Singing the Body Electric

Borrowed from misbegotten: The last five fics I wrote with song lyric titles

I thought I'd include the songs and have this be a combined fic and music post.

1. 2023's I Believe in Father Christmas (Harry Potter, #8 in the Snape of St. Brutal's Muggle AU, Argus Filch/Severus Snape, rated E, Underage, 8k)
Christmas is a time for company—and for believing.





2. 2023's Down in Those Valleys Below (Our Flag Means Death, Fang/Frenchie, rated M, 600 words)
Life under the new regime isn’t all bad. Frenchie shares a warm moment with Fang in between raids.





3. 2022's Any Old Time (We Only Kill Each Other, Jonas Kaminsky/Levi Solomon, rated T, 650 words)
It’s a quiet evening in 1938, two rival mobsters have just earned a clean slate by saving the life of the president, and the smart thing would be to go their separate ways and keep their mouths shut about the execution they just carried out. Only maybe they aren’t really rivals anymore, and maybe killing a Nazi together is the start of something beautiful.





4. 2020's Fortunate Son (Team Fortress 2, Scout & Spy + Spy/Scout's Mother, rated G, 100 words)
"His number's going to come up. I don't care what you have to do."





5. 2020's Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love) (Original M/M, Speakeasy Bartender/Speakeasy Piano Player, rated T, 8k)
A guy could be doing worse for himself these days. Benny Zalman makes his living behind the bar of the Bearcat Club, pouring sugar on bathtub gin and busting heads when the room gets rowdy. One night is pretty much like the next—until the club hires a new piano player who unexpectedly sets Benny's heart swinging.