#chasingstarlight

Hey Tumblr land... I know it’s been a little bit, but I figured I’d give a little update on what’s been going on and where my stories are at right now since it’s been a while. For those who missed the memo...I started a job at the end of May and it’s totally been kicking my ass. I’ve been in training the last 12 weeks between getting my state license and learning a lot of stuff...I’ve been finding myself mentally exhausted lately. It’s been harder and harder to find time to work on stories, but I have been trying. I’m getting ready to go into Pre-transition from a training classroom to the floor, so I have to adjust to a new schedule for the next couple of months so something new to get used to and then in November I’ll be assigned a floor team. Fingers crossed on everything going well, but yesterday I technically graduated from the training.

That being said...I’ve been looking at the status of my stories and wanted to give a run down of where I’m at. I’ve been working on stories off and on and I have a few new projects in the works as well. Trying to stay inspired in my new stories and keep up the writing with new ideas so I don’t forget them. First off...the WIPs that have been posted. Lessons of Life and Love: Next chapter is about half done...we’ll be taking a look at our boys arriving at Victor’s home and Yuuri adjusting to his new home and being mated now that they’re not in the mansion. One Moonlit Night/Chasing Starlight: Gonna lump these two together. I have started on the next chapter for OMN and I have outlined the final chapter of Chasing Starlight to finish it up. I’m trying to transition from Tentacle Week (which has long passed the deadline, but I still wanna get this written) and back to the main story line. You’ll be actually meeting a few characters that made appearances in CS and resolving the little bit of conflict from the last chapter. Plus I have some plans for the final chapter of CS...Yuuri is gonna have a surprise for Victor that I hope you’ll all enjoy. Here’s to Us: I was struggling because I didn’t know where I wanted to go with it and I sorta lost my original outline for the ending, but I’ve figured out a little where I want to go with it. I’m hoping for an update soon. It’s been almost a year since I updated and I do want to finish so while it’s been on hiatus...I’ve gotten the next chapter started and I need to just finish it so I can get back into the flow of it. Now for the new Projects in the Works: Begin Again: This is going to be a bit of a kinky one shot. I wrote down Ideas for it a while back and thanks to the wonderful people on my Discord and my need for a stress relief in the form of writing we’re getting a kink heavy Victuuri one shot. ABO, Collars, chains, intersex Omega, and more. It will be Omega Victor since there isn’t enough of that out in the fandom and there will be consent between them so it’ll be some kinky fun after some not so great circumstances. That should be posted soonish so keep an eye out for it. Seeking Life: Another project inspired by a meme that showed up on another Discord I follow. I got inspired to write a what if scenario with Victuuri. It’ll will be interesting for me to write and I plan to have the first chapter out as soon as I update some of the other stories that need to be updated. Synopsis: Victor has been on top of the World for years, but always felt the weight of his success and the lack of life and love in his personal life threatening to weigh him down. In one night he found his inspiration, only to have it crushed by tragedy. Everything changed in Sochi...the night Yuuri Katsuki died... Then something miraculous happens and Victor gets another chance to help Yuuri with his dreams and he finds his inspiration again. Yuuri was no stranger to failure. His anxiety led him to believe the worst and then he had to go and die before living out his one dream in life. Unable to pass on, he seeks the one person who can make his dream come true. The problem with that...Victor is his idol and it’s easy to fall in love with a man like that. Yuuri must fight his feelings as they work together. After all, he’s no longer alive, but dreams change and he finds that he doesn’t want to let go...instead he dreads moving on and leaving Victor behind. 

Chapter Summary:

After landing in a world covered in eternal darkness and starlight, Harper has a bit of time to herself. She sends up a call to her lost sister, Talia while trying to figure out what to do with her arranged marriage. Stephen meanwhile notices her distress and vows to figure out how to help her when he notices the book she carries. 

He lightly touched the scars across her wrists. His touch made her shudder involuntary.  He found her fascinating, yet mysterious.

“Why do you hurt yourself? Princesses don’t hurt themselves, they ask for assistance or help of some sort.” A light kiss upon the scars. How could Harper explain to him, a stranger she met just hours earlier about why she tried to hurt herself? I can’t tell him. He wouldn’t understand. She thought, her eyes full of sadness as she laid back against the tree as the night sky twinkled away, almost winking at her as if it could keep her secret.

Hi all my wonderful followers! I just wanted to pop in and give an update on how it’s been going and try to see if I can give a new time table on story updates.

Characters: Harper, Stephen (Traveler)

Words: 1,341

Warnings: Language

A/N:

I’m hoping this is good. It’s kind of short, but if it gets positive reviews and anyone wants another chapter, let me know. This isn’t part of a fandom or anything, just for fun. Enjoy!

     The night sky smiled brightly amongst the starlight. All was quiet, the way they preferred it. The ship glowed its brisk light just enough for them, the guidance giving the explorers places they’d never explored before on past visits to this big blue orb. Something about it had changed, however since their last visit, the ship had communicated but issued a warning to the wary travelers of the Giant. The ship didn’t budge on any details, leaving them confused, but undeterred as they focused on their mission.

One traveler had stopped, taking a moment to stare up at the night sky at the stars above him. A few others followed his line of sight, silently communicating between each other, something they had done on multiple occasions before. These select few found the sight beautiful, yet somehow disturbing like a disturbed grave. Once upon the ship, the traveler turned to look out the port on the rear side of the ship, a sadness threatening to overcome him but not even that would stop him as the ground began to shrink beneath the ship. Before they could fully take off, however, the ship shook violently, throwing plants, explorers and various other things around like an earthquake. The explorer tried to grasp to something as the ship’s hatch opened on its own accord, the air dragging him out and onto the ground below, rendering him unconscious, a feeling that was very unfamiliar. His vision blurred, then faded to black.

“You can’t be fucking serious right now! I worked hard for that and you just take it?!” She screamed at her mother, unable to believe what was happening.

“You need to be taught a lesson! You will marry him whether you like it or not!” Her mother had screamed back, her hand raised as if to strike the young woman. However, she thought better of the situation, lowering it instead.

“Mother, I do not love him! He is nothing but a slob, pig, ignorant… Need I go on?” The young woman, clearly exasperated by this exchanged stated with venom behind her words. She knew she struck a nerve with her mother, but she didn’t care any longer.

“You will learn to, Harper. He means well and he may not have the appearance of a Prince, I assure you, he will make you happy. Can you trust me just this once?” Her eyes gave way to a sadness that she didn’t realize was there to begin with. “He is not as bad as you may think. I know that this may seem rash, but he does care for you. I wish you could see it like his father and I do.”

Harper’s eyes widened at the last statement, tears threatening to spill out of her crystal blue eyes. “And how would you know that mother? Is his lust telling you that or is that an assumption? Because as far as I’m concerned, you’re dead to me. You are NOT my mother as I am NOT your daughter. If I was your daughter, you would not force this decision upon me. He is not worthy of my love. He is worthy to be dug into a hole in the ground!”

Before her mother could reply, Harper ran out the door of the grand castle, her prison for more than 5 years, a place she wished she could escape from forever, but it wasn’t meant to be. How could she love a man she didn’t truly know? How could she release all her pent up emotions without causing damage to him or anyone else? She knew she meant none of those words, but they couldn’t be taken back now as she ran past the castle walls and into the field below, the only place she had felt safe. Taking refuge under a shady tree, she sobbed. Harper was never one for tears, but ever since her father’s passing, she had become an emotional wreck, her emotions getting the best of her at times, which made her feel like a dragon, something that made her feel free. After her eyes could no longer spill tears, she took out her favorite story, The Secret Adventures of a Traveler, Harper had continued the story where she picked up.

The wolf had spliced it’s way into his DNA, something no one had seen before. A grotesque sight to say the least, but not unfathomable as the scientist continued his experimentation, much to my disgust and angst. I was curious, yes, but even here in the Starlight, even experiments have their limits. In the distance, you can see the Forbidden Mountain where the King lived, with his son and grandson, a very noble prince, much like Thorin Oakinshield, but not as gruff and rough. He did look like him so much that you’d think it was him, but this couldn’t be, could it? This wasn’t Middle-Earth, but it could almost be if we wished for it.

The experiment writhed in agony as the man’s screams became that of a snarling monster, his features replaced with razor sharp jaws, fur, claws and eyes that could kill.  I had kept my distance since no one knew what the monster would do, not even his creator. Something about this wasn’t normal, but sacred and almost ritualistic. Even in my 5 short years of exploration did I think I would see something like this. It is truly fascinating.

Harper shut the book and sighed, wishing she could travel away from all this drama. She wished she could be like the Traveler, whose name she didn’t know, but always had a curiosity about herself that no one could explain, but was believed as “weird”, something she didn’t like.