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Title: Adjustments
Fandom: Dragon Age
Rating: G
Wordcount: ~900
Characters: Elissa Cousland, Alistair, Nathaniel Howe. Alistair/f!Cousland.
Spoilers: Not really
Notes: Written for trope_bingo, for the squares "Animal Transformation" and "Curtainfic". Thanks to justira for the idea of turning "curtains" into a pet bed.

Also on AO3.

The sun beat down on the Vigil's Keep courtyard, where Nathaniel Howe stood alone, off to the side, taking a bit of archery practice. He had just set aside his bow and was starting to collect arrows for another run when he was distracted by the opening of the gate and the appearance of Warden-Commander Elissa Cousland: dusty, tired, and most surprisingly, alone but for her mabari. He set down the bow and went to meet her as she walked toward him with weary steps. "Commander! Are you all right? We expected you two days ago. Where's Alistair?"

( Continued... )

Title: An Unlikely Partnership
Fandom: Iron Man (MCU) and Sherlock Holmes (Guy Ritchie movies)
Rating: Teen, for now (for violence, not sex)
Wordcount: ~4800 (Chapter 1 of ?)
Characters: John Watson, Tony Stark, Yinsen
Spoilers: For the first Iron Man movie
Notes: Um. Yeah. Okay. So awhile back, I was doing some prompt meme or another on Tumblr, and someone asked for Steampunk Iron Man. I wrote a quick Tony/Pepper ficbit (based on IM2 continuity) and joked that, if I were going to really write Steampunk Iron Man, it would have to be a crossover with the Guy Ritchie Sherlock Holmes films. As such ideas tend to do, it hung around in the back of my mind for awhile, nagging at me, but it didn't rise up and demand to be written until I realized it would make an excellent fit for one of my trope_bingo prompts: "doppleganger + fusion". It's really only the first chapter of what is likely to turn into a monster fic, but I think it stands alone well enough to submit for the squares.

Posted on AO3.

I did the 15 Characters Meme on Tumblr last week -- create a secret list of 15 characters, take prompt request with numbers standing in for the characters, see what happens -- and had a lot of fun. My list was a mixture of characters from Dragon Age, MCU, FFX/X-2, and FFXII. Some of the results (mostly on Tumblr, a few crossposted to AO3):

Steve Rogers challenges Basch fon Ronsenberg to a duel.

“I’m not so sure this was a great idea,” Bucky said, looking over his shoulder to the other side of the clearing where Basch checked the straps of his armor. “He looks pretty handy with that sword, and I don’t know if you’ve ever as much as picked one up before.”

Steve shook his head, then hooked his shield over his arm. “I don’t see that I have much choice,” he said. “That army is threatening the whole platoon. If I can save everyone on both sides by taking out their general, then I’ll do my best with a sword.”

Natasha Romanoff and Tony Stark in a love triangle, competing for the affections of another.

Tony stared across the room at Pepper, not quite certain he’d heard her right. “You have… plans? With someone who isn’t me?”

“Contrary to popular opinion, Tony Stark is not at all times the center of the universe.” Pepper crossed her arms with half a smile.

Seven and Nine get lost and argue over directions.

Character Seven was Balthier. Character Nine was Tony Stark. You have no idea how much I love this prompt.

Recast Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy as characters One and Nine. Rewrite the failed proposal scene.

The role of Elizabeth Bennet will be played by Alistair. The role of Mr. Darcy will be played by Yuna.

Alistair, Yuna, Tony Stark, and Sigrun throw a surprise party for Paine and Ashe. Two surprise party prompts combined into one story.

“C’mon, they’ll be here soon!” Sigrun ducked down behind the Warden-Commander’s desk and gestured for the others to join her. Alistair followed with a grin, but Tony didn’t move from his spot by the bar, and Yuna wavered.

“I… I don’t know,” she said. “Paine doesn’t always like surprises. I’m not sure Ashe does, either.”

Sigrun and Ashe, unexpected travel.

This prompt slots neatly into my Wardens of Ivalice AU, as a missing scene from "The Joining."

Auron and Basch are accidentally locked in a room overnight.

Auron turned the handle one last time, just to make absolutely certain there was nothing to do — he couldn’t break the lock, or bust down the door. “It seems to be sealed magically,” he said.

“Then it appears we are here for the time being.” Basch slid down the wall to take a seat on the floor, and Auron followed suit, tipping his head backwards. “I don’t suppose you carry rations?”

Ashe cuts Basch’s hair.

Though any of a hundred servants could have been called to take on the chore, Ashe feels compelled to perform this duty herself. After the Strahl is safe in the royal aerodrome but before anyone disembarks, she requests a pair of scissors, and then she cuts Basch’s hair.

Paine is afraid, because Balthier hates Yuna.

“You really think they’d come after us?”

Paine turned her head sharply to meet Yuna’s eyes. “You know Balthier wanted that sphere cache. You know you beat him to it, snatched it up from under his nose. And if you think the Youth League was mad when we pulled that stunt with them…” She shook her head. “They’ll be after us, all right."

Hooray, it's done!

Title: Justify the Means
Fandom: Dragon Age
Rating: M
Wordcount: 43k (7 chapters + epilogue)
Characters: f!Aeducan, f!Brosca, Alistair, Oghren, lots of dwarves, most of the main party. Main pairing is f!Brosca/Alistair.
Spoilers: Both dwarf origins, the "Paragon of her Kind" quest line, and endgame.
Notes: A Dragon Age AU, based on the premise that both dwarf origins were recruited as Wardens. Written for the 2012 round of dragonagebb. Very very many thanks to my beta, here_be_dragons!

My artist was linaleah, and she created some fantastic portraits and sketches of the two Wardens featured in this story. You can see them all here! Please check them out. :)

Summary: When Duncan paid a visit to Orzammar, he left with not one recruit, but two: Natia Brosca, a girl who survived Dust Town by making friends and moving through the shadows, and warrior princess Sera Aeducan, a talented fighter used to getting her own way. Both survived the Joining and the battle of Ostagar; now, along with Alistair and a few other companions, they must find a way to work together and defeat the Blight.

Posted to AO3.

Title: Right Hand Woman
Fandom: Cinders
Rating: Explicit (for sex, and also some aftermath of violence)
Wordcount: ~8k (Chapter 1)
Characters: Cinders/Perrault, Sophia, Carmosa
Spoilers: For the Independent Woman ending
Notes: I posted this story as a WIP on Tumblr last fall; now I'm cleaning it up into a more final version. Cross-posted to AO3. Enjoy! (And if you haven't played this game yet, I really recommend it.)

( 'Bet you think this is boring.' Sophia leaned back in the rocking chair and crossed her feet on the deck. 'No parties being planned, no distinguished scholars debating philosophy in the study, no visits from the prince, Perrault off chasing some band of highwaymen. Bet you're just waiting for something to come along and liven the place up.' )

I completed my project for the Tumblr Dragon Age Holiday Cheer exchange last night. I hesitate to call it a fic, because the format is actually a poem. I don't know if I've ever written poetry except for a class, so I was pretty nervous about it, but in the end I was pretty pleased with how it came out, and heretherebdragons was happy, so I am also happy. :)

Title: The Handmaiden's Canticle
Rating: G
Wordcount: 386 (poem plus notes)
Characters: Andraste, an unnamed OC
Spoilers: Alludes to endgame spoilers for DA2
Notes: A retelling of "Spirits" by heretherebdragons, in the form of the Chant of Light (the holy text of the major religion of Thedas). Not version of Andraste's life story that the Chantry would like you to hear.

A prettified version, made to resemble the codex screens in Dragon Age: Origins, is available on Tumblr and on AO3.

( Let us now sing of the Lady Andraste )

So there's this Tumblr called imagineyourotp that posts lots of pairing-based prompts. It took the site by storm for a little while; then it died down, as crazes do, but there are still several prompts every day. I don't follow them, but a lot of the people I follow do, and every so often a prompt will catch my eye. And yesterday, one that I simply could not pass up started making the rounds:

Imagine your OTP when their height difference is great enough that Person A always had to lean up on their tiptoes to kiss Person B; or Person B picks Person A up to kiss them.

Now I ask you, how was I supposed to not write this for Alistair and Sereda? The results are below. Worksafe, but watch out for teeth-rotting sweetness. About 400 words

( 'I kept wondering about the kissing part, how it was going to work.' )

Did I really let this sit since last October? Wow. Anyway, it's finished now, hooray! Thanks to everyone who waited.

Title: Separation of Powers - Chapter 3
Fandom: DA2
Rating: T
Wordcount: ~4700 (3 of 3)
Characters: Elissa Cousland, Marian Hawke, Anders, Bethany, Justice
Pairings: Anders/Hawke, Alistair/Cousland in the background
Spoilers/Notes: See Chapter 1, Chapter 2.

( The forests of the Fade grow thicker and more impenetrable with every step Bethany takes.  )

I've written three fics for challenges this month, and received one stunning piece of fanart, and I've just realized how remiss I've been in crossposting them all.

First, the fanart, because it deserves all the attention:

The Gryphon and the Dragon by sqbr

This is an illustration of Alistair meeting his son, imagined as a gryphon and a dragon respectively, as suggested by my short Bedtime Stories, and it. is. gorgeous. I cannot stop marveling at how well it captures Alistair's character, and the imagery of Dragon Age as translated into a fairy tale. So, so awesome. Go look, really.

And now, for the fics:

Title: Let the Punishment Fit the Crime
Fandom: Dragon Age 2
Rating: G
Characters: Aveline, Isabela, Meredith, Donnic. Aveline/Donnic
Spoilers: Through DA2, Act 2
Notes: Written for the dragonagewomen/dragonagewomen challenge.

After a major upheaval in Kirkwall, Aveline is looking for someone to blame, and Isabela makes a convenient target. Major spoilers for Dragon Age 2, the end of Act Two.

On LJ / On AO3

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Title: Depend on Me
Fandom: FFXIII
Rating: PG (drug use)
Characters: Lightning, Snow, Hope, Fang
Spoilers: Through Chapter 11
Notes: Written for the 2012 EX Mode round of newgameplus, based on two different fics by mako_lies. Both fics had interesting things to say about Lightning, as seen through other people's eyes; I turned this around and told it from Lightning's point of view.

On AO3

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Title: Prisoners
Fandom: Dragon Age: Origins
Rating: PG (demonic possession)
Characters: Templar Drass/Desire Demon
Spoilers: For the Broken Circle quest in DA:O.
Notes: Written for the March 2012 round of areyougame. Prompt was "Dragon Age: Origins, any applicable/any applicable: seclusion - Being shut away in the Tower does things to a person’s head." I claimed this with the theory that I would write about Anders, but I couldn't come up with anything that grabbed me and that wasn't fairly DA2-centric. Then a very different idea came to me....

Ser Drass is unhappy with his life in Kinloch Hold, but he has everything under control. He's certain of it.

On DW / On AO3

Title: In Confidence
Fandom: Dragon Age
Rating: Mild M
Wordcount: ~4500
Characters: Anora, Alistair, Sereda Aeducan. Alistair/Anora, Alistair/Aeducan
Spoilers: Yes
Notes: Written for the January round of ot3_promptfest for a prompt of "Anora/Alistair/f!Aeducan - Open secrets and discreet visits." wallwalker, you could not have left better KJ bait if you tried. Part of Fidelity.

( Anora took back the list and sighed. She had put off this discussion with her husband for too long, she knew. This had been going on for six months; left unchecked, it could lead them all into disaster. The time had come to better acquaint him with the facts of his situation. )