I Wanna Be Where You Are

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Not to toot my own horn, but for the last masquerade I wrote a fic called Seven Gallavich Sins that consisted of seven ficlets, each inspired but a different deadly sin, and it got me thinking: there are seven deadly sins, there are seven days in a week... See where I'm going with this? The theme (or themes) for this year's Gallavich Week is Seven Deadly Sins! The fanworks can be as literal or loosely based on the themes as you want. Also, I'll give y'all an extra day to catch up if needed. 😉

GW will run from June 21 to June 28 and the themes for each day are as follows: 21 - Greed 22 - Sloth 23 - Pride 24 - Lust 25 - Wrath 26 - Gluttony 27 - Envy 28 - Catch-up/free space (to post late fanworks for other days or works that don't fit into any day)

As always, all kinds of fanworks are accepted, as long as they are original (obviously, this doesn't apply to things as podfics or stuff based on other fanworks — in this case, as long as the creator of the original fanwork allows it, it's fine). And of course, no AI! CREATING AND POSTING GUIDELINES (After the break)

Unfortunately that’s because there is only 2 technical. There is the Fox and The Hound (which is likely what you mean, as it’s a 2 piece series) and also Gallavich MPreg, which does include a little more traditional Hybrid ideas mixed with Mpreg.

The Fox and His Hound - It’s a genetic thing. One of those traits that can pop up anywhere, in anyone, like blue eyes or blond hair, except that it calls for things like tails and claws and wings. But it’s just another one of those check boxes in life now—gender, sex, sexuality, ethnicity, hybrid.

Gallavich mpreg Hybrid Cat Mickey is featured here.

What is everyone doing for the first time ever?

(Personally, I'm thinking fanart, so I hope you're ready for my stick figures).

Welcome all to our first ever Newbies Week! It'll run from May 17 to May 23, so you've got about a month to create your works.

The goal of this event is to create something you've never created before, allowing yourself to try something new without pressure from others or yourself. It doesn't need to be perfect, because it won't be, and that's fine. We're all stepping out of our comfort zones, but we're doing so together, so it'll be fun!

The definition of something new here is quite broad. It can be: 1) Someone who's never created any kind of fanwork doing so for the first time (a great opportunity for those who've always wanted to participate in fandom events but felt shy or "not good enough"); 2) Someone who's used to creating one kind of fanwork venturing into another; e.g. a writer creating a gif for the first time, or an artist creating a podfic, or someone who usually edits videos creating something from crochet... The possibilities are endless! 3) Someone creating something they're used to, but in a different way or format that they've never done before. For instance, a fic writer who only writes prose writing poetry for the first time, or an artist who usually makes digital fanart trying some oil painting, or someone who's used to creating gifs without words attempting to add words and graphic effects for the first time. Again, there are endless possibilities here as well. To help everyone out, I'll put together a list of tutorials (link to be added here soon), but of course you're welcome to find your own (and share as well, if you think you found something nice!).

Once you 're ready to post, here's how to: 1) Post it here to Tumblr and mention (using @) this blog in the body of the post. You can also tag it as GNW2026 if you want to, but that's not mandatory. 2) If you wish to, you're also of course free to post it anywhere else. If on Twitter, please mention us there as well and I'll retweet it. 3) If you wish to post it to AO3, I'll add a link to the collection here as well.

This post will be linked in our pinned post, so it can be checked at any time.

Some of these have been rec’d on the page before but not tagged specifically as slowburn. Hope you enjoy!

Last of a Dying Breed After the death of his sociopathic PO, Ian’s sent to work at XK9, the dog rescue that gives second chances to the unwanted pets and ex-cons of southside — and it just so happens to be run by the most unlikely success story of them all.

You Deserve Good Things Mickey has been out on parole for a year and is finally feeling good about himself. However, he soon discovers how easily everything can all come crashing down around him when a new parolee walks through the door.

Where the Feigned Wind Falls An unexpected inheritance allows Ian to purchase a building in the heart of Chicago’s Wicker Park, but he’s not expecting his upstairs tenant to be a tattoo artist named Mickey.

you make me feel human In which Ian is a cold-blooded serial killer with a soft spot for a certain South Side asshole.

Against Glass The Milkovich family is the top crime family in Chicago but when a Friday night business run turns into something unexpected for Mickey Milkovich, he'll find himself having to choose between the danger he knows, and the life he could maybe have without it.

Like, Lip’s always been good with odds and numbers and back in the day, back when they started out a fucking lifetime ago, absolutely nobody would have bet on those two making it in the end.

He had been around back then, on the side lines catching glimpses from time to time. From ‘Mickey’s gay and we’re doing it’ and ‘i know what he felt with me’ to ‘you think i should’ve?’ and ‘because i love him’.

And Lip hesitates in the doorway when he enters the living room for a moment and watches them lie on the couch in front of the TV, wrapped up in each other’s arms, sleepy and content, for once neither bickering nor on the verge of fucking and he thinks that he’s never seen Ian so happy and being himself this much at the same time before.

And maybe he shakes his head when he looks at the man in his brother’s arms because holy fucking shit that’s Mickey Milkovich right there.

That’s ‘someone’s gotta get a beat down’, it’s ‘oh shit is right’, it’s anger issues and russian prostitutes and attempted murder and escaping prison to fucking mexico.

But it’s also the guy who pours Ian his coffee in the morning and makes sure he doesn’t drink it before he’s had something to eat, who used to count his fucking pills, who once bought a bag full of B vitamins as if they could fix it all somehow.

It’s who Ian lost sleep over, it’s who he made his best bad decisions for.

It’s Franny’s Uncle Mickey, it’s Mandy’s older brother and holy shit, it’s Ian’s fucking husband.

And isn’t that so beautifully Ian, that he saw something in that dirty faced thug from ten years ago that no one else ever bothered to look for? that he found a love that proved itself to be stronger than whatever life or fate or Terry fucking Milkovich threw at them, that pulled them back to each other every time they fell apart?

Mickey has been a constant presence in Ian’s life in a way that nothing else but Lip himself ever had. Has been a witness, a catalyst, a victim of Ian’s epic highs and lows, has done insane things to and for and because of him. As fucked up as they always were, they seem to hold the balance, they somehow make it work.

Lip loves his brother with all his heart, has done so his entire life, he knows all the best and a lot of the worst of Ian and he knows that Mickey knows it too. Loves him, too. Signed up for it all, the whole package, good times and bad, sickness and health, Monica and Gay Jesus, mania and depression. Had probably signed up for it long before they stood in front of witnesses at the Polish Doll.

So Lip smiles sometimes when they bicker over breakfast cereal or when Ian can’t keep his hands to himself even when the rest of them is right there or when Mickey talks shit like he’s still big bad Milkovich, south side thug extraordinaire and not the boy who has been in love with Lip’s little brother for the last decade.

Have you signed up / submitted your work yet? Only a few hours till I reveal the Fanart Masquerade works!

The gift exchange prompts will be up for grabs around 7pm GMT March 1, though I'll send another announcement/confirmation about an hour before.

if these rough tender hands could talk

It's gift exchange time again! The perfect time to request that fanwork you've been dying to see/read, and in exchange bring to reality someone else's wish. Sign-ups are already open here. You’ll receive an e-mail with your answers and a link to edit them if needed. You have until February 28th to sign-up. Prompts will be up for grabs starting March 1st. Please read the rules below before signing up. As always, send me any questions you might have via ask box or chat.

ATTENTION!

The time for guessing is over!

The form is now closed and the identities of the creators have been revealed! Did you get it right? 👀

I'll tally up everyone's votes and reveal the winners later today, since no one has volunteered to create gifts for the winners (though if anyone wants to, there's still time to let me know).