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[nellie-elizabeth]

When Quentin Met Eliot

by @nellie-elizabeth for @themagicianshea illustrated by @aniallating - 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7

Rating: Explicit Word count: 79,910 Relationships: Quentin Coldwater/Eliot Waugh, Margo Hanson/Julia Wicker

Quentin Coldwater and Eliot Waugh don't exactly hit it off the first time they meet. Quentin is in the midst of a characteristic existential sulk, and Eliot is a sophisticate or a snob depending on who you ask, and certainly doesn't have time for a project. The next time they cross paths, they're both in serious relationships, and don't give a second thought to the pleasant hours they spend together on an airplane. The third time? Something finally sticks. Fresh off of heartbreak, the two men discover a best friend in one another, someone to confide in about what they've lost. And perhaps someone with whom happiness can once again be found…

[thelucindac]

I wrote a fic that I'm super proud of. Endless thank yous to @jazrozdrawz for her art. Go check out her pieces! Check out the fic here! And thank you to @themagicianshea for everything!

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[kythwena]

My edits (2/11) for @queerpeasantchic's and @wilddragonflying's fateful @themagicianshea fic! Read it here: The Faces of Love

[themagicianshea]

Title: Mr. and Mrs. and Mr. Smith

Author: @summersteve​ [AO3]

Artist: @canonicallyhugedick [AO3]

Summary:  A throuple of attractive young people work on communication and work/life balance.

A Mr. and Mrs. Smith AU.

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[themagicianshea]

Title: Is Your Bedroom Ceiling Bored (Like Mine)?  

Author: @thelucindac  [Twitter | AO3]

Artist: @jazrozdrawz

Summary: Quentin catches feelings. A lot. When the love letters he wrote to cope with those feelings get out? He has only one option: pretending to be Eliot's boyfriend, to help Eliot get back at his ex, and to avoid Alice confronting him about her letter at all costs. Everything’s bound to blow over by Eliot’s “contingency plan” of going to Encanto Oculto together... right? Except, Quentin doesn’t know what’s more impossible: that his feelings for Eliot are growing stronger every day, or that he’s starting to believe he actually deserves the love he’s always wanted.

Inspired by "To All The Boys I've Loved Before" (2018)

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[aniallating]

“And you know, in the back of my head, I always thought it’d be okay if I failed,” Eliot said. “I gave up on Mike because he didn’t fucking love me, and maybe I’d never find anyone else, but that was fine, it would all be fine, because—I’d have Margo. She’d never—I’d have her, and she’d never go off and get fucking married to someone else, so I’d have her, even if I couldn’t have what I really wanted. I’m such an asshole.” “You’re not,” Quentin said at once. “Fuck, of course you’re not. Eliot—would you look at me?”

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[themagicianshea]

Title: gene kelly, eat your heart out

Author: @aspiringtoeloquence​ [AO3]

Artist: @mariek-artblog [AO3]

Summary:  When Alice breaks up with Quentin over the phone from a magician's conference in Paris (a break up that Julia reminds him is not even their first this year), Quentin knows he has to seize the day and win her back. He won't get distracted, not by the fact that portal magic isn't working and he has to fly, or by the obnoxious and unfairly attractive Magician sitting next to him on the plane. He can take charge of his life, and this strange magician-hedge who seems to be building a life with his friends here is just another detour on the way to where he's supposed to be. [Or: Man who read too many fantasy novels meets a thief (only recently, and technically) on a transatlantic flight. Life happens.]

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[aniallating]

The gaming portion of the evening fell away, and Quentin was transported back to his very favorite days in undergrad, those magical moments in the dorms or somewhere hidden away on campus, with people he could talk to without feeling ashamed or awkward. (…) At one point he and Eliot wound up next to each other on the couch, arms rubbing together companionably, the conversation creating a calming murmur around them as the evening faded deeper into night.

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