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Summer Monthly Roundup

Heyyyyyyy, so it’s been a hot minute since we last spoke. This roundup will have the highlights from May, June, July, and August so buckle up ‘cause we have a lot of fics to get through!

DC

Homecoming as Labyrinthian by cabezas_de_vaca Batman, (gen), 25k, Case Fic, Birds of Prey In which Barbara returns home, starts a girl gang, goes toe-to-toe with a serial killer, and figures out what she wants from life.

yourself or someone like you by suzukiblu My Adventures with Superman, (multi), 9k, Kon-El "Crap!" the food truck worker shrieks in alarm. "Don't hurt him, Superman, he's just a kid!" Clark . . . pauses, then looks up from the kid that he is currently pinning into the street as said kid struggles underneath him. "'Hurt him'?" he asks in reflexive confusion, and then realizes how batting a teenager around like a person-shaped cat toy and pinning him to the street hard enough to crack it probably actually looks to an outside observer. . . . um. Whoops. "Um," he starts awkwardly, and then the kid slips his pin while he's distracted and throws his arms around his neck with a gleeful laugh and a bright grin. "Dad!" he crows triumphantly, and hugs Clark harder than literally anyone has ever hugged him before.

Foreign Counsel by icarus_chained Batman, (Clark Kent/Lois Lane), 34k, ID reveal, A/B/O If Clark thought that Lois Lane would be content to sit back in Metropolis while he fell on his sword like she hadn't kept the exact same secret for the exact same reason ... well. His head hadn't exactly been in the game the past week or so. She'd probably forgive him. But what he didn't know wouldn't hurt him, and she had her own appointment with Gotham City. With ... Leslie Thompkins, in particular. But more than that. Because Gotham had an entire alien invasion happen, and nobody seemed to give a shit, and Lois hadn't written some of the best pieces of her life trying to bring attention to this city only to let it slide into the sea unremarked now. She had a meeting, and a job to do, and ... maybe more of both than she'd planned for going in.

MISC

Triangulating Nothing by cabezas_de_vaca Harry Potter (gen), 84k, Genre tag, Genre tag Slytherin, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff-- houses have never mattered, not for the Trio. And now there's a war on. What would it look like to build a side of their own for a change? And Justin's careful and best friends with all the ghosts and the portraits, and Neville's coming into his own, and Ginny won't even hesitate to punch you in the face if you bad mouth her crew. And why exactly does Voldemort care so much about some vague prophecy? Or: fifth year means Umbridge, the DA, and learning how to fight a war.

To Know My Enemy by Menel X-Men (Logan/Scott Sumers), 36k What if Scott and Logan once struck a deal in order to better facilitate their working relationship? What if that deal grew more complicated over time?

Double Agent Vader by Fialleril (multi), 90k, AU-Canon Divergence The one where Vader turned double agent for the Rebellion about three years after ROTS, and Leia is now his primary contact with the Rebellion. This is a collection of oneshots that all fit into the same universe, but posted in no particular order. Updated when the muse strikes me. Alternate summary, according to TV Tropes: A man attempts to escape slavery by turning into one of his culture heroes, teaching his daughter how to do magic, killing people, and flower arranging.

CROSSOVERS

This Bitter Earth by art_savage Supernatural x Criminal Minds, (gen), 12k, Case Fic  The Winchesters and the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit investigate the same case, a series of mysterious deaths on the grounds of a South Carolina plantation. 

It's a Weird New World by Rhino (RhinoMouse), RhinoMouse Criminal Minds x Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D (Jennifer “JJ” Jareau/Daisy Johnson), 51k, Time Travel, BAMF Daisy The BAU has a new agent assigned to them against their wishes. After-all they don't need a new agent, especially one with a file so classified they can't see anything but the agent's name in it. But Strauss's orders are Strauss's orders. It would help if this Daisy would stop taking stupid risks and acting like she's bored. Of course Daisy really is bored and isn't exactly allowed to mention that after fighting aliens, Inhumans, and Hydra, dealing with regular serial killers is kind of low stakes.

While You Were Missing by basil_coffee_and (Roy Harper/Jason Todd) 85k, Accidental Baby Acquisition A familiar redheaded child darts across the bullpen with a shout of “PAPA!” and barrels into Jason’s arms. “Lian–” He breathes. Jason's undercover work as Neal Caffrey is difficult for several reasons. He didn't anticipate that single parenting would be one of them, though.

[kkshowtunes]

google citing ao3 as a source is so unhinged

[explosionshark]

Oh my God everyone kicking Buffy out and putting Faith in charge is the FUNNIEST moment of collective girlfailure in all of Buffy. Genuinely a number one. Faith has been out of prison for less time than a Hulu Trial and they’re just like “put her in charge we are SICK OF THIS BLONDE BITCH” and it goes exactly as you expect. Nothing but respect for my idiot in chief

It's so fucking funny bc Faith doesn't even really want it, it's just pretty much her being a victim of her own Hotness Bubble like

The Potentials are all freaked out and bummed over how Their Lives Are All In Danger and Buffy's been stressed so she hasn't been the fun parent lately. Then Faith rocks up - they don't KNOW her. But she's SO hot. She's funny. She's got this rep. She's got slaying experience. And, crucially, she's really exuding this kind of dirtbag ex con zen that these idiot teenagers IMMEDIATELY misread as competence.

List of things Faith is competent at by season 7

-slaying (I'll give her that!)

-looking good in tank tops

-being pretty chill when people take shots at her over the whole Going Evil Phase

-being stabbed

-sustaining head trauma

-i mean getting her ass absolutely handed to her repeatedly without dying

-being gay for buffy

You'll note this list does NOT INCLUDE any sort of leadership skills. She's literally JUST hot and kind of charming.

She is the deadbeat dad who has the kids on the weekend and doesn't make them stick to bedtimes or do their homework and she let's them play M rated video games and say "bitch."

AND THEY PUT HER IN CHARGE. THE SLAYER WHOSE MOST NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE FAILING TO END THE WORLD AND SUCCEEDING AT GIVING HERSELF BRAIN DAMAGE.

And what does she do when she's in charge? Almost immediately receive another traumatic brain injury.

[emi-gelfling]

For tomarry shippers, this fic is the equivalent of jegulus shippers' Crimson Rivers fic. Lots of banter and tension between Harry and Tom, but also maturation and character growth! Definitely a wip worth keeping track of!

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[uhohdad]

König and pegging. Thoughts? opinions? musings?

Nervous, so nervous.

He’s always had mixed feelings about your adventurous side in the bedroom. You’re much braver than him in that regard, encouraging him to do things he would have never even thought to do on his own. You’ve certainly helped him learn a lot about himself. Surprised him with his own excitement more times than he can count.

This is one of those times.

He likes your gift, he does. So thoughtful, liebling.

But the rich purple silicone dildo dangling from the mess of straps that you call a harness instills immediate panic, his fingers tightening around the arms of his chair.

He doesn’t think he can do it, liebling.

But he sees those pleading puppy dog eyes, soft lips turned into a pout.

And of course, he feels the sudden, painful erection aching against the give in his pants.

“Äh, okay. I’ll try. For you.”

“Just relax.”

“I’m trying.”

“You’re tensing.”

“I don’t think it’s going to work, liebling.”

You frown, looking down at your boyfriend. Cheek smushed into the covers, his hair a bit unkempt, evidence of both a discarded shirt and hands that had wandered during fervent kisses.

Your slicked finger carefully pulls out of him.

You can hear it in his tone, see it in his dejected eyes. The disappointment directed at himself for not being able to satisfy your desires. A stark contrast to his usual confident, arrogant even, façade.

Wordlessly your hands climb up the comforter on either side of him, smearing lube on the covers as your chest presses against the warm, soft flesh of his back. A gentle kiss planted on his shoulder, another next to it. A trail of kisses along the curve of his shoulder blade until your nose is brushing against his ear, your lips lingering against the skin of his neck as you breathe him in.

Your fingers trace up his sides, barely grazing along his flesh until you find the nape of his neck. Tufts of hair slide between the gaps of your fingers as you cup the back of his head, massaging his scalp with your nails.

“Don’t worry,” You whisper into his ear, breathy and low, “You’re still my good boy.”

He shudders at your touch, the hum of your words, a faint whimper leaving him.

You sit back on your knees, nestled into the mattress between Konig’s spread legs.

“Flip over.”

It’s spoken gently, but it is still an order. He obediently falls in line, awkwardly slinging his long legs to avoid kicking you as he repositions himself.

You take a moment to soak him in, hungry eyes devouring a tight chest and sculpted core. Your hands follow suit, feeling him up, cold hands soaking up the heat that radiates from his skin.

He shudders at your touch, his fingers gently wrapping around your biceps as you rub up and down his torso.

Your hands wander lower, fingers sliding down the tops of strong, muscular thighs to the plusher insides, tracing closer and closer to his cock, at half-attention from your soothing touch and resting against stomach.

One of your hands cups his swollen balls, massaging them between your fingers, the other wrapping around the base of his shaft.

Your grip him loosely, pumping in rhythmic fashion.

The sighs of relief, the squirms under your touch, it’s addicting. His face flushed and swollen lips parted around his huffs, eyes lulling behind drowsy eyelids. Your touches hone in on the movements that elicit the whiny breaths, the tense of his muscles.

He’s at full attention now, cock enraged and twitching in your hold. His hips grind into your touch, meeting your pumps with hitched breaths, his fingernails dug into the mattress.

You scoot back, lowering yourself down to catch the tip of his cock in your mouth with a suck, slicking the sensitive head with your spit. With your tongue flat, licking him like he’s a piece of candy, your hands don’t dare slow, forcing him to fuck your mouth with each pump.

“A-ah.”

“That’s my good boy,” you coo at him, voice both soothing and condescending as you pull him from your mouth with a pop.

He opens his half-lidded pretty blue eyes, cloudy with arousal, looking to you with a plead.

“Bitte, liebling - fuck me.”

Masterlist

Dividers courtesy of the lovely @cafekitsune

[bitchwhoreofastorm]

my longform fics:

the egg of time: pre-nerevar almsivi backstory, loosely following the plot of the 36 lessons of vivec (93k words, in progress)

a rolecall of lives lost at the battle of red mountain: covers the period between nerevar's death and almsivi's ascension (21k words, in progress)

barfoksdaga: 1st era Tongue lore/barfok backstory (12k words, complete)

so if you're new here and wondering, "what on earth is the context for this", it can probably be found in one of these (most likely egg)

[rooksunday]

fluffcember day thirteen: fire and ice

Fox rubbed at the transparisteel with the palm of his glove, hoping a different face would be revealed in the stasis pod, but it stubbornly remained the same. He scanned the pod again with his HUD sensors and again received the same response:living humanoid trapped in a box in suspended sleep. Sure, the HUD readings prettied the information around the edges and made it technical, but the truth remained like a fish bone in the throat. Fox choked on it.

He flicked on his comms. "Thorn, you receiving?"

"Always, sir. Did you find anything exciting down there?"

Fox grimaced at the frozen face. "'Exciting' wouldn't be my first choice of adjective."

The pause between his words and Thorn's response couldn't have been more than seconds, but felt far longer with only his silent audience for company. Coruscant's lower levels were either full of blaster fire or thick with suspicion. The back of Fox's neck itched and he shifted his weight.

"Thorn?"

"Do you require extraction, sir?" Thorn asked evenly.

The even tone belied the fact that both of them knew that Fox was fucked if anything had truly gone wrong. Fox had been on a jaunt around the lower levels, gently extorting contacts on his usual schedule, when he'd met a source who'd overheard something that 'might be interesting', for a price. As the last 'interesting' lead from that source had led to materiel that the source couldn't shift but wanted gone, and the Guard had certainly come out on top of that transaction, Fox paid—after bartering, of course, he hadn't been decanted yesterday.

Unfortunately, that all meant Fox was tits-deep in the lower levels alone and no extraction would reach him in time to prevent disaster. Thorn hated Fox's solo jaunts for that exact reason. In turn, Fox hated giving Thorn reason to fret; Thorn tended to take his worry out in petty vengeance and Fox couldn't go decaf again.

"A speeder wouldn't go amiss, but I can wait. Party of two," Fox added, as an afterthought.

"Friendly party?"

Fox grunted. "Hard to tell. They're a quiet one. Circumspect."

"I see." A muffled shout, like Thorn had ordered someone to get in the nearest speeder and mow Fox down with it. Something friendly like that. Thorn returned to full volume as he said, "Any details they might've disclosed? Perhaps they've been noted at other events."

Was Fox planning on bringing a known criminal to HQ, Thorn meant. Fox shook his head, though Thorn couldn't see. The writing on the pod wasn't in any either Fox or his HUD recognised.

"Nothing came up on search."

"Distinguishing features?"

That one was easy enough to answer. Fox took a holo with his helmet and sent it to Thorn for review.

"Not sure how distinguishing it is, since Skywalker's been running around with one for years and he's the least distinguished being I've ever met, but they've got a full cybernetic arm with..." Fox rubbed at the transparisteel again. "A red star on the shoulder. Might be able to find something, you think?"

[thylionheart]

Now that I’m a significant ways into writing my David x Jonathan fic I am no longer sure if David is a top or not

What I do know is that Jonathan definitely WANTS David to top him

[eyra]

not me actually reaching the halfway point of my first draft of book 2!

considering this book barely even existed as a concept two months ago, I am shocked and stunned at this as an accomplishment. it came from the soul did this one.

[emmaspolaroid]

hello aeoy enjoyers 🤍🧡

[hornychristianprincess]

just wanted to let everyone know that i am 23k words deep in my next fic for taesan and should hopefully have something for ya'll to chew on soon 🫡

[astraea-linden]

Question to the JJK fic writers/readers:

I'm relatively new to anime fanfics, and now that I'm writing my own JJK fic, I'm slightly confused about how to write names?? Basically, I've noticed that a lot of fics written in English use the Japanese convention of writing the surname before the given name (i.e. Gojo Satoru) even though that convention isn't used in English dubs/manga translations, which is primarily what I consume. I have seen a fic here and there that use the English convention of writing names, but the vast majority use the Japanese convention. Is there a particular reason for this, and/or does it matter to you which one authors use? I know that AO3 has their names listed using the Japanese convention, but other than that I would love to know if there is more to this. Is it simply preference, and if so, is it a dealbreaker for you if someone writes their names using English conventions? I'm simply not used to thinking about/writing names the Japanese way due to primarily watching English dubs and reading English translations, but if it's a major point of contention for fic readers, then I'll definitely make the change. I'd just like to know!

Thanks!!

[redyarns]

snippet (undertow, ch. 6)

IM TIRED OF THIS GRANDPA

[eclecticopposition]

Happy Secret Samol to 152Createz! They asked for Phrygian getting to meet Eclectic and Leap, and have a great time together! We are happy to announce that we have therefore written a novel about three guys that have never talked on screen.

There's Branched lore. There's a deep dive into Phrygian's situation and metal state. There are man-cannons. There is legit a mystery. There are multiple metal heists. There's aioli. It gets fucked up and political and sad. It gets gender. It gets weird. Shoutouts to Branched Man.

Chapter one and two are up now, and more are on the way! Enjoy!

[remyfire]

This is why Sidney had to come analyze you so much, you absolute egg

[alltheirdamn]

rant time: i am EXHAUSTED by peoples comments/attitudes towards fic writers lately. pls be kind to us and our stories. we put so much time and effort into our content and it truly is exhausting to be put on such a pedestal. we aren’t show ponies. we just want to create the things we love and share them without feeling like it’s not enough. please stop setting the expectations so high for us 🙁