LINKDING

Summary: <blockquote>More than a decade before the Met Gala job, Lou Miller finds an interesting business opportunity and meets an even more interesting business partner.</blockquote> ➤ pre-canon story for Ocean's 8, telling the story of how Lou and Debbie met each other and the first con they worked together! ➤ a fun story with a con that does a good job of fulfilling the story's needs ➤ I really enjoyed the Debbie/Lou dynamics! ➤ 6k words in length

Summary: <blockquote>“She doesn’t like you like that,” comes Luo Binghe’s voice, so irritating that Liu Qingge’s face sours up like they’ve bitten a lemon. They direct a wintry glare at Luo Binghe, whose chair has been scooted as close to Shen Yuan’s empty one as possible in her momentary absence. Luo Binghe smiles beatifically at them, drawing her finger slowly in a circle around the rim of Shen Yuan’s finished drink- then raising it to her mouth and sucking the lingering wetness off her finger, pulling it out with a graphic pop.</blockquote>

Summary: <blockquote>In which Wen Qing and Jiang Cheng are very much not married, but everyone thinks they are. Or: 5 times Jiang Cheng gets injured and 1 time Wen Qing does</blockquote> ➤ sort of pretend relationship

<blockquote>"No, it's fine," Julian said automatically. "But, Garak, is everything all right?" "Captain Sisko wanted to see me," Garak said—which was so conspicuous a refusal to answer the question Julian had asked that it almost didn't qualify as an evasion. He pulled out the chair opposite Julian, and sat. "Captain Sisko? Why?" "Well, apparently," Garak said, "Cardassia has lodged a formal request with the Federation for my extradition." (Or: Garak has a problem. Julian marries him to fix it. Except that means Julian also has a problem, albeit of a very different kind.)</blockquote>

<blockquote>Sha Hualing considers that somehow, she might have been the only person on Luo Binghe's top ten contacts who hadn't figured out that he was gay before now. She throws her phone at the fridge so hard that the screen cracks.</blockquote>

<blockquote>“I need you to do me a favor,” Johnny said. “No,” Peter said. “But you didn’t even hear what it is yet!” Johnny protested. “And somehow I already know it’s going to be stupid,” Peter said. “Okay, fine, shoot. Tell me what it is and then I’ll say no.” Johnny took a deep breath. “I need you to come with me on my family’s holiday trip and pretend to be my boyfriend,” Johnny said.</blockquote>

<blockquote>“Perfect!” Wei Wuxian said. “I’ll need a disguise too. I doubt they’ll be eager to share any secrets with the Yiling Laozu.” Very few people he encountered knew what he really looked like -- though that was slowly changing the more he wandered around in his second life. But his black and red robe and Chenqing would have to go. A sneaky thought suddenly occurred to him, and he bit back a grin. “Aiya, Lan Zhan, what if we pretended to be married? Traditionalists that they are, they’ll be much more likely to talk to us then,” he teased.</blockquote>

<blockquote>“That’s my supervisor,” said Nile, lowering her voice. “He told me he had a blind date. I don’t think it’s going too well.” “Well, if he needs to be rescued,” said Nicky, “let me know.”</blockquote> ➤ consists of: Holding Out For A Hero Academic Proposals

<blockquote>The hot springs were deep enough here that the water lapped at Lan Jingyi's thighs. He couldn't see much of the man in front of him except that his hair was tied up and he'd been taller than Lan Jingyi before he got on his knees. To suck Lan Jingyi's dick. Because Lan Jingyi was having anonymous sex in the gay hot springs in Qinghe and getting his dick sucked by a stranger.<blockquote>

<blockquote>When a mission gone awry forces Rey and Rose to go undercover as girlfriends, Rose must decide whether to take a chance on revealing her true feelings.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Clint wasn't available to be Kate's fake date for this awful dinner party so, like any self respecting adult, Kate advertised on Craigslist for one.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Bodhi's by himself in a bar when his worst ex-boyfriend walks through the door. He scrambles for the closest friendly face.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Elle was in pink, of course. But while her amazing array of pink outfits normally made Vivian think of flamingos and pink Corvettes and Watermelon Wave Bubblicious with the liquid center, this one made Vivian think of women’s lips parting to accept a kiss, the nipples of women who are naturally blonde, and the wet pink folds of a woman’s— Vivian forcibly yanked her thoughts off that track.</blockquote>

<blockquote>For Lady Alys, it's a way to get rid of unwanted suitors. For Captain Illyan, it's a way to reduce the likelihood of usurpation plots. If there's anything more to it, neither of them have any intention of saying so.</blockquote>

<blockquote>“Trish,” Jess says, against her better judgement, because Jessica Jones makes bad decisions. “If you ever need a fake date for a wedding to piss off these losers? Just make sure there’s an open bar and I’m there.”</blockquote>

<blockquote>It starts, embarrassingly enough, with an ad from Craigslist: "I’m a 21 y.o art student (male), writing a thesis on the relationship between performance and the awareness of the audience. You don’t care about that. I’m an actor offering to give you the most dramatic night of your life. I’ll be your date to any event/function/family gathering, and convince your friends/family members that I’m either: the biggest mistake of your life or the best thing that ever happened to you. Up to you. I’m very good at what I do."</blockquote>

<blockquote>Etta Candy is on a mission, and Diana is just the woman to help her.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Prompt: This wasn’t meant to be a date, but we’ve had such a good time and now it’s 2 a.m. and I should really go home… Pairing: T'Pring/Uhura (T'Pura) Rating: G Universe: Academy AU</blockquote>

<blockquote>When Jim agreed to pretend to be in a relationship with Spock, he didn't realize exactly what he was signing up for. (See: incompetent aliens and broken bones. It's not great, but Spock is.)</blockquote> ➤ I am amused by the extremely incompetent and polite aliens who kidnap jim

<blockquote>On a diplomatic visit, it becomes necessary for Rey to claim that both Finn and Poe are her husbands. Finn is her boyfriend, and they're both pining after Poe...but of course nothing could ever come of that.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Shortly after the events of James Luceno's Tarkin, a new threat to the Empire arises: pernicious rumors regarding the Emperor's relationship with his young apprentice. Tarkin and Vader join forces to combat this ... by going on a date.</blockquote> ➤ I actually just read a fic about Tarkin and Vader fake dating. This is a thing that exists. Fandom is amazing.

<blockquote>Alanna of Trebond, fresh from the convent, does not want her father to marry her off to some lord. So she goes to the Dancing Dove to see if she can hire someone to pretend to court her. She just doesn't realize she's gotten the Rogue himself. Notes: This should definitely be way angstier and full of Roger killing people and taking over the country because Alanna and Thom didn't switch places, so she wasn't there to stop him. But I went the fluffy fake dating path because that is my favorite path. I also totally made up how courting works, because I can.</blockquote> ➤ INTO ITTTT ➤ sequel ("Six Days at the Bottom of the Ocean") at http://archiveofourown.org/works/2338439

<blockquote>Courfeyrac elects to make Marius his fake boyfriend to needle Grantaire, who, needled, must be borne by Prouvaire. Marius finds life imitating joke.</blockquote> ➤ Absolutely amazing in that "too many allusions to things I don't know" hugolian way.

<blockquote>"We're being held as collateral to ensure that negotiations with Starfleet are conducted in good faith and with no deception," Uhura says. "And yes, I am aware of the irony of this claim."</blockquote>

<blockquote>In which Darcy procures a fake boyfriend in order to get Jane off her tits about this "Darcy doesn't have any friends" thing. Which is ridiculous, Darcy has over 300 friends.</blockquote>

<blockquote>"They are a partnered society," Teyla explained. "They believe that the vitality needed for great work cannot be sustained without a strong bond to another, so they restrict participation in government and research to those who have already cemented such bonds."</blockquote> ➤ in which Rodney and John go to a Pegasus science convention