…th’ archangel soon grew nigh,
Not in his shape celestial but as a man
Clad to meet man….
(Paradise Lost, 6.44, 11.238-40)

Okay, I know you’ve all probably all moved past this episode by now, but I was away all weekend, and didn’t get to join in the fun. But I liked the episode enough to actually buy it from itunes and watch it again, which I haven’t done for ages, so I’m going to rattle on a bit…

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Title: ‘The Latest Dream I Ever Dreamt’
Rating: R, het
Pairings: Dean/Erika, Dean/Tessa
Warnings: SPOILERS THROUGH 5.11
Word count: ~3K
Disclaimer: Not mine, no profit.
Summary: Sam was wrong. It wasn’t a good dream.

a/n: title and epigraph from John Keats, “La Belle Dame Sans Merci.”
a/n: from a leftover prompt from the hoodie_time fic challenge: Something causes season 5 Dean to have nightmares about hell again. While he handles it better than before, he tries to hide it from Sam. Sam finds out and is comforting (and gives him much needed hugs). I doubt this is what the prompter had in mind, especially re: the ratio of hurt to hugs. So, apologies in advance…
a/n: I’ve compressed the sequence of days a bit…

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No, not Sherlock Holmes wearing a thigh holster. Sadly, ‘cause you know I would be all over that fic. But until the day someone writes that beautiful story, here are a few of each.

Thigh holster aka End 'Verse Dean/Cas(s) first:

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No spoilers for anything past 5.11.
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Still waking up in the mornings with shaking hands
And I’m trying to find a girl who understands me
But except in dreams you’re never really free.

Don’t the sun look angry at me.

Warren Zevon, “Desperadoes Under the Eaves.”

Title: Body Blows
Rating/genre: pg (pre-slash); h/c.
Word Count: ~2.5K
Disclaimer: not mine, no profit
a/n: set in a vaguely pre-movie, pre-Mary era.
a/n: beta’d by the wonderful calamitycrow--thanks, as always, babe.
a/n: I started this for a prompt at the sherlockkink meme for an overprotective Holmes. But then I completely lost track of the meme, and this morphed into a sequel to A Cold Night Out (though there’s no need to have read that one to understand this one).
a/n: I think I’ve gotten all the suffering!Watson out of my system now—I’m hoping the next H/W fic I write will be a lot peppier. If you know what I mean. And I think you do.

Summary: Holmes traced cool fingers across Watson’s brow. “Just memories,” he said, voice as light and dry as ever, “stirred by the fever. Just memories.”

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So, the Sherlock Holmes movieverse seems to have eaten my brain for the past couple of weeks. I mean, I’d always suspected that Robert Downey Jr. as Holmes was going to be a treat, but who knew giving Jude Law a mustache, a sword-cane and an inconsistent limp was going to be such a boon to humanity? Or something like that.

I can’t say I’ve read exhaustively through the reams of fic that have been coming out, or even dipped into the impressive century's worth of previous stories (it was the first fandom, after all), but I wanted to pass on a few things I’ve enjoyed. Y’all probably know my tastes: hurt, then comfort, and then, apparently, in this case, sex.

The slash is working for me in this pairing more than it usually does. I blame RDJ and JL again—you just look at those guys and know they’ve done everything. Twice.

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It looks like Haiti will need all the help the rest of the world can offer.

So, I've never done this before, but I've put an offer to write fic up for auction at help_haiti here.

I'm offering 1-3K (maybe more) of SPN (gen, or Dean/Castiel), Merlin (gen) or Sherlock Holmes 09 (slash or gen)--tailored to your prompt (or not).

And, I forgot to say so on the post, but I'd also be happy to write J2 (up to an R rating) or a meta on an SPN or fanfiction issue of your choice.

OR, if there's anyone you feel really needs to meet the Winchesters, via a xover fic, let me know!

Look around at the site, though, there are a gazillion wonderful authors offering their services.

You have 'til Jan 20 to bid/offer stuff.

Title: The Things We Say With Our Hands
Pairing: Holmes/Watson
Rating: R
Genre: h/c
Word Count: 1,562
Disclaimer: Not mine, no profit
a/n: Written as a comment fic for roque_clasique's birthday comment fic meme. Happy birthday, roque! The prompt was: Watson has trouble with his leg on a daily basis, and he tries to downplay it, to Holmes and to himself. Holmes, however, is too observant to miss anything, but he humors Watson and pretends he doesn't notice... but he's sneaky and makes everything easier for him, when he can. Who could resist!
a/n: Yes, the rating and pairing up there are not typos: this is actual, though very mild, slash--a first for me, and I am blushing like a Victorian maiden. Be gentle, 'kay? *runs and hides*

Summary: They never spoke of it.

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Yup.

I feel like I left a lot of prompts here and there at the end of 2009, and didn't fill any. So, in the interests of reciprocity, or accountability, or something, I'm starting the new year off right by filling a prompt from the afterthecold comment fic meme: Holmes, for whatever reason (falling into the Thames? getting knocked over the head by a villain? staying out too long on a case?) gets hypothermia. Watson has to warm him up. Optional misunderstanding with Mrs. Hudson entirely welcome.

There's no Mrs. Hudson, but a lot of PTSD!limping!Watson along with cold!Holmes--though that's not really the same thing at all, is it?

Never written in this fandom before...saw the movie, but haven't read the stories for years. Apologies in advance for any injuries to canon.

Title: A Cold Night Out
Rating: pg, gen
Genre: shameless h/c, hypothermia!fic
Word count: ~2K
Disclaimer: not mine, no profit.
Summary: Just another night on the town...

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I don't know if y'all have seen the hypothermia!fic comment fic meme going on at afterthecold, but anniehow just posted a wonderful ficlet in response to my Merlin prompt. It's gen, and has wonderful bickering, imperious-yet-kinda-clueless!Arthur and sneaky-magic-using!Merlin, and, of course, enforced cuddling. Read it here .

And I'm sure there's room for a bunch more Merlin hypothermia fics, if anyone else feels so inclined!

I’ve been meaning to post these forever.

1. Everyone should meet the Winchesters

I didn’t have time to read as many of the fics posted for the xover_exchange challenge as I would have liked, but here are a few of the SPN crossovers I enjoyed. If you enjoy crossover, though, you should go check out the whole site—there are some amazing combos—ones that made me wish I watched more TV.

SPN/X-Files
Monsters vs. Aliens by strangevisitor7
Bobby and Mulder are old friends. If that isn’t canon, it should be!

SPN/Star Trek
Balance of Terror (and Zombies) by jaune_chat and brighteyed_jill
Authors’ summary: Sam, Dean, and Castiel encounter some mysterious strangers, one of whom is experiencing some scarily familiar symptoms.. I’ll just add that this fic goes a long way towards redeeming one of my least favorite SPN episodes.

SPN/Dollhouse
Stolen Soul by jaune_chat
Author’s summary: Dean is stolen and taken to the Dollhouse to prevent him from ever fulfilling his destiny. Sam has to try to find him while he and Castiel attempt to avert Apocalyptic signs from destroying the city. Meanwhile, the inhabitants of the Dollhouse find their newest member may have more to him than his story suggests.
I don’t know anything about Dollhouse except the premise, but this is a great SPN S5 fic.

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Title: My Heart Going Boom, Boom, Boom
Rating: pg, gen.
Word Count: ~1.5K
Characters: Merlin, Arthur, Balinor
Warnings: SPOILERS FOR 2.13
Genre: missing scene for 2.13, h/c, character study.
Disclaimer: Not mine, no profit.
a/n: rescue beta’d by the amazing calamitycrow; all remaining problems entirely mine!
a/n: title from Peter Gabriel’s “Solsbury Hill.”
a/n: a kind of companion piece to my 2.12 tag, Without Oaths, but no need to have read that one to understand this one.

Summary: What was Merlin thinking when Arthur called his name?

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Title: Don’t Care to Stay Here Long
Author: ariadnes_string
Fandoms: Star Trek, Supernatural
Characters: Sam, Dean, Kirk, McCoy, Spock
Rating: pg-13, for language, gen.
Wordcount: ~9K
Spoilers: Through SPN 4.10; takes place between 4.10 and 4.11.
Disclaimer: not mine, no profit
A/N: A huge thank you to calamitycrow, for the super fast beta (especially since I wrote a lot of this backwards), and for all kinds of other help with it as well. I owe you one, bb.
A/N: Title from a nineteenth-century hymn.
A/N: Written for brighteyed_jill at the xover_exchange. This version has been considerably cleaned up and smoothed out.

Summary: Since when did demons start looking like demons?

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Title: Without Oaths
Rating: pg, gen fic (but I think you can probably read it as pre-slash…)
Genre: h/c, with a side of character study. Think of it as meta wrapped around some h/c; or maybe h/c wrapped around some meta.
Warnings: SPOILERS FOR MERLIN 2.12
Word Count: ~1.7K
Disclaimer: Not mine, no profit.
Summary: Merlin and Arthur are tired.

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I'm corralling a couple of stray comment fics I wrote last spring, purely for record-keeping purposes (not posting them to coms). They are both pretty random, and I'm resisting the urge to try and make them better. They are both straight-up, shameless h/c.

This one was written for affectingly's McCoy-A-Thon, for a general request for McCoy h/c. Think of it as a fanfic cliche in space.
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I'm corralling a couple of stray comment fics I wrote last spring, purely for record-keeping purposes (not posting them to coms). They are both pretty random, and I'm resisting the urge to try and make them better. They are both straight-up, shameless h/c.

The first is J2, written for the comment_away comment fic meme on "domesticity." The prompt was Jared making chicken soup from scratch for a sick Jensen. from ladyrhyanne .

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Hey, thanks for the virtual snowflake cookies, folks!

The snow that apparently fell on much of the South over the weekend skipped NC--but snowflake cookies are much better, IMHO.

Speaking of gifts and food: does anyone have any favorite covered dish recipes they'd be willing to share?

I never manage to do much volunteering, or to show up for "garden" days at the school, etc., but I do try to bring a meal for people/families in situations where that's helpful (new babies, illness, etc.).

One of the preschool moms had some kind of major surgery, and I got assigned tomorrow for food--which meant I didn't have time for my usual things, which involve the slow-cooker. Someone at work hooked me up with a veggie mac-n'-cheese thing, which looks okay, now that I've made it, but it made me realize I need more of a repertoire for this kind of thing...

Got something that's easy, delicious, and always works?

Vegetarian preferred--or at least something that doesn't mix dairy and meat. I don't keep kosher myself, but a lot the people and places I end up bringing food to do...

Thanks!

MASTER POST

Title: Two Boys from Kansas in King Uther’s Court, 1-7
Author: ariadnes_string
Rating: pg-13, gen, no pairings.
Fandoms: Supernatural/ BBC Merlin
Characters: Sam, Dean, Merlin, Arthur and various canon BBC Merlin characters.
Word Count: ~36K, all part
Warnings/ Spoilers: Set Merlin mid-S1, no spoilers for S2; set mid-S1 for SPN, but very vague spoilers for S2; also, a version of a SPN canon character from S3-4 shows up eventually, with some very vague references to SPN 3.09; and there's a non-spoilery, blink-and-you-miss it shout out to SPN 4.18.
Disclaimer: Not mine, no profit
ETA: beautiful banner by ala_tariel


Picture Credit by: ala_tariel


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Title: Two Boys from Kansas in King Uther's Court, 7/7
Rating: pg-13, gen
Word Count: ~6.6K this part, ~36K total (eep!)
Warnings: here with part one. Takes place S1 Merlin, S1 SPN. Also, some hurt!Dean in this section....
Disclaimer: not mine, no profit.

a/n: a huge thank you to calamitycrow for beta'ing the whole thing, along with sustained hand-holding, firm nudges to get the thing written, and assorted consults on things like Medieval wound care. You rock, bb!
a/n: a huge thank you also to anyone who's read part of this, or even *gulp* the whole thing. I never thought I'd actually write something this long, and while I wish it were better, it's been a blast, and an amazing learning experience, so, yeah, thank you!
ETA: beautiful banner by ala_tariel

Summary: The title pretty much says it all. And this:

“Thought we were doubling the watch tonight?” Dean said, after a minute.

“He nodded off.” Arthur gestured towards Merlin, who was indeed fast asleep, propped against his saddle, head canted back and mouth open. “Not used to hard marches. I’ll wake him in a bit.”

The darkness, or the isolation, or maybe what they’d seen together in the smallpox hut, seemed to have released Arthur from the shell of brusque arrogance he usually wore, and Dean could hear the warmth in his voice when he spoke of Merlin—a rough, protective affection that rang a chord in his own chest.

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