#garcia flynn/lucy preston fan fic

[patientlibrarian]

Saturday 20 July

The latest Erik the Red picture from Goran's instagram .

"I told you it would be today and here it is. I can see how pleased you are."

Summary:

A.U. The ‘smitten kitten’ returns; No slow burn here but “instant combustion”; a freak event occurs during Lucy and Dave’s rescue of Flynn and they’re forced to seek safety; Flynn gets his Cocoa Puffs and a LOT more! Dave aids the lovers and is an absolute darling; a new home for the team; Lucy has her own room and Flynn will bunk with Dave (well, some of the time!); For aficionados, scruff and ‘the wiggle‘ are included; Consensual protected sex. Some sexual innuendo, thoughts and dialogue. No angst. Only happy Garcy. Some fluff to cheer us in the gloom of these times. 17 chapters mostly short. Wyatt has been re-arrested for desertion and dereliction of duty and Jessica never enters the bunker. Dave Baumgardner has replaced him.

Prologue:

 Suddenly…….. they were shaken out of their idyll……..

 What was that?…

Out of nowhere, there was a very loud ping sound against the car and then another and then another. Flynn instantly pushed Lucy roughly to the floor of  the  car and kept her body firmly pressed down under his. Wide-eyed and taut, all his military and later experience was now to the fore.

Hello everyone, everywhere, it's Saturday. I see my story is listed as 'Chapter 1' when in fact it's complete. I'm not sure why this seems to come up on AO3 like this. Anyway I hope you enjoy it. Hope your day goes as you would wish it to.

[patientlibrarian]

Still wiping away the tears. Not being greedy but oh to have a microgram of qqueenofhades incredible talent!

Can we please get a garcy fic + ice cold feet? I know it’s a Lorena thing but I need a garcy one to feed my soul from the lack of garcy canon touching

this is short because it’s late and i need to go to bed, but have one quick dose of future lucy + flynn together in the bunker because reasons.

They lie close together, curled up in the narrow bed as strips of uncertain light fall on them from the window above, neither of them speaking. Their clothes have been thrown (strewn, really) on the floor, Lucy’s fingers walk lightly up his chest, and they gaze at each other with the weary, poignant satisfaction of two lovers who know that the morning means they will have to go. She will get back in the alt-Lifeboat and go back to her time, and he will stay here, continuing the fight. It’s impossible, it’s ludicrous, and yet, they don’t want to think about that right now. The night is long, but not that long. The hours will slip. Dawn will come. They barely want to waste it in sleeping.

“I missed you,” Flynn whispers at last, a small, tremulous sound. “I missed you.”

“I know.” Lucy shifts her position to look at him. He can barely comprehend the idea of having her back, but only for so short a time, a Lucy that has no walls and no hesitations, a Lucy that gives herself to him so utterly, has been the other half of his soul since that mad dream of a night in São Paulo. He remembers everything in minute, dazzling detail: the city lights striping through the blinds of the hotel room, even more a dive than the bar. The muffled samba music rising through the floor and the neon splashes of color on her pale skin, hair dark and tousled, mouth open as she moved beneath him. “I wish I could stay.”

Flynn kisses her fingers, then tidies her hair, with its fine silver streak, out of her eyes. “You must not relish being back here.” He makes half a gesture at the bunker. “In this. With its pain.”

“It’s… surreal,” Lucy admits. “No more than it is for you, I’m sure.”

Flynn husks a laugh, as if to say they have quite a comparison on that front, to be sure. He grabs her again, rolling her on top of him, as she looks down at him with that same wry, gentle smile. “It’s strange to think that I’m out there right now, in my room alone, being madly, madly jealous of myself.”

“Oh, were you jealous?” Flynn likes this information, he has to admit. He raises an eyebrow. “Listening through the wall?”

“No,” Lucy says with dignity. “I’m not that curious.”

Flynn makes half an amused noise, wrapping his arms around her back and pulling her closer, laughing in a way he hasn’t done in bed with a woman since – well, at least Lorena. There was no laughing that first night in Brazil. Only blind, hungry, desperate, heartbroken bleeding need. He was drunk and he probably shouldn’t have, but she was there and she was soft and she took care of him, and she knew he needed it and did not ever want to admit that he did, pretended not to notice as he urgently whispered Lorena in her ear. Gave him it, because it was everything, it was all, that he trust her enough to follow her on this mad quest she was asking of him. 

(He would have without that, and yet. She took no risks. Lucy Preston is always pragmatic to the core.)

Lucy lowers her mouth to his, and his laughter turns to murmurs, then to gulps, then to soft, catching breaths as neither of them think they’re quite done for the night. Want to leave handprints, want to leave bites, marks, imprints on the other that will linger, until whenever it is that they find each other again, until there is no gap in their timelines, until she can walk through his door in the same day and hour and minute. And stay, and stay, and stay.

(God, he dreams of it. Dreams of her. He still does. He always will.)

(She puts her cold feet on him when they finally sleep, in the quiet hours after midnight, and he does not mind in the least.)

[magnificentcowboypeanutpaper]

Chapters: 8/15

Not going to lie, it’s been a while but I hate not finishing things, so a tentative dip of the toe back into writing this.

Flynn welcomes an old friend to town but she’d doesn’t come quietly.

[ancsury92]

Delusion

„You are nothing like her, you know?”

She heard his voice from afar, like it came under the water. She looked again into his dark green eyes, now soft and caring. She felt connected to him, a strange, but very strong bond drawn her to him. Was it time? Or was it a feeling? A feeling that she knew him forever. A feeling that wherever she goes, he will be there too. Like a dark angel.

His words found her off guard, and the way he buckled her belts surprised her. The hands she once feared, now protected her.

The fever held her body strong and, in her dreams, she saw the pilgrim again. Fierce with a knife in his hand, waiting to strike. She heard the gunshot again, and saw the tall, dark figure in the woods. Him. He saved her life.

Oddly, she felt safe for a moment or two. She heard his voice again, softly talking to her. It made her calm.

She had a strong feeling, that she can trust him. That he will protect her.

And then, she fell into a deep, dreamless sleep.

[burgundy-time-bandit]

Blood Sins - Meet the OCs!

Grgur: Alpha Wolf. Veterinarian

Kata: Witch and Healer. Café Owner.

Vladimir: Leader. Part Goblin. 

Lucien: Sheriff. Human. 

Mirko: Wizard. Village Carpenter. 

Ivica: Mayor and Record Keeper. Half Fae.

(shout out to @doctorliamsr​ for making the moodboards and these OCs! ^_^)

 Meet them all in the latest chapter of Blood Sins!

[patientlibrarian]

This never gets old. So much said only in looks. Flynn looking adorable.

😘😘

Garcia Flynn laughing and looking beautiful in the deleted scene

[patientlibrarian]

Friday 19 July

"It's no good looking all puppy-eyed at me....

I told you, I'm aiming to post my latest story of your rescue from prison on AO3 at the weekend, probably tomorrow. You'll just have to wait! Don't worry you're absolutely gorgeous in it as usual!"

Hello everyone, everywhere, it's Friday after another really hot night here in the UK.

Terrific news of a publishing date for TRLT Chapter 26 - Friday August 28.

Hope your day goes as you would wish it to.

[savetimeless]

Lucy has a bad nightmare( screaming out in her sleep etc) and Wyatt comforts her after realizing she's safe. No smut please

Keep sending me prompts, I’m have a great time. I take all ships :) 

Thanks for this prompt, anon. There were a lot of ways to tackle this (e.g. should it be established relationship? Should it be during or post rittenhouse? who else should be there? where do they live/why would they be together? as i said, there were so many possibilities i was overwhelmed). eventually i just decided to go with the simplest explanation so i could focus on the nightmare and comforting. enjoy! 

can’t keep my hands to myself read on ao3!

Wyatt’s no stranger tonightmares.

He had them frequentlyenough following his return from the war, and then again after his wife’sdeath. He knows how paralyzing they can be, how real they can seem, what theycan do to someone’s mental state.

He’s never had to helpsomeone else deal with them, though.

The first time Lucy hasone, he’s cleaning his gun. He gets up to try to get to her so fast, he fallsover. When he arrives to her room, he scans it, gun first, and realizes quicklyenough that there isn’t anyone there with her.

Even though she has themseveral times a week, he never lets his guard down; never assumes that it’s anightmare causing her screaming.

They’ve had a long day;they sprung Flynn from prison the day before and travelled halfway across thecountry to get back to Oakland today. When they’d arrived, Mason had the Lifeboatwaiting to go for them, eagerly bouncing on his feet.

Lucy had turned heel andretired to her small and vaguely private quarters before she could hearChristopher’s dressing down for breaking out Flynn.

By the time Lucy starts toscream, he, Rufus, Flynn and Mason have settled by a small fire in the cornerof the warehouse.

Mason and Rufus flinch,but have heard this many times by now. Flynn, however, is unprepared, and sojumps up and gets his gun out faster than Wyatt does.

“What’s happening?” Flynnasks lowly.

“It’s probably anightmare,” Wyatt answers. “I’ll get her.”

Flynn nods hesitantly,then sits back down. Wyatt turns and goes into Lucy’s room, prepared andguarded as always.

As predicted, it’s anightmare; Wyatt puts the safety back on his gun and puts it back in itsholster.

She’s thrashing wildly,and he has to grab her hands so they don’t hit him.

“Lucy,” Wyatt says firmly,“Lucy, wake up. Wake up!”

“No,” she whimpers, “no,no, please, no! Mom? Mom!”

He kneels on the bed, thenpins her hands between his elbows and waist, and shakes her shoulders.

She wakes with a start,and pushes against his shoulders wildly, panting heavily. He steps back, andholds his hands up.

“It’s me, it’s me, Luce.”

She stills but then startsto cry, and he sighs, “Oh, Lucy,” and kneels back on the bed and gathers her inhis arms. She cries against his chest, hands fisted in his shirt.

He rubs her back and keepsher cradled to him.

“It was awful,” shewhispers against him. “How can they expect us to get back into that machine?”

He doesn’t reply, justsighs again and rests his head atop hers and continues to sooth her.

She pulls back a bit andlooks up to him. She’s still crying, her hands still twisted in the fabric ofhis shirt. Suddenly, she shoots up, desperately connecting their lips together.He’s pretty startled, honestly, but starts to kiss her back slowly, closing hiseyes.

She moves faster, moving ahand to around his neck, and it only makes him more hesitant.

“Please, Wyatt,” shewhispers as pulls away. “Just – please?”

Her fist tightens further,pulling his shirt down a bit, and she presses a kiss to his collarbone. Theirlips connect again, but he grunts and pulls away.

“Lucy,” he whispers,bringing a hand up to caress her face and wipe away her tears.

“I – I’m sorry,” she saysquietly, turning away, embarrassment on her face.

“Hey, hey now,” he saysgently, his arm snaking around her waist and pulling her back towards him.

“It’s not that I don’twant to,” he says. “Believe me, I do. Just … just not like this. Okay?”

She sighs and closes hereyes, still looking away from him.

He waits several minutes,still holding her close to him. He thinks about asking her what her nightmarewas about – he’s gotten enough information from her in bits and pieces to puttogether a rough picture of her family and what went down with her mom, so hecan pretty much figure out what it was probably about – but he knows that forquite a while it just helped that someone was there to hold him and reassurehim that it wasn’t real, that everything was alright.

To have her screaming likethat, though? He’s never heard such a noise from her when she’s awake, so hecan’t even imagine what would make such a blood-curdling scream erupt from herduring her sleep. For now, though, he’ll hold her, comfort her.

She eventually closes hereyes again, but he figures she can’t be comfortable enough to sleep properly,so he starts to shimmy down.

Her hand, which had fallenslack, comes back up to tighten in his shirt again.

“Will you stay with meanyway, please?” Her voice is soft and breathy, and he could deny her nothing,let alone when her voice is still scratchy from her tears.

He smiles and presses hislips to her hair, then continues to move the two of them down. He pulls thecovers over them, and wraps an arm around her waist, her back to his chest. Sheentwines their hands, and brings them to her lips, so the back of his hand isagainst her mouth.

He whispers into her hair,“I wouldn’t dream of leaving.”

Against his hand, he feelsher smile.

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Fanfic Rec List (mostly Timeless)

Since starting this blog, I created 24 fanfic sketchnotes & I can now create a mosaic that covers nearly a square meter. So, in celebration of all these amazing stories I got to recommend, join me in this (massive) compilation post with links to all the stories & the sketchnotes (for more detail on my recommendations). I categorized the stories and I wish to celebrate all you amazing writers & artists today! Thank you for sharing your stories & art.

I hope you forgive the massive amount of namedropping I am about to do. (Also: I love reading the responses when people see my sketchnotes - so feel free to respond, sent me a note or engage in conversations :-) ). I’m also always on the lookout for more stories to read: I particularly like found family, recovery, mission fic, general or rare pair stories & maturity in characters & conversations. I like adults leaving teen drama behind and dealing with things like the adults they are. Angst is a favorite too, and I enjoy the multiverse of AUs. (Honestly: I’m a pretty eclectic reader).

Timeless

The show that pulled me back into fandom & fanfic & to all you wonderful people. The full list is under a read-more, cause this post got LONG.

Historical / Mission

The Only Way Out by @sallyexactly

Author’s summary: Chinatown leaves the team shattered and grieving, but their only option is to stumble forward. To save the world, they'll need strength of character they didn't know they had, to defeat depths of evil like they've never seen. Meanwhile, they need to find a way to decide their own future, not give up hope... and save the fighting for the actual bad guys. It's honestly a toss-up which of those will be hardest.

This story is my headcanon of how the series ended. It is long (300000+ words) but well-worth it. It's got history, slow and mature development and an intelligent resolution. I reread it frequently and although I have wanted to capture my response in a (series of) sketchnote, I never managed it to my satisfaction. The story is beautiful and feels cathartic (and well-worth rereading over and over).

The Road Ode by @sallyexactly  - my sketchnote

Post-canon. Roadtrip with our favourite historian & lots of historical markers on the way. 107937 words.

The Gutter and the Stars by @letmetellyouaboutmyfeels - my sketchnote

Oscar Wilde. Short (1397 words) & funny.

No End, No Beginning by MandyCandy - my sketchnote

Ambitious plan & canon divergent. Tecumseh. With a full bibliography. 65068 words.

Parallel Lines by @x-voyevoda - my sketchnote

Multiverse. Post-canon. Rated mature. Work-in-Progress. 71911 words.

Zajednički by @insane-sociopath - my sketchnote

Retelling of season 2. PTSD. More missions included. Incomplete. 129474 words.

Evocative / Poetic / Philosophical / Makes Me Think

Burn the Witch by barefootwithneonhands - my sketchnote

Evocative. Poetic & fascinating to no end. 19534 words.

Two Roads by @oldshrewsburyian - my sketchnote

How do you live your life while waiting for a future you once so tantalisingly glimpsed but barely dared hope for? Denise Christopher pondering her choices. 835 words.

The Nuclear Option by RedGold (@timelesshonesttrailer) - my sketchnote

“Sometimes… sometimes change happens because a thousand voices cry out and make themselves heard, many moving parts of some Rube-Goldberg Machine. But… from time to time… it just takes one person, making one decision, and that changes the fate of the world.” Jessica-centric. 6036 words

A Shot of Remembrance by @doctorliamsr - my sketchnote

Garcia & Karl. Season 1. 1093 words.

Scorched Earth by @sallyexactly - my sketchnote

Garcia & Lucy. Evocative language. 2695 words.

Ballet-Feerie by @oldshrewsburyian & @qqueenofhades - my sketchnote

Ballet AU. Dance as language. Authors’ summary: “Garcia Flynn teaches ballet to a class including Amy Preston. Lucy Preston has been her younger sister's guardian since they were orphaned. Hesitant conversations and fraught silences ensue. Also, there's Tchaikovsky.”  16799 words.

Alternate Universe

Finding Light in Darkness - by Ultra - my sketchnote

19-century Governess AU. 40199 words. Found Family. Wholesome story.

Incandescent & Adolescent (Wonders Never Cease) by @letmetellyouaboutmyfeels - my sketchnote

She Loves Me AU. 1930s setting. Lots of letter writing. 18438 words. 

Ballet-Feerie by @oldshrewsburyian & @qqueenofhades - my sketchnote

Ballet AU. See above. 16799 words

Blood Sins - A #FlynnFriday Imagines Series (E-rated) by  @doctorliamsr, @timelesshonesttrailer & @ununpredictableme - my sketchnote

Vampire AU. Ongoing story that fascinates me to no end. Reading any snippit I can get my hands on. Garcia/Lorena/Lucy & Jiya/Rufus relationships. The E-rated parts are clearly marked and can be skipped if it’s not your cup of tea. Currently at 47403 words.

The Assassin’s Holiday by @secretnerdprincess - my sketchnote

Murdervision. Assassin AU. Got me giggling all the way through. 12224 words. Rated mature.

Amehrana by Redgold (@timelesshonesttrailer) - my sketchnote

Food Truck AU. Found family. Wholesome. Mature people. Lorena is awesome.  32589 words.

Lorena Lives

Rise Like a Reckoning by @amandamonroe - my sketchnote

Author’s summary: ‘"Lorena Flynn Has a Chance" Ex-CIA agent Lorena Flynn is back. She's got her daughter, her husband, and the woman who saved their lives years ago. She's taking command of the bunker and taking Rittenhouse down.’ Lorena/Garcia/Lucy hinted at towards the end. 6483 words.

Blood Sins - A #FlynnFriday Imagines Series (E-rated) by  @doctorliamsr, @timelesshonesttrailer & @ununpredictableme - my sketchnote

See above. Also: Iris lives!

Amehrana by Redgold (@timelesshonesttrailer) - my sketchnote

See above. Yes, I’m recommending this twice. :-)

Due to the nature of the show, there are not many stories in which Lorena lives. I particularly like the Lorena focused stories that RedGold, @sallyexactly, @omnicat​ & @amandamonroe​ write. Lorena & Iris deserved better and these stories bring depth, humanity and grace to Lorena & her choices. I reread them frequently and recommend you do the same. These authors are amazing.

Recovery & Healing

To Find a Home by @misscrazyfangirl321 - my sketchnote 

Rufus & Jiya & Garcia friendship. Extending grace. 4529 words.

A Butterfly Garden by @vita-s-west - my sketchnote

Post-Rittenhouse defeat. Slow recovery. Especially wholesome to read in these pandemic times. There’s now a sequel too!  3323 words. 

Nisam Sam by @thealocksly - my sketchnote

Lucy’s processing her time in Rittenhouse & Garcia holds space for her. Soft & dark & visceral. 1225 words.

Q&A by @somekindofflowergirl - my sketchnote

Author’s summary: “Lucy and Flynn develop a routine during their nighttime chats. She's allowed one loaded question and he's allowed one loaded apology.” 22176 words

The Road Ode by @sallyexactly - my sketchnote

See above. This roadtrip fic inspired my own roadtrip where we found ourselves in Friedrichshafen, Germany and the Zeppelin museum there were there was a whole exposition on the Hindenburg. Felt very serendipidous.

Honorable mentions (especially in these pandemic times):

Disease Protocols for Time Travellers by hjea (594  words)

Also, I’d like to give a shoutout to @battleshipgarcy​ for their fan archive sites & meta posts with screenshots of the journal & all the meta content. I love seeing all those small details highlighted! (Plus: their Maria Thompkins in their story The Road Less Traveled intrigues me to no end!)

Other Fandoms

Hunger Games - A Standing Engagement (E-rated) by @bettsfic - my sketchnote. 

Annie & Finnick AU within Hunger Games world. 56760 words. The Food Wars are so very appropriate in the Hunger Games world. It’s fascinating how well betts incorporates exisiting Hunger Games context into this story: this feels like it could have happened.

Temeraire - The Diplomat’s Dragon by indecisive_lotus - my sketchnote

Ongoing story. Post-canon. I love Churki & Hammond together & how Hammond especially gets out-manouvered. 20730 words.

White Collar - In Your Wildest Dreams by sahiya - my sketchnote

Post-canon. Sara Ellis focused. Author’s summary ”This was what grief did to you, Sara knew. It played tricks on your mind. But if it wasn’t Neal, then who could it be? Who else would send her an anonymous packet detailing all the ways someone could knock over the Louvre?” 14289 words.

White Collar - I’ve been bingereading the stories by Sholio. Especially the stories focused on Diana Barrigan. They are a delight. Breakout is especially bad-ass Diana (in heels nonetheless!)

I started this blog to show my appreciation of those wonderful fanfic stories that have entertained me endlessly and engage with these amazing artists (and other people in fandom who share my enthusiasm!) This recommendation list is obviously incomplete and I welcome additions & conversations! 

[mathgirl24]

top five: ships, comfort movies, fast casual food places, and pies!

Oooh, these are some interesting ones!! Thanks for the ask!!!

ships (good, easiest one first - for this I picked ones I regularly still read fic for.... otherwise it's too difficult to narrow the list to 5. I could easily list 20 if I wanted to.)

John Sheppard/Elizabeth Weir - Stargate Atlantis

Garcia Flynn/Lucy Preston - Timeless

Peeta Mellark/Katniss Everdeen - The Hunger Games

Ben Solo/Rey - Star Wars

Robin Hood/Regina Mills - Once Upon a Time

comfort movies:

Star Wars - any of them. I have most of them practically memorized.

Despicable Me - any of them. This is including the minions movie.

Fiddler on the Roof

Persuasion - 1997 Amanda Root/Ciaran Hinds version

Thor: Ragnarok

fast casual food places:

McDonald's

Panera

Burger King

A pizza place 5 minutes away from me that has excellent pizza

Dunkin (mmmmm hot chocolate)

pies:

∏ - pi! (come on, I was obligated to do the math joke here)

Chocolate chip cookie pie

Apple pie

Chocolate cream pie

Can't think of a 5th... I'm not a huge fan of baked pies.

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Chapter 6 Old friends, old woes, new worries.

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an interview with @elora-lane  (she/they) content warning: mentions of mental illness and past physical injury

what are you working on right now? what’s something you’d like to write one day? 

Right now, I am working on a Bellarke A/B/O period fic called Surely, You Must Know. I am also working on my Bellarke for BLM Prompts. The first one was posted a couple weeks ago, and I have a bit written for my Bellarke improv/roommates au, and the Josie/Bellamy Bellarke fic (where Bellamy goes through the wringer with an abusive Josie, and Clarke is there to help him heal). 

Something I’d like to write one day... I have a book idea about a genderfluid, bisexual individual based in the early 1820s. The main character (she/her, they/them) was born female and finds herself ostracized after she kisses her best friend (a female), when her friend says she is going to school elsewhere. It takes place over years, and involves the main character falling in love, her love being killed in front of her, having a child and ending up with the very same friend who couldn’t accept her own sexuality (the best friend is a lesbian). 

I’m not sure If I’ll get around to writing it, but I have it all planned out and the characters already live in my mind.  

what is the fanwork you’re most proud of?  Hmm... that’s honestly very difficult for me to answer because I’m rarely happy with my writing in the long term. But I’d say I’m proud of The Governor’s Daughter, which was written for Garcy (timeless, Garcia Flynn/Lucy Preston). I had a three-part story planned out for this fic, but I’ve since gotten so absorbed with Bellarke that I changed the ending so it wouldn’t torture fans. But in the original ending the main character is pregnant when she is kidnapped, and her husband is recovering from a gunshot wound himself, when shots are fired in her home. 

The main character leaves thinking everyone she loves is dead. 

I was rather proud of the fic because it’s the longest thing I’ve written- and I don’t write long works. Beyond that, it was about two individuals who should never have met. But did and fell in love despite all odds. In the story not everything is as it seems. I did a lot of research for it and wonder if I got it right (the language probably needs some work). I sorta get obsessed with research, although I know it’s not perfect. 

The Bellarke work I’m most proud of is probably How Not to Quarantine. I went into it wanting to write something smutty. But it became a bit deeper than that and dealt with issues of battling societal norms, sexism toward both women and men, and miscommunication. 

why did you first start writing fic?  I got inspired by Garcia Flynn and Lucy Preston from Timeless. I got inspired by the idea of time travel, and how the future is never as it seems. I’ve always written poetry, and very short stories. But fan fic has been my first time really writing stories with somewhat significant plotlines. I wanted to fill a plot hole, and well... I haven’t stopped writing since. 

Another aspect of it was that I was new mom and unemployed. I have twins who are toddlers now. But when I first started writing I had horrible post-partum depression and anxiety that lasted two years. Writing helped me funnel all of that and be the new mom I needed to be. The lovely comments and encouragement I got from fandom friends played a part in keeping me on the road to recovering from my worst depressive episode. 

what frustrates you most about fic writing?  Honestly, not to sound mellow-dramatic, but me. I frustrate myself. 

I’ve mentioned it a little bit, but I had a few head injuries and I have bad ADHD. It’s a lot better than it was when I first started writing about two and half years ago. I would revisit my works and there were so many errors and things that just didn’t make sense. After my last head injury (I fell 8ft on concrete right onto the back of my head about eight years ago), I would write papers that made sense to me in the moment, and then my instructor would show me what I wrote, and it was just totally jumbled up nonsense- some of it wasn’t even words. Needless to say, I had to drop out of college. 

So, as frustrating as it is, I’m proud of myself for continuing to write enough to retrain my brain (of course, it also healed, and anti depressants helped my brain chemistry realign). I still make errors and my brain gets tired quickly on some days, but I’ve come a long way. Grammarly is a huge help, too! 

what are your top five songs right now?  Oh boy. I totally blame @star-sky-earth for the first three... here is a list. 

Body by SYML

Touch by Sleeping at Last

Let Me by ZAYN

Bulletproof Weeks by Matt Nathanson

Nashville by Noah Gundersen

That was so hard to decide, thank you for the challenge!

what are your inspirations (books, songs, other fic, really good cake?)?  Music is huge for me. I’m very sensitive to the mood that music puts me in. A good tune can help me think of an entire plotline. Usually, it’s the music in a movie and the visuals that inspire me, and rarely the dialogue. 

Anything by Jane Austen is inspiring for my Bellarke ABO period fic. My fav JA book is Northanger Abbey, but I rewatched the film version of Mansfield Park, Emma, and Sense and Sensibility (the BBC three-parter) all in one night! 

Bonus note: the new Emma has a really good kiss scene that is just 100%... Muy Bueno. Loved it. ed’s note: the new Emma film is very good

what first attracted you to Bellarke? what attracts you now? Well, frankly I was attracted to Bellarke fic before I liked them in the show. But some of the Modern AUs and some of the Canon Divergent AUs have power dynamics that really get me. I love fics where one of them is a king/queen or boss, and it takes time for them to fall in love, but the one with the power is gracious and caring and uses that to help the other. Even if it takes a while to get there, I guess kindness and compassion attract me. As does conflict resolution. To me, conflict is worth it if it gets a good resolution. 

I also like other themes like loyalty, perseverance, transformation, epiphany and absolution. 

In the show, season six hooked me. 

BESIDES Bellarke, what character or pairing do you like best on t100?  I’m gonna answer this from a fic writer perspective. Honestly, I’d love to see season six Echo continue the road to absolution and end up with Gabriel (I mean, it’s a pipe dream, but Gecho, c’mon...). I’m okay with where she is in season seven, because I can’t control it. But it’s not what I would have done. 

Roan/Echo is fav of mine. 

I also would have loved to see Gina and Raven. Or more Gina/Bellamy. I really liked Gina. 

As far as 100% actual ships, I liked Linctavia. I do like season seven, too. Although it feels like a totally different show. 

why did you decide to start writing for bellarkefic-for-blm?  I decided to because it allows me to use something unique for the good of others. I try for the most part to help others.

what’s your writing process like?  Chaos. 

Writing for me is like cracking open a coconut. It’s tough to get there, but once you do it doesn’t stop. And if you hit it too hard, the stuff just goes all over the place. 

what are some things you’d like to recommend?  In general? Umm... Calm Magnesium drink, it’s super relaxing. Like last night I started having all this anxiety and drank some. It calmed me down enough to sleep (also listened to the sound of a snowstorm and crackling fire). 

I also recommend introspection and reflection. If you do that a lot, I recommend art or writing. Life is all about balance.

You can find @elora-lane here on Tumblr, or at their ao3 here. Request a fic written by her over at @bellarkefic-for-blm.

[patientlibrarian]

Great idea!

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Timeless (TV 2016) Rating: Not Rated Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Garcia Flynn/Lucy Preston Characters: Lucy Preston, Garcia Flynn Additional Tags: Mentioned Emma Whitmore, Short One Shot, garcy olympics, olympic games 2024, garcia is in trouble - not really, married garcy, a smattering of US politics Summary:

Lucy reads a disturbing headline and immediately blames Flynn.

[ao3feed-garcy]

by TaleasOldasTimeandSpace

In which everyone is really, REALLY tired of Hamunaptra

Words: 2463, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 11 of Fairy Tales and Hokum

Fandoms: Timeless (TV 2016)

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/M

Characters: Lucy Preston, Garcia Flynn, Jiya (Timeless), Rufus Carlin, Wyatt Logan, Emma Whitmore

Relationships: Garcia Flynn/Lucy Preston, Rufus Carlin/Jiya, Jiya & Lucy Preston, Garcia Flynn & Jiya

Additional Tags: Mummy AU, garcy, All hail the Garbage King and Nerd Queen, Hey look the Flufus is finally gaining traction, more or less, AND THE DYNAMITE FINALLY GOES BOOM, MY MURDER SON IS SO HAPPY RIGHT NOW, in which the desiccated mummy bits hit the fan, I've used 'desiccated' way too often in this fic but I ain't stopping now

[patientlibrarian]

Saturday November 9 - Happy Garcy Saturday

Hello everyone, everywhere, hope your day goes as you would wish it to.

I post every day, usually before 10am GMT (UK time) so please join me again. Find me on AO3 for all my stories.

New stories coming soon - a ''Happy Garcy/woefully unhappy Wyatt'' one; a cheeky/naughty one for Christmas; a 'what if' one suggested by Battleship Garcy's recent prompt suggestions.

[savetimeless]

so. i have part of this fic written and i just don’t know what to do with it. if someone has any ideas let me know, or maybe you can even write something with it? tag me if you do! 

Garcia Flynn knows, subjectively, that he doesn’t actually know Lucy Preston.

Garcia Flynn knows, objectively, that the Lucy he’d met once was from 30 years in the future, and so this Lucy is not that Lucy.

What he hadn’t realized, was that the Lucy he met and the Lucy in the journal were two very different people from the Lucy in 2017, who knew nothing of Rittenhouse, of Mason Industries, of Wyatt Logan.

The journal spans years. Decades. While it doesn’t have any entries pertaining to her personal life, her personality leeches through, in the words, in the writing, in the pictures she occasionally adds.

He comes to know the people she writes about: her teammates, Jiya and Denise Christopher. Connor Mason, the sometimes Rittenhouse operative, the sometimes double agent. He learns about Amy, the sister she never sees again, Benjamin Cahill, the father she discovers practically runs Rittenhouse, Carol Preston, the mother that she inadvertently saved and by which she feels betrayed.

Most of all, though, he learns about Rufus and Wyatt. Her early entries of them are interesting. She hadn’t started to write about anything until about a year after she first starts time travelling. Her first entry is pages long, almost a quarter of the journals pages. She detailed so many trips, so many things, so many people. The rest of the journal is more spread out, more paced, not so fact, fact, fact.

What changes the most is her writing on Wyatt.

The first time she writes about him, its on his obsession with his wife’s death. As the first entry continues, it becomes clear his priorities change, as do Rufus’ and her own.

It’s not as if she writes detailed paragraphs on the two, on her self, but the Rittenhouse story is so intertwined with their own development that he learns so much about them just by the choices they make.

There are several times when there are time jumps. Obviously, there is no movement on the Rittenhouse front or she stops going back in time (and, well, she knows what the journal will be used for eventually. She’s very particular about what she does and does not include). The first time, he’s surprised at the date changing from 2017 to 2020. Then it changed from 2022 to 2025. There is only one entry that year. Then it jumps to 2030, goes through until 2039, and then there aren’t any entries until 2048, the year from which Lucy travelled back to give him the journal.

There is so much pain, so much heartache that he doesn’t know how he will be able to not tell her everything the moment he see’s her again – no, meets her.

It gets harder and harder to keep the secrets from her the more she chases him through time.

It gets harder and harder to look at Rufus, who he knows will die before he even gets to marry Jiya. To see Wyatt standing behind Lucy in a professional manner, when he knows that the only happiness these two will ever find again will be in each other. Even their child, their daughter, will only bring them sadness, the daughter they send away at only four months old to never see again.

Flynn loves her, in his own way. If he’s honest with himself (which he rarely is), he’ll admit that that doesn’t mean much. There wasn’t, isn’t, enough left of him to truly love her. 

Still. He doesn’t want her in harms way, to get hurt. He wants to protect her.

anyway so thats it. suggestions? 

send me some fic prompts to fill! i’m keen to get writing again.