QHQ

Canon Compliant:

Boogeyman - 1.2k: The story of Dirtyhands and the Wraith is frequently told to children before bed. If nothing else, it scares them into staying put till morning.

Demonic Love - 1.8k: Matthias loves what he has with Nina, it is the best part of him. He loves to see her smile, to see her laugh, to see her eat, slowly recovering the bits of herself that had been stolen by the parem. He loves to hold her, to kiss her, to love her without barriers. But, some small part of him mourns for the proper way of things, the courtship he should have given her. It was an odd twist of Djel's hand that Kaz Brekker had been gifted that instead. 

Needle and Thread - 1.4k: Kaz gets shot on a heist gone wrong, and will not trust anyone other than Inej to stitch him up.

Rest for the Wicked - 1.5k: Kaz realizes that he's been overworking his Wraith these past three nights. Naturally, that makes it his responsibility to look after her now.

Spy, Sailor, Acrobat, Thief - 22.6k: Kaz Brekker was never paternally minded. It was a simple fact of life. But somehow, one way or another, he wound up in a position of fatherhood even so.

Sunshine Bleach - 2.1k: Inej rises early to boil her blood rags, and Kaz gets annoyed (that he wasn't her first priority).

Wax Strangers - 3.1k: Inej and Kaz make no effort to hide their relationship from the others, but they've been joking about it for so long that the reality of it is apparently impossible to comprehend. In which all of the Dregs are astoundingly obtuse, given that they're meant to be part of the top criminal enterprise in the entire city.

Canon AU:

At Last - 2k: Inej Ghafa had loved Kaz Brekker and for a time, the city had known peace. or; No one is safe from the sorrows of the Wraith.

Coveted - 4k: She wrapped her arms around her belly, holding herself. The night had wrapped around Kaz’s attic room that evening, the darkness had softened the sharp edges, turned the whole affair into a dream, a world where anything was allowed, anything could have happened. The light of day made everything all that much more messy. She couldn’t just take him into her arms the way she had that night. It didn’t seem allowed any more.

Hard Candy Shell - 13.3k: No one was surprised when Slytherin prefect Kaz Brekker perfected the patronus charm at the end of fifth year, manifesting an ethereal crow in the great hall and scoring an outstanding on his defense OWL. Much more surprising was that Kaz's shadow and counterpart Slytherin prefect Inej didn't produce one to match.

Haunting Mad - 3.9k: Kaz Brekker locked eyes with a girl on a balcony as he passed the Menagerie, and thus began his haunting. The universe was a cruel, cruel place.

In Another Life - 3.1k: As boys, Jordie and Kaz Rietveld came to Ketterdam to seek their fortune. They scraped by with just enough for a few years until Jordie decided to return to their farm. Kaz, however, joined a gang, and quickly prospered, rising to mythological heights in the city. And one day, he decides that it's high time he marry.

Repentance - 24.5k: Kaz lives his worst nightmare over and over again, with no reprieve, no escape. And the outcome never, never changes. Every day, Inej is lost to him once more.

Sacred - 3.7k: He let his hand fall, and she made quick work of his buttons, pushing his shirt and coat off his shoulders. She was careful not to let her fingers touch his skin, which he appreciated. Soon he stood before her in only his breeches, pale skin forming goosebumps in the chill of the room. She plunged her hands into the steaming bowl of water, seemingly impervious to the heat. She emerged with a wet rag, which she loosely wrung out before reaching out to rub it across his face. The rag was soft and warm, and he could feel her fingers through it. She wiped carefully across his cheekbones, pausing every so often to wet the cloth again. Soon his face was clean and the water was tinged a little pink. She moved on briskly, working down his neck and shoulders, across the bare planes of his chest.

Sanctified - 1.7k: The first time Kaz met Inej Ghafa, he had been contracted to kill her.

Historical AU:

A Hair’s Breadth - 58k: Kaz Brekker has torn Pekka Rollins down. Brick by brick - just like he'd promised. Having wiggled himself into a position to inherit all of Rollins' estate, he finds himself at court, playing the same old tricks on fatter pigeons. Inej Ghafa is desperate. Lady Nina is to be married soon, and when that happens she will be returned to Tante Heleen and the Menagerie. Her only hope is to convince the newest noble at court - the dangerous Lord Brekker - to buy out her indenture.Needless to say: nothing goes as planned for either of them.

Hooks and Eyes - 2.7k: Inej has the life dreamed of by every young rat in the city - a place in the corps, a patron not entirely physically repulsive, and a chance at one day making soloist. And yet, plagued by distant memories of home and the knowledge that she will never return there, Inej’s life is a constant torment. Until she strikes a rather unexpected deal with an odd young patron with a crow’s head cane.  ***major major trigger warning for this one***

Captain - 1.6k: The Wraith, The Crow, and Lady Luck were the most fearsome ships to sail the seas, never mind the fact that they were crewed by a bunch of reckless teenage idiots.

Lay Your Bones - 1.3k:  Dear Madam Van Houden,  I have heard of your services from an associate of mine, who was quite well satisfied. I have need of a wife. Looks are irrelevant. She must be prepared for rough living. She must be discreet, and quiet. Her duties will include cooking and cleaning for myself and those in my employ. She must be able to read, write, and do her sums. No childbearing duties are required.  If you have a suitable candidate, please send her at your earliest possible convenience. If not, please return this letter alongside the enclosed fee.  She should be strong. K. Brekker

Lonely Walker - 1.7k: Inej adapts to motherhood, in the absence of her own mother.

The Perils of Modernity - 7.1k: Chronicling the three husbands of one Inej Ghafa.

Pomegranate - 1.6k: What it says on the tin, basically: A Kaz and Inej Hades/Persephone AU.

There and Here - 10.8k: A story spanning the first year of Kaz and Inej's marriage, which follows them as they learn how to exist in a shared life.

Win This One - 9.5k: “Hello, Inej,” said Kaz Brekker, sidling up to the bar. He may have been in a gang, may have  been best known for bashing people’s skulls in with his cane and ripping their eyeballs out with his gloved fingers, but he was also her best customer, and was never anything but unfailingly polite.

Woolen - 2k: Inej didn’t know what she had been expecting, but it certainly hadn’t been this.

Modern AU:

Bulletproof Plastic - 7.2k: Inej comes back from a trip to West Ravka with an unwanted addition. Kind of hard to deal with when Kaz is nipping at her heels about the next job, though.

The Cold Weary Before - 4.1k: As a child, all Kaz wanted was for the girl next door to teach him how to walk on top of the fence that divided his house from hers. As an adult, all Kaz wants is to track down the man who destroyed his brother, and rule the city that took Jordie from him, to make it pay penance. He barely remembers the girl who used to live next door, who danced on the high wire and shared her cocoa with him.

The Dark I Know Well - 10.2k: The first word Inej learned in Kerch was 'clean'. Cleanliness was the second virtue. Cleanliness was to be aspired to at all costs. The second word she learned was 'basement'. All she knew was that she never could be taken to the basement. She never saw what happened to the girls down there, but she heard their screams well enough.

False Hearts - 16.2k: This was the weirdest fucking job Inej had ever taken.Kaz and Inej go to marriage counseling. The only thing is, they’re not married. They don’t even know each other.

Misstep - 2.3k: Things have been going really well in the two weeks that they’ve been dating, and Kaz is ready to try something he’s been longing to do for ages. Tonight, he’s gonna kiss Inej.Things don’t quite go to plan.

My Girl - 1k: Some guy is bothering Inej in a bar, and while she’s perfectly capable of dealing with it on her own, Kaz is bored, and decides to go help her out.

Reading Aloud - 3.5k: Kaz and Inej are the first to arrive at their little hideaway cabin, deep in the forest. They wait there for the rest of the crows to arrive, content in the wake of a successful heist. Involving warm baths, pancake batter, and a blizzard.

The Still of the Night - 24.8k: Kaz Brekker: gang leader, boogeyman, and accounting major, keeps an apartment a few blocks off campus. When Inej’s housing plans for the next year fall through, he swoops in to her rescue. Inej has made an unfortunate habit of turning to Kaz for all her rescues, though, and so determines that she will never ask him for help again. Kaz is decidedly displeased about this fact.

Sweet Creature - 1.1k: The wedding day of Dirtyhands and the Wraith is historic for a number of reasons. Not the least of which is the historic city-wide truce called amongst the four main gangs of Ketterdam.

Tick-Tock Heart - 5.6k: Inej is quite content with her job in a twenty four hour coffee shop until an oddly dressed man barges in and drags her and her best customer along on an intergalactic adventure in the name of true love.

Two Of Us - 2.5k: Kaz returns to Lij for Jordie’s funeral, with Inej at his side.

One Shot:

At Last - 2k

Boogeyman - 1.2k

Captain - 1.6k

Demonic Love - 1.8k

Coveted - 4k

In Another Life - 3.1k

Lonely Walker - 1.7k

Misstep - 2.3k

My Girl - 1k

Needle and Thread - 1.4k

Pomegranate - 1.6k

Reading Aloud - 3.5k

Rest for the Wicked - 1.5k

Sacred - 3.7k

Sanctified - 1.7k

Sunshine Bleach - 2.1k

Sweet Creature - 1.1k

Two Of Us - 2.5k

Wax Strangers - 3.1k

Woolen - 2k

Multi-Chapter (In Progress):

The Cold Weary Before - 4.1k

The Dark I Know Well - 10.2k

A Hair’s Breadth - 58k

Hard Candy Shell - 13.3k

Haunting Mad - 3.9k

Hooks and Eyes - 2.7k

Lay Your Bones - 1.3k

The Perils of Modernity - 7.1k

Repentance - 24.5k

Multi-Chapter (Complete):

Bulletproof Plastic - 7.2k

False Hearts - 16.2k

Spy, Sailor, Acrobat, Thief - 22.6k

The Still of the Night - 24.8k

There and Here - 10.8k

Tick-Tock Heart - 6.8k

Win This One - 9.5k

Series:

Kanej Week 2021 - 10.9k

Sandra ‘Verse - 24.1k

That I Had Wings - 3.7k

 Dear Madam Van Houden,

 I have heard of your services from an associate of mine, who was quite well satisfied. I have need of a wife. Looks are irrelevant. She must be prepared for rough living. She must be discreet, and quiet. Her duties will include cooking and cleaning for myself and those in my employ. She must be able to read, write, and do her sums. No childbearing duties are required.

 If you have a suitable candidate, please send her at your earliest possible convenience. If not, please return this letter alongside the enclosed fee.

I recently changed my name from QHQ to oleanderandrue. This was for a couple of reasons, the primary of which was that I’d been using QHQ since middle school and as I started to post content from other fandoms I felt like I’d kinda grown out of it. 

But I’ve decided that this facet of my online identity is better served staying separate from the rest of it. So, QHQ is going to be QHQ again and I will post Kanej fics there (yes, I promise I’m working on updates) and oleanderandrue will be a separate accout where I post my miscellaneous other works. Anyway, that was a long winded way of saying I’m going back to QHQ, thanks for your patience.

Inej Ghafa had loved Kaz Brekker and for a time, the city had known peace.

or;

For the first time, I’m putting some of my own original (not fan-based) work out there for people to read. This is a project I started a few months ago while in inpatient, and is something I’m really excited about. I just published the first chapter of it to betabooks, and am looking for a couple of people to beta it for me. (I don’t have a paid account, so I think the limit of readers I can have is three). The description of the book is as follows:

Ada Lee has worked in the imperial library for nigh on six years when she gets approached one night by a peculiar offer - desperate to curry favor with the people for an unpopular emperor, the council have decided to marry him to an 'everywoman', a lowborn girl for the country to rally around. Despite her shadowed past and lowly origins, they have selected Ada for the task, forcing her to decide whether or not to maintain her anonymity and straightforward life, or to accept the proposal and become empress overnight, which unfortunately would mean being married to the prickly and demanding emperor. But Ada is not truly who she says she is, and taking the throne could lead to the revelation of her closely-held secrets, which would jeopardize the safety of her entire people.

It’s fantasy, set in a made up renaissance-ish court, and is something I’m actually pretty proud of. If you’re interested, the link to find it is here:

https://betabooks.co/signup/book/kg262g

I think you need to sign up for an account to read it, but betabooks is free and is actually a pretty cool platform.

Kaz Brekker was never paternally minded. It was a simple fact of life.