The Magicians Challenges

Written By: buttcasino

Rating: Mature

Word Count: 6,128

Relationships: Quentin/Eliot

Warnings: No Warnings Apply

Quentin goes shopping, meets a cat, and asks Eliot a very important question.

A late/amnesty week submission for Magicians Settings Week! (Day 3: Baba Yaga’s penthouse)

“Quit moving it.”

“I’m not moving it.”

“You’re moving it and you’re not holding it right. I told you, it only works if your thumbs are touching.”

“It doesn’t say that.”

Julia sat up straight, trying to sound very serious and grown up. “It doesn’t say it, but I can feel it. I just know.” She knew it like she knew in her heart that fairies were out there, that vampires walked the night, that there was a whole world hiding inside our world, past where you could see. No matter what MacKenzie said. Even if sometimes, secretly, even Julia could admit she was getting a little old for believing that magic was real.

Quentin huffed. “You’re being bossy.” But he fixed his thumbs and stilled his wrists.

only slightly belatedly, my #magicianssettingsweek fic is up - thank you to @magicianschallenges for the prompt & for leaving the collection open a few extra days! i went with the Free Choice prompt and interpreted it as All The Places: a set of scattered snapshots of team quest growing up with magic, 2001-2007, plus a cheery coda. featuring: accidental summoning; meditation; foster care; the garden state soundtrack; cornfields; pot brownies; bank robbery; & game night. 4,362 words, gen.

It all started when the Muntjac tilted herself sharply to one side as if entirely coincidentally, but Quentin could tell she did it with full knowledge of where a naturally clumsy man such as himself would land.

The perfectly reasonable discussion with Eliot sort of derailed after that.

For Day 7, Free Choice, Magicians Settings Week! Location: On the Way to the Rainbow Bridge

The Flower Spell by EliotQueliot

https://archiveofourown.org/works/46205761

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The Magicians (TV) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Quentin Coldwater/Eliot Waugh Characters: Eliot Waugh, Quentin Coldwater Additional Tags: Episode: s02e01 Knight of Crowns, The Flower Spell, The Rainbow Bridge (Magicians)

  Summary:

This takes place during 2x01, “Knight of Crowns.” Remember that moment when they need to find the Rainbow Bridge so that they can be crowned? Eliot does the flower spell to lead the way? As the flowers lift into the air, he chants, “He loves me, he loves me not, he loves me…”

This is only a few days after Marqueliot. Quentin was mad at him at first, but all seems to be forgiven. Just that morning as they discussed next steps in their campaign against the Beast, as Eliot and Quentin sat talking in the sunlight, Quentin smiled at Eliot as if nothing had ever come between them, and Eliot looked at him so tenderly…

DAY 7: free choice(Sunday, April 2nd)

So I'm actually doing DAY 3: the Muntjac or Baba Yaga’s penthouse(Wednesday, March 29th) because I forgot to post this on that day. (I was busy, I forgot, idk)

But I love that boat so very much! I love that boat like Muntjack loves Margo.

The Once and Future Kings of Fillory (2170 words) by EliotQueliot Chapters: 1/3 Fandom: The Magicians (TV) Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Quentin Coldwater/Eliot Waugh Characters: Quentin Coldwater, Eliot Waugh Additional Tags: Episode: s03e05 A Life in the Day, Mosaic, Mosaic Timeline (The Magicians: A Life in the Day), Kings & Queens, The Cottage at the Mosaic, queliot

The whole group goes to Ibiza to de-stress and have much deserved fun after all that studying! (Margo and Eliot talked all their way in thanks to a djinn Margo and Quentin mistakenly summoned, but it made a fantastic gift) school is stressful and so is magic school, so they all need a vacation. Much to Quentin's surprise, Penny and Kady are capable of smiling and even laughing once you drag them somewhere fun is the only requirement. It was kind of nice even if he and Penny did wake up cuddled together that one time, but they aren't speaking of that, mainly because Quentin likes his parts where they are.

A few times, they even get Alice out of the "pilgrim" dresses Margo hates so much... though it is fairly obvious Margo just wanted to give her a makeover. And a few other things.

There were hookups, and a lot of other recreational activities, because Ibiza. If they end the trip coupled and throupled, well, that's really only their business. And Eliot, well, again, it was their own business if he and Eliot wanted to- anyway. The thing was, it was the best vacation they ever had. It was already on their scheduled for next year, and the year after that.

No Beast, no Mike, no geese, no snow! It's happiness here! I'm committed to this now. Ibiza is a happy freaking place and everything is great! They deserve to have fun!!! They have fun and are happy, the end! This is the reality I accept.

(Enjoy my terrible shit posts. I'm tired, Idon't have anything to tell you to save myself)

AO3

This story is for the Day 5 prompt, “Antarctica,” Friday, March 31, 2023, of Where the Magic Happens: Magicians Settings Week.

Chapters: ¼

Fandom: The Magicians (TV), The Magicians - Lev Grossman Rating: Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Quentin Coldwater/Eliot Waugh, Margo Hanson/Alice Quinn, William “Penny” Adiyodi/Kady Orloff-Diaz Characters: Quentin Coldwater, Eliot Waugh, Margo Hanson, Alice Quinn (The Magicians), Mayakovsky (The Magicians), William “Penny” Adiyodi, Kady Orloff-Diaz, Josh Hoberman Additional Tags: Brakebills (The Magicians), Antarctica, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Snow, Foxes, Geese, Episode: s01e07 The Mayakovsky Circumstance, Magic, Nonverbal Communication, Lack of Communication, Communication, Past Child Abuse, Childhood Trauma, Shyness, Sharing a Bed, Shapeshifting, queliot, Eventual Smut

  Summary:

Eliot goes to Brakebills South with Quentin.

The two are a perfect team in Silence.

They communicate less well once they can talk.

Oh, and those camp beds are way too small for Eliot.

Notes:

DAY 5: Antarctica or Ibiza (Friday, March 31st)

Margo and Eliot taking Quentin to Ibiza where they all have the absolute best time of their lives! Drinking mimosas and staying out all night dancing! They are flourishing in the sun within a magical resort. They are so glorious, in fact, that they end up running the show.

That's what Seasion 2, 3, 4, and 5 were about, after all. Mike did not exist. Neither did Antarctica for that matter. Nothing bad happened. They have no problems and live their best lives doing all the things one does in a magical party place. Let me have this!!! I'm not accepting applications from canon. Everything is great and they go to parties, and they ARE the party!

This art and story are for the Day 4 prompt, "The Library," of Where the Magic Happens: Magicians Settings Week. I completed the basic drawing but will paint and finish the art after Settings Week. The story is finished. (Though I may want to write a sequel!)

Stealing a Book Titled Quentin Coldwater (1704 words) by EliotQueliot Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The Magicians (TV) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Quentin Coldwater/Eliot Waugh, Margo Hanson & Eliot Waugh, Quentin Coldwater & Margo Hanson Characters: Eliot Waugh, Quentin Coldwater, Margo Hanson, Julia Wicker, 40th Timeline William "Penny"Adiyodi, 23rd Timeline William "Penny" Adiyodi, Alice Quinn (The Magicians), Kady Orloff-Diaz Additional Tags: queliot, The Library of the Neitherlands (The Magicians), Theft, Books, True Love, Grief/Mourning, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Canonical Character Death, Character Death Fix, Quentin Coldwater Lives

Summary: Eliot—hadn't been able to bear it one more day. One afternoon at three p.m. when Bambi asked him if he wanted to speak to her about Quentin—he just broke. Finally.

Notes:

This is canon divergent from midway through 5x01, "Do Something Crazy." The point of divergence is the scene in which Margo says, "On that note, it's three o'clock, when I usually ask you if you'd like to talk about Quentin."

This story is for the Day 3 prompt, “The Muntjac,” Wednesday, March 29, 2023, of Where the Magic Happens: Magicians Settings Week

Chapters: ½ Fandom: The Magicians (TV) Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Quentin Coldwater/Eliot Waugh, Margo Hanson & Eliot Waugh Characters: Quentin Coldwater, Eliot Waugh, Margo Hanson, Kady Orloff-Diaz, 23rd Timeline William “Penny” Adiyodi, Alice Quinn (The Magicians), Josh Hoberman, Prometheus (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore), Calypso (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore), Julia Wicker, Ora (The Magicians), The Monster (The Magicians) Additional Tags: The Muntjac (The Magicians) - Freeform, Episode: s03e13 Will You Play With Me?, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, True Love, queliot, The Quest of the Seven Keys (The Magicians), Two-Masted Schooners, Boats and Ships, Depression, References to Depression, Physical Kids Cottage (The Magicians), prisons, Jailers - Freeform, Magic, Flying Ships, Fillorian Deer Class sea vessels, Castle Blackspire (The Magicians) Summary:

Quentin says he’s staying with a Monster for all Eternity.

Eliot says, “Hell, no. Not without me.”

Fandom: The Magicians (TV)

Rating: Explicit

Pairing: Quentin Coldwater/Eliot Waugh

Notes/Warnings: CONTENT NOTE: minor discussion of physical scars and past trauma. There's a production design photo from the Penthouse set that shows a nice little library with a fireplace and some cozy chairs - I don't know if we ever saw it in the show, but as soon as I saw the photo, my first thought was "okay, queliot should fuck in front of that fire sometime"... et voila. Unbetaed, all errors are my own. Title from the Girl Scout campfire song "Linger".

Summary: “I’m just not that tired yet,” Quentin says lightly.

For Magicians Settings Week, Day 2, the Whitespire throne room (please note, art is a work in progress, but story is finished; will be painting/finishing the art as soon as I have time; technical difficulties delayed post tonight)