title: Interactions
characters: Tony Stark, Pepper Potts (the Tony/Pepper is there if you squint, I guess)
rating: PGish
warnings/kinks: none
length: ~400 words
summary: Hubble is dying, and Tony is drunk.
notes: gabs asked me for extremis & Hubble a million years ago. This is comics extremis, not IM3 extremis. And it's not much, but hey, it's better than nothing.
[ao3] link: Interactions
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...so hi! I have no idea if anyone is still around! Is this thing still a thing??
It doesn't actually SEEM like it's been more than four years since I posted any fic, and yet! Here we are. I'm always hesitant to declare myself Back, but I've been around a lot more the past month and I'm definitely writing a lot, so that's something. I'm not sure WHAT exactly, but something for sure.
Anyway, I am kinda sorta hanging out on tumblr but I don't know what I'm doing there so basically I'm lurking until I figure it out. I have found a few of you, but I haven't done much Tracking People Down -- I'm taking it slow so I don't get too freaked out/overwhelmed. That said, feel free to (a) complain about tumblr or (b) find me over there and say hi.
<3
characters: Tony Stark, Pepper Potts (the Tony/Pepper is there if you squint, I guess)
rating: PGish
warnings/kinks: none
length: ~400 words
summary: Hubble is dying, and Tony is drunk.
notes: gabs asked me for extremis & Hubble a million years ago. This is comics extremis, not IM3 extremis. And it's not much, but hey, it's better than nothing.
[ao3] link: Interactions
...so hi! I have no idea if anyone is still around! Is this thing still a thing??
It doesn't actually SEEM like it's been more than four years since I posted any fic, and yet! Here we are. I'm always hesitant to declare myself Back, but I've been around a lot more the past month and I'm definitely writing a lot, so that's something. I'm not sure WHAT exactly, but something for sure.
Anyway, I am kinda sorta hanging out on tumblr but I don't know what I'm doing there so basically I'm lurking until I figure it out. I have found a few of you, but I haven't done much Tracking People Down -- I'm taking it slow so I don't get too freaked out/overwhelmed. That said, feel free to (a) complain about tumblr or (b) find me over there and say hi.
<3
title: Almost No One Makes It Out
fandom: Iron Man (movieverse)
rating: R (for language)
characters: Tony Stark, Pepper Potts. Jim Rhodes.
summary: What would have happened if Tony hadn't been born filthy rich? A military AU.
length: ~28,000 words
notes: There is a mechanical bullriding scene. If that does not entice you, you are dead to me. This story is an AU of the first movie, based on the question, "what if Tony Stark hadn't been born with more money than god?" My answer was, well, obviously, he'd be in the Army. I've been working on this for two years now, and it's very close to my heart in ways I cannot possibly articulate. All I can say is that many of my friends and most of my family serve[d] in the military, and I never did; this story is for them. I'm sure they will all be super thrilled to receive a pseudononymous fic dedication in return for their service.
The Hivemind provided invaluable inspiration and cheerleading for this story, especially in its initial stages and its concluding stages and all stages in between. In particular, it would not have been written at all if not for![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
quigonejinn, who provided the initial OMG WHAT IF scenario. The beta was done by committee, and I am hesitant to name names because there are a LOT and I will forget someone and then I will feel really guilty, so, basically, if I had contact with a person at all, ever, over the past two years, that person contributed to this story in some way. That said! inediblebuddha did the military beta from a tent in the desert of Undisclosedistan, and my brother did the JAG Corps beta from the Pentagon. Any remaining errors -- and there are a few, I know -- are my own, and are either unwitting or left in for the sake of Plot and Drama.
Title and cut text from 'Almost Is Good Enough,' by Magnolia Electric Co. Also, apologies to Aaron Sorkin; bits of A Few Good Men appear every once in a while. And now that this is out of the way, I've got some vital squeeing to do about IM2. Holy shit.
( did you really believe that everyone makes it out? )
fandom: Iron Man (movieverse)
rating: R (for language)
characters: Tony Stark, Pepper Potts. Jim Rhodes.
summary: What would have happened if Tony hadn't been born filthy rich? A military AU.
length: ~28,000 words
notes: There is a mechanical bullriding scene. If that does not entice you, you are dead to me. This story is an AU of the first movie, based on the question, "what if Tony Stark hadn't been born with more money than god?" My answer was, well, obviously, he'd be in the Army. I've been working on this for two years now, and it's very close to my heart in ways I cannot possibly articulate. All I can say is that many of my friends and most of my family serve[d] in the military, and I never did; this story is for them. I'm sure they will all be super thrilled to receive a pseudononymous fic dedication in return for their service.
The Hivemind provided invaluable inspiration and cheerleading for this story, especially in its initial stages and its concluding stages and all stages in between. In particular, it would not have been written at all if not for
quigonejinn, who provided the initial OMG WHAT IF scenario. The beta was done by committee, and I am hesitant to name names because there are a LOT and I will forget someone and then I will feel really guilty, so, basically, if I had contact with a person at all, ever, over the past two years, that person contributed to this story in some way. That said! inediblebuddha did the military beta from a tent in the desert of Undisclosedistan, and my brother did the JAG Corps beta from the Pentagon. Any remaining errors -- and there are a few, I know -- are my own, and are either unwitting or left in for the sake of Plot and Drama. Title and cut text from 'Almost Is Good Enough,' by Magnolia Electric Co. Also, apologies to Aaron Sorkin; bits of A Few Good Men appear every once in a while. And now that this is out of the way, I've got some vital squeeing to do about IM2. Holy shit.
( did you really believe that everyone makes it out? )
Title: (Why Can't I) Stop Where I Want To Stay
Fandom: Men With Brooms
Characters: Amy gen; ensemble (sans Cutter)
Rating: PG-13
Contains: Drug use. Swearing. Alcoholism. Curling jargon. Bad name-related puns. An inexplicable zamboni.
Summary: Set [mostly] pre-movie. Amy spends four summers looking for the curling rocks, and finds something else entirely.
Length: ~10,000 words
A/N: Written fortharaist for ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
midsummer2009; prompt was "half a life." Jesus, this story almost killed me, but in the best way possible. Thank you for the chance to write it! I really hope you like it. ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
murklins, my other half, refused to come sleep on my couch while I was writing, but her other services included hand-holding, beta-reading (she did this VIA TEXT MESSAGE, OKAY), soundboarding, stupidity blocking and neuroses calming. Many thanks, M, as usual. Thanks also to meresy for reassuring me halfway through that I wasn't losing my mind, among other things. Title from "Tournament of Hearts," by The Weakerthans. Cut text from "Your Rocky Spine" by the Great Lake Swimmers, which I listened to on repeat for days on end while writing this story. There is nothing more embarrassing than my last.fm right now.
( the glaciers made you and now you're mine )
Fandom: Men With Brooms
Characters: Amy gen; ensemble (sans Cutter)
Rating: PG-13
Contains: Drug use. Swearing. Alcoholism. Curling jargon. Bad name-related puns. An inexplicable zamboni.
Summary: Set [mostly] pre-movie. Amy spends four summers looking for the curling rocks, and finds something else entirely.
Length: ~10,000 words
A/N: Written for
tharaist for midsummer2009; prompt was "half a life." Jesus, this story almost killed me, but in the best way possible. Thank you for the chance to write it! I really hope you like it. murklins, my other half, refused to come sleep on my couch while I was writing, but her other services included hand-holding, beta-reading (she did this VIA TEXT MESSAGE, OKAY), soundboarding, stupidity blocking and neuroses calming. Many thanks, M, as usual. Thanks also to meresy for reassuring me halfway through that I wasn't losing my mind, among other things. Title from "Tournament of Hearts," by The Weakerthans. Cut text from "Your Rocky Spine" by the Great Lake Swimmers, which I listened to on repeat for days on end while writing this story. There is nothing more embarrassing than my last.fm right now.( the glaciers made you and now you're mine )
Title: The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedy of Westley and Buttercup
Fandom: The Princess Bride
Rating: PG-13
Summary: The sign on Miracle Max's door read, "In case of apocalypse, GO AWAY."
Length: ~6,000 words
Warnings: This is apocafic. If you're looking for a feel-good Princess Bride story, I cannot urge you strongly enough to keep looking.
A/N: Written (as a pinch-hit) formagistera in the 2009 apocalyptothon. Mags, I hope you like it! I honor movie canon over book canon where they conflict, but pieces of the book do show up every once in a while. Thanks to amonitrate for the super-speedy, super-spectacular last-second beta, and to inediblebuddha for taking me to Steak & Shake and telling me this story so I could write it down.
( the most excellent and lamentable tragedy of westley and buttercup )
Fandom: The Princess Bride
Rating: PG-13
Summary: The sign on Miracle Max's door read, "In case of apocalypse, GO AWAY."
Length: ~6,000 words
Warnings: This is apocafic. If you're looking for a feel-good Princess Bride story, I cannot urge you strongly enough to keep looking.
A/N: Written (as a pinch-hit) for
magistera in the 2009 apocalyptothon. Mags, I hope you like it! I honor movie canon over book canon where they conflict, but pieces of the book do show up every once in a while. Thanks to amonitrate for the super-speedy, super-spectacular last-second beta, and to inediblebuddha for taking me to Steak & Shake and telling me this story so I could write it down. ( the most excellent and lamentable tragedy of westley and buttercup )
Well. I decided I wanted to make some icons, more or less to see if I remembered how. I do not! But here they are anyway. They are all Paul Gross (well, some of them are his characters), and as you will be able to see immediately, there is something very very wrong with me right now.
Um... comments appreciated but not necessary, but please try to credit me in the keywords so others know where they can come get these amazing icons. Ahem. Are there other things I am supposed to say? Maybe a teaser? Shit, I haven't done this in years. Whatever.
( icons! )
Because I am not a real icon maker, I do not have a giant list of links to point to and say "here are the brushes and textures and fonts that I used." I do keep track, though, and I plan to make that post in the near future. Until then, if you want to know that stuff, go ahead and ask.
Um... comments appreciated but not necessary, but please try to credit me in the keywords so others know where they can come get these amazing icons. Ahem. Are there other things I am supposed to say? Maybe a teaser? Shit, I haven't done this in years. Whatever.
( icons! )
Because I am not a real icon maker, I do not have a giant list of links to point to and say "here are the brushes and textures and fonts that I used." I do keep track, though, and I plan to make that post in the near future. Until then, if you want to know that stuff, go ahead and ask.
Title: That Late I Led
Fandom: Slings & Arrows
Characters/Pairing: Geoffrey (Geoffrey/Ellen)
Rating: R? NC-17? somewhere in there.
Summary: Life is small in the holding cell.
Length: ~1,500 words
A/N: Written formeresy's C6D porn tag game, in which I signed up to write surprise porn in 24 hours. isis gave me the prompt 'loneliness,' which I have shockingly turned into something that is less about fun happy porn and more about SOUL-CRUSHING DESPAIR. murklins and luna looked this over for me, as usual. And hey, my first fic on DW! \o/
( Where is the life that late I led? )
Fandom: Slings & Arrows
Characters/Pairing: Geoffrey (Geoffrey/Ellen)
Rating: R? NC-17? somewhere in there.
Summary: Life is small in the holding cell.
Length: ~1,500 words
A/N: Written for
meresy's C6D porn tag game, in which I signed up to write surprise porn in 24 hours. isis gave me the prompt 'loneliness,' which I have shockingly turned into something that is less about fun happy porn and more about SOUL-CRUSHING DESPAIR. murklins and luna looked this over for me, as usual. And hey, my first fic on DW! \o/( Where is the life that late I led? )
Title: Observatory
Fandom: due South
Pairing/Characters: Fraser, really, but the F/K's there if you're looking for it.
Rating: PG
Length: ~400 words
Summary: For 400 words? Um. Fraser hangs out in the Hancock and looks at stuff. So does Ray.
Disclaimer/Spoilers: These characters are not mine. This story doesn't spoil anything, except there are some guys in Chicago.
A/N: I have been resisting due South for years. I finally caved. I pretty much blame Paul Gross. I thought about turning this into something longer, and I still might, but who knows.
( observatory )
Fandom: due South
Pairing/Characters: Fraser, really, but the F/K's there if you're looking for it.
Rating: PG
Length: ~400 words
Summary: For 400 words? Um. Fraser hangs out in the Hancock and looks at stuff. So does Ray.
Disclaimer/Spoilers: These characters are not mine. This story doesn't spoil anything, except there are some guys in Chicago.
A/N: I have been resisting due South for years. I finally caved. I pretty much blame Paul Gross. I thought about turning this into something longer, and I still might, but who knows.
( observatory )
Title: Come Ruin or Rapture
Fandom: Slings & Arrows
Characters/pairing: Ellen. Geoffrey. Oliver. Geoffrey/Ellen.
Rating: R
Length: ~7,600
Summary: Pre-series. Ellen returns to New Burbage, gets ambushed by Oliver, meets Geoffrey, drinks too much coffee, and really hates Romeo & Juliet.
A/N: Anyone who has spoken more than two words to me in the last, like, two months has heard about this story, and I need to thank everyone I know for not just killing me for being annoyingly obsessed. I especially need to thankmurklins, and I know I always do that, but I really mean it this time, because this story would be either unwritten or really terrible without her. She was much more than a beta reader and I don't know how she stands me. tangleofthorns also did beta duty, thank god, because murklins and I drove ourselves more than a little crazy and needed to walk away. The title and the cut text are, I think, from Shakespeare in Love.
( like a riot in the heart, and nothing to be done )
Fandom: Slings & Arrows
Characters/pairing: Ellen. Geoffrey. Oliver. Geoffrey/Ellen.
Rating: R
Length: ~7,600
Summary: Pre-series. Ellen returns to New Burbage, gets ambushed by Oliver, meets Geoffrey, drinks too much coffee, and really hates Romeo & Juliet.
A/N: Anyone who has spoken more than two words to me in the last, like, two months has heard about this story, and I need to thank everyone I know for not just killing me for being annoyingly obsessed. I especially need to thank
murklins, and I know I always do that, but I really mean it this time, because this story would be either unwritten or really terrible without her. She was much more than a beta reader and I don't know how she stands me. tangleofthorns also did beta duty, thank god, because murklins and I drove ourselves more than a little crazy and needed to walk away. The title and the cut text are, I think, from Shakespeare in Love.( like a riot in the heart, and nothing to be done )
Title: Common Spirits
Fandom: Slings & Arrows
Characters: Geoffrey, Anna, Richard
Rating: G
Summary: "I have hopped," she says, affronted. Geoffrey, Anna & Richard let off a little steam.
Length: 800 words
A/N: Okay! I have been doing pretty much nothing but watching Slings & Arrows for the past, I don't know, two months, and now I have written a rather pointless, fluffy character vignette. I don't know what's wrong with me. There is no angst anywhere! And no UST! Oh god. Anyway, this is formurklins, with thanks to obsession_inc for some hand-holding. Also, shit, I need icons. This one doesn't quite work. Welcome to 2009!
( common spirits )
Fandom: Slings & Arrows
Characters: Geoffrey, Anna, Richard
Rating: G
Summary: "I have hopped," she says, affronted. Geoffrey, Anna & Richard let off a little steam.
Length: 800 words
A/N: Okay! I have been doing pretty much nothing but watching Slings & Arrows for the past, I don't know, two months, and now I have written a rather pointless, fluffy character vignette. I don't know what's wrong with me. There is no angst anywhere! And no UST! Oh god. Anyway, this is for
murklins, with thanks to obsession_inc for some hand-holding. ( common spirits )
Title: 'What are they going to call you?'
Fandom: Iron Man
Characters: Tony Stark
Rating: PG
Summary: Commencement Address, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, June 2008. Speaker: Tony Stark.
Length: ~2,000 words
A/N: So, I am pretty clearlyquigonejinn's bitch, because yesterday at like 2 in the morning she said, "Hey, so you know how Tony is supposed to give the MIT commencement address? WHAT DOES HE SAY?" And I said, "Good question. I can write that in, like, 2018." And yet here it is. She wrote one, too, and I haven't read it yet but I am nonetheless confident it's awesome. It's here. (ETA: and here is another one by gabby_silang! /ETA) Anyway, for this one, thanks to quigonejinn and murklins for helping me whip it into something resembling shape. It's in transcript form, and has taught me that I am no Sam Seaborn.
( June 6, 2008 )
Fandom: Iron Man
Characters: Tony Stark
Rating: PG
Summary: Commencement Address, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, June 2008. Speaker: Tony Stark.
Length: ~2,000 words
A/N: So, I am pretty clearly
quigonejinn's bitch, because yesterday at like 2 in the morning she said, "Hey, so you know how Tony is supposed to give the MIT commencement address? WHAT DOES HE SAY?" And I said, "Good question. I can write that in, like, 2018." And yet here it is. She wrote one, too, and I haven't read it yet but I am nonetheless confident it's awesome. It's here. (ETA: and here is another one by gabby_silang! /ETA) Anyway, for this one, thanks to quigonejinn and murklins for helping me whip it into something resembling shape. It's in transcript form, and has taught me that I am no Sam Seaborn.( June 6, 2008 )
Title: People Who Know My Sins
Fandom: Iron Man
Pairing: Tony/Pepper
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Dancing is not in her job description, but neither is mopping up blood at 4 in the morning. She does it anyway.
Disclaimer: I am not Marvel. Really.
A/N: Is this fluff? Hmm, no, I guess not. Written to three titles from McSweeney's list of lists. I had them as section headings, butmurklins talked me out of it. If you're curious, though, I used one for the title, and the other two were, "other things the road to hell is paved with," and "jobs that have salaries arguably incommensurate with the work they entail." Thanks (as usual) to murklins, and to dafnap and obsession_inc for miscellaneous handholding at various points of the process. Also, I totally swiped murklins' summary, because I cannot write a summary to save my life.
( people who know my sins )
Fandom: Iron Man
Pairing: Tony/Pepper
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Dancing is not in her job description, but neither is mopping up blood at 4 in the morning. She does it anyway.
Disclaimer: I am not Marvel. Really.
A/N: Is this fluff? Hmm, no, I guess not. Written to three titles from McSweeney's list of lists. I had them as section headings, but
murklins talked me out of it. If you're curious, though, I used one for the title, and the other two were, "other things the road to hell is paved with," and "jobs that have salaries arguably incommensurate with the work they entail." Thanks (as usual) to murklins, and to dafnap and obsession_inc for miscellaneous handholding at various points of the process. Also, I totally swiped murklins' summary, because I cannot write a summary to save my life. ( people who know my sins )
Title: Turning Your Orbit Around
Fandom: Iron Man
Characters: Tony, Pepper, Rhodey, Obadiah, Happy, Jarvis (gen, omg.)
Rating: PG (?)
Warnings: Crack.Seriously, I think this is the most ridiculous thing I have ever written. It was the most ridiculous thing I had ever written, until I stayed up all night writing comment fic about SecretNudist!Obie. Yeah, I don't know. Read the comments for more! Or don't, actually; that will be better for everyone.
Summary: Five terribly inappropriate gifts Tony Stark has given.
Disclaimer: Not mine, etc.
A/N: Unbeta'd crack, I don't even know. You guys. Seriously, I mean it: crack. Thanks totakhys for the prompt. I think she wanted gifts that were completely inappropriate but kind of thoughtful, but I totally fell down on the thoughtful part. These are pretty much just inappropriate. Anyway, I am pretty sure all of the ideas in this fic belong to other people (in order): takhys, murklins, dafnap, obsession_inc, and more dafnap. Also, thanks to inediblebuddha for the WoW beta. Yes, you read that correctly. Oh, god. What have I become.
( turning your orbit around )
Fandom: Iron Man
Characters: Tony, Pepper, Rhodey, Obadiah, Happy, Jarvis (gen, omg.)
Rating: PG (?)
Warnings: Crack.
Summary: Five terribly inappropriate gifts Tony Stark has given.
Disclaimer: Not mine, etc.
A/N: Unbeta'd crack, I don't even know. You guys. Seriously, I mean it: crack. Thanks to
takhys for the prompt. I think she wanted gifts that were completely inappropriate but kind of thoughtful, but I totally fell down on the thoughtful part. These are pretty much just inappropriate. Anyway, I am pretty sure all of the ideas in this fic belong to other people (in order): takhys, murklins, dafnap, obsession_inc, and more dafnap. Also, thanks to inediblebuddha for the WoW beta. Yes, you read that correctly. Oh, god. What have I become.( turning your orbit around )
iron man ficlet... thing
Jun. 9th, 2008 03:57 pmI don't know. I needed a break from work, and a friend said, "What if Tony wants Pepper to try on the suit?" and I meant to write some porn but instead I took half an hour and wrote this. It's about 500 words of unbetaed cracktastic fluffy proto-fic that may or may not go somewhere porntastic at a later date. God only knows anymore. I am not in control of this Iron Man thing.
( Dress Up | Tony/Pepper )
( Dress Up | Tony/Pepper )
