#jeasefics

“What are you playing at, Spider?” “I’m not playing at anything.” James hesitates despite himself, before the truth tumbles out. “I need your help, River.”

after, frankly, a good deal of faffing about, my beautiful crime au finally begins. sniles so sneetly.

the vibes for ch1 include:

it is snippet sunday once again !

Any specific au you wanna talk about rn? 👁️👁️

sniles so sneetly. i actually have Six that i am jumping between at any given moment so you're getting like. a rundown of them all lmao

crime

baby white collar criminal spider x ruffian river. god willing this will be the next thing i post so i don't want to give away too much of the plot but the lamb lore is crazy detailed considering he barely appears in the actual fic. he still operated with the o.b. in berlin but on the side was lifting and fencing art. by the time the wall came down he had enough tucked away to baaasically retire. runs three establishments in various places in london that are all basically fronts — some more well-known than others. has unfortunately quasi-adopted some of londons less fortunate criminals and now keeps them out of trouble. or tries to.

river17

this was intended to be like a horny frankenstein au and has instead become a river suffering extravaganza. based off mickey17/mickey7, river is an expendable — volunteered to die over and over again and basically be restored from a save file — and spider is one of the scientists attached the programme. also they're in space which isn't i guess super relevant plot wise but is important tonally.

pacrim

this one has two stories in it and is also the hardest to write because i am so insane about/familiar with pacific rim it's like the xkcd "average familiarity" comic. but basically one story in this au is just. stansted, but through the mechanics of the world it becomes a very intimate and almost embarrassing moment for spider, and the mind melding nature of the drift means that river is completely aware he's been fucked over but the way it happens puts him in a very like. emotionally compromised position. and then the other is about louisa like. opening up again after mins death (which is Bad in this one — they're connected physically mentally and emotionally as he dies) and perhaps getting yuriful with shirkey along the way

polar

i actually finished the outline today, so hopefully this one will be the next one done after crime. based on/inspired by the disastrous expedition of the hms belgica this one sends the slow horses to the coast of antarctica 1898. their ship, the aldersgate, is a backup/supply ship for the hms regent (the real expedition ship) and they get trapped in pack ice. highlights include river getting scurvy, river almost drowning, spider going blind for three days, and river and spider sharing a bed along with ~160 sticks of homemade explosive.

equestrian

spider is a competitive showjumper and river is an accidentally-hired groom. they have a "complicated" past (what should have been minor boarding school sabotage from spider left river with a broken hip) and have lame sex about it. spider also might getting a tbi in this one i haven't quite decided yet

vampire

this one came to me in a dream like. months ago. but i still think about it. kind of business as usual except the slow horses are vampires. no real plot for this one yet, just vibes and lore lmao each one them is like. a different subspecies? or had very specific different powers. river was known as a needlefang (had very fine fangs that came down between his other teeth — as opposed to being extensions of them — so victims didn't notice bites as easily and if they did, dismissed them as bug bites), louisa was a blur (super fast) and shirley a wisp (could turn invisible). lamb was the classic style vamp w a host of powers and i dont remember catherine, marcus, or roddys deals.

joining @hr-twink 's ~virtual bookshelf~ tag game with covers for one published piece and two wips ! made using this