"Not really how she planned for it to go, but she had imagined leaving the bar with information in hand or dying in a knife fight, so this wasn't too bad."
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Clesker Week, Day 5: "Our Wounds, Like a Crater" can be found here.
Theme: In Another Life
Day 5 was a real challenge for me, but I'm excited for what I managed to pull together. I think it's a nice balance between what else I did this week. Hope you enjoy!
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Summary:
Claire is hunting for Chris. She's running out of resources and time. Albert Wesker has plenty of both. What he needs is someone not tied to Umbrella.
Words:
~3.3k
Relationship:
Albert Wesker/Claire Redfield
Rating:
Mature
Additional Tags:
Luis Serra, Alternate Universe, Post-Resident Evil 2, Mutual Pining, Slow Burn, Trust Issues, Medical Procedures, Sexual Tension, Canon-Typical Violence
So I was going through my wip folder and found a lonely DA:O fic I never published. It's complete, but dark, I'm talking suicidal ideation and severe depression dark. It's basically a dramatic retelling of my very first warden, a Surana, who fucked up at the very end, romanced Alistair, then made him king. As a player I did not see the break up coming (very first play through back in 2009,) and I hadn't saved in so long that going back to replay for a different outcome would have set me back hours, so I rolled with it. Denied Morrigan, fully intent on sacrificing my girl in her grief as a final fuck you to Alistair.....but he got there first. So she lost again. I don't talk DA much anymore, but this ficlet, written somewhere circa 2015-16 is pretty wonderful angst imo, so I'm considering publishing it to my ao3.
"Every day it seems like more people survived Raccoon City than died there. What are the odds there would be four of us in one room?"
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Clesker Week, Day 7: "Bad Business" can be found here.
Theme: Free Space
Day 7 is late (traveling!) but I attempted to come up with something short of fluff and short of angst. Just the right level of sass too.
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Summary:
Claire finds herself in need of rescue. Chris and the BSAA are nowhere to be found. Albert Wesker is. After all, it is his business to know what Claire is up to.
Words:
~2.4k
Relationship:
Albert Wesker/Claire Redfield
Rating:
Teen and Up
Additional Tags:
Canon-Typical Violence, Post-Resident Evil CODE: Veronica, Pre-Resident Evil 4, Enemies to Lovers, Banter, Flirting, Unresolved Sexual Tension, Dinner Dates, Slow Burn, Getting Together
"And I've told you, Albert, getting childcare is hard more times than I can count."
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Clesker Week, Day 3: "On Her Best Behavior" can be found here.
Theme: Sherry
Day 3 is here, and I thought it was time for a break from Delulu Albert. Have some tooth rotting sweet fluff instead.
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Summary:
Claire thinks she's in for a treat: dinner where she doesn't have to cook and good (looking) company. Albert is ready for a quiet night in, but he can't plan for other people.
Words:
~2.5k
Relationship:
Albert Wesker/Claire Redfield
Rating:
Teen and Up
Additional Tags:
William Birkin, Annette Birkin (mentioned), Sherry Birkin, Pre-Canon, Pre-RE1, Human Albert Wesker, Found Family, Age Difference (Albert and Claire), Domestic Fluff
@anomaliewrites tagged me in this little activity, and...well....here’s the pandora’s box.
Tagging: @brightephemera (cause I know you are bursting at the seam with ideas!) @msviolacea, @ivalane @raelly-writing, @frostmantle And whoever happens to see it and wants to share all their brain worms.
FFXIV (they’re all for ffxiv :P ) MSQ spoilers below.
I’m also putting this under a cut...cause.....so much.
These are from my Blood Lily Series, that are re-telling's of the MSQ with embellishment, and with character and ship focus, I’ve cut and paste these ideas directly from my ideas folder. each fic builds on the last.(also there's a lot of angst...cause I don’t play nice with my OC’s.)
Crystal Path -
Thancred x wol, Lahabrea x wol (non explicit dubcon-noncon,) G’raha x wol, ARR retelling includes CT and up to patch 2.3, Lahabrea uses Thancred and Wol’s feeling against them, undermines and gaslights wol, attempted murder after Titan. Recovery, healing, complicated feelings post possession. Angst, G’raha and Wol have a one night stand the night before he locks himself in the tower. What could have been, bad end. Long fic
From Ishgard with Love -
Aymeric x wol, Haurchefant x wol, love triangle, HW retelling (starting at patch 2.4) with more romance, more balls and dancing, angst and pining, happy ending. Long fic.
End of the Song - Aymeric x wol, Thancred x Hilda, post HW patch content, engagement, growing apart, eventual break up, angst, surprise pregnancy, bad end, pining, love isn’t enough. Long fic.
Eye of the Storm - Hien x wol, miscarriage, depression, using sex as an unhealthy coping mechanism, uses Hien, feral towards Zenos (to kill not fuck.) ANGST, WoL is a mess, fear of feelings and commitment, bad end. Stormblood retelling (through post StB patch content.) Long Fic.
In Shadows - Emet-Selch x wol, Thancred x wol, Shadowbringers retelling to the end of patch 5.1. Unhealthy relationships, depressed, self-destructive WoL. WoL is an even bigger mess. Directs anger at Exarch and Scions, finds solace with Emet. PTSD from near Lightwarden possession, loses ability to use light aspected magic, Thancred tries to help, pining .BAd End. Long fic.
Now I know what you’re thinking, Whimsy, what the fuck. Angst is cathartic, and I like exploring the impact of trauma (also shipping your wol with everyone is self care.) Shiloh was pretty good and well adjusted before becoming the WoL, all her trauma occurs in canon (and some HC)
Next:
Multiple happy endings (otome paths?) as each one features a different LI, cause I can’t make up my mind, and am in multishipping hell.. They all jump off from the same point at the end of Shadowbringers the end of 5.1, and explores how each LI would deal with Shiloh’s trauma, and how Shiloh would come to her recovery in each different scenario. (fyi my current wip From Shadows -Estinien x wol, is one of these fics.)
New Dawn - Hien x WoL, WoL ends up in Doma to learn the way of the samurai to compensate for her loss of magic. Hien agrees to teach her, on the condition that she also takes the time to heal. Working through their past “relationship”, forgiveness, letting go of shame, and guilt. Long Fic.
The Long Way - Thancred x WoL, Thancred helps WoL through no longer being able to use magic, offering to teach her daggers/gunblade (he can relate) FINALLY working out their long time pining, simmering feelings, and shared trauma. Long Fic.
Dear Hope - Aymeric x WoL, WoL returns to Ishgard to learn Mashinistry to help compensate for no longer being able to use magic. Inevitably runs into Aymeric, rekindling friendship, feelings still present, tentative steps towards revisiting relationship, discuss needs, and expectations, healing, forgiveness, shared pain and trauma, understanding and compromise. Long Fic.
Canon divergent, AU, These two idea, exist outside the Blood Lily universe.
Body guard modern AU - Zenos x WoL. The Garlean royal family has a problem, and it's that the crown prince's guards keep quitting. They've exhausted all the various private security companies within Garlemald, and the emperor is forced to hire from a foreign company. The Scions of Eorzea come highly recommended, and promise to send their best. Their best, is a seasoned special forces veteran, a former mixed martial arts champion, highly discrete, and highly professional. Looks good on paper. No one expects the 5'2" slip of a woman who breezes into the palace, particularly not Zenos. And after she slams him on his back in an impromptu spar, he's smitten.
Second chances - emet-selch x wol. Canon divergent, Azem’s stone has some of Hades aether, and was not in fact a one time use. Sad WoL wishes on it again with all her heart not expecting anything, Ghost Hades shows up, no longer tempered by Zodiark, conversations, offers to help her. Figure out a way to get his fractured soul into one of the clones in Garlemald so he can live one last lifetime with wol as her ally. One last lifetime with his love before he embraces a true death, happy ending. Long Fic.
NSFW one shot ideas....cause....I gotta.
Dom Artoirel - Artoirel x wol. Collar, Bj, punishment, hard fucking. One shot
Edging Haurchefant - Haurchefant x wol. Make the good boy feral, orgasm denial, edging, praise, BJ, face sitting, letting him loose to take his pleasure when she’s done and he fucks her into the ground. One shot
Pre-Doma Castle fucking - Hien x wol, drunk passion, one shot.
Considering how slow a writer I am, and how nearly all of these damn ideas are long fic....who know if I’ll get to them all. I want to try though, I’m stupid excited about every one of them.
Just a quick update for those of you who might be subscribed to me on Ao3, I changed my Username from Exposedma to ForgivenWhimsy The works are all still there, I was never really happy with my last pseudonym, so I changed it to something I feel reflects me better.
Here’s the profile link, if anyone is curious. Building up my FFXIV library, lots of old DA stuff (which may or may not be orphaned in future, I haven’t decided yet,) SWTOR fic, and a smattering of other fandoms, ranges from Gen to E.
