The Asylum

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I post post-climbing around in trees (in celebration of my brother's birthday) during which time I damaged my wrist and typing now hurts. Considering about 80% of my job involves typing this is very annoying.

Writing fic, however, doesn't count.

This took forever to edit and I do apologise for that but work for the past few weeks has been killing me. As has Person of Interest.

My thanks as always to cienna for her prize-winning and speedy betas. ♥

But anyway, here, have some Dick.

Title: Half Lost, Half Found (4/5)
Rating: PG for language and violence
Words: 3,743 this part
Summary: Nightwing and Batman. H/C. Driven underground, Batman fights to keep Nightwing alive.

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Comments and concrit much loved and appreciated.

Title: Gather and Gone
Rating: PG
Words: 2,848
Summary: Grimm episode 2x15 tag. Nick and Monroe.

No permanent damage, Rosalee had said. They’re dead, she’d assured him, but it was hard to believe when the skin around his eyes crawled, inflamed bad enough to made them water.

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Desperately looking through a handful of old memory sticks in search of a Merlin fic I want to revive I had the very great joy of finding some truly glorious unfinished fic; some of it so bad I wanted to laugh, some of it fic I'd completely forgotten I'd ever written. A lot of few-line beginnings of fics that never got any further. I wanted to share, for posterity, some of the interesting things I found.

Those of you who remember the crispy grass incident will be unsurprised by this gem, taken from a long abandoned Toshiki/Juubei/Kazuki fic:

"his cry was silenced by Kazuki’s demanding lips. Toshiki gripped his friend’s shoulders tightly as he felt the pleasure build within him, stronger and stronger. He looked at Kazuki’s form above his, writhing slightly so that Toshiki might feel his pleasure, smiling warmly, almost wantonly. It only made the fire in his stomach worse."

Apparently at the age of 24 I was somewhat enamoured by wantonness.

I discovered a half-written Epilogue to my very first epic, written in the Tactics fandom. I must have had a really nasty school lunch because it was depressing as hell.

I also came across a side story to one of my favourite old fics, a KuroFai fic set in Ancient Egypt. It was a weird coincidence but earlier today I was watching a programme on the very Ancient Egyptian village I set the fic in and it made me want to write more of it. I am seriously considering finishing it. I've been very demoralised with writing lately. Maybe rather than something new I need something old.

That fic ended here:

"Fai pressed his face to Kurogane’s back and Kurogane could feel Fai’s smile against his skin through thin fabric, and long hands gently stroking at his stomach."

I tease myself.

Even better, I was infinitely pleased to discover that classic, the Skelehood fic (Skeletor/Robin Hood. Don't ask. It's a long story). It is entitled: It may be that I should never be allowed to write unsupervised ever again.

My very favourite line from this masterpiece cross-over crack smut: "...there was pain and the lust of my own flesh, but his manhood, in me, was like cool water."

Dead manhoods will do that to you.

I found kid-fic, Sherlock fic, Hetalia porn based on US/UK economic agreements, that glorious Dean/Cas fic based on Master & Commander, and so many unfinished fics I was actually pretty appalled with myself. Endings really are, it seems, hard. Too hard for me.

For cienna's birthday, because you cannot ever go wrong with nestu fic.

Title: Handle with Care
Rating: PG
Words: 3,497
Summary: Dick Grayson, Bruce Wayne, Damian Wayne. H/C.

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Comments and conctit most loved and adored!

Drinking. Sick. Old men. Galavanting. Sick. My past few weeks in six words.

Title: Half Lost, Half Found (3/5)
Rating: PG for language and violence
Words: 6,868 this part
Summary: Nightwing and Batman. H/C. Driven underground, Batman fights to keep Nightwing alive.

Again, thanks to cienna for the lovely beta, and to gnine for not letting me stop.

This chapter is dedicated to miki_moo for her birthday and her lack of patience. I hate you. ♥

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Comments and concrit are much loved and appreciated as always!

Appropriately, for Valentine's Day, let us celebrate with the fluffiest thing I have ever written.

Title: Let Us Too Yield
Rating: PG
Words: 6,576
Summary: Young Avengers (First run), Billy/Teddy. H/C. Trapped and hurt, all Billy wants is to protect Teddy. And maybe come out of this alive.

Thanks to the usual suspects, gnine for the encouragement and cienna for the beta!

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It's the magical never-ending h/c fic of doom! Now that the madness of xmas exchanges is over I can get back to editing this behemoth.

Also, why do I keep agreeing to go out drinking? It's seriously cutting into my comic reading time.

Title: Half Lost, Half Found (2/5)
Rating: PG for language and violence
Words: 5,359 this part
Summary: Nightwing and Batman. H/C. Driven underground, Batman fights to keep Nightwing alive.

Thanks this time go to cienna for betaing, and again to gnine for harassment and Way-laying.

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Returned from my usual New Year adventures in Barcelona, and somehow before then I completed all my Christmas exchange fics. By somehow I mean without sleeping for several days over Christmas. That went well.

For Yuletide I wrote Tiger & Bunny:

Title: Embers Upon Hearth
Rating: PG
Words: 7,276
Summary: Kotetsu & Barnaby, post series.

After the last battle, Barnaby tries to find a place for himself in a world where he is no longer a hero and Kotetsu is no longer his partner.

"You'll hate it," Kotetsu announced cheerfully. "It's a draughty old house. The wiring's so bad the fuses trip all the time. There isn't an inch of chrome anywhere in the kitchen."

I had a blast co-modding the Batfam Christmas Exchange with cienna and miki_moo. Who knew so much alcohol was involved in running exchanges? I received an awesome fic, everyone was fantastic and handed in their work no problems, and I wrote a short epic:

Title: On an Uneven Keel
Rating: PG -13
Words: 15,069
Summary: Dick & Damian, H/C. Dick is undercover as a smuggler. Damian is not supposed to be there.

Ships, Damian decided, were there own special, horrible brand of torture.

And as is my yearly tradition I also wrote for the perfect_duet community Advent Calendar:

Title: The Long Years
Rating: PG-13
Word count: 1,772
Summary: Jack Aubrey/Stephen Maturin. In the long years of their retirement, Jack finds that Stephen has been keeping secrets.

Despite the long progression of years Jack liked to think he still had all his faculties intact.

This year I was lucky enough to receive two incredible fics for Yuletide which I cannot recommend enough!

This Endris Night by Pun. Jack Aubrey/Stephen Maturin. Jack goes in search of Stephen on Christmas Eve.

Family Ties by Traincat. DCU. A few times Alfred took care of Dick, and one where Dick took care of Alfred.

Finally, as a New Year gift to you all, for those who haven't seen it before, the incredible amazing issue of World's Finest where Batman and Superman cried over alien tentacle sex. Shut up. It's canon.

This new job is so special. Like all my jobs, really. I'm getting the impression it's only the crazy places that employ me. There's no time for anything but work these days really, which is sad, but this job comes with such a lot of power and responsibility it kind of makes up for it.

In other news, I'm confused about what fandom I'm in. I seem to be reading and writing and watching all over the place. I have come to the conclusion that my primary fandom at the moment must be Dick Grayson's arse.

Speaking of which, it is the time of year for cienna and I's fantabulous Xmas cards. If you'd like one, go here and take the poll and a masterpiece of MS Paint and ground-breaking design will find its way to your door! You know you want to.

p.s. I really hate Macs.