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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Heated Rivalry (TV) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov Characters: Ilya Rozanov, Shane Hollander Additional Tags: Missing Scene, Post-Episode: s01e06 The Cottage (Heated Rivalry), Panic Attacks, C-PTSD, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, aftershocks of trauma, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, POV Ilya Rozanov, no beta we die, thta feeling when you're only allowed to fall apart when you're safe, they're both a mess okay?, Podfic, Audio Format: MP3, Audio Format: Streaming, Audio Format: Download, Podfic Length: 10-20 Minutes Summary:

Audio Length: 12min 53s

He could be useful.

He could help.

If he cleaned it before his father got back, he—

Ilya's safe. He's with someone who cares about him. They are alone in a cottage and no one (except Shane's parents) know where they are.

So why is Ilya having a panic attack?

In this podfic project, Shane gives impromptu sex education!

Text by guarddog|theslymoon, podfic voices recorded by @xianvar @elany @meggiejolly @robinfai @vexbatch @apple-sapling, narrated by me, the separate audio parts cut together and edited by xia :)

~30min audio, rated M, no warnings, humor

[Podfic Link] | Length: 1 minute, 12 seconds

Original Work: You Can't Be On Edge Forever by @vexbatch

DC/Marvel: Bucky/Clint/Jason | Rating: General Audiences

Summary: 

Bucky and Clint try to surprise Jason with a nice time. It doesn't go exactly as intended.

As we mentioned elsewhere: 'When discussing this, we often referenced the recent ArtStation protest against AI art, where the front page of the site was flooded with the same image.' A unified message shared by creators, across fandoms and ships and medium (whether by vidders, podficcers, translators, fanartists, writers, or etc) seemed like a good way to draw attention to the issue without being too disruptive or violating the TOS. The latter part was important, because we didn't want users' works removed or their accounts reported/suspended.

Changing titles is also a very accessible option for creators - it encourages new fanwork but doesn't require people to create something new, it's reversible, and it's easy to see that you're not the only one participating.

We also thought doing this on AO3 would have the most impact, since that's the (primary) site with the issues. It's also a central hub for fandom - fandom's flagship project, made by fans for fans. And so, while fandom may be scattered across multiple social media platforms and blogging sites, a significant number of fans who are active on all of those sites also use AO3. AO3 may not be a universal touch point for transformative works fans, but it's definitely a common one.

An initiative like ours needs to be clear, accessible, and visible (and ideally: hard to ignore). Changing titles on AO3 seemed to tick all those boxes.

“No, put your fingers like this,” Bucky says, adjusting the position of Clint’s fingers on the frets. 

“I don’t bend that way,” Clint whines. 

“I’ve seen you bend in ways that are harder than this,” Bucky says, unimpressed. “Try again.”

“This is hard,” Clint says, pouting. When Bucky offered to teach him how to play guitar, Clint only said yes because Bucky looked stupid hot when he was concentrating, and Clint’s a sucker for competent attractive people, of which Bucky is both.

“Wasn’t archery hard when you first started that?” Bucky asks.

“No! That came naturally to me! With this, I have to actually work for it.” He gives Bucky his best puppy eyes. “I think I need you to show me again.”

Bucky rolls his eyes fondly, a smile on his face, and takes the guitar back. “You better pay attention this time,” he warns.

He starts to play and Clint is immediately entranced. Honestly he’s not even paying attention to the actual guitar playing, he’s more focused on the little strands of hair escaping Bucky’s bun and the peek of tongue he can see poking out of Bucky’s mouth as he concentrates, and - Fuck. Aw, feelings, no. He sort of gets lost in Bucky’s face as he watches him play, and when Bucky looks up at him, Clint blinks, struck with the intensity of his stare.

“You’re not even paying attention,” Bucky complains.

“I am so!” Clint protests. “Just... not to the guitar,” he mumbles. “Can’t help it if you’re distracting.”

“I’m- oh. You think- me?” Bucky says, eyes wide. Clint shrugs helplessly. “But I’m not-”

Clint stops him. “If you end that sentence with anything other than a giant six headed alien, I will smack you! You’re amazing, Bucky Barnes, and I will hear nothing to the contrary.”

Bucky blushes, and the sight of his cheeks slowly turning pink is probably the best thing Clint’s ever seen in his life. “I think this lesson is over,” he says quietly, putting aside the guitar.

Clint’s heart sinks. “Oh,” he mutters. “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to-”

“If you end that sentence with anything other than be so adorable that you made me forget everything I know multiple times, I will throw you out a window,” Bucky says, eyes sparkling with mirth. “The lesson is over because I want to take you on a date.” He holds out a hand to Clint. “What do you say, sweetheart?”

Clint blinks at him, silent for long enough that Bucky’s grin falters. “Yes!” he   blurts, grabbing Bucky’s hand. “I say yes!”

(Auctions #1026, #1027)

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Likes: AUs, cute and fluffy, pining, cuddles, smut, angst

Do Not Wants: kid!fic, MCD, unhappy endings, daddy kink

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Auction #1

Type of fanwork: fanfiction

Fandom: Marvel

Pairing(s): Clint Barton/Bucky Barnes, Clint Barton/Bucky Barnes/Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanoff/Maria Hill, Clint Barton/Wade Wilson, Steve Rogers/Natasha Romanoff, Peter Parker/Wade Wilson, Natasha Romanoff/Pepper Potts/Maria Hill, Clint Barton/Tony Stark

Character(s): There isn’t a character from Marvel that I won't write

Rating: Ask me

WIPs/Prompts: 16 in total, 7 that are currently drabbles, 9 that have been started to some capacity.

Link to a folder containing all Marvel listings, as well as a document for each WIP [but not drabbles]

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Auction #2

Type of fanwork: fanfiction

Fandom: Dice Disasters, Good Omens, Haunting of Hill House, Leverage, Mulan, Old Guard, The Penumbra

Pairing(s): Max/Zan, Jasmine/AJ, Zan/Pride of Breda, Crowley/Aziraphale, Theo Crain/Trish Park, Elliot Spencer/Alec Hardison, Fa Mulan/Li Shang, Peter Nureyev/Juno Steel

Character(s): there isn’t a character from the listed fandoms that I won't write

Rating: General to Explicit (depends on fic, can be amended most of the times)

WIPs/Prompts: 10 in total, 4 for Dice Disasters, and one for each of the other fandoms listed.

Link to a folder containing miscellaneous listings, as well as a document for each WIP [but not drabbles]

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That is the title of a Pacific Rim AU I started...er...not as long ago as the film (well the first film anyway - most of the inspiration came from the first but a tiny bit got added from the second) but like a good three years ago I think. lol The title is from lyrics to a Of Monsters and Men song. I heart them muchly and have a tendency to snatch up bits of their lyrics as titles.  I had put a fair amount of background detail into things and I don’t want to give too much away here just in case it ever does get done. lol But anyway the very rough summary is this: Clint thought he was done with the PPDC after his brother and drift partner Barney was killed, but that was before Fury came calling with the news that Bucky Barnes, missing since a rogue Jaeger attack, had been found. So basically what happens is Clint and Bucky had been a flirting thing and then Barney was killed in an attack and Clint left the PPDC. Then a short time after that there was an attack not by a Kaiju but by a rogue Jaeger with no country affiliation (oh hai Hydra) and Bucky was presumed killed in action. Aaaaand then a few more years pass and Fury shows up at Clint’s door.  -“Have you seen the news?”

“I literally just got up.”

“I'll take that as a no that you didn't see anything yesterday either.”

“Heard something about another attack by that rogue Jaeger.”

“We stopped it this time.”

“No shit? Good for you.” Clint said, raising his fist a few inches off of the countertop in a half-hearted only slightly sarcastic little cheer.

“Barnes was piloting it.”

Time seemed to slow for a moment and it was only the fact that Clint had just swallowed that kept the coffee from being sprayed all over Fury's face. Reflexes automatically catching the thermos with one hand after the other had gone lax and let it drop. The sting of hot coffee sloshing against his hand nothing compared to the punch to the gut the news had been.

“Tell me I heard you right and that these fancy-ass state of the art ears aren't busted and I ain't still asleep-”

“Barnes is alive.”

Shit. Holy fucking shit.

“We found him alone inside the Conn-Pod.” ;“Alone? But the neural lode-” Neither of them mentioned that one other Ranger had successfully piloted a Jaeger alone... “How is he? Why? What ha-” Fury held his hand up and Clint's mouth shut on autopilot. 

“Physically he is fine.”                             

“And what does-”

“From what we can tell he was piloting the Jaeger with either an AI or with a second pilot remotely, Stark is still trying to figure out the system but JARVIS says we might not be able to. Something triggered a self destruct on it. Only reason we got him out was it malfunctioned and only wiped the intel and didn't physically destroy the unit.

“What has Bucky said?”

“He hasn't said anything.” Fury replied and Clint's heart sank. Whatever had happened had ruined Bucky's mind worse than Tony's. God...

“So I appreciate you telling me this, but I still don't see why you came here.”

“Tony and JARVIS have been talking with Jane Foster from Asgard.” Asgard had been the codename for Australia's Shatterdome and somehow it had stuck as it's official name - maybe because their star pilot's honest to god name was Thor. 

“And they think they have an idea for how to get the intel from Barnes.”

“I'm all ears,” Clint said with a self deprecating shrug. “So to speak.” What had the brain-trust come up with? Some sort of eye-movement tracking perhaps? Fury had said he wasn't catatonic, not fully...maybe they thought Clint could teach him ASL?

“They think the best way to get what's in his head out is to have someone drift with him.” Clint let that hang in the air for a moment because there was another shoe that was likely to drop...

“You're not risking Steve on this are you?” Fury shook his head.

It made sense, Steve was their poster boy – literally he was on the recruitment ads – and also a damn good pilot with Wilson as his second. Former partners or not they wouldn't risk brain damage to him even with the lure of intel...