Try As I May-verse

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• Try As I May (I'm Still Fighting For You) by TheMonocledMatineer

  Fandoms: Salem's Lot (2024), Bad Times at the El Royale (2018), Salem's Lot - All Media Types  

  • Explicit
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • M/M
  • Work in Progress

  06 Mar 2026

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Miles Miller/Ben Mears
  • Miles Miller (Bad Times at the El Royale)
  • Ben Mears
  • Mark Petrie
  • Richard Straker
  • Kurt Barlow
  • Angst
  • all of the angst
  • Rare Pairings
  • Crossover
  • Porn with Plot
  • Religious Guilt
  • Internalized Homophobia
  • Gaslighting
  • Straker being a creep
  • Masturbation
  • Rimming
  • Anal Sex
  • Dry Humping
  • Implied/Referenced Drug Use
  • Is it a threesome if it's between a guy a writer and his creation if it's all in his head
  • Idk this is why I write fanfic
  • Voyeurism
  • Bondage

  Summary

  When Miles Miller got discharged from hospital he was prepared to disappear, the weight of the El Royale a loadstone around his neck. But when a stranger, one Mr Straker, offers him a job he seizes the chance to become a better person. Newly settled in Salem's Lot, he works tirelessly to help his boss, the days gentle and fulfilling, until one day a famous writer enters his shop, drawing Miles out of his self imposed exile and unknowingly into the cruel underbelly of the Lot.

  The cross over fic no one asked for!

  New chapter due by the end of June! (Sorry the delay!)

  Series

  • Part 1 of Try As I May-verse

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  89,262

  Chapters:

  12/?

  Comments:

  19

  Kudos:

  19

  Bookmarks:

  5

  Hits:

  470

• Try As I May - One Shot Collection by TheMonocledMatineer

  Fandoms: Salem's Lot (2024), Bad Times at the El Royale (2018)  

  • Explicit
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • M/M
  • Work in Progress

  08 Apr 2026

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Ben Mears/Miles Miller (Bad Times at the El Royale)
  • Ben Mears
  • Miles Miller (Bad Times at the El Royale)
  • One Shot Collection
  • see chapter specific warnings
  • Explicit Sexual Content
  • Explicit New York Mets content
  • Breeding Kink
  • Anal Sex
  • Sex Toys
  • Daddy Kink
  • Dom/sub Play
  • Oral Fixation
  • BDSM
  • Fluff and Smut
  • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
  • two dorks getting the life they deserve

  Summary

  A Collection of Ben Mears x Miles Miller one shots and drabbles. Set in the same universe as my Try as I May fic, generally post-fic so contains slight spoilers as to the fic itself.

  Chapter 1: The Agony and Ectasy of Hercules (Fluff/slight smut)
  Chapter 2: In Your Eyes (I Am Complete) (Angst, fluff, heavy smut)
  Chapter 3: NSFW Alphabet

  Series

  • Part 2 of Try As I May-verse

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  32,671

  Chapters:

  3/?

  Comments:

  3

  Kudos:

  5

  Bookmarks:

  1

  Hits:

  76