Tales from the Loathly Lady

It's been two years since I got a bingo card, and I decided to try again. A lot of these are a little out of my usual wheelhouse, but I'm going to give it my best shot!

AU: HISTORICAL	AU: ROYALTY/ ARISTOCRACY/ FEUDAL	GENDER SWAP	AU: APOCALYPSE	TRUTH OR DARE
COSTUMES	AU: FANTASY	SOUL BOUNDING/ SOULMATES	AU: OTHER	ROAD TRIP
SEX POLLEN	TORTURE/ INTERROGATION	FREE SPACE	METAFICTION	BREAKING THE FOURTH WALL
AU: FUSION	VIRGIN FIC	SLAVE FIC	ROLE REVERSAL	DEAL WITH THE DEVIL
TALL TALE	HURT COMFORT	CURTAIN FIC	AU: FAIRY TALE/ MYTH	WING FIC

I know, I know, I don't call, I don't write! If you want to know what I'm writing these days, you can find out either on the AO3 or on tumblr.

But in the meantime, this year's trope bingo card is here, and I haven't got ideas for anything yet, but there are some fun-looking squares!

handcuffed/bound together	slavefic	road trip	au: band	huddle for warmth
secret child	fusion	fuck or die	mistletoe kiss	au: hooker/porn/stripper
holiday	game night	au: magic	accidental marriage	kiss to save the day
immortality/reincarnation	au: college/highschool	poker/strip poker	sharing a bed	au: cop/detective
secret relationship	food porn	presumed dead	day at the beach	celebratory kiss

I am so sorry, people who follow my fic from over here. I completely fell off on posting when I posted fic. But there's been, um, a lot? I got a blackout on my Trope Bingo card. And have written a few fics since. So under the cut I'm going to make a brief-ish list (titles, fandoms/pairings, maybe a little more info) of all the fics I've posted since "A Council of Queens."

( Merlin, Les Mis, Xena, Sleepy Hollow, 2 Broke Girls, Pacific Rim )

Hopefully you find things in there that you enjoy, and I'll try not to go so long without updating again!

Title: License to Thrill
Wordcount: ~14,000
Warning: brief violence
Summary: Merlin's employees bet him the recipe for the most addictive cocoa in the world that he can't find out what the hot blond who comes into his chocolate shop does for a living within the month. He ends up getting far more than he bargained for.
A/N: Written for this prompt on the meme for summerpornathon's Charity Bonus Challenge (though it somehow ended up not having porn), and for the "bets/wagers" square on my Trope Bingo card. The title is from "I Wish I Was James Bond" by Scouting for Girls.
Disclaimer: I do not own Merlin.

You can read this fic on the AO3.

Well, summerpornathon is over, which means it's time to link what I wrote for it over here!

This is the series on the AO3, all seven entries and one entry I wrote for the first week but didn't end up submitting. Pairing list is as follows: Gwen/Merlin (with past Arthur/Gwen/Merlin), Nimueh/Ygraine, Arthur/Elena, Arthur/Merlin, Freya/Sefa, Elena/Mithian, Nimueh/Uther/Ygraine, and Arthur/Merlin with significant amounts of Morgana.

Truth or Dare, an Arthur/Merlin modern AU, 1800 words, written for one of the bonus challenges.

Temptation, a Hunith/Will modern AU, about 1k, also written for one of the bonus challenges.

And for anyone who is curious, as a result of all these fics, this is how my Trope Bingo card is going.

Title: Find Out What I'm Feeling
Wordcount: ~19,370
Content notice: contains some references to Grantaire's drinking, but it isn't a focus of the story.
Summary:When Marius's girlfriend Cosette writes an article about Enjolras's campaign for a seat in the state House of Representatives (not to mention his attempts to start a new political party) and mistakenly mentions Grantaire as his boyfriend, Enjolras ends up pretending to date him in the media storm that follows. He's not sure why Grantaire says yes, but he's starting to want to find out.
A/N: I am just wandering all over fandoms like nobody's business lately. Written for the "fake relationship" square on my Trope Bingo card (and I got my bingo!). Title from "Feelings Show" by Colbie Caillat.
Disclaimer: I do not own Les Mis.

Enjolras will always blame the whole thing on Marius, because it starts when Marius brings his new girlfriend to one of their campaign meetings.

Title: The Sun Hasn't Died
Wordcount: ~10,800
Warnings: past character death, mentions of violence and rioting and other consequences of the apocalypse
Summary: You have to figure out how to survive somehow, after the world ends. Elena does it by stealing horses and roaming, at least until she finds the village of Camelot and its residents, especially its librarian.
A/N: Written for the free space on my Trope Bingo card and because Emjayelle prompted an Elena/Mithian apocalypse AU on tumblr. I restrained myself from putting novels worth of backstory and minor character interaction into this, you should be grateful. Title from "Radioactive" by Imagine Dragons.
Disclaimer: I do not own Merlin.

Read it over on the AO3: ... if there's nobody around to appreciate her cleverness, well. Elena always did better on her own anyway.

Title: Here to Hold on To
Wordcount: ~14,800
Warnings: minor character death, hospitals/illness (specifically Erica's epilepsy), mentions of bullying and miserable high school experience (also due to Erica's epilepsy, nothing more explicit than in canon), minor bloodplay towards the end. There's no sex, but Laura is very aware nonetheless of Erica's age.
Summary: A chance meeting in the hospital the morning after Laura kills Peter leaves Laura with a telepathic connection to a teenager she'd never met before--one who, after she finds out about werewolves, wants the bite.
A/N: Written for the "telepathy" square on my Trope Bingo card, and for Femslash February. Title from "City," by Sara Bareilles. Also, who is in the least bit surprised that my longest Teen Wolf fic to date is extremely rarepair femslash?
Disclaimer: I do not own Teen Wolf.

Read it here on the AO3.

Title: The Space Between the Threads
Wordcount: ~1700
Warnings/Enticements: crossdressing (for charity but also implied for pleasure), strong hints of D/s, very unresolved UST
Summary: It would have been nice of Arthur to warn Gwaine that his sister is coming to stay. Especially before he offered his guest room for Gwaine to change in before the charity event they're doing.
A/N: Written for the "crossdressing" square on my Trope Bingo card. This isn't rated because it's the closest you can get to a PWP without actually having any porn involved. The title is from a quote by Lori Howe: "Lace is as much about the space between the threads as it is about the threads themselves."
Disclaimer: I do not own Merlin.

( Oh now. What have we here? )

Leaving my card here for easy reference and for ease of having a masterlist later. This looks like it will be quite entertaining! Percolating a few ideas, we'll see what comes of them.

de-aged	holiday	cross-dressing	au: steampunk	slavefic
day at the beach	in vino veritas / drunkfic	au: neighbors	huddle for warmth	au: college / highschool
secret relationship	curtainfic	au: apocalypse	truth or dare	celebratory kiss
au: historical	food porn	secret twin / doppelganger	fusion	kiss to save the day
fake relationship	animal transformation	accidental baby acquisition	telepathy / mindmeld	genderswap