LINKDING

<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>Damen steals Nikandros' thunder. "I’m going to ride home tomorrow and begin preparations to ask for her hand,” Nikandros says, and Laurent smiles wider and says, “Oh, wonderful,” as Damen leaps to his feet with a thundering crash of chair against flagstone. “Nikandros!” he shouts, papers flying, arms wide, “This— amazing! She sounds amazing! Congratulations!”</blockquote>

<blockquote>Damen's made some questionable life decisions before, but subbing for the co-worker he hates the most might just take the cake. Damn, Nikandros is going to kill him.</blockquote>

<blockquote>"Laurent's no use in a jaeger. Not any more," said Aimeric, soft and matter-of-fact. "He's broken."</blockquote>

<blockquote>Laurent will be damned if he'll let an assassin kill him in King Damianos' court.</blockquote>

<blockquote>“Thank you, I know exactly how it would have been. You and Auguste would have been slapping each other on the back and watching tournaments, and I would have been trailing around tugging on your sleeve, trying to get a look in edgewise.”</blockquote>

<blockquote>A collection of short ficlets posted on tumblr in response to prompts. Mostly Damen/Laurent, but highly varied in content!</blockquote> ➤ a fun collection

<blockquote>Five ways Damen and Laurent could have met.</blockquote> ➤ all five are fabulous!

<blockquote>"I left you an army at Ravanel. I was expecting at least a thank-you note." "Writing letters isn’t my strong point," Damen said. "I brought you a hundred Akielons instead." "I brought you a hundred Akielons," Laurent repeated. "I believe I now know how a cat owner feels when their pet presents them with three dead starlings on their doorstep."</blockquote>

<blockquote>Despite all of Laurent’s explanations, Damen could not really picture what it would be like to have Laurent pretending to be his slave until it was happening.</blockquote>