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10 - ‼️Tell us a random fun fact about, or easter egg you have hidden in one of your fics.
okay but this requires me to remember anything about my fics at all 😅
uhm! my buddie roadtrip fic last stop before LA contains a lot of places that I've personally been to, motels I've stayed in, diners I've eaten at
also this fic exists because I collect pressed pennies and decided Buck should do
write what you know I guess 😅
ask me about fanfic stuff from this post
💜 What pairing would you like to write but never have?
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mmmm maybe Mulder/Scully? It was one of my very first fandoms, like, before I knew what fandom even was. Definitely because I was watching it too young. There are like, little suggestions of How The Ghosts Stole Christmas in the buddie fic I'm posting now 🥰
or maybe Drarry or Snarry, back in the day. I still read it, and some of my all time favorite fics are in those pairings.
ask me about fanfic stuff from this post
Copying from @crumbleduck14:
Rules: Share the first lines of ten of your most recent fics and tag ten people. If you have written less than ten, don’t be shy and share anyway.
I have somehow managed to write exactly ten Aleida Rosales-centric fics (!) so here are the first lines of all ten, sorted from most to least recently updated. Someone write more Aleida fic, please, so I don’t have to cringily re-read these self-indulgent stories to get my fix ❤️ I will skip tagging people, but anyone who reads this, feel free to play!
1. Hold it against your bones: Aleida takes a deep breath, then slides the letter across the narrow tabletop with her fingertips.
2. Shape of things to come: Abuelo is in the kitchen. He keeps saying, Javi, ¡aléjate de la estufa! Juega en la sala familiar.
3. A matter of mind and heart: “For the tenth time, Mitch,” Bill stresses, wedging the phone receiver between his ear and shoulder so he can open a much-needed can of beer. “Lunar helium-3 exploration falls squarely under NASA’s science objectives. That’s a really creative yarn you just spun about Margo Madison’s super-secret vendetta against Exxon Corporation, but…”
4. Turns within me, turns without me: Bill Strausser bends over Margo’s desk, brow furrowed as he pores over the engine test results for the Pathfinder shuttle that’s headed to Jamestown next month. “I asked Aleida to join us because you both told me in passing, separately, that you’re concerned about one of the values, but I’m not seeing it. Chamber pressure, bypass flow, thrust all fine…”
5. Would it have been worth it, after all: “Would you mind,” Margo breathes from across the CSC conference room table, “uh - taking a second look at these trajectory calculations.”
6. It’s just what happens: Victor’s nearly at the end of the car pick-up line when his cell phone rings.
7. This hunger, it isn’t you: Aleida Rosales didn’t exactly volunteer for Flight on the Sojourner 2 rescue mission. But as it turns out, she’s now the only living NASA employee with the experience and capability to take the lead.
8. Kept on the inside: “All set, I think,” Aleida proclaims, turning her made-up face to Margo for confirmation.
9. If we didn’t do stuff like that: They’d kissed in the kitchen. It was brief, but more than a little hot. He’d tasted like perfectly-seasoned rice and the promise of later that night, Javi had been disgusted, and she’d retorted that their son wouldn’t be alive “if we didn’t do stuff like that.” Then her phone had rung.
10. Time is just a remedy: Her first thought after the bombing that’s not about the bombing is that they hadn’t touched each other in six months, but today they haven’t stopped touching each other.
Thank you to @codenamecarrotcake for tagging me! :)
Rules: Share the first lines of ten of your most recent fics and tag ten people. If you have written less than ten, don’t be shy and share anyway.
So, I've been writing more prompts recently, for SFA and FAM/STC, so here goes:
The Long Walk (STC): “You are late again, comrade.”
Eyes and Ears (STC): Subject 0378: Margaret Madison
Mrs Nikulova (STC): "“Welcome back to Star City, comrade. It is such a…shame that your removal was for something that was so unnecessary, and completely within your control."
Classified (SFA): Something fell from the sky.
Family Secrets (SFA): “Cadet Mandal, you demonstrated bravery, courage, and resilience in the face of great peril, and ensured two of your fellow cadets were able to receive medical attention that saved their lives.”
A Slice of Lemon (SFA): Zeeren Kelrec was not, like his cadets and fellow instructors, enjoying the respite of the summer break.
The Next Chapter (SFA): The Apollo Retirement Community was not where Margo had envisioned spending her later years.
Air Conditioning (FAM): They could put a lunar base on the Moon. They could send a crew to Mars. But could Margo Madison fix the JSC air conditioning in a reasonable time frame?
Love Match (SFA): "Not every marriage needs to be a love match," Kelrec offered from across Nahla's office. "After all, ours wasn't."
To Have and To Hold (SFA): Zeeren Kelrec did not care much for socialising.
New blog so new follow list: anyone who wants to play can play! :)
last ten fanfics
Thanks for the tag, @ussjellyfish!
In reverse order from most recent:
1. the road is long (alone is longer) - Caleb Mir/Darem Reymi, teen, Darem is pushing himself again and Caelb needs to talk him down.
“You talk to him.”
2. the violence of existing (for only you) - Nahla Ake/Anisha Mir, mature, Anisha punishes Nahla with unsafe kink only it's less of a punishment than she currently realises, wip.
No one disarms Anisha Mir. Especially not high and mighty Starfleet officers who think they're too good to bother with the likes of her, and just send holograms.
3. (In the Mirror) I Don’t Recognize Her - SAM & Sylvia Tilly (and the cadets), teen, Sam's friends are trying to tell her they love her exactly the way she is, but she might need an outside opinion.
Series Acclimation Mil. At your request, we are responding to your most recent report via Nahla Ake.
4. Worth the Work - Caleb Mir & Jett Reno, teen, Caleb doesn't think he's worth anyone's trouble; Reno gives him an object lesson.
Cadet Mir has made good progress over the past year.
5. Touch the Sun - Tarima Sadal & Zeeren Kelrec, teen, Tarima and her former chancellor get stuck in a turbolift. Empathic shenanigans and panic attacks ensure.
I am sorry to inform you that I am revoking your certificate of fitness to serve at the War College.
6. All I Gave You Was Goodbye - Caleb Mir/Darem Reymi, teen, there are three stories Caleb has never shared with anyone, but it's time he told Darem.
Caleb can’t take the furtive glances or the awkward quiet anymore.
7. What Needs to be Done - Darem Reymi & Jett Reno, teen, Darem has a meltdown; Reno helps;
Darem Reymi is emotionally unstable.
8. all the things I never said before - Caleb Mir/Darem Reymi, teen, Darem and Caleb are the only ones who don't know they're dating.
“Anywhere but the storage closet.”
9. (why don’t we go) somewhere only we know - Caleb Mir/Darem Reymi, teen, these two idiots need to learn to open up a bit.
To Darem Reymi, getting a B+ is the end of the world, apparently.
10. Forgetting We’re Dead Stars Too, Nahla Ake, mostly just her but a few faculty appearances and a bit of Nahla & Caleb, teen, Nahla can't forget the people she's sent to their deaths (including her son).
Whatever you tell yourself when you can’t sleep, in an endless, endless night. He wasn’t wrong.
Any patterns in my first lines were a bit messed up because of my neurodivergent cadets series, where each one starts with a letter. But otherwise I have a tendency to start with a wry bit of dialogue or observation from a character. Good balance of gen and a couple of rarepairs, one of which I will obsessively write till I fall over - so I have the role I expected in this fandom.
No-obligation tagging: @larissafae @coldflasher @xo-reymi @purpleyin @habibialkaysani
Latest fanfics: a writer meme
Rules: post the first sentence (or two) of your latest 10 fanfics, then (attempt to) tag 10 people. I was tagged by @oldshrewsburyian. Thank you! I thought I hadn't done one of these in a while, but then I looked at my own tags and realized I did one in October. Mindbogglingly, I've posted 6 new fics since then, so I'm doing it again. 10 fics takes me back to January of 2025 and really illustrates how completely Dept Q has taken over my brain since September.
Carl is in early Monday morning, for no other reason than he has fuck all else to do. (Slow Disaster - Dept Q, Carl/Hardy, Donna/Hardy - my current wip, part 4 of Nothing is Harmless - In which Carl cannot conceive of that fact that he can have nice things.)
“See you up there.” Carl slides the door of the birdcage lift shut with a rattly clang, flashes James a grin through the metal scrollwork, and springs for the stairs. (Wonder what the weather will be - Dept Q, Carl/Hardy - part 3 of Nothing is Harmless. Porn with feelings.)
Carl extricates himself from the weird fucking tennis ball party as soon as he finishes his beer. (Puncture Repair - Dept Q, Carl/Hardy - Episode 1x09 missing scene.)
“Knife!” Hardy spins in the direction of Carl’s shout, and that slippery fucker Declan Fraser is right there, must have been hiding behind the skip. (Wasp Nest - Dept Q, Carl/Hardy, Donna/Hardy - In which I hurt Carl by hurting Hardy.)
Rose looks up when the lift pings. For a split second, when the doors first rattle open, she could swear the toes of the two pairs of trainers visible are touching, as if their owners are standing face to face, close enough to be in each other’s arms. (Seeing Things - Dept Q, Carl/Hardy - Five times Rose suspected there was more to Carl and Hardy’s partnership than work, and one time she called them on it.)
Carl’s mobile buzzes from somewhere unseen. (Proven Techniques for Stress Management in Public Speaking - Dept Q, Carl/Hardy - Phonesex while Carl is away at a conference in Aberdeen.)
The rest of the day drags like no day has ever dragged before. (I’ll do what I can to be a confident wreck - Dept Q, Carl/Hardy, part 2 of Nothing is Harmless - Porn with more feelings than Carl anticipated.)
“We need to talk about this,” Hardy says as the lift doors rattle shut behind Rose and Akram. (Nothing is Harmless - Dept Q, Carl/Hardy - Featuring Hardy calling Carl out on his lack of self-preservation instinct.)
By the time James lands in Christchurch, the hope that followed him onto the first flight of his journey has worn thin and doubt is beginning to creep in around the edges. (The last place we left off - Lewis, James/Robbie - The 3rd and final part of my Lewis/Shetland crossover Lead me wild to your dark roads.)
“What are you doing here?” (It’s not a date - Ted Lasso, Roy/Jamie - Post-s3. Jamie knows what’s up even if Roy doesn’t.)
Tagging: @codswalloping, @gettingbyi, @themisanthropiclycanthrope, @femmenerd, @saltwaterandstars, @patrice-bergerons, @swimmingfoxsticks, and anyone else who sees this and wants to play.
last 10 fan fics: a writer meme
rules: post the first sentence of your most recent 10 fan fics and tag up to 10 people. thanks so much for the tag @addledmongoose (and @dbacklot99 and @carry-the-sky! 💖
1. Crowley had memorised the varying textures and imperfections scrawled across the dingy old ceiling above his bed. (from The Rock of Your Refuge) 2. Aziraphale gingerly peeks around damp, dingy brick walls besmirched with all manner of graffiti as he shuffles further and further into the alleyway. (from half agony, half hope) 3. “Well,” Aziraphale sighs, turning around once the door to the lift is snugly closed, “that’s that, then—” (from the corner of my garment) 4. The floor feels right. (from wonderfully solid) 5. Crowley walks back and forth past Professor Fell’s door twice before he gives up and gives in with an aggravated huff. (from Ataraxia) 6. Aziraphale stands in front of the office he once thought would be his. (from Hedonism) 7. When Crowley shares the proposition with Luca one night after they’ve each had a few, he’s convinced he misheard or that his brain just conjured up one of his wildest dreams as some form of bizarre and unusual torture. (from Chance) 8. Crowley shivers with the frosty, glittery combination of the winter chill and bubbling anticipation as he stands outside of an unmarked and rather normal-looking building on the corner. (from More) 9. “Shhh,” Aziraphale’s whisper joins the feathery whimper escaping Crowley’s throat, a trembling melisma tumbling from his parted mouth. (from sweet star gazer) 10. Crowley is having an exceedingly bad night. (from Incarnadine)
no-pressure tagging (and sorry for possible repeat tags!) : @the-oxrib-and-oyster, @copperplatebeech, @gingiekittycat, @voluptatiscausa @arabellatheauthor, @mxmaxzephyrus, @doonarose, @firelikestars and anyone who wants to play!
