#praxmos

[pourpasserlamelancholie]

[goodyeartheshippycat]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply (see additional tags)

Relationships: Ethos/Phobos, Deimos/Praxis

Summary: A modern-setting AU in which Jules (Phobos) the high-strung Londoner visits the Scottish countryside for some relaxation and has a meet-cute with Aidan (Ethos) the sheep farmer while en route to the B&B where he is staying. Sheep-related antics ensue. Somehow, against all odds, Jules leaves his heart at the gateway to the Highlands.

Your eyes do not deceive you, friends. The link preview does say "Chapter 16", but I have not skipped a chapter. This is indeed Chapter 15 (the final chapter!) of Scottish AU, but the fic on AO3 has been rearranged to add a new chapter 1, which is a gorgeous cover image I commissioned from @prismatic-cannon in celebration of finally finishing my magnum opus. For ease of viewing, you can see the cover image in its full glory here on tumblr, too!

Here's some self-indulgent looking back on a list of things I didn't know when I started writing Scottish AU:

That between my career taking off and developing what was for a long time diagnosed as a chronic overuse injury (and turned out to be osteoarthritis with a side of mild tendonitis & tenosynovitis) it would take me more than 6 years to finish the first fic/arc of the longer story I'd planned out sob sob

That Scottish Romance is, in fact, a surprisingly large subgenre (I'm not generally a reader of published romance novels)

That JKR bankrolled the anti-independence campaign prior to the 2014 referendum (what a cunt, aye?)

Exactly how Brexit would play out and whether or not it would spur another indyref in short order

That a global pandemic would dash my plans to return to Scotland in 2020 (and every year of the new decade since) once I finally:

a) wasn't completely skint and would have cash to do all the touristy shit

b) was allowed to drink again and would be able to actually enjoy all the glorious whisky

Now to have a wee dram in celebration of my longest ongoing fic finally being completed! Thank you to everyone who read even a chapter of it or cheered me on or sent me stupid sheep fucking jokes. And thank you from the bottom of my heart to all the readers who have stuck around and actually read the whole mess from start to finish. I adore every single one of you!

If I one day get around to writing the other arcs I originally outlined for this fic, they will be new fics and I’ll put them into a series. But for now, this is where our tale ends <3

And yes, readers with keen memories will clock the inspiration for part of this chapter from something I reblogged many moons ago. Thanks Vi <3

[royalphantom]

[plethodoncinereus]

forever obsessed with whatever Forbes writer chose this iconic Praxmos pic for their article

*now kiss*

[chrysonoe]

Dear @tardigradedeathposture ! I'm your Secret Santa this year! Happy Holidays!

I saw that you like the three together, so I thought I drew a funny/hot situation of their daily life!

Ethos is trying to seduce his partners for the first time! I hope you enjoy their dynamics in this mini comic :3

[slstarrycity]

Wow the new lion king looks so good-

Haha I love Zootopia au so I couldn’t help but wonder what these two would do in a relationship after the Alliance! Deimouse is so smol!

[loversnfighters]

**extremely concentrating** “...”

“what are you thinking? just kiss me! ”

[violetnyte]

Home for the weekend and then traveling right back out again, but I’ll drop off this chapter for you! I wrote on the plane this time which really helped keep the momentum going.