Friday Fic Round Up August 16
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This weekly roundup includes fics written (at least in part) during the 1k1h sprints and/or the Weekend Writing Marathon events.
Fics are ordered first by fandom, then by word count from smallest to largest.
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The Destiny We Make by cinagray
The Old Guard || Joe/Nicky || Teen & up || No major warnings apply || 569 words || Complete
Summary: Now that she's immortal, Nile wants to know if she should forget about finding her soulmate.
Other tags: soulmarks, soulmates
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Make It Shallow by treefrogie84
The Old Guard || background relationships || Mature || No major warnings apply || 1,492 words || Complete
Summary: Nile screams herself awake, choking on phantom grave dirt and ice. Andy and Quynh, Nicky and Joe all watch her carefully, but say nothing until she has her breathing under control.
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When Booker has been buried in the frozen Russian countryside for over 200 years and Copley still figures out what they can do.
Other tags: canon divergence, buried alive, the team never found Booker, Merrick still happens
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The Eyes of the Storm by emiliaoagi
Supernatural || none || General || No major warnings apply || 2,989 words || Complete
Summary: A major storm brews above Lebanon, KS. Castiel takes advantage of a chance to stretch his wings. Meanwhile, Dean and Sam sit back to watch the storm, only to see strange, eldritch shapes in the clouds. (So much for a day off.)
Other tags: Eldritch Angels, Angel True Forms, Storm Watching
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The Pitfalls of Being Famous (chapter 27) by tryslora
Teen Wolf || Stiles/Derek || Teen & up || No major warnings apply || 3,938 / 116,850 || WIP
Summary: Stiles takes a chance on Open Mic night.
Other tags: Musician AU, Breakups & Makeups, Angst with a Happy Ending, Anxiety & Depression
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The Pitfalls of Being Famous (chapter 28) by tryslora
As Above || 4,551 / 121,401 words || WIP
Summary: The break between tours isn't much of a break, and the news Derek has for Stiles isn't particularly good.
Other tags: Musician AU, Angst With a Happy Ending, Breakups & Makeups, Anxiety & Depression
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The Pitfalls of Being Famous (chapter 29) by tryslora
As Above || 8,135 / 129,536 words || WIP
Summary: In which Stiles deals with the logical consequences. But it's not all bad, not at all.
Other tags: Musician AU, Breakups & Makeups, Anxiety & Depression, Angst with a Happy Ending
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The Pitfalls of Being Famous (chapter 30) by tryslora
As Above || 4,406 / 133,943 words || WIP
Summary: Stiles's life is a rollercoaster of massive highs and massive lows.
Other tags: Musician AU, Breakups & Makeups, Anxiety & Depression, Angst with a Happy Ending
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The Untamed/MDZS || gen-ish Juniors quartet + Mo Xuanyu || Teen & up || No major warnings apply || 3,718 words || Complete
Summary: The warehouse scene from Guile and Gold from Lan Jingyi's point of view. (This will make more sense if you read Guile and Gold first, but this can be read on its own. I just wanted Juniors + MXY puppypile! )
Other tags: Alternate Universe - Modern with Magic, Alternate Universe - Superheroes/Superpowers, Cyborgs, Fluff and Angst, Canon-Typical Violence, Vigilantism, Everyone has a crush on Sizhui, Zizhen has a crush on everyone, Cybernetics
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The Untamed/MDZS || Jiang Cheng/Nie Huaisang || Explicit || No major warnings apply || 50,556 words || Complete
Summary: It’s the 40th anniversary of Lotus Pharmaceuticals and 10 years after Jiang Cheng took over as the youngest CEO in the pharmaceutical industry. It’s time for some big merger announcements, but nothing ever went smoothly, so why would it now?
Coincidentally, it’s been 10 years since there were vigilantes in the city.
Other tags: Alternate Universe - Modern with Magic, Alternate Universe - Superheroes/Superpowers, Vigilantism, Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism, Somebody Lives/Not Everyone Dies, nearly full cast, clashing egos, Cyborgs, competent idiots, Sexy Times, Electricity, Blood Kink, Rimming, Established Relationship, Friends With Benefits, idiots to soulmates, greyromantics, strongly worded letter to canon, fixer!NHS, coder!WWX, littlespoon!JC, Hurt/Comfort, Fluff and Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending, Canon-Typical Violence, Canon-Typical Sexism, superhero-type death, terrible eating habits, unethical work arrangements, Corporate Espionage, corporate warfare, inaccurate portrayal of how corporations actually work, corporations are not your friends, monopolies are not your friends, Nie Bro Feels, Cybernetics
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