#fantastical tales of spoops

[fleurmionefridays]

Fleurmione Fridays: Fall 2024 Spooky Season

A quarterly rec list curated by the 18+ fleurmione discord server. Inspired by @hpsaffics #wlw wednesday.

This season we’re here for the horror, the big beasties, the creepy crawlies, and even the cute shenanigans. All fics below the cut are complete and a few are even accompanied by blurbs from their reccers. 

Fics are sorted by Spooky Scale™! A small panel of spoop detectors (it's me and lipz) discussed the spoop level of each of these fics. The more ghosts in front of a fic, the scarier or darker we think it is. Your mileage may vary, of course. All these fics--regardless of spoopy level--are great and worth reading! Choose your spoop tolerance, cuddle up under the covers, and turn off the lights. Enjoy, mind the tags and remember...fleurmione is forever!

(because they might be ghosts haunting you)

👻👻👻👻👻 Of Blood & Carnations by @rice-and-beans | E, 17.7k multichap. Inspired by Pablo Neruda's Sonnet VII. The war is over. It is a time for healing. The Order has invested in a sort of intensive therapeutic house for our heroes to recuperate. Therapists, therapies, reprieve. Exactly what they need to begin a long road of recovery. So why does Hermione feel worse? Is she going mad? She's hearing voices, and she feels more and more that her body is not her own. She suspects others know more than they are sharing, and she doesn't know who to trust.

“A fantastically dark piece by rice_and_beans that I think everyone should read at some point. Do mind the tags.” - Shira

👻👻👻👻👻 In the Depths by Semjaza | E, 4.3k one shot. Hermione's lover goes home for the solstice celebrations and returns... different.

👻👻👻👻👻 Against the Tide by @akaseru | E, 2.4k one shot. Hermione knew what was happening and was terrified and panicking, not that Fleur could perceive it; there was nothing to see but the want in her eyes. The long-dormant creature within had finally woken up and seized control, and the curly-haired woman was powerless before it.

“A wonderful horror nugget which should be read by all.” - Lipz

👻👻👻👻 Penetration by @hoardlessdragon | M, 4.1k multichap. What happens when Hermione accidentally finds herself in a vampire coven?

“I think the summary says exactly why this belongs in the spooky edition. Mind the tags. No happy ending, but still chef’s kiss” - Lipz

👻👻👻👻 The Transitive Property by @perfectly--random | T, 3.4k one shot. Seventeen years after the war, Hermione and Fleur bump into each other in France and realize they are mates. Is everything as it should be?

👻👻👻👻 Metal and Bone by @ljthenerdsbian | M, <500 word flash fic. Two knights lost in the woods after fleeing from the bloodied battle field with the white spector known as Fleur stalking them. My prompt was 'She was now well and truly lost in the Labyrinth.'

“john6lisa has a few fics that fit this theme but Metal and Bone gets the nod from me for its heavy lean on horror and spookiness.” - Lipz

👻👻👻 When the Thrill is Gone by @sleepingontheway | NR, 6k one shot. Years post-war, Hermione is a shell of the girl she once was. This is not a happy tale.

“How about more vampires and dark fleurmione in When the Thrill is Gone?” - Lipz

👻👻👻 Monsters by @perfectly--random  | M, 2.5k one shot. Life can make monsters of us all. Happy Halloween. Mind the tags.

👻👻👻The night is shaped like a howling wolf by @waxwing-saint | T, 5.4k one shot. Between 1764 and 1767 a monster hunted in the province of Gévaudan. Eye witness accounts describe a terrible and impossible creature who is believed to be responsible for over two hundred attacks and nearly one hundred deaths until it was finally struck down by a hunter.

👻👻👻Touched by the Wind by @mushroom-grey-scale | T, 2.1k one shot. "Go to the one who collects curses. Who makes deals in the dead of night. Yes, go to the one who is unable to tell lies. But remember my warning, my child, as this may be the only thing that will allow you to return alive from that doomed place that sucks up lives."

“Hits that spooky craving with fae and fairies without breaking anyone’s heart while doing it 😂” - Lipz

👻👻A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night by @rachelc978 | T, 3.3k one shot. Don’t you just hate it when your meal gets interrupted? When it’s by a beautiful woman whose blood sings to you, it’s slightly more forgivable.

👻👻BFC by @indiefoxproductions | G, 6.8k multichap. Did you know an average coyote in Montana can get as big as 46lbs?

“It has a creature in it. Is it a wolf, is it a coyote, is Hermione going to wear that beanie forever? Come read and find out.” - Lipz

👻👻Reunion by @lipzlipzlipz | G, 500 word flash fic. Fleur has led a dark existence since losing her wife twenty years ago.

👻Which Witch by @perfectly--random | G, 1.5k one shot. Hermione takes Fleur to a non-magical Halloween party.

👻“A witch, really?” by SquirrelGay | G, 2.6k one shot. Hermione made up her mind then. This was a night to relax, and maybe catch up with Fleur. They hadn’t seen each other in a while, after all.

“Sometimes you just need that Halloween fluff tho, in which case you should read “A witch, really?”” - Lipz

[koi-sims-spoops]

[Fantastical Tales of Spoops Episode 1: BBQ of DEATH]

So a few days after the pool party, Corrin and Loki decided to have a barbecue for the folks that couldn’t make it to the big day. The guests had arrived, Corrin had just got home from work, and everything was going well according to plan. That was...until guests started dropping dead left, right, and center. No one had any idea what was going on and seriously thought it was a joke until... The Grim Reaper showed up.

Grim: ‘Sup.

Apparently, the sight of the Reaper sent everyone into a shock of fear and sadness and like...two more people died. Seriously. It was Deathday 3000 at the Laine place.

Corrin was making drinks at the time but...He just...had...in the span of five minutes he had seen more than he’d ever bargained to see. Ever. E V E R.

This is the face of a man who has officially seen some next level shit.

Several sim hours [and many visits to MCCC later], the barbecue was back to normal. Like. Seriously. Everyone is eating and drinking and chatting like death didn’t just clean everyone’s collective clock.

Loki, though the power of love and friendship [yup], had brought all his friends and family back from the dead! NICE ONE!

Alvin: Thanks for the undeath, son.

Loki: I got you, fam.

Loki: What was dying like?

Alvin: Cold, and dark, and feeling like I pee’d my pants.

Loki: No, that last one really happened.

Alvin: ...Oh.

Needless to say, The Grim Reaper was NOT happy. He took out his supernatural frustration on the trashcan because for real for real, he wasn’t gonna have any luck messing with sentient beings [in this storyline].

Pummeling the trashcan wasn’t enough however, so he turned his attention to Loki and though there was no face to speak of, that raised thin, bony finger and indignant posture said plenty.

Grim: How DARE you! Who do you think you are! I should reap you all and take you straight to Hell were you belong, you insufferable-

Tristan: Hey Trevor! We gotta get a post-death-undeath selfie!

Trevor: Hell yeah man! Put that on SG! Caption that: “Just cheated death, what have you done today?”

Tristan: Ooo, I like that! Aangeeeee! *click*

Grim: ......... *sigh* Why? Why would you do this? Do you KNOW how much paperwork I’m going to have now? MOUNTAINS. MOUNTAINS OF PAPERWORK thanks to you! I work HARD at what I do, you know. You think this is easy, reaping souls? I run all over the maps, sometimes have to be in literally hundreds of places at once. And it doesn’t stop there. I have to CULL the spirits that just-wont-LEAVE. And THAT’S not easy either, but at least I get the satisfaction of a job well done at the end of the day. And now you’ve done this. You’ve ruined EVERYTHING.

Grim: I hate you.

Loki: Come oooooooon, Grim, don’t be like that! In all fairness, you crashed my barbecue!

Grim: ...

Loki: You clearly won’t be gettin a wink of sleep tonight, hang out for a bit!

Grim: I do not sleep.

Loki: Good! Now you don’t have an excuse to leave!

After much coaxing, The Grim Reaper decided to stay and chat and even accepted an autograph once he found out Loki was famous.

Grim: Thank you. I am still going to reap you when the time comes.

Loki: Aaaahahaha...fat chance, man~. *winks at Sim God* [Oh you~]

Meanwhile, Brant has yet to come down from this traumatic event and just remained standing catatonic on the picnic table. I mean...he did see his brother die, so I get it but...everyone is okay, Brant.

Everyone is okay.

**********

Exhausted from the day, after getting Brant to finally get off the table and go home, Corrin and Loki retired to their beds, though Corrin said very little for the rest of the night. Whether or not he too was in shock, or just amazed that he is probably the first goth (no relation to the Willow Creek Goths) ever to have actually met death while still alive was anyone’s guess. Probably a little of column A, little of column B.

Death decided to chalk today up as a learning experience and just let it go. Sure the paperwork would be hell, but he could do with the break from reaping, and having to deal with Mike, his insufferable reaping intern who’d been shadowing him for weeks. Luckily, Mike was out sick today. Grim didn’t need this spreading around the office faster than was necessary.

As a final act of charity, he took out Corrin and Loki’s trash, neatly depositing it into the bin that could still stand upright.

Grim: ...One day. One day, I’ll get ‘im. But I think I can let him go on for a while longer.

Grim: He’s a cheeky bastard but dammit...he’s got charisma. Could use a man like him around the office. Maybe I’ll put in a good word. Who knows.

Grim: ....I’m watching you, Loki Laine.

***************************************

Author’s Notes:

I just wanna say that...I did not set ANY of that up. Like...no pose packs, no MCCC (until I revived everyone) and The Grim Reaper was LEGIT ANGRY. I’m not lyin, I swear. That has to have been the CRAZIEST thing I’ve ever seen in my save games. My favorite part is definitely where Tristan and Trevor took that selfie in the background. I was WEEPING. TOTALLY AUTONOMOUS. 

I’m not even sure how and why anyone died to begin with! I do have theories though. Trevor, Alvin, and Tristan were angry when they came back as ghosts, and Jun was sad. So I think that Trevor, being the butthole he is, was being REALLY mean to Jun and Jun died from sadness. Alvin and Tristan got SO MAD at Trevor that they died, too. From there, everyone else just died of sadness from their deaths. 

Airrin, the dark elf in the fedora, was the only sim I managed to bring back legally, and trust, I tried with ALL OF THEM before I resorted to cheating. I just couldn’t let them die yet. It wasn’t anyone’s time. 

So sayth thy Sim God.

[secfir]

Recs

once upon a fantasy | mlist.

Fantasy, fairytales and romance shit!

high-class | masterlist.

Love lives of the seven most prestigious CEO’s in seoul.

namkook moonrise masquerade | mlist. 

The Deal Masterlist

Drug Lord!Yoongi x Coffee Shop Owner!Reader. Strangers to Lovers!AU, Angst, Fluff, Smut

Fuckboi aus 

Hobi recs 

Fire author

5 star author 

Bomb author

Good author

Worthy author

three tangerines (m) | myg

rating/genre: m ; smut ; brother’s best friend au, implied age gap au

Briarwood Manor ☾ | m.list

Vampire lords series

Working Man Bangtan Masterpost

Men doing men business

Fantastical Tales For Curious Souls

Fantasy aus

IN THE SPOOP

Rituals gone bad and worlds colliding series

The Cock Tales Masterlist.

Suga Fic Recs

Tip Drill: The Trilogy (M)

Rap group series

Shifters | Fic Index

Classical lit./ fantasy 1

Classical lit/ fantasy 2

Proper rec lists

Good rec list

Yoongi lib w A+ rec listing

Recs w materialists

A+ rec listing w tropes

—melodrama tour. (series masterlist)

Fic rec blogs

Fic rec blogs 2

f2l/ e2l list

Tumblr ami guide

Good author

[koi-sims]

First “Spoops” post is up! Not that anyone was actually waiting?

This side blog is for the weirder and off-the-wall things that happen as I play that I want to save for prosperity. Some may make it into the canon, and some just….can’t. For reasons. These posts may contain a lot of fourth wall breaking (for both my sims and myself) and use of cheating. Enjoy, maybe?

[koi-sims-spoops]

[Fantastical Tales of Spoops Episode 2: ABDUCTED] (Finale)

Corrin and Loki returned home to find their upstairs hallways literally crawling with toddlers. Needless to say, it came as a huge shock, but when one of them tottled over to Loki, he bent down to meet the little scamp,

Loki: Well look at you! Damn, y’all grow fast!

Loki: Not gonna lie, I like you better this way, haha. Y’all need names dontcha? How about... Canis, for you?

Canis: Agaahhh gah!

Loki: Is that a yes? Haha!

Meanwhile, one of the others began crying, clearly upset by the attention the newly-named Canis was getting. Corrin, being nearby, bent down to comfort the child, unsure as to why he was doing so, but...when in Rome, he supposed...

Corrin: Hey now, don’t cry, you. Comere... That’s better, huh?

(Loki: Oooh, and you! How about... Riyal!)

(Riyal: Gah~!)

Loki, spotting Corrin, grinned. 

Loki: Oooh, we got one more! Hmm...Let’s go with...Zephyr!

Zephyr reached for Loki, who picked him up and turned to Corrin.

Loki: Heh. Looks like we got a full house, huh, Uncle Corrin?

Corrin: Loki. Stop talking right now, before I murder you in front of your children.

~*~*~*~*~*~

Having planned far in advance, Corrin opted to set up the three beds they’d bought for the babies while Loki brought the sofa down into the basement. For now, that was where they would have to sleep until furniture could be rearranged and other stressful details l sorted out. Loki curled up, cramped and uncomfortable on the loveseat from Corrin’s study, and fell into an uneasy slumber....

The sound of Bobby raising hell jolted Loki awake. He jumpped up, thinking one of the kids had gotten into some trouble, but was met with an even more shocking sight-

Loki: .......

The strength racing from his legs, he fell back into the love seat, utterly scared out of his mind.

Loki: ...Wha...Wh-who are you?

One of the otherworldly figures smiled serenely, while the other cocked a brow.

???: Heehee. Maybe you should tell him. ???: Don’t you recognize us, father? I am Canis. This is Riyal, and the whimpering lump over there is Zephyr.

Canis: We...are your children.

Zephyr: Oh denizens. My own father doesn’t recognize me? Am I such a disappointment already? Ugh... I’m sorry, I wish I were more assured, like Canis....

~*~*~*~*~*

WOW. Looks like the Laine family just got a little bigger! This will surely be an interesting dynamic for Corrin and Loki. Now...how Loki handles this in his public life...well. That’s for us to just find out, now isn’t it? Stay tuned for more FANTASTICAL TALES OF SPOOPS.

[koi-sims-spoops]

[Fantastical Tales of Spoops Episode 2: ABDUCTED] (Part 3)

Well the day has arrived! As an unbearable wave of pain hit Loki’s body, he knew it was time. The alien-pod baby was coming, whether he was ready or not. Having done copious amounts of research, he and Corrin decided to risk it and drive several hours out of town to a hospital in Strangerville, a place not exactly known for normalcy. It was a long and stressful drive, but Loki arrived and was checked in just in time. No one seemed the least bit phased by his state of being and he found that oddly comforting...

Loki: Uh...you  aren’t like...shocked?

Doctor: We’ve seen a bit a errthing’ ‘round these parts, hun. Ain’t nothing you could produce that could make me quake in mah boots.

Loki: That’s uh...good to know. Can’t say the same for myself.

Doctor: Hush now, yur gunna be fine. Now let’s get that baby...sumthin...outta ya.

Back home, Corrin and Loki arrived inexplicably empty-handed, as the uh...cradles prompted materialized away, hopefully back to their home planet... Glad the ordeal was over, the twins breathed a sigh of relief...

Corrin: ...

Loki: ...

Corrin: So. How was it? Giving birth...three times?

Loki: I....really don’t want to talk about it.

Loki: Ever.

However, all hopes of going back to a regular life were dashed when Loki entered his bedroom.

Loki: ....Fuck.

~*~*~*~*~*

After a few minutes of hysterical laughter and hair pulling, Loki took a look into the nearest facing cradle. What he saw looking back at him...was adorable.

Loki: I...Well...you’re kinda cute, aren’t ya? I mean...I never even got to hold ya. I carried ya for weeks, I think I probably should at least speak...

Reaching down, Loki watched the baby’s face. He wasn’t sure what sex the childl was, if it even had one, but he didn’t care. Something within him was just...wanting to hold that little body close to his. The baby paused at his hands’ approach...then frowned...then broke into a huge smile. Loki smiled back and picked the infant up. The little thing was so soft and fragile...

Loki: ...Hm...This...this isn’t so bad...

~*~*~*~*~

Some time later, Loki managed to convince Corrin to come up. He did, a little reluctantly, but honestly couldn’t help but smile at the sounds of cooing... Loki, meanwhile, had warmed up to the new additions faster than one would’ve thought...

Loki: Aren’t you a cute little poop machine!

Corrin: You really...adapted well.

Loki: Well, better make the most of it til their real parents come for them.

Corrin: ...Please. Do not invite any more aliens to our doorstep.

The boys spent a few minutes talking to the babies, and to be honest...it felt...good. Fun, even! Loki was even playing with one of them, chuckling happily behind Corrin.

Loki: Ah ha! Didn’t get my finger this time, you little chomper, you!

Corrin: Eeeh!

Corrin: Loki... What are we gonna DO with them? We can’t raise three kids of any sort...

Loki: Well, I guess first things first, we need to feed ‘em until we can figure it out. Let’s just put them to sleep, then run to the store for some supplies.

Corrin: I... *sigh* Fine.

And so, lining the babies up by the window to sleep, Corrin and Loki made a quick run the store, highly unsure of what the future held for them...

[koi-sims-spoops]

[Fantastical Tales of Spoops Episode 2: ABDUCTED] (Part 2)

It was without a doubt a fact. Loki was pregnant....by aliens. He lived in denial for another week until his belly was undoubtedly playing host to something other than old take-out. He had to tell someone and the only one he could tell...was Corrin. Loki paced around his room where he waited until Corrin had opened his bedroom door to prepare breakfast, and called him in for a chat...

Loki: Rin. Imma give it to you straight. I’m pregnant.

Corrin: ...Wut?

Loki: Hear me out. I...got abducted two weeks ago. I was coming home from your restaurant and got beamed up.

Corrin: ...It’s way too early for this, Loki.

Loki: For real, man!

Loki: I was just standing in the front lawn and this HUGE bright light suddenly appeared above me-

Corrin: Loki-

Loki: AND I WAS LIFTED UP INTO THIS WEEEEIRD FLYING SAUCER!

Corrin: LOKI-

Loki: I SWEAR, man!

At this point Corrin decided he had better sit, else he was gonna chuck his brother straight off his balcony. If he just humored these antics for a few minutes more, he’d be free.

Loki: See, you probably just thought I was getting fat, it’s okay, you can admit it, but I’m NOT, Rin. I’m pregnant!

Corrin stared at his brother, half-annoyed and half-amused. He had to admit though, the presentation of this tall tale was more amusing than anything at this point.

Corrin: You want me to believe....that you have been impregnated...by aliens.

Corrin: Take that pillow out of your shirt, man. Jokes over.

Loki: It’s not a pillow! It’s a baby, an alien baby, and I am FREAKIN’ OUT about it~! I am masking my terror with this upbeat attitude to keep from screaming until my throat bleeds!

Just then Loki felt a strong punch in his gut that made him double over in pain. He had to sit next to Corrin, who was massaging him temple, so over this whole charade...

Loki: AAGH! It just KICKED me, Corrin!

Corrin: OKAY LOKI, KNOCK IT OFF! This joke is DONE! This is really starting to piss me off! I HATE when you call me from shit just to beat stupid gags into the ground, and this is the worst and most irritating yet! Aliens? SERIOUSLY? Give me vampires! Mermaids! But ALIENS?!

However, instead of laughing Corrin’s outburst away and backing off like usual when he pushed his brother too far, Loki looked, for the first time in a long time, genuinely hurt by Corrin’s words. The look was so rare that it actually made Corrin pause. Neither said a word for a long moment, but Corrin could see in Loki’s eyes that for once, he wasn’t messing around...

Corrin: Loki...Come on, man... Stop it. Just...please tell me you’re fuckin’ with me...

Loki took a deep breath and let it out, shaky and strained to stay even. He seriously looked like he was about to break down.

Loki: I...really wish I was, Corrin.

[koi-sims-spoops]

[Fantastical Tales of Spoops Episode 2: ABDUCTED] (Part 1)

Today had been the big day. Loki and Corrin had just moved into their new home, and were finally hitting their stride. As such, Loki had decided to finally visit the bank to apply for the loan to open his club. It had all gone well and he’d even visited Corrin’s restaurant to grab a celebratory bite to eat before heading home. He arrived just past 11 and was about to set foot on his front lawn when the unthinkable happened...

Loki: H-huh?! Wh-what the hell?!

Loki: H-HEY! AAAAAAAH!!

....

........

.............

[Oh boy.]

~*~*~*~*~

After several hours, Loki was...returned to wince he came, no more worse for wear, but definitely a little dazed.

Loki: Aa....haha....haa... What?

Corrin had just assumed that his brother had come home, changed, and hit the town to celebrate. He was tucked in bed, sleeping soundly as Loki stumbled up the stairs, vomited in the trashcan. and flung himself into his own bed...

Assuming that the whole ordeal was a dream, Loki went on with his life, to include his morning workout. However, he felt a strange squirming in his belly...

Loki: Huh? Ugh...what did I eat? That chinese take-out wasn’t that old, was it? Ugh. It’s probably nothing a bathroom break can’t fix...

[...Yeeeeeeah..Let’s go with that, bab. ...Bless your heart.]

After a night time walk with Bobby, Loki was dismayed to find that not only was his stomach queasiness back, it looked like he was a bit...bigger, too...

Loki: W-what?! I...I’m not... No...It can’t be... You wouldn’t, would you?

[Loki, I assure you and everyone reading that I had no hand in this.]

Loki: There’s no way... Not me, of all of us!

[I’d just go tinkle on the stick, if I were you.]