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It's the 1920s in New York, and anything is possible. Prohibition is underway but the gin-joints are hopping, and in some of the more underground clubs it's safe to be yourself.
Billy Lehnsherr, one of the heirs apparent to the Lehnsherr fortune, steps out to find some fun... and finds a lot more than he ever expected. For Teddy Altman, orphan, life has been one kick in the teeth after another. And when something good finally walks into his life, he knows it's only a matter of time before it's taken away again...
Based on an image pack prompt from CrisArt. Updates Sundays.
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(or maybe it happened like this.) An alternate ending to the Dale Cycle.
I've learned that luck won't change itself
It has to be cajoled
And if you wait for sunny days, your tale remains untold.
The sun is shining somewhere, and fortune loves the bold.Series
- Part 14 of The Dale Cycle
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Where are all the things you fought for?
All the dreams you shed your blood for?
Are they shabby now and fraying at the seams?
Was this your boyhood vision: to endure the world's derision
While the culprit sits and laughs behind the scenes?It's the Siege of Constantinople. It's the end of everything.
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- Part 12 of The Dale Cycle
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I occasionally do prompt fills and prompt calls, either on Tumblr or elsewhere, and this is a collection of those. These are predominantly short, generally unedited other than for typos and fact-checking, and tend to be part of flash-writing challenges (get it all out in one burst without a lot of pre-planning). If such things amuse you, find them herein. :)
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Will (a false pilgrim) and Theo (a former Crusader) share a quiet moment during the siege of Constantinople.
Love is endlessly surprising
Too precious to be squandered
I'll always be your lover, I'll always be your shoulder
And I don't care how far they say we've wanderedSeries
- Part 11 of The Dale Cycle
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Light the pyre / Name the one whose shield is on his chest / And leave him to his sleep
The one wherein the tower of Galata falls, the crusaders tee up for the Siege of Constantinople, and I quote Geoffrey de Villehardouin a few times.
This is part of an ongoing series, and you'll probably want to catch up on some of those stories first in order for this one to make sense.
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- Part 10 of The Dale Cycle
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Let the Earth Sing Green by Ardatli
Fandoms: Young Avengers (Comics), Pacific Rim (Movies)
20 Feb 2021
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Five years since the launch of the world’s first Jaeger, almost seven years since K Day, the media and the bookies were still confused about exactly how to record the various kill records set by Magnus Echo, Teddy Altman, and the Maximoff twins.
Tommy Maximoff no longer gave a shit. Given that he’d swapped co-pilots there and back again, his personal record would always trump those of both the dorks he was currently riding with.
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- Part 4 of Waves and Particles
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William of Genosha is a spare heir, and one thing spares are good for is solidifying peace treaties. A sight-unseen betrothal to an alien, however, was never going to be his first choice. Dorrek, heir to the Allied Kree-Skrull Empire, is just as unhappy about the idea. And one night's chance encounter has the potential to destroy the galactic alliance before it's even begun.
Or, this would all have been so much easier if you'd just introduced yourselves properly.
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Tommy has a sad. Kate has a plan. America has a strap-on.
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- Part 3 of Waves and Particles
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A prompt fill: "what if it wasn’t love at first sight?"
The realization was as awful as it had been slow-building, loud enough now that he couldn’t force himself to ignore it any longer.
Maybe it wasn’t Teddy who was the asshole. -
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The one where the year is 1947, Prince Dorrek crashes his ship at Roswell, Bill Kaplan is an astronomer with a problem, and life gets complicated from there.
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Last Christmas, I Gave You My Heart by Ardatli for Xander_The_Undead
Fandoms: The London Life (Roleplaying Game)
05 Jan 2019
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Fluff. Unrepentant and unmitigated. Nate and Charlie having a Christmas Moment.
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Billy might be spending a little too much time obsessing over the game, but how else is he supposed to get the attention of the cute gym leader in town?
(A short-fiction diptych with Like No-one Ever Was. The stories can be read in either order.)
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- Part 2 of Gotta Catch 'em All
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Pokemon Go is Teddy's childhood dream come true - his own pokedex, a team to raid with, and control over at least one most excellent city gym. That is, until a new challenger appears...
(A short-fiction diptych with I Choose You. Stories can be read in either order.)
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- Part 1 of Gotta Catch 'em All
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And the Sky Bleeds Red by Ardatli
Fandoms: Young Avengers (Comics), Pacific Rim (Movies), New Avengers (Comics), Hawkeye (Comics), Runaways (Comics)
14 Mar 2018
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Six months after the fight with the Category 3 Kaiju dubbed Honne-Onna, Pan Pacific Defense Corps Ranger Will Maximoff woke from his coma to find the world had moved on without him.
A sequel to He Dreams in Kaiju Blue.
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- Part 2 of Waves and Particles
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Cassie'd started texting the moment they left the booth, and her phone’s been going off all night. Kate’s bleary-eyed and wired at the same time, a combination of jet lag, coffee, Tequila Sunrises and dehydration, and she’s not been paying nearly enough attention to Cassie’s sly grin.
Kate comes back to New York for New Year's, and nothing is quite as she left it. And that's okay.
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Light the Flame (right before it rains) by Ardatli
Fandoms: Power Rangers (2017), Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
02 Aug 2017
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Wherein a new girl comes to school, and Zack falls hard and fast. Things get complicated from there.
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- Part 2 of Six Shades of a Rainbow
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Yesterday You'd Forgiven Me by Ardatli
Fandoms: Young Avengers (Comics), New Avengers (Comics)
28 Jun 2017
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He’d called. And despite Teddy not even thinking about the time difference, the seven hours and thousands of miles between them, Billy had answered. He’d been hesitant, his voice on the other end of the line breathless and tight, and Teddy had tied himself into a thousand knots and untangled them all at once in the moment it had taken him to say hello.
There had been crying. Then Billy had done some shouting and he’d been perversely happy at that, because Billy-when-he-was-sick would have kept all the poison inside, and wouldn’t have yelled at him at all.
A week and more than a dozen Skype calls later Billy had met him at Heathrow. There had been some more shouting, and then a lot of talking, and even more kissing, and by the end of that weekend things were better than they had ever, ever been.
Or, here's how that all went down.
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- Part 2 of Summer Lovin'
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Light, Gladness, Joy, and Honour by Ardatli
Fandoms: Young Avengers (Comics), New Avengers (Comics)
21 Jun 2017
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A Purim story. Or, parenting has its moments. Parenting a Skrull/Kree/Human/? preschooler has weirder ones.
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- Part 3 of Jewish Holidays (with Billy and Teddy)
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“Theo Altman,” Emma said smugly.
Billy stared at the pictures in his hands. He tried to speak, couldn’t, then moistened his suddenly dry lips with the tip of his tongue. “… he’s the jeans guy.”
“Calvin’s current campaign model, yes. I had lunch with his agent last week.” Emma studied her nails critically, as though Billy wasn’t gaping at her and Tommy snickering from his place on the couch.
“Altman wants to make the jump into film, you need a date to get rid of the ‘fake gay’ buzz. You take him to some parties, introduce him around to the people he needs to know, and make sure the paparazzi manage a few flattering shots of you staring dreamily into each other’s eyes. Then you have a sad breakup, we announce that you’d like the press to respect your privacy, and everything goes back to normal.” She waved airily. “Dead simple, even you could pull it off.”