Fan-made videos for SS? Is there like a guideline for them?

Thank you!

That sounds wonderful! Lucky giftee, lucky us!

All types of fan works are accepted for Secret Saito. Minimum word count this year is 1000 words, and we ask that all other media be an equivalent lift, whatever that means to you. We think a fan-made video sounds AMAZING.

-Saito’s elves