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blacksmith Vi/knight Cait. just two dudes falling[fallen] in love.

would include the title but i have 8k words of fic and am still no closer to that.

“I came to thank you,” Kiramman says. “You were of great assistance to me recently.” Vi shifts where he stands, uncertain how to respond. “Gratitude. What might that be for?” “Are you familiar with Ser Salo?” “Unfortunately,” he says, before he can stop himself. Kiramman’s unphased by his blatant dislike of a Lord far above his own station. "Quite,” Kiramman says, no hesitation. “I had a run-in with him, of a sort, yesterday. An unpleasant one.” "Is there any other kind, when it comes to Salo?” Another lip twitch. Vi swallows around the realisation that he's insulted a knight—a high-born—in front of another. Twice, essentially. Kiramman doesn’t correct him. For the second time. “Perhaps it won’t surprise you to learn he is no less tolerable in a tourney than he is outside of one.” “A tourney.” “The lists,” Kiramman adds. “Jousting.” “You’re being literal. When you say run-in.” “Everyone knows he’s… rather a snake, to put it mildly. Turns out he reinforces the tips of his lances. Lead, it seems.” “That’s...” “Against regulations?” “I was going to say fucked, but I thought it might be rude. Ser.” Kiramman’s face shifts marginally once more, then settles. Vi feels himself inching closer to actually being able to make him smile. One day. “I recently found myself on the receiving end of it. Unfortunately.” “You…” “Your armour saved my life, I think.” Vi scrunches his hands into fists, and releases. He wants to shake himself, but that will have to do. Nothing about this conversation—that he’s having it, nor what’s being said—makes any sense. He looks Kiramman up and down a moment. The shirt, the breeches, the boots. His gaze returns to his face; the composure there, and his posture. His strong jaw, his even shoulders… His shoulders. He’s slouching, marginally. Lilting inwards on his left side. Vi takes a half-step forward. “Are you injured, Ser?”

no such thing as a wrong chord - BluejayBoi - rated T

Vi finally gets top surgery.

for handsome smugface Mr @redpandarambles

read it here

haven't posted any CaitVi since last June?? but when your little bro also finally gets top surgery he gets a darn fic to celebrate.

always something magic, always something true - rated M

Vi grows frustrated with their identity, and with Powder. Caitlyn offers shelter and understanding.

i never felt this way before - rated T

Vi starts embracing some exciting new feelings. Cait gifts them a binder.

no other version of me i would rather be - rated E

Vi learns a few things about herself, and what makes her feel good in her body for the first time in her (or his) life. Caitlyn enjoys the benefits.

not sure i'll ever top "You just gave me a blowjob so good it changed my pronouns".

you are my signal fire - rated M

Vi is Spider-Man. Caitlyn is the girl next door.

you reflect in this heart of mine - rated E

Trans guy Vi and trans gal Cait enjoy themselves and their bodies, giving and receiving pleasure of the extremely-euphoric variety.

i could fly when i'm with you - rated E

Vi wears a packer when he sleeps, for the gender feels. Caitlyn might enjoy it even more than he does.

i don't feel like you (i don't need you to) - rated M

Caitlyn is the kind city slicker in town to visit her brother. Vi is the shy cowboy who intervenes during a moment of car trouble.

Demi Vi learns a new thing about himself while falling hard.

teenage dreams in a teenage circus - rated G

Vi and Caitlyn are rookie Pokémon trainers. Caitlyn's Squirtle can't swim.

did i stutter.

to open up my arms and give it all to you - rated E

With stronger than ever confidence in his body and identity, Vi explores new ways to enjoy intimacy with his enthusiastic partner.

all at once you are the one i have been waiting for - rated M

Vi is a charming, handsome pirate. Caitlyn is the woman he brings gifts to whenever he returns to port. She has a lot of feelings about it.

sponsored by Keira Knightley in Pirates 2.

out of all the people in the world - rated T

Caitlyn accidentally befriends Vi Vander-Lane, famous trans man athlete and goalkeeper for the Zaun City Flares. Vi very deliberately befriends Caitlyn.

call somebody closer to you - rated E

The night before she's due to return to Noxus in her dead mother's warship, Mel Medarda pays her old flame Lest a visit.

the lights you make - rated T

After a run-in with an assclown ruins his date night with Cait, Vi's sense of self is thrown off-kilter. Then he makes a new friend, and an important decision.

Teenaged Vi's journey towards starting T.

no such thing as a wrong chord - rated T

Vi gets top surgery. Finally.

what a good 'un to end on.

list the first line of your last 10 (posted) fics and see if there's a pattern.

tagged by the legendary @foibles-fables an embarrassingly long time ago but appreciate the heck outta you! in order of most to least recent:

over and over again into oblivion (Stranger Things - Robin/Nancy)

the very beginning of the 18 months gap

There’s a hole in the curtain around the hospital bed.

2. hounds of love are hunting (Stranger Things - Robin/Nancy)

Robin worries about Will, and her secret relationship with Nancy

Robin first sees it at a Friday night barbecue at the Wheelers’.

3. the lights you make (Arcane - Caitlyn/Vi)

teen Vi grapples with his desire to start HRT and gets cheered on

It’s only when he’s knocking on the door that he notices the hole in his sleeve.

4. laugh until my head comes off (Arcane - Sevika & Caitlyn)

Caitlyn pays Sevika a visit to finalise the council seat agreement

She almost doesn’t hear it.

5. call somebody closer to you - rated E (Arcane - Mel/Lest)

Lest finds Mel at her door on the eve of her return to Noxus

Most women, after dropping off the face of Runeterra for something like six months, would have the decency to return looking at least a little haggard.

6. sit down (stand up) (Arcane - Sevika & Caitlyn)

Caitlyn offers Sevika the Kiramman council seat; Sevika refuses

She figures there’ll be guards.

7. no more dreaming like a girl (so in love with the wrong world) - (Arcane - Caitlyn/Vi)

Caitlyn's point of view during S2 Act 1

It strikes her early on that Cassandra Kiramman is going to insist on teaching her things with the same steely-eyed determination in death that she had in life, and that Caitlyn has no way of stopping this.

8. everything changes but can't we pretend (Arcane - Caitlyn/Vi)

Vi flounders with life after Stillwater and Caitlyn's hunt for Jinx

They get the tip the same way all the others come in.

9. out of all the people in the world (Arcane - Caitlyn/Vi)

Vi is a handsome high-profile trans athlete; Caitlyn perseveres

His message arrives like clockwork.

10. your number one fan (Wynonna Earp - Waverly/Nicole)

Waverly is a sports fan and Nicole is a Waverly fan

It starts simple enough.

if i had a dollar for every time i started a fic with a character noticing holes in things i'd have two dollars. which isn't a lot but it's weird it's happened twice. nice lazy one at the end there! i try to drop into a scene/feeling as late as i can and not waste time and i think most of these do that so phew.