#ficwritersweek2017

Dream – Imagine Dragons / Mixed Signals – Ruth B. / You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away - The Beatles / Nightingale – Demi Lovato  / Belladonna - Nox Arcana / Water Under the Bridge- Adele / Bloodsport – Raleigh Ritchie / Teenage Dream – Boyce Avenue / Sugar, You – Oh Honey / In the Hall of the Mountain King (Peer Gynt) – Edvard Grieg / Heaven – PVRIS / In the House – In a Heartbeat – John Murphy / I See the Light – Mandy Moore & Zachary Levi / Born to Be Wild (Epic Trailer Version) – J2 / Hold Me Down – Halsey / Satisfied – Reńee Elise Goldsberry /  No Light, No Light – Florence and the Machine / Living Dolls – Nox Arcana / Arms - Christina Perri / Run Me Out - Zola 

short and shameless self-promo: 

Title: The Changeling  Fandom: Gotham (TV) Pairing: Selina Kyle / Bruce Wayne Summary: Bruce learns to apologize... Well, sort of. Lots of fluff. Completed. 

Originally, I had wanted to write a connecting piece (The Doppelgänger)  involving Bruce, Selina, and Five and a weird love triangle that no one asked for but then ya know, Five threw Selina outta window so...  

Now onto the real talent: 

Title: Healing 

Author: filzmonster Fandom: A Darker Shade of Magic – V. E. Schwab  Pairing: Kell Maresh / Delilah Bard (Kila) Summary: There’s a wound in Kell’s chest where the magic used to be. Completed. 

Beautifully written, filzmonster gave us the happy Kell we as readers deserved.

Title: How Gotham’s Princess Fell

Author: NanaBeluzzi Fandom: Gotham (TV) (FOX) Pairing: Selina Kyle / Bruce Wayne (BatCat) Rating: Teen and Up Archive Warnings: Graphic Depictions of Violence Summary: Life with money was truly beautiful, Selina Kyle had always thought. She was born into one of the most powerful and rich families of Gotham, and nothing had ever been refused to this pampered girl. On the other hand, Bruce Wayne was born into the streets of Gotham, being forced to steal in order to survive. When these two very different lives collide the very unexpected happens. Work In Progress. 

It is a fast-paced alternate universe fic. NanaBeluzzi has a very crisp style of writing that keeps the story moving at a quick and realistic pace. While the well known characters have been given new and different origins, they are still at their heart the same characters that Gotham has created.

Title: A Cure for Nightmares

Author: PretendThisIsWitty @rhysand-vs-rowan-vs-fanfic @rhysand-vs-rowan Fandom: Throne of Glass Series – Sarah J. Maas Pairing; Manon Blackbeak / Dorian Havilliard (Manorian) Rating: Explicit Warnings: NSFW (Seriously, it is NOT safe for work) It also has some vague A Court of Thornes and Roses spoilers.  Summary: Manon and Dorian get busy in a cabin in the woods (It's a smut fic, we all know you're not here for the plot). Completed. 

Title: Five Times Arya Stark Shared a Bed with Gendry Author: lit_chick08 Rating: Mature  Warnings: None  Fandom: A Song of Ice and Fire – George R. R. Martin  Pairing: Gendry Waters / Arya Stark  Status: Completed

“Arya blushed, dropping her gaze for a moment before resolutely looking him in the eye. Forcing steel into her voice, she declared, “I will never be a proper lady. I will not wear gowns or call you 'my lord' or put down my sword. And I do not know if I want to have children or if I even want to remain in Westeros when the war is done, so if these aren't terms you can agree to -”

“If those were the traits I was looking for in a wife, I would want to marry Sansa.” Gendry smiled tenderly as he softly brushed a lock of hair from her face. “I know who you are, Arya.”

The tears filled her eyes so quickly, it made the world blur. Arry, Weasel, the Ghost of Harrenhal, Nan, She-wolf, Salty, Cat of the Canals, No one, Beth...She had been so many people in the past six years, shedding her skin like a snake, making sure no one ever knew who she was. To hear Gendry state so matter-of-factly he knew who she was, woke the piece of her heart she swore had hardened the day her father's head rolled down the steps of the Great Sept before a cheering crowd.”

Title: For Gotham Author: Jetshinsei  Rating: K+ Fandom: Gotham TV  Pairing: Bruce Wayne / Selina Kyle (batcat) (Alternate Ages)  Status: Completed. 

“He stares at the spot she’d been, still breathless and somewhat guiltily. For a moment, he considers staying, imagining his life where he’s the CEO of Wayne Enterprises and Cat is his wife and they have a beautiful little girl together with dark hair and bright green eyes. Alfred becomes her grandfather, and they all live happily together in mansion.

But then he imagines the three of them going to the movie as a family and they’re in a back alley afterwards being faced with a hired gun and for the second time he’s too weak to save his family and he remembers that he’d made a promise to himself that he’d never let himself feel that way again. Not even for the girl he loves.” 

Title: You Smell Like Trash Author: BoxWineConfessions Fandom: Voltron: Legendary Defender Pairing: Keith/Pidge, Keith/Shiro (Canon Divergence, Alternate Ages) Rating: Teen and Up Warnings: None  Status: Completed 

“It reminded her of when she used to feed the stray cats in the ally back home. For days or even weeks they’d given her the cold shoulder, hissing at her and never letting her pet them. Then after a while she couldn’t shake them. They’d rub against her ankles as she walked to school, or try to follow her inside the house. Keith was somewhat like a stray cat in that regard. Whatever she’d done, the floodgates were opened, and she was probably going to drown in a sea of painfully awkward, yet well intentioned signs of affection.”

Title: The Nicest Thing Author: xmaybejolesia  Fandom: iCarly  Pairing: Unrequited Sam/Freddie (Seddie) Carly/Freddie (Creddie)  Rating:Teen  Warnings: None. Status: Completed  

 “He comes back to the table with the drinks. 

“Mocha iced latte, my favorite! You’re amazing, you know that right, Freddie.” Carly beams at him, and he smiles back adoringly. You stare at your drink. “Black coffee?” You ask in a dead-panned voice, glaring up at him accusingly. 

He shrugs nonchalantly. “I don’t know. I just picked the first thing on the menu. I mean you’d eat or drink just about anything set in front of you, right?”

The words are like a slap to the face.

“Freddie, that wasn’t very nice-” Carly scold him in that Carly tone of hers, her eyes looking at him disapprovingly.

 “What?” He says defensively, “It’s true…”

But you don’t really notice.

You’re too busy trying not to cry. You can’t believe you’re getting emotional over this. It’s not the worst comment he could make. You’ve made far worse towards him in the past. Still, it doesn’t hurt any less.

But Pucketts don’t cry, especially over stupid stuff like this, so you take your hot black coffee and throw it as his shirt instead.”  

“Their baby boy is the most magnificent thing you’ve ever seen. Carly looks exhausted, but radiant of joy at the same, and you don’t think you have ever seen Freddie so emotional, so moved by anything before this.

The two of you stand outside the incubator room and look inside for a while.

“He is beautiful, isn’t he?” He whispers.

“Yeah, he is.” You admit, captivated by the dark features the little bundle inside the room has inherited from both his parents.

“Can you believe we created that? Carly and me. It’s just mind-boggling.” He breathes out.

You swallow down the feeling of suffocation inside of you. This is supposed to be the happiest moment in their lives, and you won’t ruin that. 

“He really is something Freddie,” you choke out, “Didn’t know you had it in you, but boy did you.”

He winks at you, before going back to grinning at the baby proudly. You feel his fingers grazing yours, and you look up to see him gazing at you with this sincerity and earnestness.

“We’re going to name him Samuel. Sam for short.” He stops abruptly. “And we’d be honored if you’d accept being his godmother.” He says the last bit hesitantly.

“You can’t help laughing a little. “You trust me?”

His eyes glaze over with affection. “Of course we do, Sam. You’re our best friend.”

You nod your head, a signal of accepting the offer, and he beams at you.”

“You’re twenty-five year old and you think no one else will ever be capable of breaking your heart like he does.”

Writers: Share your favorite quotes from your fics - There’s always those passages that you’re the most proud of writing. This prompt is so you can proudly showcase them to your readers! 

I can’t lie. I always feel super uncomfortable doing the writers portion, but I’ve had reviewers mention liking these two so here goes:

Title: The Wendigo and The Lionheart Fandom: Gotham TV Pairing: Selina Kyle / Bruce Wayne Rating: Teen  Warnings: None Status: WIP

Chapter 14: Keep Walking: 

“He had been raised on affection; it had come to him naturally. And some day, days like today, he felt as if he was starving for it.”

 Chapter 17: Dreams 

““What?” she asked, reaching up to flick at his too perfect hair. “I kinda like ya this way. I could do whatever I want to you,” she purred, resisting the urge to run her fingers through the surprisingly soft lock, “and you couldn’t do a damn thing to stop me,” she finished grazing his cheek with her short nails before playfully patting his cheek. He didn’t flinch from her touch, but blinked as if he was trying to stop himself from falling asleep. He swallowed, but this close she could see his eyes darken.

She watched his bottom lip disappear behind his teeth and it was as if someone had dragged a finger down her spine. Taking a deep calming breath, she quickly determined that that was a very dangerous sensation. A little too dangerous. And with nothing but a smile or a glance, this twig of a boy had certainly not earned the right to be dangerous.

In Solid Fluidity I wanted to Garrus and Shepard be experienced adults (to ward off all the blushing virgins I kept coming across in other fics), so I added (rather crudely, I was a brandnew babywriter back then) something about Garrus and his sexual experiences: 

He almost had sex with a drell man but after falling unconscious from the hallucinogenic saliva and having to spend a whole day on a bad trip just from a bite to his neck, he decided that he didn’t have a gender barrier but he definitely had a species barrier when it came to drell.

- chapter 3 of [Solid Fluidity].

This is foreshadowing! Oh yes, way back in the beginning, I already had plans for the sequel. Because that drell man? That was Thane! And I have a whole section pre-written in my scrap file for when they meet again in ME2:

The three of them stood frozen, Garrus and Jane staring at the drell and the assassin slowly looking from Jane to Garrus. Jane caught that look and the clamped mandibles on Garrus face and burst out laughing

“Wait a minute, that look transcends species, it means ‘Shit I had sex with this guy and now it’s awkward!’ so how about if we come clean right here and now. I have met this man before under the name Tannor Nuara and, yes, we had a one-night-stand. That was what, six (timeframe?) years ago? So what’s the story with you guys?”

Shepard could hardly stop the gleeful smile spreading on her face.

Garrus groaned and his mandibles clicked against his face.

“Well, we sort of tried to get somewhere but his saliva...”

“Ohh, did you hallucinate? I had some reaction to his saliva that made me see pretty colors everywhere.” Jane smiled at that memory of the brightly pink and green drell she saw glowing under her while they had sex.

“Yeah - it wasn’t like that for me.” Garrus mumbled, “It was like the worst trip ever, I fell unconscious and spend a whole day lying down, reliving nightmares”

The assassin let out a small cough and looked to the floor. “I’m very sorry that the experience was so unpleasant for you, I assure you if I had known of the problems my saliva can cause with turians I never would have initiated...”

“The initiating was pretty mutual if I remember correctly.” Garrus snorted.

Jane raised an eyebrow at that remark from Garrus and he grinned at her.

“I had quite an adventurous phase for a while after our ‘meeting’ in Choras Den.”

“Now aren’t you full of surprises, my armored turian!” Jane said with a smile and a wink. “Let’s go boys, we have stuff to do.”