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[stripeydani]

SmackDown - July 18th 2025

[stripeydani]

Good Things Chapter 10 is up on AO3.

It's time for Night of Champions, and John finally reaches his real rock bottom.

We're back, baby! Now real life has caught up a bit I can finally resume writing Good Things, and gosh what a chapter to jump back into. Please heed the chapter warnings, it's all skimmed and vague but it's there and it's important to protect yourselves.

Heading towards the SummerSlam chapter I'm feeling good about the direction I've got for the boys now. John's hitting his lowest point, and then he can beginning the slow climb back up again. My poor little guy, I've put him through a lot.

Thank you to everyone who's given this fic a chance, I really appreciate you all hanging in there with me as the WWE takes us on a merry ride with John Boy 😂❤️

[stripeydani]

Chapter 12 of Good Things is up on AO3.

The summer is over, and the fic is flowing again! (sort of)

It's SummerSlam, where John and Cody take those first important steps towards fixing things between them.

This is a pretty shameless sex-and-chat chapter. I was going to play-by-play the match but honestly, sex-and-chat was more the vibe for them I think. They've earned it 😂

Screwed is finally getting an update next, it's Punk's turn for HIS SummerSlam. I am ready to write some MAN PAIN 👀

Shoutout to anyone still reading this fic, I appreciate you more than words can say. To those commenting, you're the best. Thank you for motivating me to keep going! ❤️

[stripeydani]

Chapter 11 of Good Things is up on AO3.

Gosh okay. Here we go. The road to SummerSlam 2025, and the beginning of Cody and John's reconciliation.

This chapter was hard, I won't lie to you. It's kind of a filler chapter, but it's also 8k of filler so I don't think it counts after that! As the title suggests, there's a lot of talking 😂 But now everything is in line for SummerSlam, which I will be slowly working on (along with the SummerSlam chapter of Screwed) from a boat heading to Rotterdam as I'm off on vacation for a week!

Thank you again to everyone still reading this fic. I know it's long, but it's a labour of love and I'm honoured that there are people interested enough to read it and even comment on it. It means the world to me ❤️

[stripeydani]

By some miracle, Chapter 13 of Good Things is up on AO3.

This is a not-quite-filler chapter, but the boys are off on a well-deserved vacation after the events of the SmackDown after SummerSlam. They've earned this chapter of sex and sweetness, even if I found it very difficult to write as an angst addict 😂

Now I just need to decide if I should do another chapter of Screwed or push on with Good Things next. I do take suggestions and preferences on board, enthusiasm feeds me 👀

Hopefully it won't be months until my next upload now, begone creativity-sucking illness!

Appreciate you all ❤️

Photos before a Drew-shaped disaster.

[stripeydani]

Good Things Chapter 7 is up on AO3.

...finally 😂 Gosh I'm sorry this took so long. I've been having a rough time with writer's block and real life so writing has been slowwww. But Backlash gave me an idea for the next chapter so it motivated me to get through the abject misery of WrestleMania 😂

John wins, but at what cost?

I promise things will get a little less bleak eventually. John just needs to hit that rock bottom (no pun intended) first! Come back soon Cody, I can't keep you guys apart for too long 😭

As always, thank you so much to everyone who's commented or Kudos'd this fic. I appreciate you all so much!

[stripeydani]

We're back, baby!

Good Things is up on AO3.

This is the sequel to my beloved series Good Intentions (though you don't necessarily need to have read the others first!)

This fic will cover the whole year, including the heel turn. I have PLANS.

For now, enjoy this very expositiony chapter that is laying some foundations to be built on later. And importantly, the boys being cute in the weeks before the Rumble. It's only going to get worse as we go 👀

Welcome back on this journey with me, I appreciate you for giving it the time ❤

[stripeydani]

Good Things Chapter 5 is up on AO3.

Oh my gosh I'm back! I'm so sorry for the long absence. I went and played some games and got my head together.

It's time for Glasgow and London Part 1. It's a bit of a filler chapter, but an extensive one... if that makes sense? Needed to explore some history before the next chapter and Cody and John's fiery London promo battle 👀

I'm so excited to finally get into Randy and his place in this story, there's so much history between the three of them it's going to be fun to pull on it!

A huge thank you to everyone who's read and commented/Kudos'd. I appreciate you all ❤