#melizabeth wip

[librathefangirl]

This week’s word is TURN for @ficwip's word game wednesday. So here's a few wip sneak peeks from yours truly

A Debt to Pay (hoping to get the next chapter up this week actually)

Meliodas wasn’t sure how long he remained there, waiting for his would-be murderer to return and finish her work. His right pant leg was soaked a deep red. The blood that had now pooled under his feet stole what precious little grip he had on the ground. The pressure on his shoulders and wrists were even greater than before. His arm cried, his leg screamed. He was so, so tired. None of this was anything new – Meliodas had faced death many, many times before. So, why did this one feel so… different?

I'll Leave My Name For You (a new meliodas/elizabeth reincarnation one-shot)

"No. No, that's the problem. I haven't even been bored enough to consider leaving. Until now. Until I met you. I thought I was living, but it turns out I was just surviving. Just going through the motions." What's the point of living if there is no life - not really. Just bloodshed and war and fighting. I want something more. Something else than just the same cruel motions on repeat day after day...

The cuffed Zel prompt (title pending lol)

Frowning, he pulled a little against the cuffs, clearly noting how easily he could break them apart if only he decided to do so. He scoffed, the frowning turning to a look of disbelief. “Are these seriously supposed to restrain me?” “Well, I could ask Merlin for some demon sealing chains if that’d make you feel better.” Zeldris startled, finally noticing Meliodas presence in the room. Meliodas himself could only meet his gaze for a split second before he looked away. He hadn’t meant to sound so bitter. That was the least thing he wanted from this.

A Brother Is a Brother (No Matter the War) (a four-chapter demon bros holy war au based on four prompts - first one: used as bait)

Zeldris reeled back as if hit. The world tipped around him again, but this time it wasn’t because of a poison. Here Meliodas was, again, turning everything on its head with just a few words. Just like he had a few weeks ago, when he told Zeldris he was leaving. Zeldris’ legs shook with the burden of standing unaided. He barely noticed it. Instead, he stared at Meliodas in disbelief. He had known… Meliodas. Had. Known. A few weeks ago, Zeldris had looked at Meliodas and seen the form of his brother be warped into one of a traitor and enemy. Now Zeldris looked at Meliodas and he wanted to see a traitor; just someone who had turned his back on the Demon Realm and him, someone he hated – but he couldn’t. Because all he saw was his older brother.

[librathefangirl]

Unfinished Whumptober 2023 Prompt: Betrayal

“Where is he?” The door hadn’t even shut behind her father before Beth was on her feet. She crossed her room in two strides, repeating her question with more urgency.

This week’s word is…

✨ QUESTION ✨

Find the word in any WIP and share the sentence containing it. Reply, reblog, stick it in the tags, tag us in a new post, or keep it private. All fandoms, all ships, all writers welcome.

[alwaysamor]

wee wip

i rarely do actual panels so it’ll take longer so here ya go for now

[7-ratsinatrenchcoat]

i feel motivated. cast your votes

[hihopelessromantics]

OOOH! Definitely interested in your wips. Would love to hear more about these in particular (whichever one(s) you feel like sharing)

(also yes definitely still happily stuck inside this fandom bubble)

will indulge!!! (This is long but it's good to organize my thoughts lol)

I straight up forgot to put the name of this one lol. Meliodas doing dangerous antics is part of my Through the Wall sequel fic, called "Stakeout" which is the one where I have him cooking. I tried to mix in some humor with the angst here. It's basically Stigma Meliodas if Nakaba didn't nerf his intellegence. This one, I'll be feeding you guys soon!! Because I plan to try to finish Through the Wall this Thanksgiving Break, since I started it last thanksgiving break (ambitious I know, but imagine the poetism if I pull it off!) and Stakeout is farther along in its completion than that one. Stakeout is about Meliodas looking out for the TC and his brother from the opposite of the war. The first part is him deciding to try to get them dinner after seeing how worn-down they are, and the second . . . well, he can't exactly leave Zeldris to watch over both the Vampire and Demon Realms all by his lonesome, right? I'm actually really excited for you and @7-ratsinatrenchcoat to see this one in particular when it's finished because I tried to channel the melizabeth energy I liked in your work

This one is named such not cause I wanna name it something bulky (it has a better name! that's the exclusive lore lol) but I'm commited not to spoiling the plot twists in this one. This is gonna be my main gift to this fandom, a spiced up psychological horror rewrite of the whole show with original elizabeths and original adventures for the first and second season (that one is a backstory with Liz!) Plot point collaboration welcome. A bunch of season one, and the plot tiwsts, I made with my good friend zeldriszezinho, and I'm pretty antsy and excited to finally get around to it and present him with the result of our hard work, haha. I actually have a lot of senarios planned both in detail and loosely, just not written down. I'm currently procrastinating on Season 1 Pt. 2 because it's literally 5 or so arcs of content, one for all the sins, and uh. mental energy. So I'm trying to finish up a lot of small projects first just so my mind isn't everywhere. I can't remember if you've seen what I've posted on it so far but here's the masterpost and season one part one! It's on tumblr too! but I went ahead and pressed the space bar like 4 times every indent so it would be normally formatted on A03 sooooo https://archiveofourown.org/works/48567730 https://archiveofourown.org/works/48611485/chapters/122618557

3. Ironically, think Rings was another one inspired by you - it's old, almost 8 months by now, and the only reason I haven't published it yet is the second ellie spiraled out of control into her own adventure and I haven't had the time because I've been word vomiting so many other projects into existence. it's half meme format, half usual writing. The second ellie's meme story is complete and the third's just needs its wrapping up of its actual plot, which is simple: an arrogant man thinks his bride is secretly a nutcase, but feels pressured into marrying her because medival times, because she's a sweet and intellegent woman running an orphanage all by herself, and technically he can't do better, and because it would look disasterously on the both of them and destroy his carefully crafted persona if they somehow couldn't make this community-arranged marriage work. So he's "putting up with her quirks." Including the ancient what-looks-like-wedding-rings she wears around her neck, and the fact she genuinely thinks her one-that-got-away lover sold a prized possession to demons. (the significance of these rings is in the stories of the previous two elizabeths). Well. Actually. He steals them while she's distracted with wedding planning. It doesn't go well for him from there.

Let me know your opinion: should I try finishing the third ellie and then publishing it? I can always go back and make a full story out of "purple ring" ellie + friends later.

Basically, the purple ring's story is as thus: Meliodas decides he needs to rest, "REALLY rest", since his emotional stress is beginning to affect his demon biology in a bad way, and voluntarily coma-tizes himself for a while. He wakes some time later only to find out Elizabeth and her new 'family' have been considering him as their good luck charm. (Maybe even more than one Elizabeth has passed by now. Probably the apothecary he visits figures out what Meliodas meant to do and goes to fetch him, too late, and looks after him . . . see, that could be a whole OTHER story in itself. anyway.) He's a "good luck charm" because his demon aura has been disgusing the magical signature of her druid family, not that they've figured this out. Meliodas tries to get up and run away with an injured Ellie but surprise surprise he hasn't quite recovered from what his body and mind has been through, and the combination of that and the drugs has left him critcially weakened. He actually collapses falls down a small cliff with her. Ellie assures him they've gotten far enough to shake off the people who are searching for her, that it's okay. Moreover, she understands more or less what he's going through, since she lost her leg a while back. They reuinte with Ellie's little "siblings," druid children the family has rescued along their journey.

Later ~ the main organizers of their group are shocked to return to their isolated cabin to find that not only have all the children survived the winter, and possible clashes with whoever's been hunting them for decades, but there's one extra child! And a talking cow. (I haven't decided whether some of these people are semi-antagonsists.) Meliodas's condition never improves (angst angst <3) but he takes up the task of looking after the kids alongside Elizabeth anyway- especially when she and the others are gone, working or otherwise. Oftentimes he and the spunky talking cow go on adventures in the forest or in town, collecting herbs or materials for crafts and toys. She carries him, Hawk-style. I can't remember her name but it was a silly one, and he saves her life once with his wings. He's also fought away intruders once while the 'adults' weren't home with Full Counter, being able to stand for long enough to use it before collapsing.

In this iteration, Meliodas recieves his ring from his new 'siblings' as they say that "it's the same color as the magic you used to protect us." Referring to the times he's used his demon magic around the house, and, unknowingly, to the fact his very presence has been the only thing keeping them safe from raiders on more than one occasion. Throughout it all Meliodas struggles with having to be the one cared for for once, and not being able to be the muscle of this group that so clearly would benefit from him being his 'usual' self. While his siblings think he's a genuine gift from God, and are more than happy to look after him as he does them, trading stories between them and cuddling up like he truly belongs, adult members of the family never take a shine to him and resent him somewhat, even perrfering when he was comatose. There's more (and more angst) but I should probably say less.

4. (TW: this one gets DARK with the demon brothers angst) modern fantasy ireland boarding school au" is actually another gift for @gh0stofyesterday, who can't escape me, from back in like feburary or something lol. It's an angsty modern-day genderqueer demon brothers and genderqueer elizabeth. Basically Meliodas tricks his snooty father into letting him and his brother (who's not technically old enough but academically girlboss yourself outta that condundrum zeldris) go to boarding school in his deceased mother's home country, where Meliodas plans to study interior design (he's gonna design the boar hat himself <3) and, against his father's wishes, join the gymnastic team. Little does he know that his online friends in his tween gymnastics discord server or whatever (The TC) are also going to end up there. ( I have the scene where they realize he's not the snooty daughter of the DK ceo and actually their Captain planned out already actually. they realize it when he beats the snot out of some guy that chases zeldris through the gymnasium lol).

Other plot points include! Elizabeth and Meliodas have a secret online romance as "Study buddies" and plan to perform a ceremony to use whatever their magic is unsealed to share a bit of that magic with each other, as a kind of marriage ceremony (peak 14 year old romance lol). Meliodas and Zeldris learn (originally Irish) sign language in order to communicate without their father snooping. Cusack and Chandler deal with being technical slaves to the Demon King and attempt to parent their protegees in more important ways than teaching them fencing, keeping their secrets, and buying them things. Gelda explains she never cuddles with her sisters for emotional support, Zel and Mel feel sorry for her . . . then figure out they are touch-starved and probably need therapy for that too. Hot springs date. Zel discovers Mel has been cuddling him while laying on his side specifically because there are fresh child abuse wounds across his back. Meliodas commandeers his gymnastics coach's coaching authority and starts an underground fencing ring upon being told he can't do that (we go to school in a castle! c'mon!). Zeldris tries to deal with a ginger-haired kid who seems equally hellbent on being his friend as he is his school rival. Depending on how dark I'm gonna make this, you might even get to see a prolouge where Zeldris forgoes a plan to murder - suicide his brother following his mother's funeral after meeting a small Gelda at the playground. Oh, and the DK having to fidgit uncomfortably in court. This one is basically a for-fun daydream, but a pal volunteed to beta it for me so it will eventually get written up for you all!

[librathefangirl]

YES PLEASE!!

If you want to, feel free to choose among the following WIPs:

A Debt to Pay - Chapter 3

Betrayal (Whumptober)

Demon Bros Comfort Nuzzles

First Holy War Whumptober AU

Hitmen!Demon bros AU

"It's broken" (Whumptober)

Mel & Gelda BFF AU

Meliodas and the Kids #1

Monster Sins AU - Story 2

Pirate Melban AU

The Dusk Before a New Dawn (Dark Melizabeth AU)

The Loss in Victory (Whumptober)

With Your Life In My Hands (You Asked Me to Believe) - Chapter 2

for every "🌹" received in my inbox i'll post one random sentence of a random WIP i'm currently writing

[myhappylee]

So here’s to the next Work in Progress! our favourite Meliodas and Elizabeth! Stay tuned!

[baconwaffle2016]

Title: The Woman Dressed in Brown

Summary: It’s six years after the Unification War ended and Elizabeth Liones has had much to show for it during this peacetime. A medal of honor from the Alliance, as a POW who survived under the savagery of the Browncoats. A steady job as a medical officer aboard Stigma. And a beautiful little boy with green eyes and a brilliant smile.

But Elizabeth has secrets, many of them. And it’s only a matter of time before those secrets burst at the seams. [Firefly/NNT AU] 

Elizabeth’s eyes snapped open to an off white ceiling. 

The luminescent lights hummed loud above her, as if to echo a gunshot, and it did nothing to warm the cold room. She stared up with wide blue eyes, still trying to connect her mind with the now, with where she was now, her heart thudding like the rapid hit of a drum. With one deep breath, she slowly counted back from ten, exhaling slowly as she got closer to Three...Two….One. She repeated this motion again and again, just as her therapist had suggested. Sometimes, it worked, especially if she pressed her tongue to the back of her front teeth. More often than not, Elizabeth just did it because it was part of her routine. She liked her routine, even if it started earlier than she wanted.

Just as she was on her fifth set of breathing exercises, she heard the light hiss of her bedroom door open. Slowly, Elizabeth smiled and glanced at the digital clock on her nightstand— 6:00AM, right on schedule— and then she closed her eyes again, waiting. The soft padding of small feet on the carpet hit her ears, slow and sneaky, intent to surprise. They paused a bit before her bed, and then a rustle of her bedsheets as the small one began climbing on. There was a soft crawling along the bed until pausing at the pillows. Tiny hands went to her shoulder.

“Mommy? Mommy, wake up,” said a small voice, the voice of a little boy. When Elizabeth didn’t move, he grew more insistent. “It’s time to get up!”

Instead, Elizabeth turned on her side and, while hiding a smile, she began to let out a series of obnoxious snores. She heard him let out a frustrated sound, like a baby dragon growling, and pictured him puffing out his chubby little cheeks until they grew red. 

“Mah-om!”

“Eh, wha…?” she murmured, sliding one eye open, rolled to the side as if to look behind her. “Is it morning, already?”

“You know it is!”

“I’m...sorry, Tristan. I’ve been...trapped by the dream demon, once again. You’ll have to go on without me…”

Tristan started, his voice shaky, “M-Mommy…?”

Elizabeth sensed him leaning over her, to check if it was true, and she smirked. Then, fast as lightning, she turned and wrapped her arms around Tristan, easily traping him in a hug. Tristan squealed and then giggled as she turned them back around, resting again on her side, his back to her chest.

“Got you!” she growled playfully, first playfully miming a biting motion and then blowing a raspberry into his cheek.

“Mommy, stop! I have to go to school! Come o— hahaha!” Tristan began giggling, kicking his feet, trying to squirm away.

“Do you, though? Do you have to go to school?”

“Yeah! Ms. Harper’s gonna start teaching us about Earth-That-Was today.”

“No kidding,” said Elizabeth, stilling her hands just to rest her arms around his stomach. “That should be exciting.”

Tristan hummed a positive while nodding, once again kicking his feet. Elizabeth grinned, her heart filling with warmth, and she turned to lay a soft kiss to his crown. For a moment, she just enjoyed it, just enjoyed holding her son. Not because it was rare — despite her hefty schedule as a medical officer, Elizabeth Liones always found time to be with Tristan — but because this was one of the few times Elizabeth felt at peace with herself. She closed her eyes, savoring time with her son for just a moment longer.

(I wish you were here.)

Finally, she let out a sigh. “All right, time to get this day started. Wouldn’t wanna keep you from education.”

“Yay!” he cries out, then easily scrambles out of her hold. 

[librathefangirl]

This week’s word is LOCK for @ficwip's Word Game Wednesday. So here's a few wip sneak peeks from yours truly...

Wild Swan(s) au

The smile dropped from Meliodas' face when he realized where exactly he had found his brother. Zeldris was standing in front of their father's door; closed and locked as usual. It was not going to open anytime soon. That didn't stop Zeldris, though. He was staring at it as if at any moment a miracle would fall into their laps. A part of Meliodas was grateful that his brother could hold onto the belief that some things could actually go back to the way they had been. A bigger part of him hated it. Things would never go back. It was impossible.

Unfinished Whumptober 2023 Prompt (Betrayal)

Beth supposed most people, no matter their age, held onto a certain childish belief where their parents were concerned. She herself had had a lot of issues with her father over the years, but in those excruciatingly slow moments she had been locked in her room alone, there had been this hope that everything would be fine. She just had to wait for her father to come and tell her. Then he came. Instead of bringing hope and relief with him, Beth had to face just how callous her father was.

Modern Demon Bros au (the plants!)

Meliodas only made it two steps inside his apartment. For a moment, he thought he was in the wrong one. Despite having gone the exact same route, to the exact same door as he had done nearly everyday for three years now. Despite having clearly seen his own name printed in tiny letters next to the door. Despite unlocking the door with his own damn key. It was just too stark a difference. This wasn't his apartment, how could it be? This had to belong to someone else. Nobody would step into this apartment and think: oh, this is Meliodas' place, no doubt about it. This did not look like an apartment that did, or even should, belong to him. Well, not anymore - it had looked like his when he had left it just three days ago. Meliodas hadn't known that such a transformation was possible in that short amount of time. No in real life. This ought to belong on some weird reality tv show.

[librathefangirl]

Unfinished Whumptober 2023 Prompt: Betrayal

Beth pulled out her dagger, watching it with a growing sense of despair. The weapon, the training – it was all completely useless. She couldn’t do anything to help him.

No… Beth’s legs had gone numb from sitting so long. It took her several tries to get back up. She looked out the window again, her legs threatening to collapse at what she saw. No!

This week’s word is…

✨ DESPAIR ✨

Find the word in any WIP and share the sentence containing it. Reply, reblog, stick it in the tags, tag us in a new post, or keep it private. All fandoms, all ships, all writers welcome.

[jacklynnfrost]

Winter WIP for the NNTzine!

His hearts pause in their furious beatings before he hears her little voice dance down across the snow to reach him. “I’ll show them all.” She’s determined, her voice steady and a thousand images of her flash in his mind. He doesn’t need to see her to know the look in her eyes; it's one of his favorites when her eyes burn so fiercely. “I will fly. My wings will come when I need them.”

Meliodas has a hard time swallowing, his throat thickening and his chest feeling as if it is crushing in on itself. Does she remember something? He’s frozen, a chill shivering up his spine and his eyes sting as a low groan escapes his lungs in an exhale. In the time it takes him to process what he’s heard, Elizabeth has mounted her sled and with her hands pushes herself into motion.

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[alwaysamor]

WIP of a post I’m working on for June 1st for Pride month ✨ I’ll be tagging friends/mutuals as a “dedicated to” but if you want to be tagged too, feel free to reply

[yuleira]

Hello there! Here’s a WIP for the Melizabeth week DAY 4 - Pain/Comfort.

I’m still on vacation, traveling around and being so jetlagged that I barely had time to draw anything at all... v-v So here’s a little something at least. ;) I hope you’re having a wonderful day so far!

[christylove94]

WIP

She shrinks under his stare, her ears folding flat knowing her eyes are puffy and red rimmed.

“Can’t sleep?” When that’s all he comments on, she shakes her head.

“Me either.” He takes a seat on the floor just like that first night. “I figured I could use the company and hoped you wouldn’t mind me knocking.” His grin is slanted, almost sheepish. Though she knows better.

He’s framing this so it seems like he needs help instead of the other way around. He’s such a kind, wondrous man and her insides melt for him.

[dredredredredredredre7]

Hey~!

I know I've been pretty inactive lately, there has just been so much going on...

Will you forgive me if I show you wips of some Melizabeth? Yes? No? Maybe?

Well this started off a LOOOOONG time ago, I found it in my sketch book and thought I’d finish it ^^

Please gimme some constructive criticism~ Always helps

[mysti-eris]

Aaaa Im so sadddd I cant really participate on melizabeth week :((

I actually managed to finished all the wips before I travel and I planned to finish everything here but none of the comps work here and Im sobbing and salty over this,,,

So heres an ugly sketch of melizabeth because I wanna contribute

Oof cant wait to go back and finish everything,,,,, aghhhh