LINKDING

Summary: Richard Merrill has a conversation with his mother. ➜ yuletide fic - for Mairelon the Magician ➜ set mid-canon, a conversation between Mairelon and his mother about the realities of Kim being out in society and the male attention she'll attract ➜ Mairelon's oblivious focus on Kim's magical education and inability to follow where his mother is going with this line of questioning is so fun and so him ➜ what a cute and fun fic! ➜ 1k words in length

Summary: She was going to blame the wine in the morning. ➤ beefleaf prior to the black water arc ➤ sqx and her bff ming-xiong go to a party together! sqx explains to the hostess why ming-xiong is such a good friend, and it's definitely not about sex! ➤ they absolutely do have really good sex sometimes though. including at this party. ➤ the dynamics between sqx and hx are soooo good ➤ and ditto sqx having a great time being a beautiful woman at multiple after-parties, after the mid-autumn banquet ➤ what a delightful little gem of a fic ➤ 2k words in length

Summary: <blockquote>On the road from Vilna to Lodz, Yudah and Bluma find shelter for a night.</blockquote> ➤ fic for the Yudah Cohen series of short stories by Rebecca Fraimow ➤ ft. exactly what the title describes ➤ and ahhhh what a DELIGHTFUL story, a perfect little addition to the world of Yudah Cohen that feels exactly right! ➤ it feels like Yudah Cohen and his family and the people around him are the kinds of people about whom endless stories COULD be told, and this is simply another absolutely correct story about his life. ➤ 2k words in length

Summary: <blockquote>Her wedding to Philip is the happiest day of her life. Then why, Louise wonders, does she have to keep reminding herself of that?</blockquote> ➤ post-canon fic from Louise's perspective! ➤ Philip is haunted by the ghost of Rachel! ➤ Louise struggles to keep up the mindset that of COURSE she must be happy to be married to Philip! ➤1k words in length

Summary: <blockquote>"Don't fuck your ex," Pei Ming said when Shi Qingxuan told him that she'd been cast in the Broadway debut of Heaven Official's Blessing.</blockquote>

Summary: <blockquote>“Marry me,” says Laurence two weeks after they meet. Jane Roland laughs in his face.</blockquote> ➤ awww!

Summary: <blockquote>So, she thinks, watching Wen Chao go down the Xuanwu's gullet, there goes that plan.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Shen Qingqiu stares down at his chest. Huh. So it's that kind of wife plot. He feels a little strange, but that's probably because he has... ahem. Well. He tugs his robes closed. They don't quite fit right.</blockquote>

<blockquote>She had not taken her hand from his throat. Harriet, as an author of detective fiction, had given no small amount of thought in her life to the properties of the human jugular. Even before her wretched time in Wilvercombe, she could have explained exactly where to cut to deprive a man of his life’s blood. She traced that path now with the edge of one fingernail. Peter’s eyes did not leave hers, and he did not move an inch, holding himself utterly defenseless. Harriet was the one who swallowed.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Lady Russell and Captain Wentworth meet for the first time after she learns of their re-engagement.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Alys leads Simon out of a maze.</blockquote> ➤ "Everyone needs some completely plotless hurt/comfort right now, yes?"

<blockquote>It is with an exasperated sigh that I introduce you to an official thread for this guy. We've discussed it and we've decided that this is the only way we can stop you guys from derailing threads to complain about this guy. By mod decree, all Mr Fell complaining, griping, bitching, grousing, and miscellaneous butthurt now belongs in THIS THREAD AND THIS THREAD ONLY. The forumgoers of The Codex, a forum for rare book hunters, come to some very interesting conclusions about the personal life of one Mr Fell of Soho.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Simon doesn't remember.</blockquote> ➤ au of what happens post-chip. I have a lot of feelings on Simon's behalf since he doesn't know what he ought to be feeling!!!!

<blockquote>Anakin has always had an easy time getting what he wants. (He never means to do it.)</blockquote>

<blockquote>Irina makes Mirnatius face the future.</blockquote>

<blockquote>I gave my husband a grace period of four months. At first I thought I would give him six months, but there wasn’t time. People were already beginning to give my flat stomach sympathetic or worried glances, and there was a definite smugness in the looks of some others. I - we - needed an heir, and soon.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Harriet misses the sun.</blockquote> ➤ quiet and atmospheric and nice

<blockquote>Kraven needs a plus one to the National Geographic Anniversary Gala. Doreen was born for this.</blockquote> ➤ I AM SO DELIGHTED, THIS IS SO DELIGHTFUL

<blockquote>(a story for Rosie Cotton)</blockquote>

<blockquote>Dan had thought the Brock Report was great and that Eddie Brock was the coolest man in San Francisco. He still, painfully, kind of thinks this.</blockquote> ➤ love the outside pov on Eddie&Venom

<blockquote>“Howl, for goodness’ sake!” Sophie snapped. “What is it?” “…I can’t sleep.” “Yes, I’ve noticed that.” “Have you? Nothing escapes your wrinkled ears, it seems.”</blockquote> ➤ Howl and Sophie are ridiculous and terrible and delightful and I love them

<blockquote>He says, “But I’m dying,” like it’s the answer to everything, like he thinks I’ll disagree. He says it like I’ve forgotten, but how could I forget sitting in that paper-strewn office a week ago, watching dust layer up with sunbeams while a doctor dressed in immaculate professionalism emphasised the words six months to live?</blockquote> ➤ short but does a lot with the space it has!

<blockquote>The mudroom got darn hot in the summer, but he couldn’t risk doing magic inside the house. It got into the air conditioning and caused all kinds of trouble. Some magics he’d chance, but the Lord knew he didn’t want anything interfering with Edna’s health.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Feelings are a luxury Qi'Ra can't afford. Notes: Written for this prompt at the Star Wars Kink Meme: So, exactly how did Qi’ra go from being part of Lady Proxima’s gang to working for Dryden Voss and the Crimson Dawn? What are all the terrible things she’s done? How did Dryden Voss find her, and how did she become his most trusted lieutenant?</blockquote> ➤ YEAH. THIS FIC!

<blockquote>There's still a lot Nancy doesn't know about the kingdom she's supposed to be ruling. The one thing she does know is that she picked the right partner.</blockquote>

<blockquote>"If you do not return, so help me, Jonathan, I will come and I will find you. And I will bring you back myself."</blockquote>

<blockquote>Esther is in a world she has never known, a world she has never wanted to know. Still, she must save the one that is all she has ever known.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Sometimes Leia wonders why she couldn't just get herself an ordinary boyfriend. But she knows why.</blockquote>

<blockquote>BLAME BECCA.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Sara folds her arms and examines Chris. ‘You flirt with everyone,’ she says. ‘Most people,’ Chris concedes. ‘How do you manage it?’</blockquote> ➤ negotiations of flirting. no sex happens or is currently on the table