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This story was written for MoreStories2SaveLives - Summer 2018 Collection and it was my very first contribution as a writer. Now, it’s time for me to stop contemplating and get it ready to post on AO3...tomorrow...one chapter.

I’ve had several requests to add a little more to the story which I will do, so I’ve broken the story down in chapters and will work on the new stuff (at least one new chapter...maybe two). I just need to buckle down and get it done! Famous last words!

Thank you @sohypothetically for your support and to @sunsetsrmydreams for being the best beta ever and for my beautiful banner. 

This masterlist contains links to stories donated for the 2015 “Stories to Save Lives” Collection.  We have posted links to as many of the submissions as we could find, however please note that some were never published publicly, and others have since been deleted by the authors.  

We also have a masterlist for the 2014 S2SL Collection.

@mores2sl  is currently running a new round for 2018. Please check out their tumblr for more details! 

2015

A Night In Katniss by Allhailthehutch

Always by Ro_Nordmann (no link)

Apple Pie Moonshine by Chele20035

Bleed Me Dry by Everlark_Pearl (no link)

Cattle Show by Hutchhitched

Draw Down the Moon by Maktub

Drive by Streetlightlove

Evergreen by Izzysamson

Highland Fling by Court81981

I See You by Picabook82 (no link)

I Wish You Would by JennaGill

Kinship by Misshoneywell

Landslide by Peetasbunmyoven

Lately by tastylilgifty (no link)

Leather by Jenye

Lucky Charms by Bubblegum1425 (no link)

Mellarks (Manly) Moovers by Starks-and-Mellarks (no link)

Not So Lonely by Just-A-Girl16 (no link)

Pas de Deaux by Dispatchesfromdistrict7

Remind Me by Pookieh

Serachtuague Pearl by Famousfremus / Titania522

Something Stupid (Like I Love You) by LittleEvilIsa (no link)

Stupid Cupid by Slagheapwhore

Take Me To Church by MichelleLeahhhh (no link)

Talking Body by Atetheredmind

The Best Anniversary Gift by Karycautivo

The Fool by Myusernamehere

The Lions Tooth by Joshs_Left_Earlobe

The Mockingjays by Mellarkberries

The Scariest Thought by RedHeadedFlame

The Talk by Famousfremus

Turnabout By Thesagaciousowl (deleted)

Vignettes of Desire by Trippy41 (no link)

Wait for Me by dazzlingjosh

Working Through It by iLoVeRynMaR

Yield to her by Alatariel_Gildaen (no link)

It’s that time of year again! For those of you who aren’t aware, @mores2sl is the continuation of what was once called Smut 2 Save Lives. It is a charity collection of fanworks published annually to raise funds and awareness for DIPG, a rare and usually deadly form of childhood cancer. The collection’s charity of choice is Hope for Caroline, but you don’t have to donate to them.  All it takes is a $10 (that’s an equivalent to ten USA dollars) donation to either Hope for Caroline, or to a non profit cancer research group of your choice, and you receive access to the entire MS2SL collection.

I have contributed stories to the collection for the past two years and intend to do so again this year. Cancer in general sucks, and sometimes it feels like if you live long enough, you’re going to know someone who fights with it. For me, I had a teacher, a band director, in junior high who was pretty much the only reason I got out of bed in the mornings and went to school. He was energetic and caring, empathetic and encouraging. He was also slowly dying of cancer. The worst of it occurred once I’d already moved on to high school, but I never forgot him and when one of his last requests was to have the town’s high school marching band escort him to the cemetery, I was one of the first to volunteer. How could I not?

It’s gotten a little closer to home this past year, as my Mom was diagnosed with rectal cancer earlier this year. It’s been a painful struggle and she just finished her final chemo treatment this past week. We won’t know for another month if the rounds of chemo and radiation worked or if she’ll be facing a highly invasive surgery. My Mom has been the rock in our family for decades and watching her fight this thing was both humbling and horrifying. I’ve never seen her so scared. She said something to me one day when I accompanied her to chemo and we were in a large room with five other people all undergoing some kind of chemo therapy. She said, “It’s easier to accept when they’re older, but when they’re so young...” she nodded towards the young woman in the chair just next to hers. She couldn’t have been older than 25, and that’s frightening enough. To battle cancer when you’re still a child? Unimaginable. These are the reasons I contribute.

For this year, we have something exciting! Here’s a brief preview of the Everlark story I’ll be writing, featuring race car driving Katniss and Peeta as a mechanic. It will be rated at least M, probably E though because it’s me.

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SUMMARY: Stuck in a dead end town and a dead end job, Katniss takes a gamble with the one thing she got out of her divorce -- a beat up sports car turned racer. She was always the better driver anyways. With a little help from a mechanic with blue eyes and golden hands, she turns that gamble into a chance for a better life for her and her daughter. But racing is still a boys' club and the road is never easy for a single mom.

In the morning she wakes up and her mother is already feeding Raven. She gives Katniss a once over and shakes her head. Katniss scowls at the judgement, kisses her daughter, and fixes her own damn breakfast.

“It was your first race back since Raven was born,” her mother says and Katniss stiffens, then relaxes as her mother’s words sink in. A soft kiss to her forehead and Katniss breaks into tears. “Oh baby girl, don’t cry.”

Her mother holds her as she cries it all out and as they rock and hold onto each other while Raven smashes her cereal to dust. Katniss slowly calms. Each tear leaves more room for resolve.

“I’m gonna take care of her, Mama. Raven’s gonna have a good life. We’re gonna get out of this shit hole where everyone knows Gale cheated on me but I’m the one they call a slut. We’re gonna live in a nice house and Prim’s going to college and you’re never scrubbing another toilet or shelling out drugs again.”

“Alright, baby girl. That’s your goal, then we’ll make it happen. Just keep at it.”

AND! Because the amazing ladies over at @mores2sl have decided to try something different, should you donate $20 instead of $10, you will get access to the 2017 and 2016 collections as well. Why is this important you ask? Well because some writers (*cough cough ME*) never publicly posted their contributions to last year’s collection. So if you’ve been curious or wanting to read mine, here’s another chance to do so. It’s the first installment in what’s planned to be a trilogy, if I can ever stop getting distracted with other stories. ;-)

SUMMARY: With all the empty space between planets and stars, one would think that two galaxies colliding is a fairly peaceful process. What if it’s not? What if life complicates the process as once distant planets become neighbors? Populations of species vanish. Others colonize new worlds. And some pick up arms against fellow living organisms as resources shift and change, become scarce. And humans...we take war with us everywhere we go…

Meridia: A planet caught between strictly adhered to ancient rituals and customs, and the questions and progress that inevitably follow scientific advancements, the people of Meridia have been fighting a war to protect their sovereignty and that of their neighboring systems for over sixty years. Peeta Mellark, one of three Crown Princes vying for the throne and the future General of Meridia returns home after sustaining a severe injury in combat, but he’s not allowed to stay for long as his father sends him back across the galaxy on an errand that promises to be far more difficult than he initially thought and will test his loyalty to family, king, and home.

Arcadia: A colony of humans on a vibrant planet, intent on protecting their freedoms and their valuable resources from falling into the hands of Coriolanus Snow, self-proclaimed emperor of two still merging galaxies. In a desperate attempt to push back and end the fight once and for all, the Lady Katniss Everdeen reluctantly agrees to what she believes is a marriage of convenience in exchange for troops and allegiance from the military might of Meridia. But just because she agreed to the marriage doesn’t mean she’ll go quietly. After all, it’s more than just her life affected by this arrangement.

WARNINGS: RATED E, for explicit sexual content, sci-fi themes and elements, violence and wartime shittiness, character deaths, child soldiers, genocide, arranged marriages and associated general fuckery, one slight dub-con scene and a few serious age gaps in sexual partners, awkward public sex, interspecies sex, also polyamory and polygamy. Oh and Peeta’s bisexual and there are several scenes of him with someone who is not Katniss. Both explicit and implied mentions of Katniss and Peeta being with someone else sexually before they wind up together. There is no Peeta or Katniss committing outright infidelity here, so if that bothers you, fear not. However, other characters may commit infidelity and there are several open relationships. It's set in another galaxy and not everyone is a homo sapien here, please try to keep an open mind in terms of culture variations.

RELATIONSHIP TAGS: Contains M/M, M/F, M/F/F+ and M/M/F relationships as well as associated sexual content. While this is primarily an Everlark+ story, some of these sex scenes are with characters who are not Katniss and Peeta. As in none of the participants are named Katniss or Peeta.

Inspired by a word prompt: Agelast - A person who never laughs

Warnings and tags apply to the entire series and therefore might not apply to this specific installment. Just want you to know what kind of ride you're in for before you climb aboard. I swear it's not as depressing as all those tags make it sound. Okay, maybe it is. So the real question here is...How much do you trust me?

Movement catches his attention from the corner of his eye and he glances down. He sees the injured, not dead, Capitol soldier aiming the blast rifle, right at Katniss. He moves, but the soldier fires, the blast striking rock and causing a rockslide. He hears her scream something and everything goes black and hazy. Peeta falls on the soldier and grabs his head, smashing his face into the ground with a sickening crunch. Satisfied that the man is now truly dead, he whips his head up, heart in his throat, and scans the rocks.

“Peeta!” she yells from her position right before loosing another arrow. “North!”

He nods and takes a deep breath before motioning for his troops to follow behind him.

@mores2sl sneak peak 2nd submission. I big thank you to @sunsetsrmydreams for the lovely banner!

Synopsis: From the Red Light AU.  Inspired by Darius Rucker ‘I Hope They Get To Me in Time’

It was just his luck that she had moved back to Panem the same day Leevy decided to break up with him, at a red light of all places.  Within three months they were dating. Three months after that they were engaged and then married before the year had marked her return.  Some called it a whirlwind romance. He likes to think that, it would have happened anyway.

Red Light AU     AO3 / FFN / tumblr

I was so bad last weekend not to include a preview of what I was working on for  @mores2sl... well, the amazing @akai-echo did!!!

Guess what?!?! I’m giving you a update on Twisted!!!! I’ve missed writing them, and I think some of you have missed reading them. 

Thank your favorite fanfiction writers by donating to @mores2sl and—bonus!—you’ll get more great fic to read (and art too)! Feel virtuous about your fanfic habit by donating to a great cause, HopeforCaroline.org or the children’s cancer charity of your choice. 

Who is contributing pieces this year? 15 of your favorites, including @alliswell21, @ally147writes, @chele20035, @florence68blog, @hutchhitched, @katnissdoesnotfollowback, @kdlovehg, @mega-aulover, @mtk4fun, @norbertsmom, @savvylark, @theoriginalfamousfremus, @thegirlfromoverthepond, @titaniasfics, and @xerxia31

So far this year, more than $400 has been donated to the cause. Show your favorite fic writers some love by donating to @mores2sl, and tag them, letting them know you did it in their honor. Submissions are due in early September and the collection should be available to donors shortly afterward.

New this year: If you’d like access to all three of the collections (2016, 2017, and 2018), donate $20 or more to your charity. And you can also donate for someone else and give them access to the mores2sl collection. Donate, submit the receipt, and send your recipient’s email address to the address below. 

How to donate? See below.