i realised that my griscott idea follows the same theme/premise as my limlife gritho from the other week, aka sex with feelings (about other people currently not in the bed) and now i'm thinking hey… maybe i'll turn this into a one-shot series?!
so! one fic for each life season starting with third life, focusing on the progression of desertduo's relationship. they'll each be written through the perspective of the person that's not-grian, so we get the outsiders' lens (though for third life i think i’ll write scar pov).
more under the cut!
initially, i thought it would be fun for them each to be smut-shots. one of my favourite things to read is smut doubling as character study (or the reverse, if you will), and i wanna try my hand at it. buttt i think some actually work better in my head as not-smut which is just as fun!!
these are my plans so far:
3rd life
scar pov
probably no explicit smut but some seemingly mundane but melancholic and sentimental scene?
you know, the whole complicated shebang of how desertduo came to be and manipulations and playing alongs but through it all, a genuine bond only deepening
this is all about showing how deeply the seeds for their Thing are sown
last life
smut - mumbo pov
i like the idea that there are romantic feelings between grumbo here, also because i am really loving mumscarian by extension
so grian has a crisis sometime early in because well, the end of 3rd life is hard to process when it involves killing one of the men you love and then you're thrown into another death game
grian teaming up with mumbo is very much a thing of comfort for him (in the beginning), so he spills his heart out one night and they basically have sad comfort sex
important: grian cries while they have sex
but it's ok! mumbo is here! and hes a little terrified because he doesn't fully grasp grian's feelings for scar's (no one does) but he talks grian through some things and then takes care of him
note: mumbo fully accepts grian’s whatever situation; he and grian have a stable relationship so there are no dramas with jealousy etc. especially as mumbo is also familiar with scar
oh boy this ended up being more elaborate than i planned
double life
smut - scott pov
as summarised in prev. linked post
re: no romantic or even sentimental feelings, just fwb - they’re both using each other to release general and sexual frustration
it could be fun if scar and pearl decide to stand in powder snow happen while this is happening - adding to the dissonant mix of emotions
undecided whether the sexual arousal will also be shared between soulmates here…
limited life
smut - etho pov
as summarised in prev. linked post
i think this one will have some important contrasts to the scott fic - while that one occurs towards the beginning of its respective season, this one is near the end. while griscott chat during sex, gritho are mostly silent
i want to highlight how grim everything kind of feels; the desperation of holding onto someone when you know the end is coming soon
secret life
now i'm not so sure about this one... it could be interesting to make it a solo grian pov? as he was alone for most of this season and i don't feel like writing him with etho again or cleo, maybe this could be a masturbation fic. idk!
or you know, it could be really interesting to write him with joel... there's that episode where they essentially become soul bound. i think their bond through the seasons is also very interesting. my brain is whirring
but i DO at least know that there will be reflections and thinkings of the good and bad times with scar. not so much crushing yearning or desperation or mourning like the previous fics, but something like the way to healing...
wild life
the healing arc be upon us!! i did write my first scarian fic RIGHT before the episode of them teaming up released so that was a wild (haha) day for scarian nation
will of course explore how exactly it progresses to them being (more) okay again, through wild life and also prev seasons (closure and all that)
maybe a grian pov?? TBC but that could be a meaningful full circle moment if we start off with scar’s pov in 3L
paralleling the third life fic, i think i’ll have this one be non-sexual intimacy. yay!
you know, now i'm thinking that i might even write it as a chapter fic instead of a multi-fic series. baby's first chapter fic would be an interesting challenge for my very messy writing process!! but i’ll keep thinking on it.
anyway, thanks for reading if you did all that. please let me know of any thoughts you have! would love to hear and discuss any input x
