18 Works by strandsofgold
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'She hiccups, squirms beneath his hands, his now clawed fingers digging into her wrists till it hurts.
"You want your little death?" He leans down, breathes deep as he presses his nose against hers, mouth hovering above her parted lips and whispers, low and venomous, "I will give it to you."'
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Prompt: Tav nuts before Raphael does for once 👀
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Warriors, Villains & Everything In Between by strandsofgold
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
15 Jun 2024
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A series of short little stories about what I imagine happens in camp when four of the six tadfools are out on adventure.
Newest chapter: Lae'zel & Shadowheart
"Strangely enough, however, Shadowheart does no such thing. Instead, she goes impossibly still. Like one those—what did Karlach call them—‘kitties’ that cross their path on their journey through Faerûn from time to time. Small, fluffy creatures that freeze when they spot you.
Lae’zel pays it no mind. It only makes everything easier."
- Language:
- English
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- 594
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- 1/15
- Kudos:
- 6
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She pulls out a chair and Arthur sits, leaning forward with his elbows on his knees. He folds his hands and lowers his head. He looks like a man in prayer. But she’s kidding herself–his hands are nothing like that of a priest whose hands are cold and unfeeling and impartial. Arthur’s hands are warm and kind and steeped in blood and violence she knows he has never attempted to wash or rid himself of.
“My pa died.” The splintering of silence is almost too much to bear. It’s a truth she has yet to speak out loud, as if keeping it locked behind her teeth would somehow make it not so. If Arthur is in any way affected by her words, he doesn’t let it show. “Two months ago. That’s the only reason I reached out.”
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Tilly and Dutch are cuddling. They’re pressed up against one another, both soundly asleep, Dutch’s arm slung around Tilly’s back in a protective manner, hand resting on her arm, his other hand holding onto an open book. Sitting close by to enjoy the warmth of the once uproarious flames just as Tilly and Dutch had before the two of them dozed off, Hosea takes in this image with quiet contemplation. The tenderness of such a moment, such a familial, earnest, and affectionate scene, has Hosea feeling impossibly sentimental–perhaps a bit mushy–and his heart aches in that way he’s found to stem from feeling too much in too short of a time; as if this view of his dearest, oldest friend holding the girl Hosea, for the third damn time, despite himself, has come to view as his own, as his daughter, has stricken him like an arrow through the heart
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How Does One Go About Getting A Dog by strandsofgold
Fandoms: Red Dead Redemption (Video Games)
23 Apr 2022
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”What’cha got there, son?” It’s Dutch who decides to end Arthur’s charade, calling out in a low voice from where he’s sitting beside Hosea, an unlit cigar caught between curled fingers.
Arthur freezes on the spot. The sack on his back does not. He looks like a deer caught in the light of a lantern; eyes wide, stock-still, acting as if no one will notice him if he’s just really quiet.
”Nothin’,” he says eventually.
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“Her name was Mary.”
Abigail startles.
She’s been sitting alone at the outskirts of camp, done with the loud chatter and laughter of the drunken men around the campfire.
It’s late at night, the sun long gone, leaving the moon to hang high in the sky – distant, yet tantalizingly close, surrounded by a myriad of stars all shining bright as though trying to compete. A little girl, no more than seven at the time, had once whispered to Abigail, confided in her almost, that the moon was a girl – ‘Just like me.’
Arthur sits himself down beside her. He smells of alcohol, but his eyes are alarmingly clear when they catch each other’s gaze. He turns his head in an instant, eyes lowered, and scratches his chin. He chuckles. “Or is Mary, I guess.”
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“Don’t start that,” Matthews says, matter-of-fact. “It’ll only make everything worse.”
He kicks the whiskey bottle, its contents spilling out over the lush, green grass. It reeks.
“How would you know?” Sadie grumbles, voice hoarse and tired.
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As it is now, he hasn't spoken in days, not since yelling and kicking and giving away his name on that very first day they picked him up. Every part of him screams that he's not in the mood for conversation, stiff and tense as he sits there on the ground a bit away from the campfire.
Naturally, Dutch sits down beside him and starts talking.
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Jack, however, is not finished with him and tugs on his leg. "You need to write it down!"
"Huh?" Arthur scratches at his beard.
"In that book you write stuff down in. You have to write my name and say that I put in the pretty rocks."
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Thrilled By The Still Of Your Hand by strandsofgold
Fandoms: Red Dead Redemption (Video Games)
01 Nov 2021
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A voice, deep and rough, halts your fingers. It lashes at you like a whip, in spite of the pleasant tone, the peace and quiet disturbed – a rock thrown into still water.
"Ah, hello, miss."
Your start, feel the pinprick of your needle before you see it, thin metal sliding through the flesh of your forefinger. It hasn't just breached your skin though; It's sunk into your finger so almost a fifth of the needle is embedded in you, and there's a slow trickle of blood emitting from the prick when you pull it out, all gentle and careful. The quiet rush of scarlet glides over your skin and you watch in tired defeat as it drips onto the white fabric you've been working on for the better part of half an hour.
Great. More work.
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- Part 2 of Smut Requests & Prompts
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He never thought he'd be jealous of a saddle, but there he is, watching, as if transfixed, the rocking of your hips, the way they move with Sugar's lazy gait, back and forth, back and forth. It's an unconscious thing, the way he's started following your rhythm, his own hips thrusting softly in time with yours, hyper-focused on the subtle flexing of your thigh muscles whenever you're turning or changing speeds.
A hell specially tailored for him, that's what this must be.
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- Part 1 of Smut Requests & Prompts
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Bessie has always – without fail – made Hosea feel at peace with himself, with what he has and has not done. She’s pressed a kiss to the back of his neck for every sin he’s committed; She’s held his head in her hands as he lays on his knees in front of her, lamenting his past.
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He’s six and the woman is dead. For some reason, the only thing he can focus on is the pretty flower she has on her bedside table.
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He holds back a snort, because this is, quite frankly, ridiculous.
He dismissed it the second Hosea brought it up, a quiet murmur passed from one man to another in front of his tent in the middle of the day while everyone was working and Dutch was planning their next move, still trying to deal with the anger and disappointment that had sizzled under his skin since he realised John wasn’t coming back. Laugh – that was the only thing he could do in the moment because that, the mere idea of him having a child, a daughter at that, is laughable.
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Curiosity Shapes You by strandsofgold
Fandoms: The Book of Mormon - Parker/Stone/Lopez, The Book of Mormon - Ambiguous Fandom
11 Jul 2018
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“You know,” Kimbay says, “while she may have her mother’s sweetness, she has your curiosity.”
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Nabulungi by strandsofgold
Fandoms: The Book of Mormon - Parker/Stone/Lopez, The Book of Mormon - Ambiguous Fandom
05 Jul 2018
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A short poem about Nabulungi.
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Her Mama's Nose by strandsofgold
Fandoms: The Book of Mormon - Parker/Stone/Lopez, The Book of Mormon - Ambiguous Fandom
13 Jun 2018
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Nabulungi is eight when her baba tells her she has her mama’s nose, and she can’t stop smiling because of it. She goes cross-eyed in an attempt to look at it, but it’s difficult because, well, it’s in the middle of her face and she can only really see the nose tip. She tries really hard to see more, though.
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Dust It Off by strandsofgold
Fandoms: The Book of Mormon - Parker/Stone/Lopez, The Book of Mormon - Ambiguous Fandom
28 Apr 2018
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Sexuality is not something Kevin ever considers. But he considers it now.