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[almaasi]

After SIX MONTHS I have another Rabbit Lightning fic... that I wrote two years ago. This one ft. Redd and Lohn and some post-quarantine lovin'.

Ask For What You Need

Redd and Lohn meet up for the first time since quarantine began. Lohn, at first craving a hug, soon realises he’s in need of more. Luckily Redd is just as desperate to be kissed and touched. But how many weeks have to pass before they're touch-starved enough to allow it to happen again? And what if they don’t need to be with each other, they just... want to?

🐰 17.9k ⋆ NC-17

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P.S. If you want Redd's "I got the Dolly vaccine" t-shirt, that's here.

And so is this -- the official Rabbit Lightning t-shirt in Mythical's Amazon store doesn't ship to New Zealand, so I made my own.

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Waiting For Thunder

It was too hot inside. So Redd and Lohn were out on the porch, waiting. Listening to the stormchasers’ radio feed - a faint chatter, ongoing, all treble and no bass. Listening to the rain. (Redd tenderly gives Lohn a haircut, and somehow they end up kissing.)

🐰 3k ⋆ G

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(art animated using wallpaper engine. i don't think that's the intended use of wallpaper engine but it worked so i'm not complaining~)

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Sweet On Me

Lohn drops ice-cream on Redd by mistake. Then he licks it up on purpose.

🐰 2.5k ⋆ G

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also i kinda liked how expressive my original sketch for the illustration was, so here, have that too:

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The Music Video Kiss

Right before a beach shoot for a music video, Lohn’s fiancée backs out of the production, and now the video is missing its romantic finale: a kiss. For the sake of Lohn’s passion project, Redd steps in. But one peck isn’t enough - they need multiple takes before the sun sets, and each feels more intense than the last. When Lohn returns at dawn, craving Redd’s touch despite being engaged to someone else, it’s clear they’ve crossed a line. Either they suppress their feelings, or their urges will ruin everything - including their friendship

🐰 17k ⋆ T

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“Did you know,” Lohn said, voice dry and rough, not yet ready to be used, “back in the day, the golden age of Hollywood, or whatever folks call it, they weren’t allowed to show indecent things to the public. Kissin’, and that. So they’d show two people, like, sharing a drink from the same bottle.” Lohn handed back the cigarette, and Redd took it, tapping the ash off the balcony and into the pink sunrise before them. “Sharin’ a cigarette.”

Unspoken (In Smoke) ⭑ 4,190 words ⭑ T Redd/Lohn (Rabbit Lightning)

[almaasi]

more Rabbit Lightning fic!! if you have no clue who these dudes are, here, I made you this video containing everything these characters have ever featured in (20 minutes total). i have SO MANY fics featuring these two coming, so if you want in, that’s where to start~

Mistletoe and Minestrone

When Redd returned to his hometown for Christmas, he only planned to see his family, then get himself and his dog back on the road again. He didn’t have plans to kiss another man under the mistletoe, nor take him home for a night, nor continue to enjoy his company in the days after, in an increasingly comfortable domestic manner. He certainly never considered that he’d want his family to meet Lohn, or, amazingly, they would actually like him. Now Redd might not want to part ways at all. But, the thing is... the longing in Redd’s heart is only one half of the equation. By his calculations, Lohn’s half doesn’t fully add up.

🐰 70k ⋆ Explicit

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file this fic under “intense best friend pining speedrun” i guess?? (also: who are these guys? watch this video to find out) ❤

Say It A Second Time

Returning to the Dollywood theme park after his second divorce, Lohn struggles to enjoy a weekend of rollercoasters and cinnamon bread the same way he once did, despite his best friend’s efforts. He’s convinced that the kind of love he craves will elude him forever. But when a couple of tourists get him and Redd to pose for a photo, an intimate opportunity presents itself, and Lohn can’t pass it up. Maybe after eight years, two divorces, and one kiss from Redd’s lips, something good might finally take.

🐰 11k ⋆ T

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@almaasi fic update 🌈

hello friends, i am BACK!!! sort of? mostly.

so here’s the deal. i haven’t posted fanfic in nearly 2 years. i’ve been unwell, and now i am less unwell. and now i have a stack of 9 new fanfics in my drafts, with a word count altogether totaling close to 300k. i intend to post one fic a week, starting on october 7th 2022. half of them are illustrated, and i’ll illustrate the rest nearer their posting dates.

but here’s the thing. these stories are for a fandom that once consisted of like... 3 people, and those people haven’t posted in years. on my last count, there’s about 23 fics in existence already. it’s a subfolder of a fandom. it does not exist. please join me in making it exist.

here’s everything you need to know (ugh let me engage my shift key, i need to capitalise names)

Redd “Rabbit Claw” Moonshine and Lohn Lightning are fictional characters from a youtube show i love: “Good Mythical Morning”. the characters were invented in 2008, given names in 2013, and were last seen in 2020.

Redd and Lohn were childhood friends, and now they’re redneck country music singers trying really hard to be famous. their two-man band is named “Rabbit Lightning”. and that’s the name of their ship, too.

i cut together a 20 minute video containing their ENTIRE history and backstory and relationship. literally every single thing you will ever need to know about them to understand my fics is contained within this video. (source links to original videos are pinned in the comments.)

if you ever liked my Destiel AUs, you’d like these fics, and these characters. i had to fight to not write them exactly the way i’d write Dean and Cas, because in some ways, they’re exactly the same.

Lohn: blue-eyed, dark-haired, clueless, awkward, dominating when he decides to be, touch-starved, sexuality.exe is corrupted, unusually formal speech, pastimes include staring at Redd with hearteyes and watching bees, loves animals.

Redd: green-eyed, browny-blonde-haired, freckles, taller than Lohn, bi panic mode, caring, grumpy, adores kids, has love to give in every direction, absent father with questionable teaching methods, Do Not Touch (please touch), loves rabbits.

if you ever got to know me on zoom during Sid City Social Club meetings, or via discord, or saw me interact with Mr. Siddig, you’ll understand where my first fic (”The Worst Jukebox in Arcadia”) is rooted. heck, if you’ve ever struggled to be creative for people who expect something, you’ll know where it comes from.

anyway. i love these two, they make me unbelievably happy, and gave me space to be creative in deeply personal ways that i always needed but never knew i needed. no other characters exist fleshed-out in what passes for their “canon”, so i get to invent them, which has been a delight for me.

i’m planning to post my first Rabbit Lightning fic tomorrow. so if you’re interested, please watch the video above, and then watch this space. ❤

thank you for being so patient while i’ve been absent. and i’m SO EXCITED to bring you along as i explore filling out worlds built around almost nothing.