BeautifulFic aka BD Strike

Current Main Projects

King & Court (Merlin:) - Loneliness is an insidious thing. When Merlin looks at Arthur, he sees not just a prince waiting for his time to rule, but a young man struggling to find his place in the world, with little help from anyone else. Finding loopholes in Uther’s laws is no easy feat. Court life is a dangerous game, but it’s one Merlin has every intention of winning so that Arthur can have knights of his choosing by his side. And then there is the matter of his magic…

(Posting on AO3. Advanced chapters updating weekly on Patreon - $2 and up; drafts of an additional 20+ chapters - $5 and up)

Dragon's Dawn (Merlin): -When a sorcerer steals Arthur away from Camelot, he finds himself struggling to survive a long, cold imprisonment, sustained only by the promise of rescue. Yet finding his freedom is only the beginning. Can Merlin learn to control the new magic of his heritage, or has his power finally grown too big to contain?

(Currently updating on Patreon. Will be going up on Ao3 later this year!)

Current Draft WiPs ($5 and up, first chapter free to read):

Sigh No More (Merlin) - Prince Arthur Pendragon, Captain of the Llamrei, would far rather spend his days patrolling Camelot's Waters than assume his place on the throne. Yet when he finds the wreckage of a vast ship and one lone survivor on board, nothing can prepare him for the path his life will lead, nor the demands his heart will make. (Approximately 10 chapters available)

Love Is Never Lost (Merlin) - Uther Pendragon has never approved of Arthur’s friendship with Merlin. There had been disappointed sighs and whispered warnings, but Arthur had never thought it would come to this: scars on Merlin’s back and a manservant made hollow and thin by cruelty. When Merlin disappears, Arthur is left questioning the true honour of the crown and the value of a kingdom forever stained by his father’s tyranny. Will he answer the call of duty, or will he sacrifice everything to chase the cries of his heart? (Approximately 10 chapters available)

What We Might Be (Merlin) - When Arthur succumbs after the Battle of Camlann, he is given a choice: to go to his rest and rise again, or to try and set the path of his destiny right once and for all. Will he and Merlin be able to work together to correct the mistakes of their past, or were they always doomed to tragedy? (Approximately 10 chapters available)

L'Appel Du Vide (Sherlock) - Hunters were a rarity. In fact, there was really only one family that knew what they were doing and became a name to fear, but the last Van Helsing had died in 1886. Well, the last male Van Helsing, anyway. Still, that did not mean their unique genetic gifts had not been passed down the female line, holding steady and sure even Sherlock is a vampire, John is a Van Helsing. What could possibly go wrong?

Guard Of Diocletian (Sherlock) - 'What's his Shift?' John asked, frowning to himself. Sherlock had not mentioned anything about another form. That in itself was not unusual. A lot of people were rather private about their alternative shapes. It was frowned upon to ask someone outright what creature they were when changed, but Mike was like him, baseline, and if he was going to live with this man then he needed to know what he could wake up to find one morning. Shedding on the furniture was one thing, but he had no real desire to find a strange, threatening animal in the living room one day.

Where The Heart Is (Hobbit) - 'There was an attack. Raiders. There was no warning of their coming.' Gandalf sighed: the broken sound of someone who has failed in their duty of care. 'They took everything they could carry, and burned everything they could not. Bilbo is not among those who live.'

Patreon

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Sherlock Collection

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When you come across a fic that was made with Claude, it will look something like this:

Mum wasn't actually too bad repetition wise because me and my sisters didn't give her the chance to start looping. Instead, within five minutes she complained about how my 85 year old dad's fall alarm was a waste of time and how inconvenient it was taking him to hospital appointments.

I feel the need to point out that other than her short term memory loss:, she's fine. Still driving etc. She's capable, is what I'm saying. She just doesn't want him having any sort of aids. (He is blind in one eye, recently had a bad fall. NEEDS disability aids!)

My patience ran out. I left much earlier than usual I just couldn't stomach her whining.