RoverMaelstrom

Sun In Splendor



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  1. Summary

    A place to stick whatever nonsense comes out of my fingertips, mouth, or mind for Exchanges After Dark's yearly Birthday Bash fic exchange, an exchange with varying themes featuring fics that are intentionally bad/cursed/crack/silly/low effort. The only common denominator is the exchange, and I fully expect some years to actually be kind of cool and some years to be the verbal equivalent of scribbling on a napkin with a sharpie and taking a shitty picture of it. It will hopefully never be marked as complete, unless Birthday Bash comes to an end, but everything is assumed to be complete in itself (for a given value thereof for this exchange, at least).

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    Cyril Muir is in London against his will while he recovers from a vicious attack that nearly took his life back in New York. An Omega bare-knuckle boxer and the son of a prominent hotelier, he has no patience for the strutting and posturing of the insufferable Alphas of the ton and seeks only to shock them from pursuing him with his prickly demeanor and physical scars. Left nearly entirely nose-blind from his chosen hobby, he relies on his sight to spot potential Alphas who would try for his affections--a method that serves him well until he stumbles into the handsome and honorable Edwin Penberth whose presence screams "Alpha" and whose eyes promise that ever-elusive happiness Cyril's been fighting for his whole life.

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    02 Nov 2023

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    I love how this story plays with the concept of how not being able to smell would be a disability in an Omegaverse world. Also this author is great in general, I love most of their stories, but this one is definitely one of my top favorites of theirs.

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    For twenty years, Patro has been the head of Prince Detierre's security detail. Ever the professional, he has only given in to the Prince's charms once.

    Once was enough.

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    04 Nov 2023

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    I wasn't going to bookmark this but I'm still thinking about it a day later, so it's going on the rec list. Excellent trope usage, really engaging and enjoyable.

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    "Bruv, I don't know what you're thinking, but I ain't going to do it," Eggsy tells him.

    "A pity," says Merlin, sighing. "Half the trouble I have is convincing the rotten little beasts to keep their knots to themselves."

    Eggsy can't even argue. Alphas are the worst.

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    03 Oct 2022

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    Good alternative omegaverse worldbuilding

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    04 Jul 2023

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    One of the best slow-burn fics I've read. Great look into religious and childhood trauma, really excellent BDSM, just such an absolutely amazing story. Main story is complete, series is marked as in-progress because the author occasionally posts oneshots and shorts set within or after the main story, usually alternate POV pieces or missing scenes.

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    The leader stepped forward, and the betas flanking him moved further out to the side to keep a clear line of fire on Max without impeding the alpha’s progress. The alpha’s nostrils flared and his advancing steps stuttered, pausing and then resuming twice as fast. Max felt a sick little swoop in his belly, grim satisfaction that his plan was working mixed with an awareness of what that would mean for him later. Guns down, gentlemen. Oscar protocol.

    The betas lowered their rifles instantly, pointing them at the ground in front of Max instead of his chest. Max took a deeper breath in, his tension easing a bit as he moved past the part of the plan where he might just get shot dead before he had a chance to try to bargain. It had always been a risk; it had just seemed like a better death than slow starvation.

    The alpha stepped closer, looking him over. He was a big man, but also quiet, light on his feet. Max tipped his chin up. It was a gesture of submission, and it showed that his neck was bare. No bonding bites, no competing claims. The added vulnerability made him tremble a little harder, but it was worth it for the way the alpha zeroed in on his throat.

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    02 Nov 2023

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    Virus dystopia short and sweet, definitely delightful