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i wrote a fic! another one!! my second for this fandom!!! for the first annual event that @probablily and i founded!!!!
this is a work for the Carry On Many Cakes Fest!
it’s gay! there’s hockey! (it should be noted that this is not because of heated rivalry. as of yet, i have not seen it)
below is tags and summary and everything for the fic!!!
thank you @jyae23 for inspiring this fic
and thank you to my counsel ( @agathawellbelov3d, @carryonmybloodylovelies, @bachusekart, @mecub, and Jyae again) for always being there for me to bounce ideas off of. y’alls questions, presence, and advise helped me work out rough spots
Chapters: 1/?
Fandom: Carry On | Simon Snow Series - Rainbow Rowell
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Tyrannus Basilton "Baz" Pitch/Simon Snow
Characters: Dev (Simon Snow), Niall (Simon Snow), Simon Snow, Tyrannus Basilton "Baz" Pitch, Other Character Tags to Be Added
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Hockey, Alternate Universe - No Powers, Vehicle Theft, well. simon would argue he only borrowed it, Coach/Player Relationship, eventually, Coach Baz, Goalie Simon, age gap, 17 year age gap, to be specific, simon is 24, baz is 41, Dev and Niall are Baz's assistant coaches, hurt/comfort in the sense that someone gets physically hurt, CO Many Cakes Fest, Prompt: Grand Theft Auto, Zamboni, NHL | National Hockey League
Summary:
Simon is a NHL goalie—and a damn good one at that. He would be better, though, if he shut up and listened more. At least, that's what his coach, Baz Pitch, would say. They constantly butt heads at practice and games—something that would make any other coach trade the player in an instant. Baz, on the other hand, refuses to give up on Simon. He knows Simon has a lot of potential, and, though it may not seem like it, Baz wants him to succeed. It's the middle of Si's debut season, and these two are getting on each other's nerves more than ever. But, when something forces them to spend even more time together, they might just find themselves warming up to each other.
It’s here! Thanks to all of your votes we are happy to officially announce Grand Theft Auto as the prompt for COManyCakes 2025. We’re so excited to see what everyone will create this year!
Grand Theft Auto (the crime not the video game)
“I’ll steal it if I have to!” I shouted up the drive. “Or I’ll steal a bus!”
Does Baz steal Fiona’s car? A bus? Something else? Or maybe some other Carry On character needs wheels…
Remember you have all year to post so there’s no rush! When you’re ready to post, please post into our new AO3 Collection. If posting on tumblr, we ask that you use the hashtag #COManyCakes and/or #comc2025 and tag this blog <3
Another week, another month, another random snippet of dialogue to add to my Gone in 60 Seconds AU. This story is getting told in bursts of a few hundred words at a time.
It's like I'm gathering bits of paper together, and at some point I'll hopefully have enough to make a pinata out of them.
It will be car shaped.
This particular piece of dialogue came to me while I was falling asleep after having had both a COVID booster, and a flu shot the same day. I felt like I'd been punched in both arms. I say this because I think the snippet is funny, but maybe I was just delirious. Baz POV.
"So are you acquainted with Braden Bodmer?" Simon stops fidgeting with the chair enough to look up at Lamb.
"Intimately."
"Is that a euphemism… or have you actually…" Simon's face is telling me that he's taking the piss. Lamb's face… is not.
"Oh I have actually."
The mouthful of tea I just took ends up sprayed onto my lap. "Jesus Christ Lamb, you didn't?!"
"Now now Basilton, you know I would never lie to you."
Simon has been struck momentarily speechless, but he rallies with a violently confused "Why?!"
Lamb collapses onto his desk with a beleaguered sigh. "Lets just say that I was curious. A fine specimen of a man who purports to have excellent health and stamina—and let's not forget the edge of danger he brings to the table—should be an excellent fuck, no? I wondered whether all of his 'lifehacking' made him superior in the bedroom."
God help me, now I'm curious. "And did it?"
"Definitely not in his case. In return I gave him what I know to be one of the worst blowjobs I've ever bestowed in the hope he wouldn't bother asking for a repeat performance."
Simon is practically falling off his chair with tears of laughter.
Despite the fact that Lamb runs an auto shop, and almost certainly smells like motor oil and spray paint 24/7, he still talks like an upper crust arsehole, because that's just the voice he has in my head. I dont' want to can't change it.
I feel like my tag list is probably out of date, so if anyone would like to be removed/added, please do let me know. I hope you all get to have an excellent little treat sometime this week.
No pressure tags and high fives incoming in 3...2...1...
Hello everyone! We’re so excited for everyone to start creating, but first we need your help picking a prompt of the year. Feel free to review these prompt options and vote on your favorite!
What is this?
FAQS
Without further ado, here are the prompts!
Goblin Dating
There’s goblins, and someone’s dating them. Is it Baz? Is it Simon? Another goblin? Are they goblins themselves? So many different flavors out there!
No Love Lost
What does this spell do? Bring back a lost love? Revitalize a relationship? Make love out of thin air? No one knows what will happen when it's cast!
“That animal was definitely were!”
What animal was it? Is it really were? Werewolf, wererat, werebat, werepig? Wereunicorn! The possibilities are endless! But was anyone bitten? And what will happen next?
Grand Theft Auto (the crime, not the video game)
“I’ll steal it if I have to!” I shouted up the drive. “Or I’ll steal a bus!” Does Baz steal Fiona’s car? A bus? Something else? Or maybe some other Carry On character needs wheels…
CO Many Cakes Fest is an event intended to showcase the creativity of the CO fandom—how even with everyone following the same prompt the fics can go in so many unique directions!
There will be a yearly prompt that participants can create for (vote for the prompt here). We welcome any fan content (fics, art, memes, moodboards and more!) as long as it’s focused on the yearly prompt.
This fest is intended to help creators remember that even if their idea has been done before, their unique spin on it is valuable and always worth sharing!
Bring on all the cakes! (why are we talking about cake?)
Thank you to @best--dress and @fiend-for-culture for tagging me today 💙
It's firmly Thursday here, though apparently still Wednesday in the US at time of writing. I've been a bit quiet lately. Cyclones, medical appointments, depression... it's always something. I've mostly been trying to embrace the idea of my brain having a fallow period, but I will occasionally open each of my wips in the hope that it will spark something that gets me to write something, anything, on one of them. Alas. It hasn't happened yet 😔
But then the Carry On Many Cakes Fest became a thing, and I remembered a film with Nicolas Cage wherein he stole some cars. Ok, a LOT of cars. And I thought "but what if SnowBaz?"
(Then I rewatched the film, and it isn't really that good, and even though Angelina Jolie is in it, she's not really there, you know? But I'm gonna put Simon & Baz in it, so it will be much better.)
So far I have nebulous plans to give Lamb a chance to redeem himself as an older mentor, give Braden a chance to be a real proper villain, and Mordelia a chance to make a really dumb mistake that will almost certainly involve her big brother in a heist he doesn't want any part of. Oh and also snogging. Here's some dialogue under the cut - Baz POV.
"Mordelia's in trouble."
That shuts him up. He drops his fighting stance and runs his hands through his hair. I try not to watch his movements and fail.
"What kind of trouble?"
"Have you heard of Braden Bodmer?"
"Jesus Fucking Christ Baz! Are you shitting me?"
"Sadly not. I take it this might be worse than I initially thought?"
He reaches under the bar and comes up with two shot glasses and a bottle of bourbon. "Sit," he orders. I obey, while he pours the shots. He pushes one towards me, downs the other, and then immediately refills it.
"Look, we're… well… we were what you might call… ambiguously moralled people, right?"
"That's an unexpectedly erudite way of putting it, yes. We were criminals."
He points at me in a that's what I mean sort of way. "But we're not bad people. Well, I'm not a bad person…" He trails off while giving me an amused smirk which sets my insides on fire.
"Yes yes, I'm an utter bastard." I shoot the bourbon, shudder, and push the empty glass towards him. He dutifully refills it. "Get on with it, Snow."
"Bodmer is evil, Baz. I mean he's genuinely a villain. He's got his fingers in almost every underground activity in this town, and he will mercilessly kill anyone who gets in his way, or doesn't fulfil his expectations."
"Apart from the murder, he doesn't sound…"
"On top of that… he apparently likes to experiment on people. Like some kind of cartoon mad scientist." He drains his second shot. "Except it's not remotely funny."
Something about his tone makes my blood run cold. "Experiment? What do you mean?"
"He'll involve himself in almost anything that will make him easy and fast money under the table. But that's all just a way to fund his actual business. The front is some hippy health and lifestyle brand. Grass smoothies and purple tea and mushroom pills. That kind of shit. But behind the scenes, he's apparently trying to develop some kind of eternal youth serum, and he's bypassing the usual forms of testing to just inject it straight into unwilling participants."
"Jesus Christ."
"Well, that's kind of the idea I guess. Except without the dying and coming back to life bit."
I don't know how much of this I will keep, or if I'll ignore as much of the villain's back story as the movie does, but I'm having fun imagining these two as ex-car thieves coming together for one last job. Surely nothing romantic could ever happen while you're boosting cars, right?
Mwahahahahahahahaha!
I hope you all have something unexpectedly fun and joyful happen to you this week. I'm manifesting it 💙
No-pressure tags and high fives incoming in 3...2...1...
CO Many Cakes Fest is an event intended to showcase the creativity of the CO fandom—how even with everyone following the same prompt the fics can go in so many unique directions! Each year, there will be a yearly prompt that participants can create for. (why are we talking about cake?)
How do I participate?
Create any fanwork (fics, art, memes, and more!) inspired by the yearly prompt! No sign ups required, simply post your work to the AO3 collection when you’re finished! If posting on tumblr, we ask that you use the hashtag #COManyCakes and/or #comc2025 and tag this blog <3
What’s the prompt for this year?
The prompt for this year is Grand Theft Auto!
When do I post?
Whenever you finish! The prompt will stay for the whole year, and in order to reduce the stress for this event, you can post whenever you finish—at any point in the year! Just be sure to post into the collection on AO3, and tag this blog if posting on tumblr so we see it and can reblog your work!
Can I collab with someone? Can I create more than one piece? What kinds of fanwork can I make?
Yes, yes, and anything! We’d love to see all kinds of fanwork created for this event!
Who is running this event?
@the-beard-of-edward-teach and @probablily
Is there a discord for this event?
No, but there's a channel in the Carry On Server where you're free to brainstorm/chat about ideas! The server is open to everyone so feel free to join. (And let us know if this link is expired <3)
Can I tease WIPs?
Yes please! And tag this blog if you do, so we can reblog it :)
I have another question not on here.
Send us an ask! Since this is the first year we’re running this, there’s bound to be something we haven’t thought of. Ask away :)
