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CM - Fire and Ice

2023-12-30T23:44:40Z

Title: Fire and Ice
Fandom: Criminal Minds
Pairing: Derek Morgan/Spencer Reid (pre-slash)
Rating: PG-13
Length: 6,450 words
Spoiler/Timeline: Anytime after Amplification where Emily is still around.
Synopsis: Buried, burned, and frozen, there might just be something there worth fighting for. You know, if they survive the night.
Disclaimer: I do not own these characters and am making no profit from this.

Available on AO3.

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CM - Family Emergency

2023-11-24T19:52:08Z

Title: Family Emergency
Fandom: Criminal Minds
Rating: PG-13
Length: 2,880 words
Spoilers/Timeline: Roughly Season 6
Warnings: Implied abuse and domestic violence.
Synopsis: Wherein Reid has a situation that he totally handled himself, and his team reminds him that he has backup. Whether he wants it or not.
Disclaimer: I do not own these characters and am making no profit from this.

Available on AO3.

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Bluesky

2023-10-14T23:28:55Z

Forgot to mention that I have some invites to Bluesky. I do not have a fandom account set up over there, only one for my pen name and published stuff, but we're not required to link/follow/etc. if that's not your jam.

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Criminal Minds - Familial Favors

2023-10-14T23:24:15Z

Title: Familial Favors
Fandom: Criminal Minds
Rating: PG-13
Length: 1,325 words
Spoiler/Timeline: Missing scene for 08.23 “Brothers Hotchner”
Warnings: Mentions of drug use, spoilers through this episode.
Synopsis: Reid has a concern about interacting with a certain Hotchner. No, not that one. The other one.
Disclaimer: I do not own these characters and am making no profit from this.

Available on AO3.

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Criminal Minds - A Different Definition of Family

2023-08-09T00:05:49Z

Title: A Different Definition of Family
Fandom: Criminal Minds
Rating: PG-13
Length: 3,980 words
Timeline: Post-Season 4, Episode 16 “Elephant’s Memory”
Synopsis: Waking cuffed to a chair by a religious zealot brought back some less than pleasant memories, to say the least. He planned on pushing those to the side for as long as he could manage to focus on something far more important: his godson at his side.
Disclaimer: I do not own these characters and am making no profit from this.

Available on AO3.

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Criminal Minds - Nameless Need

2023-06-19T21:14:15Z

Title: Nameless Need
Fandom: Criminal Minds
Rating: PG-13
Length: 1,550 words
Spoiler/Timeline: Missing scene for 05.01 Nameless, Faceless
Synopsis: The team cannot rally together if one of them is missing.
Disclaimer: I do not own these characters and am making no profit from this.

Available on AO3.

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Criminal Minds - Stimuli

2023-05-29T01:07:49Z

Title: Stimuli
Fandom: Criminal Minds
Rating: PG-13
Length: 4,800 words
Warnings: Attempted non-con, hurt/comfort, blink and you miss it reference to Revelations.
Notes: Autistic-coded Spencer Reid
Synopsis: The bright lights, the pounding bass of the music, too many bodies shoved together mixed with too many voices talking over each other just trying to be heard and seen and known over everything else? No, this was not the type of place Spencer Reid felt he could relax in after a long case.
Disclaimer: I do not own these characters and am making no profit from this.

Available on AO3.

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CM - Acolyte

2023-04-05T18:01:43Z

Title: Acolyte
Fandom: Criminal Minds
Rating: PG-13
Length: 16,000 words
Timeline: Vague references to 2.15 Revelations and 4.24 Amplification
Synopsis: The team is worried about far more than a copycat killer on the loose when Reid shows up to the scene in less than pristine condition. He believes they are overreacting. They believe it’s about time he learned they are there for him, whether he wants them to be or not.
Disclaimer: I do not own these characters and am making no profit from this.

Available on AO3.

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Criminal Minds - Made of Brass

2023-02-28T19:26:10Z

Posting this so I stop poking at it.

Title: Made of Brass
Fandom: Criminal Minds
Rating: PG-13
Length: 11,180 words
Timeline: Post-Season 4, Episode 16 “Elephant’s Memory”
Synopsis: Brass may tarnish but, with enough effort, can shine again. Also, Reid is stronger and more stubborn than many give him credit for, including himself.
Disclaimer: I do not own these characters and am making no profit from this.

Available on AO3.

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Criminal Minds - Statistically Supported

2023-02-08T19:40:57Z

Title: Statistically Supported
Fandom: Criminal Minds
Rating: PG-13
Length: 2,600 words
Timeline: Season 4, Episode 7 “Memoriam” – episode tag. Spoilers for anything before that.
Warnings: References to child abuse, corporal punishment, self-harm
Synopsis: They were profilers. They noticed things. Things like the statistical probability of one of their own suspecting a family member was perfectly capable of abuse and murder without them reading between the lines.
Disclaimer: I do not own these characters and am making no profit from this.

Available on AO3.

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Criminal Minds - Home

2023-02-08T19:28:52Z

Title: Home
Fandom: Criminal Minds
Rating: PG-13
Length: 1,500 words
Timeline: Season 4, Episode 3 “Minimal Loss” – episode tag
Synopsis: Beaten, bruised, and on their way home. Now, if only their friends would back off and let them hide their injuries and move on.
Disclaimer: I do not own these characters and am making no profit from this.

Available on AO3.

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Criminal Minds - Expectations

2023-01-10T21:24:04Z

Title: Expectations
Fandom: Criminal Minds
Rating: PG-13
Length: 2,060 words
Synopsis: Reid was not supposed to be the one doing takedowns.
Disclaimer: I do not own these characters and am making no profit from this.

Available on AO3.

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Criminal Minds - Anniversaries

2022-12-30T21:27:10Z

Title: Anniversaries
Fandom: Criminal Minds
Rating: PG-13
Length: 1,740 words
Spoilers: Season 2, Episode 15 “Revelations”
Synopsis: Two years later, and some memories are too vivid to ignore.
Disclaimer: I do not own these characters and am making no profit from this.

Available on AO3.

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Criminal Minds - Reunions

2022-12-26T21:21:10Z

Title: Reunions
Fandom: Criminal Minds
Rating: PG-13
Length: 1,025 words
Timeline: Season 2, Episode 15 “Revelations” – episode tag
Synopsis: Graveyard reunions. AKA: I didn’t like that they were making a man so recently tortured just wander away like nothing happened.
Disclaimer: I do not own these characters and am making no profit from this.

Available on AO3.

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Criminal Minds - Yule Do Just Fine

2022-12-22T00:11:53Z

This is holiday fluff.

Title: Yule Do Just Fine
Fandom: Criminal Minds
Rating: PG-13
Length: 1,900 words
Synopsis: Gift giving, Spencer Reid style.
Disclaimer: I do not own these characters and am making no profit from this.

Available on AO3.

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Writing and Such

2022-12-14T22:55:31Z

Been having a bit of a writing slump, which I broke via mainlining episodes of Criminal Minds and poking at fanfic for the first time in ages. Don't get me wrong, it is a blessing to have 3 separate things published this year, but I also have some stuff that needs editing and things like actually finishing them that have been sitting on the back burner for a while while real life got in the way. This, at least, got me back into thinking about words again, so it totally counts as a win.

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Criminal Minds - Sidekicks

2022-12-14T22:51:58Z

Title: Sidekicks
Fandom: Criminal Minds
Rating: PG-13
Length: 3,600 words
Timeline: Season 1
Synopsis: Reid may have gotten himself out of harm’s way, but that didn’t mean his friends weren’t going to find a reason to watch over him.
Disclaimer: I do not own these characters and am making no profit from this.

Available on AO3.

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Prodigal Son - Accidental Distress

2022-12-14T22:46:20Z

Title: Accidental Distress
Fandom: Prodigal Son
Rating: PG-13
Length: 1,530 words
Synopsis: Gil was certain there was a random statistic to be quoted about the percentage of accidents that occur in the home. He was less certain about how many of them included sixteenth century historic artifacts.
Disclaimer: I do not own these characters and am making no profit from this.

Available on AO3.

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Is This Thing On?

2022-11-21T02:04:53Z

Haven’t posted here for… a while. With Twitter issues and everything else, figured I would sign in again and poke it with a stick.

Life updates:

The adorable kitty you see in this icon is still alive and kicking. She’s 19, mostly deaf, and mostly senile, but has turned into a cuddle monster. A randomly screaming cuddle monster trying to hear herself again, but a cuddle monster.

Work exploded, then imploded, then I got switched to a different department with very little warning. Learning curve has been interesting. Job less so, but I keep my tenure, PTO, and benefits so…

Got published! Twice! Two short stories under a pen name I am not sharing here. If you know me in real life, I’ve prob already told you because I was bouncing off the walls with excitement.

The rest is random health issues and stress from being one of the department heads for a local con, so I won’t bore anyone with that. If anyone is still around and reading, that is. 😽

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Merlin - Design Flaw

2022-01-14T19:32:16Z

Title: Design Flaw
Fandom: Merlin
Rating: PG-13
Length: 2,360 words
Pairing: Arthur/Merlin
Synopsis: Arthur, Merlin, and the knights are captured and forced to fight for the chance of escape. This goes about as well as one would expect.
Disclaimer: I do not own these characters and am making no profit from this.

Available on AO3.

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Prodigal Son - Threshold

2021-12-29T19:32:10Z

Title: Threshold
Fandom: Prodigal Son
Rating: PG-13
Length: ~6,800 words
Warnings: Multiple injuries, head trauma
Synopsis: Sometimes he’s not actually fine, it just takes a lot for him to admit it. A mafia boss attempting multiple hits on him might be enough to reach that threshold.
Author’s Notes: For the “head trauma” entry at hc_bingo.
Disclaimer: I do not own these characters and am making no profit from this.

Available on AO3.

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Merlin - Once, for the Future

2021-12-22T03:36:35Z

Title: Once, for the Future
Fandom: Merlin (BBC)
Rating: PG-13
Length: ~3,075 words
Timeline: Post-Series
Warnings: References to depression
Synopsis: Magic is fading from the world, and Merlin with it. An old adversary has a possible solution.
Author’s Notes: For the “depression” entry at hc_bingo.
Disclaimer: I do not own these characters and am making no profit from this.

Available on AO3.

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SGA - Safety

2021-10-29T18:33:35Z

Title: Safety
Fandom: Stargate: Atlantis
Rating: PG-13
Length: ~2,160 words
Synopsis: There’s different ways to take it out on yourself, just like there are different ways of showing you are there for someone so that they don’t do precisely that.
Author’s Notes: For the “self-harm” entry for hc_bingo.
Disclaimer: I do not own these characters and am making no profit from this.

Available on AO3.

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MCU - See It as a Gift

2021-10-29T18:32:22Z

Title: See It as a Gift
Fandom: MCU
Rating: PG-13
Length: ~1,300 words
Pairing: Bucky/Darcy
Spoilers: Through WandaVision
Synopsis: The Hex left her with a few extra bells and whistles. Now she had to figure out what to do with them.
Author’s Notes: For the “unwanted transformation” entry for hc_bingo.
Disclaimer: I do not own these characters and am making no profit from this.

Available on AO3.

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Prodigal Son - Be There

2021-10-05T18:24:10Z

Title: Be There
Fandom: Prodigal Son
Rating: PG-13
Length: ~2,100 words
Synopsis: For once, Bright actually called for help. Of course, they would be there for him.
Author’s Notes: For the “asking for help” entry for hc_bingo.
Disclaimer: I do not own these characters and am making no profit from this.

Available on AO3.

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