EXCHANGE INTERFACE

One assignment, one pinch-hit.

The recip for my assignment hasn't responded to any of her recent gifts, either comment or kudos, so while I think it's kind of rude not to say thank you, at least it's not personal.

Title: as the wyrm turns
Fandom: Merlin
Characters: Merlin, Gwen
Relationships: Merlin & Gwen
Rating: G
Summary: Magic had laws. His mother had been a lecturer of physics at Oxford for years before her sciatica made the constant standing an agony. Hunith had been the one to teach Merlin that all energy came from somewhere, that there was nothing new under the sun, and that every action had an equal and opposite reaction. She’d also been the one to observe that her son’s abilities and gifts followed those rules...most of the time.

I actually wanted to write a whole lot more to this - Arthur and Morgana and Merlin and Gwen all sitting down to dinner and having a conversation about magic and what it means in the world...

My second genex was a PH I picked up because I liked the recip, and because I could. It's not as brilliant as I'd envisioned it in my head (sometimes your brain does this, you know? And then it's not quite as magnificent as you thought it would be).

Title: stars of hope in dark despair
Fandom: Rogue One
Characters: Chirrut Îmwe, Baze Malbus, Luke Skywalker
Relationships: Chirrut Îmwe & Luke Skywalker, Chirrut Îmwe/Baze Malbus (background)
Rating: G
Summary: There’s no palm trees, no sand, no watery inlets, no tower – not anymore. Yet Chirrut knows exactly where he is. He can feel it – hope and success in the midst of death and destruction – that this was both the ending and the beginning, like the tale of an ancient snake who endlessly swallowed its tail to represent time unending...

I've had an idea for the story from Luke's POV for some time, and after writing this, I have ides for more Chirrut-and-Baze backstory, but the issue of time and hijacked brain is big right now...

And a recent Captain Hill snippet:

Title: Office Gossip
Fandom: MCU
Characters: Steve Rogers, Cameron Klein
Relationships: Maria Hill/Steve Rogers
Rating: PG
Summary: “So, I heard that Commander Hill is seeing someone.”

Steve looks sharply up from the missions Maria gave him to sign off. Then he remembers that the person Maria is seeing is him.

This was a snippet that sprang from another fic I wrote a while back - 'go down with your shield or come back upon it' - which featured Steve and Maria negotiating their relationship.

This one was...kind of fun. And silly. But fun, too.

So I just squeaked my kink_bingo BINGO line in under the deadline (in Honolulu; what? it counts!) and filled the first line of my kink bingo square. Not quite the blackout I was hoping for, but it's my first year.

It was actually very interesting writing 'kink' - mostly because it was a chance to examine the interaction dynamics between the characters in the context of their relationship with each other. You know me - lately, even my PWPs tend to end up being character studies. But it was quite a challenge to work out who would do what, who would allow which to be done to them, and the time, place, and scenario that it lent itself to.

So, really, an exercise in character writing - and quite a challenging one.

( forthwith: five bingo fics )

TITLE: Prince of Camelot - Choice and Destiny
CATEGORY: drama, action adventure, fusion
RATING:</> PG-13
WARNINGS: None
WORD COUNT: 19,790
NOTES: Written for the AU Big Bang 2010 - a Black Jewels Merlin fic! Thank you so much to my beta grav_ity for reading this over! And thank you to azarsuerte for the art and encouragement!

SUMMARY: Camelot Territory has had no Queen since Igraine died in a power struggle between her husband, Prince Uthyr, and the Black Widow Priestess Nimueh. For twenty years, a male council has ruled the Territory, led by Prince Uthyr, unwilling to trust any witch with a claim to power.

Now, a new generation is coming to maturity - among them, Uthyr's son, the Warlord Prince Arthur. And with the arrival of a young man from one of the outlying villages, a young Queen is about to come into power in Camelot.




Art by azarsuerte
cover graphic | wallpaper
cover graphic is also featured in the fic