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"Younger sons cannot marry where they like." - Col Fitzwilliam (Pride & Prejudice)
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There’s little use in being a gentleman when you’re the younger son of a younger son. In fact, the person with the greatest chance of succeeding around here is Ginevra (if only she’d be reasonable).
But the willful sons and daughter of Burrough House in Devonshire may just find their way with a little nerve and a lot of heart (and some very unladylike behaviour).
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(A Regency-era Muggle AU)
The Marauders and Co navigating the triumphs and defeats, the epic highs and lows of Hogwarts University
Or something like that.
[modern college au chatfic]
What do seven professional art thieves do in their spare time?
Attend college, of course.
[a modern college au chatfic]
For all it was a scandal, it felt a lot more like enchantment.
There is freedom in knowing what’s in your heart. There is comfort in knowing you are not alone.
The whole world knows her name.
He has no idea what his might mean.
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2023 Golden Ink Award, Best Angst 1st Place
2023 Golden Ink Award, Favorite Lead Character (Xander Vandenburg) Runner Up
2024 Golden Ink Award, Long Formed Story 3rd Place
2024 Golden Ink Award, Best Page Turner 2nd Place
All things considered, it is quite hard to run away properly, when your friends can, quite literally, follow you to the Ends Of The Universe And Back.
This is fairly annoying when your friends' primary motivations for hunting you down seems to be to pretend that Everything's Fine Without Him, Really, ruin your perfectly-sweet, perfectly-quiet happiness with a sudden onset of Relationship Crisis, and to sidle you into playing Therapist when your only qualifications for the role are that you were once (sort of; it's a long story) a God and/or have previously given some Exciting News to a random virgin woman and some shepherds, neither of which are particularly helpful.
Beelzebub is Mildly Furious, Gabriel is Quietly Amused: together they're, well, sort of just... Meh about it all?
Or, the flipside of Catherine and Alex's relationship.
Written for RogueSlytherin's 100 Ways to Leave a Lover Challenge.
Sic semper tyrannis
It is the morning of 26th December 1968 and the scandal breaks like a storm: Minister Nobby Leach has been poisoned. The suspect, Abraxas Malfoy, sits in a holding cell, red-handed and innocent. Auror Alice Longbottom is leading the investigation - not into the poisoning, but into a string of strange crimes: people vanishing, candlesticks stolen, and rumours that the dead are coming back. The Department of Mysteries is reluctant to help: James Selwyn left the office three weeks ago under a cloud of suspicion, and since then the Death Chamber has been locked, its contents sealed away.
Eyes are watching everything, everywhere, spying on protests and squishing riots, but talk is growing in the shadows: turning from unrest to rebellion to revolution.
Lord Voldemort is ready.
the sequel to Imperium
|| Inkys 2023 Winner: Best Villain ||
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With everything in life, there is a season. And they are always changing.
Maria Wynstone is mostly content with a quiet life at her family's country estate, but as the daughter of a gentleman farmer, she knows that a few bad seasons can make all the difference to one's circumstances. And Maria has had her fair share of bad seasons in Town, to make her never wish to quit there again.
Arthur Colbourne does not mind the law per se, but an embarrassing bumble in court rattles his confidence to the point where he questions all he's ever worked for. However, when his Uncle Wallace unexpectedly dies and he inherits the estate, Arthur finds himself thrust into a role that he is quite underprepared for, particularly when he meets the daughter of his new neighbour, Miss Maria Wynstone.
Drawn to her quiet charms, Arthur finds himself feeling things he's never experienced before. And when the delightful Miss Wynstone receives startling news about her brother, Gerry, Arthur cannot help but offer his services to help her find the truth of what happened to him. As the hunt for Gerry reaches a critical turning point, both Maria and Arthur are confronted not only for their growing feelings for one another, but also ghosts from their pasts. They must then find a way to move beyond their individual failings, should they want to succeed together.
Written for inmyownlittlecorner's Regency Rep Challenge.
Zoya Nazalensky thought nothing could be worse than taking an intro acting class as a senior.
Then she met Nikolai Lantsov.
The week after Lan Xichen turns twenty-three, he is told that the elders have decided it is time: the matchmaker has been called.
Sect Leader Lan must find a wife.
It will, he is assured, simply be a process of him dictating his perfect woman to the matchmaker who will find the girl and make suitable introductions. Zewu-jun is, after all, the First Jade of Lan; who would refuse him?
This is less comforting than it's supposed to be because Lan Xichen is left with the awkward, mortifying ordeal of considering the prospect of a wife, and all the books on the subject are, well, unhelpful for a man of his temperament.
It is his greatest challenge yet, so, naturally, he ropes all his brothers into it - willing, unwilling, unwitting.
(Shufu is simply grateful there are no more Explanations required. Twice was twice more than enough.)
When Lan Wangji walks out of his high-end dental practice in Shanghai, he gets in his car and just drives.
Wei Wuxian isn't sure how or why Lan Wangji ended up in Jinxi, but he's not sure the village life is really for him.
The only problem? Lan Wangji is too stubborn to realise this and somehow, he's made this Wei Wuxian's concern.
(Or, the Hometown Cha Cha Cha!AU no one asked for)
|| Inkys 2022 Winner: Best Description; March 2022 Story of the Month ||
There are Jiangshi corpses on the streets, a statue dancing through the parks, and rumours of Yin Iron and corruption slipping in with the mists from the sea.
These things are normal.
There is a toddler found alone on a boat and burning, a strange man with a red ribbon sits in Lan Wangji's seat, and the Little Apple Twist mocktail now has vodka.
These things are not.
Or, Wei Wuxian returns to Hong Kong and really, everything spirals out of control from there.
Wen Qing: this chat wasn't created so you could spam everyone in it with your endless crying over lan zhan
Wen Qing: it's been a thousand years, how is this still going on?
Jiang Wanyin: thinking this would ever stop was your first mistake
Jiang Wanyin: the second is thinking wuxian created this chat for anything other than bitching
Jin Zixuan: Didn't Huaisang create this chat?
Nie Huaisang: for the vibes~~~
Stellar banner by grumpy cat @ HPFT!
Dr. Terra Olivier and Dr. Nathaniel Borovitch are on a long-term, deep space exploration mission. When they discover a new planet with intelligent life and receive worrisome orders from their commanding officers, they must choose what they're standing for.
An original science fiction screenplay.
Golden Ink Awards 2021 Winner: Best Original Fiction
Golden Ink Awards 2021 Winner: Best Action/Adventure
Was I gay? Was I bi? Was I no better than my siblings at lusting over my best friend's wife?
The three of us were close, that was true. Rose had always been my best friend growing up, but when I met Scorp we just connected on so many different levels, and in a lot of ways he knew me better than Rose ever could.
A collection of unrelated drabbles, all somehow connected to the concept of solitude in its many facets
Second place in Renacera's ABC Drabble Challenge
Inkys 2021: first place for best original fiction and first and second place for best drabble (Pianoforte and Wonderland)
Chalices 2021: best writing style and best original fiction winner
Hufflepuff Story of the Month - March 2021
Sitewide Story of the Month - July 2021
Stunning banner by Kris (grumpy cat)
Gideon and Fabian Prewett have already welcomed three nephews into the world. But this time is different. Because twins change everything.
2nd place in victoria_anne’s Sibling Challenge.
Golden Ink Awards 2021 Runner Up for Best Dialogue
He looked up as she approached, his smile widening, the lines around his eyes crinkling behind his glasses. He raised his glass as if in a toast, and asked, “To what do I owe the pleasure, Evans?”
Ignoring the curious looks of his friends, she said, “Actually, there’s something I need to talk to you about. In private.”
That didn’t sound too bad, did it? Not necessarily personal. It could’ve been about Head Student responsibilities. It could’ve been about anything.
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an ace Lily Evans fic
Pool is anything but a game. Play with caution, because you're playing for keeps.
Banner by golden. at TDA
Chloe is content with her quiet life amid her Muggle parents' fear of magic. But after suffering a brutal attack at the hands of would-be Death Eaters, Chloe is thrust into a world both exhilarating and terrifying. Marlene McKinnon and her friends, the Marauders, are rule-breakers. They leave laughter and chaos in their wake. They are everything that Chloe thought she never wanted, least of all Sirius Black: cavalier, reckless and so strangely alluring. As the years pass, Chloe's infatuation with Marlene and Sirius forces her to question where her loyalties lie in the shadow of a rising war.
Golden Chalice Awards - Best Drama, Best Original Character
Longing. Self-Destruction. Greed. Family. Harm. Tenderness. Community.
A collection of one-shots and drabbles from a variety of fandoms.
[Death Note, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Hunter x Hunter, Assassination Classroom]
Millennials Are Ruining Their Own Lives By Overthinking
"And how would you like your quarter-life crisis, Monsieur? With a side of frites or salade?"
Louis/Scorpius
(sequel to six segments of a satsuma.)
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2 bets. 10 days. Endless shenanigans.
{Brooklyn 99 meets How to Lose a Guy in 10 days}
written for MuggleMaybe's [Blank] Meets [Blank] challenge
2019 pogs winner for best dialogue | june 2019 sitewide story of the month
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