The Whole Lemon🍋

When That Light Hits the Sky

a fic by me for the @carry-on-au-fest (CO AU fest post here)

rating: T

Chapters: 2/6

Words: 3455/~15k

tags: superhero au (but more like ex-superhero AU); Batman AU; but more like life after Batman; Penelope Bunce is a Good Friend; Baz Pitch is Not the Joker; mentions of drinking and depression; non magical AU; despite this it is in fact a getting together meet-cute

based on this comic

Summary: Simon’s in his thirties and suddenly unemployed. His old job had its downsides, but he felt useful, full of purpose—and he didn’t have to worry about pesky things like making more than one friend, or minding his personal safety, or even picking out his own clothes (the uniform might have been the best part). Now he’s adrift, and he can’t even talk about it—revealing even an ex-Batman’s secret identity comes with some pretty hefty penalties, after all. But that shouldn’t be a problem—who’s he gonna tell, anyway?

READ IT NOW! (IF YOU WANT)(HOPEFULLY YOU WANT)

thank you to @monbons and @bookish-bogwitch for the beta read! and thank you to @monbons for my gorgeous banner!

Chosen Love Productions

Rating: M Word Count: ~5k a gift for @mooncello

Summary: Simon promised Baz he'd keep getting better for him. That he'd try. So why is he suddenly getting all these mysterious packages? And why is he keeping all these secrets?

My art for @carry-on-big-bang 2026!

Illustration for 'We Match' by @the-beard-of-edward-teach (fic coming soon)

SnowBaz I E I 19K, complete I Fairy tale AU, arranged marriage (of sorts), vampire Baz, cursed Simon, mutual pining, fluff, Simon just wants to kiss his husband in peace but the bloody court etiquette gets in the way.

Summary: “The prince can have his pick,” the Mage replies calmly. “Anyone he wants. We will organise a ball, as is traditional in my kingdom. All the noble ladies of age will attend, and Prince Basilton will be able to choose his favourite.” “Anyone?” Father asks. He already has someone in mind. I look at Snow, desperate and foolish as I am, and I can see a similar panic mirrored in his eyes. Or maybe I’m imagining things. Maybe I just want to believe that he cares about me even a fraction of the way I care for him. “He can choose anyone,” the Mage concludes.

A big big thank you to @alexalexinii, my artist for the @carry-on-big-bang, for picking my story and for the wonderful illustration they created for it and for the fantastic banner in this post! Thank you so much!

A shiny thank you goes to the brilliant @fiend-for-culture for being such an amazing beta.

Additional thanks to the mod for running the fest for another year, and to @pato-roldnart for putting up with me (you're a saint).

"Welcome to hot goals summer, the summer where I've decided the theme is setting a few potentially achievable goals and then actually trying to achieve them.” -theimpossibledemon

Thank you @theimpossibledemon for tagging me in your hot goals summer post! It came at exactly the right time for me. I've been feeling a bit aimless recently, so achievable goals are exactly what I need.

My goals for summer are:

Write for 15 mins everyday  I've managed to keep this up for about a month already, and it's really helped with my writing, so long may it continue!

Make some jester-themed accessories to wear to Ren Fair in September note I'm being restrained and not aiming for a full outfit… though a full outfit would be amazing

Finish a comic strip I am working on some short ones with OCs. I have so many ideas, but they all take 2 seconds to note down and then FOREVER to draw

Get a frickin passport photo taken a thing I have been meaning to do for about 4 years and really need some accountability on

It's tempting to add more, but in the interest of keeping these actually achievable, I'll leave it at this. 10th September is when I'm off to my first ever Ren Fair (obserdly we don't have many in the UK) with the wonderful @dwynartist, so this is my deadline for all of the above.

Soft tagging you all my darlings, incase you're also in need of some accountability. No pressure, and much love ☀️

It was only legalized in 8 US states (the 8th only a few months before), and wouldn’t be legalized nation-wide until 2015.

It was only legal in TEN COUNTRIES in 2011. We wouldn’t hit 20 countries until 2017. (Australia was 23rd)

As of today (April 14, 2026), I believe only 38 countries have fully legalized same-sex marriage. Out of somewhere around 200 countries in the world. That’s only ~19% of countries.

- Had zero stations for water on the 26 mile (42 km) course

- Accidentally gave North American competitor Tom Hicks a cocktail made of egg whites, brandy, and actual fucking rat poison

- Had a guy come into the race late wearing a beret and cutoff slacks, sneak into an apple orchard during the race because no food had been given to him for 40 hours, eat rotten apples, projectile vomit onto the track, fall asleep for hours, and finish in fourth place OVERALL because most of the other runners collapsed of exhaustion or injuries

- Conducted the race on a dusty road, which caused so much dust to be kicked into the air that an American runner somehow inhaled enough to tear his STOMACH LINING open

- Accidentally released feral dogs onto the track

Welcome to hot goals summer, the summer where I've decided the theme is setting a few potentially achievable goals and then actually trying to achieve them.

One of the goals I've set for myself this summer is to actually finish a fic. Never done it before, the level of achievability is seemingly low, but I'm trying to be optimistic. This means I'm trying to focus less on trying to perfect things and more on just putting words on a page and having them lead somewhere. And I managed to slap out 740 words today so we're doing something!

For motivation/accountability I'm gonna try and come back for Sentence Sundays/WIP Wednesday/whatever we're doing now.

So without further ado, some hot girl sentences on this hot girl Sunday:

He’s sleeping so soundly, and if the number of empty cans on the table is anything to go by I don’t think he’ll wake easily. I slowly reach out and manage to pluck the abandoned earbud from its place without disturbing Snow. I hesitate for a moment. This does feel a bit invasive, like reading someone’s diary while they’re in the room. No matter how many times I pestered him back at Watford about what he was constantly filling his ears with he refused to ever share. But we’re on a truce now, maybe. Or at least we’re not actively fighting – fighting would actually be preferable at this point, at least he’d be up and off the sofa.

big love to those who still tag me in your works despite my nearly non-existent presence on here lately, and let me know if you've got any hot goals for the summer!

Finally can show my work for @carry-on-big-bang that I did for @orange-peony ‘s story If Only!! Have a read if you can! (It’s really good!)

Had such a fun time with this piece and went a little bit out of my comfort zone for it.

The version with the title below the cut!