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  1. Summary

    A collection of my works written for both the Bandom Kinktober and Schlocktober challenges of October 2025. All works are unrelated to and/or disconnected from one another, but may be connected to other fics where specified. Evidently, I did not write for all 31 days of either challenge.

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  2. Summary

    Fics set in the Thursday dystopian AU inspired by YA literature, focused on the relationship between Tom and Andrew as they navigate the reality of the world that has been built around them—and one another's roles in its future.

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  3. Summary

    A series of companion pieces that I have written to go along with StarlessEyes_remain's fic Lonely Shadow, seeing as we brainstorm the main fic together so often that I've had had so many ideas to add context and background to some of it.

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  4. Summary

    A series of Thursday fics that begin with a lost sex tape in 2002 and explores the relationships - romantic and sexual - between the band members in the following years. Despite that the title of this universe is "Sex Tape 'Verse," not every fic in the series will feature a sex tape (or even sex).

    The series is ordered based on chronological order (when they take place) and not the posting order of the fics.

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  5. Summary

    A collection of fics written to meet prompts for the Bandom Fluff Fest. No intention of writing all thirty-one prompts throughout the month of August 2024, but I do intend to write enough to satisfy creating a series to keep the fics together. All fics are disconnected and unrelated to one another unless otherwise stated in the notes.

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  1. Rec 1

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    "No, you'll like it! You'll have fun, I promise."
    A slow hum comes down the line. “You know, the last time you said that,” he starts, spinning his words around his finger the way one might fidget with a spiraled phone cord.
    Tucker waves his hand around as if he can be seen waving his embarrassment into the curtains. His palm comes to rest at the nape of his neck, comfortable against the thin layer of sweat tingling over body heat. "I'm going on another date with that guy I met up with—"
    Geoff interrupts him with an eager, "Snakebites?"

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    20 Oct 2025

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    The first three things Rodney McKay said to John Sheppard were, in order, a demand for coffee, an inquiry about possible job openings in the area – and don’t be coy because perhaps he couldn’t pay for the coffee he just ordered without a new source of income, and a bad attempt at a come on.

    Sheppard poured him coffee, told him about an opening at the Inn across town, and didn’t say another word. In an ordinary circumstance, he would’ve kicked the brat out, but the teenager had a certain spark.

    That, and he was carrying a sleeping toddler in his arms.

    Or: a Gilmore Girls AU

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    11 Sep 2025

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    Arthur sputtered. “I-I’m not sure that’s wise, I mean, no — I —”

    Merlin interrupted. “That sounds like a good idea to me! No offense, but you guys are pretty useless against magical opponents.” He threw a smile at Lancelot that the Knight returned. “I mean, what’s the use having the most powerful sorcerer in the world on your payroll if you don’t use him?”

    -OR-

    5 times Merlin tells Arthur he's the most powerful sorcerer in the world, and 1 time Arthur believes him.

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    01 Sep 2025

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    Arthur was used to being trotted out by Uther as Camelot’s shiny, young ambassador. Though he didn’t care much for Cenred, he certainly wasn’t afraid of him. No, it wasn’t Essetir that bred knots in his stomach.

    For reasons that Arthur did not yet understand, it was the humble village of Ealdor that loomed specterlike over the journey ahead.

     

    When a diplomatic visit to Cenred's kingdom takes Arthur and Merlin through Ealdor, Arthur must confront a secret he has kept from himself since Merlin arrived in Camelot.

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    31 Aug 2025

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    “I never believed that you would betray me,” Arthur says, because Merlin knows him, even if the same might not be true the other way around. Merlin could tell when he was lying, when he was lashing out to protect himself, long before a bond tore down all the defences Arthur so carefully erected around himself. “Do not pretend that you ever believed me capable of truly hating you. I could not, no matter how much I may want to.”

    The way Merlin’s face twists reveals that there is another story there, and words echo within Arthur’s head, guttural and ancient—a half cannot truly hate that which makes it whole.

    He wants to laugh at the truth of it, at the absurdity of it all. Here they are, a prince and a servant, Uther Pendragon’s son and one of the most powerful sorcerers to ever walk the earth—caught up in a fight over who possesses more devotion, who is going to ruin themself for the other’s sake first.


    One hot summer day and an ill-advised kiss leave Arthur with an incomplete soul bond, panic about all his secrets coming to light, and the question of why Merlin is so afraid of Uther. Actually, scratch that—why is Merlin afraid of him?

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    26 Aug 2025