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New Recs (I still live in fandom)

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 03:36:54 GMT

Nothing new in the fanfic area, but here are some new recs (at this point it's more of an occasional recs journal than anything else.

2 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Fanfiction Recommendations
4 Harry Potter Fanfiction Recommendations

Breaking Free by StillRose
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Pairings: Spike/Xander
Rating: NC-17
Warnings/Categories: SciFi AU, slash, graphic torture scene
Summary: Lt. “Xander” Harris and Captain William the Bloody have both suffered and lost in the on going war between the Biogens and Council.
Status: Completed, 45 chapters
Comments:

Repossession by Lazuli
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Pairings: Xander/Spike
Rating: NC-17
Warnings/Categories: slash, angst, torture (mostly through flashbacks), rape (all through flashbacks), OC's (but I love them), amnesia!fic in the begninning, multiple personality disorder on the part of Spike/William, possible Highlander influences
Summary: The future. When Spike's hurt, who does he turn to?
Spoilers: Selectively into S6, then it's AU.
Status: Completed, 125 chapters
Comments: I found this on another recs list, where it was warned as being a Highlander crossover. I am unfamiliar with Highlander, but after reading this fic and then doing some Highlander research, I can say that at most the author is borrowing from Highlander mythology. As far as I can tell she hasn't used any characters from the Highlander universe. No mention of using Highlander influences is mentioned in the author notes, so it is equally likely that she just thought up the mythology herself. That said, I found this a highly enjoyable read. It was a long story that I adored from start to finish. The author deserves extra points for finding a believable way of making Xander and Spike be destined for each other, and also for utilizing an unusually creative way of extending Xanders lifespan.

Evernight by LilRinnieB
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairings: HPxSS
Rating: NC-17
Warnings/Categories: Creature fic, mpreg, possessive Snape, OC's
Summary: It's Harry's seventh year at Hogwarts and the new strategy in the war against Voldemort is "Fight darkness with darkness." Harry goes through a series of changes that has him questioning everything he thought he ever knew about magic, darkness, destiny ... and a certain snarky Potions professor. .
Status: Work in Progress, 52 chapters as of this posting
Comments: You need access to the username/password in order to be able to read the fic at the author's website, but it is easy to acquire and very much worth it.

Pains and Contradictions by ATypicalSnowman
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairings: HPxSS
Rating: R
Warnings/Categories: Tortured Snape, character death, angst
Summary: When Harry begins to break under the pressures of death and prophesy, help arrives from an unlikely quarter: Snape. Despite their own doubts, manipulations from all sides and hapless interventions combine to bring their two souls together.
Status: Work in Progress, updated roughly twice a month on average, 20 chapters as of this posting.
Comments:

Two Households, Both Alike in Dignity by Mad Martha
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairings: HPxRW
Rating: NC-17
Warnings/Categories: Series AU
Summary: That very first day on the Hogwarts Express, Harry shook Draco Malfoy's hand and became a Slytherin. Ron has hated him ever since. But Harry doesn't hate Ron ....
Status: Complete, 5 multichaptered stories (go to Mad Martha's author page to find the sequel stories, "Two Households II", "Two Households III" and so on.
Comments: This is one of my favorite AU's of any fandom. Mad Martha is an excellent author, and everything she produces is gold. Not all of her stuff turns out as serious as this story, but I didn't want to get repetitive by listing her too many times, so I decided to post my favorite of her work. Her author page here is pretty comprehensive, but if you find you like her work I recommend that you join her yahoo group, as it has some stuff that isn't available here, and also has stories grouped together so it's easier to find sequels and such within specific fic universes.

Tyger! Tyger! by Blood Cult of Freud
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairings: SSxHG, other minor pairings
Rating: NC-17
Warnings/Categories: het, original characters, forced/arranged marriage, pregnancy, rape scene, angst
Summary: n/a
Status: Complete, 37 Chapters
Comments: I hadn't realized until after reading this fic that many people in fandom seem to have an issue with it. It contains several prominent fandom cliches, such as forced marriage and teenage pregnancy. I think that it all works in this fic, but others disagree. I believe the main issue is the author's writing style is not for everyone, and you should be able to tell after the first chapter or two whether it will work for you. Overall I consider this a story with a happy ending, but not a happily-ever-after story. The author takes a more realistic approach to how a person might deal with societal problems. Hermione gets to solve most of the stuff that bothers her, but she has to wait a very long time and compromise in doing it more subtly than some readers might prefer. I also really adore how the love grows over time in this fic, and that the characters are realistically flawed even in old age.

First spam comment

Sun, 08 Jun 2008 05:30:48 GMT

Today I received my first spammy negative comment. It came from a mediaminer user in response to "We Begin at the End", a Harry/Draco vampire fic I did for an exchange at hpvamp some time ago. I know logically I shouldn't be so upset about it, because it was bound to happen sooner or later and in fact, it's really quite amazing that it's taken so long for me to receive one. I never should have replied to the person in the first place, I know, because where there's prejudice there's really no reason.

Anyhow, here's what happened. I'm going to get the whole thing off my chest and hopefully it won't bother me anymore.

This person left me a comment where they accused me of incorrectly labeling my fic. It was something to the effect of "this is yaoi not a one shot *insert some curse words and bad spelling*"

I replied explaining that it is categorized as a one shot because it is not multichaptered, and I do have the fic categorized as yaoi under "fic type" so the persons complaint was moot. I then told this person that there was an option on mediaminer that allowed them to exclude yaoi fic from their results, and asked them to not leave uninformed comments on people's fic.

This person replied (again, very rude, called me names) and said that they'd done that and my fic had shown up any way (called me more rude names). And then they said some more rude stuff I'd rather not dwell on.

I'm not going to reply to this person again, obviously. I don't know if it will do any good, but I contacted mediaminer via their all-purpose contact form and explained the situation. Since I had already deleted the comment by then I wasn't able to copy it, but I did copy in both my e-mail and the other person's response. I made it clear in my message that I did not intend to reply to this person again, and that I was concerned that this person might be harassing other members. I also said, more than once, and if the staff member noticed any sort of incorrect labeling on my fic to please tell me and I would fix it. I don't know if mediaminer involves themselves in personal disputes, and if I don't hear from this person again and they're not bothering anyone else then I suppose it doesn't matter. Mediaminer allows anonymous reviews, so even if this person's account was suspended they could still comment. But I still really wanted to do something about the whole situation and this was all I could come up with. Sad, I know. Anyhow, here's to hoping I won't hear from this person again.

New Fic Recs (HYD, HP, Labyrinth, One Piece, RK, Spirited Away, and Weiss Kreuz)

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 05:24:42 GMT

Hana Yori Dango (Boys Over Flowers)

Late for Dinner by Maho-chan
Pairings: TsukasaxTsukushi
Rating: NC-17
Warnings/Categories: Series Continuation, Drama
Summary: Two years after Tsukasa moved to New York, Tsukushi spends the winter holiday from Eitoku University with him in America. One snowy evening, Tsukasa and Tsukushi are late for dinner and Tsukushi makes a very important decision.
Status: One-Shot
Comments: I never have read the manga, but I am a big fan of the dorama based on it. This fic is only timeline compliant before season 2.

Harry Potter

Note: "My Man Friday" by Enhama is no longer available on the internet. I have a copy saved on my hard drive and am open to sharing through e-mail(nofiofic (at) gmail.com).

Lupin's Symposium by Sandra
Pairings:HGxRL
Rating: NC-17
Warnings/Categories: humor, set after year six
Summary: Seems dear, old Professor Lupin is in heat. Hermione is intrigued. Only scientifically, of course. Hopefully, her homework won't suffer. Too much.
Status: One-Shot
Comments: Hermione's sense of humor and internal monologue is wonderful. This is one of the wittier fics I've come across, it just screams brilliance.

Labyrinth

The Enticement by Scattered Logic
Pairings: Jareth/Sarah
Rating: NC-17
Warnings/Categories: Story Continuation, Drama, Romance
Summary: In exchange for returning to the Labyrinth, Sarah is offered what she desires most... She's about to learn there is a huge difference between fantasy and reality.
Status: Complete, 15 Chapters
Comments:

One Piece

Noli me Tangere by Pennilane
Pairings: Zoro/Sanji
Rating: PG
Warnings/Categories: hints of character death
Summary: In which Sanji reflects upon love, Zoro hoards memories, dreams are happily stale, and no one knows what they lack because there's never been a fork in the road. And there is altogether too much blood, as usual.
Status: One-shot
Comments: I love this fic primarily for its language and how very clearly the emotions are portrayed.

Rurouni Kenshin

Heart's Ease*** by Yumi
Pairings: Kenshin/Kaoru
Rating: NC-17
Warnings/Categories: AU, romance, drama, angst
Summary: N/A
Status: Complete, 3 parts. A one-shot sequel, "Kimi wa Dare Wo Mamotte Iru", is also available.
Comments: A classic among Kenshin/Kaoru fans, "Heart's Ease" has everything I ever wanted in my Kenshin/Kaoru lemon. Not only is the writing fabulous and the sex scenes superb, the author also infuses the writing with the personalities and intentions of the characters, which just makes the whole thing better.

Spirited Away

Courage of the Spirit*** by Velf
Pairings: Haku/Chihiro
Rating: T
Warnings/Categories: Drama, Story Continuation
Summary: Chihiro is 20 and at university. Her brush with the spirit world still influences her life to today. She is trying hard to fit in with the “real world”, but she is finding this difficult and the cracks are starting to show.
Status: Finished at 40 chapters. A sequel is available, Enchantment of the Heart, completed at 19 chapters and rated M. A sequel to that, Resilience of the Soul, is in-progress with 33 chapters posted to date, rated T. Updates are slow but steady.
Comments: Much like Ruri Hoshino's "Dreamer Awakened" (a Blue Seed continuation), this fic is so good that I no longer feel the need to search for other fic in this fandom. All of the characters are dealt with wonderfully and I really like the author's take on how Haku's power and corporeal forms work. I actually stayed up nearly all night trying to finish "Courage of the Spirit" the first time I read it.

Weiss Kreuz

Zerbrochen*** by Tritorella
Pairings: Yohji/Aya, and in the sequel there is Yohji/Aya/Schuldig and Ken/OC
Rating: NC-17
Warnings/Categories: AU, possible series continuation, angst, drama, mentions of character deaths (not the Weiss team), rape, and some other nasty stuff.
Summary: A Weiss AU ignoring Glühen. Kritiker is in ruins, Weiss are fighting a lonely war against Estet. Unlikely alliances are formed, and friendships tested.
Status: "Zerbrochen" contains 6 "parts", with the last "part" separated into six chapters. A sequel, "Geheilt", is also finished with three parts, the first being separated into seven chapters and the third being separated into fourteen chapters. All the other "parts" singles.
Comments: This is a lengthy ride, perfect for someone who loves long fic. Don't let the warnings scare you away, really, some of it is stuff I don't usually go for but it all works in this fic.

Introspection: A Drabble - JoJo in the Stars

Tue, 25 Dec 2007 03:34:38 GMT

I felt slightly inspired after watching this 10-minute short online.

(ps: to watch JoJo in the Stars, go here)

197 words, Mme Pica's POV. G-rated. Takes place directly after the film.

Introspection

The looks didn’t matter. Mme Pica knew this.

The Hero, as Mme Pica had begun to think of him - after all, he had not only tried to save JoJo from her loneliness ten years ago, he had inadvertently saved Mme Pica’s circus - had been raised as a commoner. He understood beauty, in the way that commoners did. He knew that JoJo was beautiful, he knew he, himself, was ugly and wretched.

JoJo had lived with freaks for all of her life; had been considered a freak for all of her life. She had no concept of beauty. She looked at his scars and hurts and saw only what he had been through. She still saw the person who had tried to save her once before. She would hurt because he hurt, but she would never understand the aesthetics.

This would save the business as well.

Because The Hero was here, JoJo would no longer try to leave. She could be unchained, she would fly above the audience. The Hero would provide an act as grotesque as JoJo’s was beautiful.

If they loved each other, all the better for them.

For Mme Pica, there was always the circus.

Nofio's Favorite Harry Potter Fics

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 03:58:23 GMT

Nofio's Favorite Harry Potter Fics
aka: Nofio's Harry Potter FanFiction Recommendations

Updates
04.01.09
Added Evernight by LilRinnieB, Pains and Contradictions by ATypicalSnowman, Two Households, Both Alike in Dignity by Mad Martha, Tyger! Tyger! by Blood Cult of Freud.
Fixed the link for Furry Magic by Neichan.
Removed recs for Sex Magic by VelvetBlood and Seul Amour by Skarrah, as both are WIP's that appear to have been abandoned. A pity.

If you would like to look through my recs in other fandoms (there's quite a few of them) click here.

If you would like to look through my memories (which contains still more recs, primarily drabbles and things that I haven't put on the formal recs list yet) go here.

If you would like to read my reccers note (which explains why the HP fics have a separate recs page), click here.

Recs are ordered alphabetically by Title.
*** indicates a fic that I particularly favor.

Angels and Devils by Beren
Pairings: HPxDM
Rating: NC-17
Warnings/Categories: Post OOTP, creature fic
Summary: Harry defeated Voldemort: his act of heroism is famous throughout the wizarding world. He’s trying to finish his final year at Hogwarts in peace, but something peculiar is happening to him, something he never would have expected. It's all rather embarrassing and making his life very complicated.
Status: Complete, 10 chapters
Comments:

Awakening to the Dream by VoxFuriae
Pairings: None yet (she won't reveal anything)
Warnings: Angst, creature fic, violence, slash
Summary: Harry is abandoned to Vernon's rages while Draco fights off Voldemort's advances. Their birthdays set Destiny into motion, but no amount of power can stop Harry's downward spiral. If Harry saves the world who can save his soul?
Status: In-progress, 51 chapters, updated somewhat regularly
Comments:

Beautiful World*** by Cinnamon
Pairings: HPxDM
Rating: R
Warnings/Categories: Angst, lime, spoilers, takes place after Harry's 5'th year.
Summary: Draco is afraid of living and Harry is afraid of dying, but sometimes the choice isn't offered. Draco's got to learn what it is to really live, while showing Harry how beautiful the world really is when you're not too scared to see it.
Status: Complete, 11 Chapters
Comments: I literally went through half a box of tissues reading this story, it reduced me to sniffles and tears pretty early, and by the end I was having a hard time breathing. It's just very, very beautiful, bittersweet. If I could I'd make every person on the planet read this story, fan or not.

Blind as a Bat story arcs by Spinner
Pairings: SS/HP, mentions of others
Rating: R
Warnings/Categories: AU, Angst, Drama, Rape, First Time, Character Death, Vampires, Violence, Rough Language
Summary: Harry is having a rotten summer between his fifth and sixth years. Once back at Hogwarts, the school year doesn’t get any better. He’s experiencing precognitive dreams, and he’s starting to sense things about people when he touches their personal items. If that’s not bad enough, the new Dark Arts instructor appears to fancy him, and Professor Snape is being nice to him. It’s enough to make anyone a bit jumpy.
As luck would have it, Severus Snape is also having a rotten year. His long-estranged, presumed-dead wife has surfaced to ask him for a divorce. The new Dark Arts instructor clearly has a fancy for Harry, and Snape is trying to protect the stupid boy from her. He finds that protecting Harry might mean he has to be kind to him. *ick*
Status: Complete, 5 multi-chaptered arcs.
Comments:

Blood Magic*** by Gatewaygirl
Pairings: None (well, many past pairings, but none in the 'present')
Rating: R
Warnings/Categories: Drama, Angst, Severitus
Summary: Blood magic was supposed to keep Harry safe, but his relatives are expendable. Blood magic was supposed to keep Harry looking like his adoptive father, but it's wearing off. Blood is a bond, but so is the memory of hate -- or love.
Status: Complete, 84 Chapters
Comments: Let me make this simple, there is no slash in this fic (though I wouldn't call it a het fic either), no hard pairings, no sex scenes, and I LOVED it. I love this fic more than I love some of the very, very slashy fics listed here, that is how good it is.

Cambiare Podentes: Invocare*** by Jordangrant
Pairings: HPxSS
Rating: NC-17
Warnings/Categories: Slash, dominance/submission themes, non-consensual sex, violence, hurt/comfort, use of druglike substances
Summary: A new prophecy comes to light, one that promises death for Harry Potter and enslavement for the wizarding world, unless Harry himself consents to being enslaved--irrevocably and for life--to Severus Snape.
Status: Complete, 50 chapters, a sequel is supposedly in the works but has yet to be posted
Comments:

A Consummation to be Devoutly Wished For by Mirasfics
Pairings: HPxDM, ABxDM
Rating: NC-17
Warnings/Categories: Humor, Crack fic
Summary: Um... dracoisaveelaandharryishismate. Shut up.
Status: Complete, one-shot
Comments:

The Corruption Sequence by Beren
Pairings: HPxDM
Rating: NC-17
Warnings/Categories: Post-OOTP, blood play, dubious sexual consent, creature fic
Summary: Voldemort has captured Harry and for his own twisted reasons has chosen not to kill him outright. Revenge in the Dark Lord's mind requires a fate worse than death and Harry is about to find out what that is.
Status: Complete, 3 parts. A companion fic, "Distortion," which tells the story from Draco's POV, is in-progress. It's written by another author (Carved Wood), who not only writes well but also writes in a style similar to Beren's.
Comment:

The "Civil War" Series*** by Sushi
Pairings: SSxHP
Rating: NC-17
Warnings/Categories: Drama, angst, action, slash, teacher-student relationship, AU past Harry's 5'th year
Summary: As Lord Voldemort's power swells, threatening to crush the souls of all who oppose him, two bitter enemies seek solace from a most unexpected source.
Status: Possibly finished (one can never be sure); it's at a good end point in any case. There are more than fourteen parts to the story right now, and several of these "parts" are multi-chaptered.
Comment: Quite an interesting saga, especially when you consider that this started out as a one-shot PWP. I think the author provides an especially unique view of Severus; she deserves love simply for how well she's thought out and presented his past. Despite how harsh this story is at times, I find it more bittersweet and tender than anything else. Also, she really kept me guessing throughout the entire fic, I wasn't sure what was going to happen.

The Dating Disasters of Sirius Black*** by KabeyK
Pairings: RMxSB,l JPxLE
Rating: R
Warnings/Categories: Humor, light angst, lime, marauders era,
Summary: For some reason unfathomable to Remus, Sirius always likes to tell him in excruciating detail about his various romantic problems. Not fluffy
Status: Complete, 11 Chapters
Comments: Another funny one that also tackles some serious subjects. The marauders are presented like real biting, scratching, fighting teenage boys. The emotional awakening of Remus and Sirius happens at a natural pace, and the story just has a very good feel to it.

Evernight by LilRinnieB
Pairings: HPxSS
Rating: NC-17
Warnings/Categories: Creature fic, mpreg, possessive Snape, OC's
Summary: It's Harry's seventh year at Hogwarts and the new strategy in the war against Voldemort is "Fight darkness with darkness." Harry goes through a series of changes that has him questioning everything he thought he ever knew about magic, darkness, destiny ... and a certain snarky Potions professor. .
Status: Work in Progress, 52 chapters as of this posting
Comments: You need access to the username/password in order to be able to read the fic at the author's website, but it is easy to acquire and very much worth it.

Furry Magic by Neichan
Pairings: HPxLM, various characters with OC's
Rating: NC-17
Warnings/Categories: AU, Drama, Humor, Creature Fic, Angst, Mpreg, Evil!Dumbledore
Summary: Harry catches a nasty virus.
Status: Complete, 111 Chapters
Comments: Most definitely an AU, even if it isn't specifically stated as such by the author. You probably ought to know that the fic deals with were leopards. Many people dislike this fic, for various reasons, many of which are actually understandable. In fact, I wasn't going to list this fic, but it's made it for just one reason: I keep on coming back and rereading it. For all of its faults, I still find it to be very entertaining. If you have a fairly open mind and are looking for a way to while away the time, give this fic a shot.

Gold-Tinted Spectacles by Beren
Pairings: HPxDM
Rating: NC-17
Warnings/Categories: Post-OOTP, Slash, Creature Fic
Summary: Harry is about to enter his seventh year, and things are not quite what he expected. He is no longer the angry boy who watched his world fall apart at the end of his fifth year, but neither has he completely found his place yet. He is looking for someting, and to his confusion it seems to have something to do with Draco Malfoy.
Status: Complete, 40 chapters
Comments:

Hinge of Fate by Ramos
Pairings: SS/HG
Rating: M
Warnings/Categories: Drama, Angst, Violence
Summary: Hermione cannot remember, and Severus cannot forget.
Status: Complete, 22 chapters
Comments:

Icarus Rising by Ryokoblue
Pairings: HPxDM
Rating: NC-17
Warnings/Categories: Post-Hogwarts, lemons, Draco-as-Veela, Harry-as-Mate
Summary: It's the final battle. Harry's on a warpath to find Voldemort, but what happens when he runs into an old school rival? Especially when said rival is no longer exactly... human?
Status: Complete, 14 chapters and 2 epilogues (one for those who didn't want mpreg, one for those who did)
Comments:

If You Are Prepared*** by Cybele
Pairings: HPxSS
Rating: NC-17
Warnings/Categories: Slash, student-teacher relationship
Summary: Dumbledore has a plan to keep Severus and the boy safe.
Status: Complete, a trilogy with 28 collective chapters
Comments:

Indago by LdDurham
Pairings: HPxDM
Rating: NC-17
Warnings/Categories: Slash, mpreg, creature fic, threesome, angst
Summary: A missed potion reveals a secret about Draco and Snape and Harry finds out his own place in their sexually charged and animalistic hold. Will he be able to adjust to this final battle for a peaceful life?
Status: Complete, 58 chapters. A sequel, "Indago: Reborn," is also complete at 33 chapters, and the final sequel, "Indago 3," can be read at the author's LJ. The first series is definitely the best of the set though.
Comments:

Lupin's Symposium by Sandra
Pairings:HGxRL
Rating: NC-17
Warnings/Categories: humor, set after year six.
Summary: Seems dear, old Professor Lupin is in heat. Hermione is intrigued. Only scientifically, of course. Hopefully, her homework won't suffer. Too much.
Status: One-Shot
Comments: Hermione's sense of humor and internal monologue is wonderful. This is one of the wittier fics I've come across, it just screams brilliance.

The Misadventures of Draco Malfoy, Ferret by Sabershadowcat
Pairings: HPxDM
Rating: R
Warnings/Categories: humor, crack fic, and what could be considered bestiality and mpreg, if you choose to look at it that way. Takes place after book 6.
Summary: Snape turns Draco into a ferret for his own protection. He would've been safer with the Dark Lord.
Status: Complete, one-shot
Comments:

My Man Friday by Enahma
Note: This fic is no longer available on the internet. However, I have a copy saved to my hard drive. If you would like to read it please e-mail me (nofiofic (at) gmail.com) and I will send it to you as an attachment. Really, I like sharing the love.
Pairings: SS/HP
Rating: NC-17
Warnings/Categories: Angst, Drama, Hurt/Comfort, Romance
Summary: The cliched idea: Harry has to marry Snape. He tries to resist, and Snape isn't happy either. But Dumbledore insistent (as always), and the result is an unhappy, arranged marriage.
Status: Complete, 6 chapters
Comments:

Pains and Contradictions by ATypicalSnowman
Pairings: HPxSS
Rating: R
Warnings/Categories: Tortured Snape, character death, angst
Summary: SS/HP. Slash. When Harry begins to break under the pressures of death and prophesy, help arrives from an unlikely quarter: Snape. Despite their own doubts, manipulations from all sides and hapless interventions combine to bring their two souls together.
Status: Work in Progress, updated roughly twice a month on average, 20 chapters as of this posting.
Comments:

The Perfect Wife by LinW
Pairings: SS/HP
Rating: R
Warnings/Categories: AU, Angst, Crossdressing
Summary: In the 1800's, a schoolteacher is forced into an arranged marriage by an overbearing uncle. This fic is an Alternate Reality as there is no magic.
Status: Complete, one-shot
Comments:

The Precipice Arc by Coffeejunkii
Pairings: DMxHP
Rating: PG-13
Warnings/Categories: Post-Hogwarts, angst, hurt/comfort, mpreg, established relationship
Summary: You can only go so far before you fall.
Status: In-progress, the main series is currently 8 chapters long. There are also several stand-alone fics set in the verse, most of which function as prequels.
Comments:

Price of Love*** by RogueSugah
Pairings: RW/HG, hints of HP/GW
Rating: NC-17
Warnings/Categories: AU after OOTP/6'th year
Summary: All Hermione wants to do is get closer to Ron. This summer she gets her wish, but the closer they get, the harder it will become for her to share her secret with him. But share it she must. If love really is stronger than hate, as Hermione believes, their feelings for each other may actually be enough to save them all.
Status: Completed, 80 chapters. An outtake, "Behind Closed Doors" is also available.
Comments: You have to register on the site in order to access the story. However, it's totally worth it if you're looking for a good Hermione/Ron fic.

Stealing Harry by Samvimes
Pairings: Eventual RLxSB
Rating: R
Warnings/Categories: Action, drama, slash, AU
Summary: Stealing Harry grabs canon by the throat and disembowls it. If Lucius Malfoy got to Peter Pettigrew before Sirius could, Sirius would be a bookshop owner, Remus would have a steady job, and one day, when Harry Potter was eight-and-a-half years old, they might kidnap him from the Dursleys... (Sirius/Remus in later chapters).
Status: Complete, 28 chapters. There are also a set of sequels called "Laocoon's Children," that take place parallel to Harry's school years in the books. Most recent updates can be found on the author's LJ.
Comments: Definitely one of the best AU's I've ever come across. Harry is absolutely adorable at eight years old, and the differences from the books are handled in such a way that I can't help but love them too.

Stick by Abstract Concept
Pairings: SS/HP
Rating: PG-13
Warnings/Categories: AU
Summary: After the war, Severus goes looking for peace. Harry goes looking for Severus. Severus finds strength in himself, but will he also learn to bend?
Status: One-Shot
Comments:

Two Households, Both Alike in Dignity by Mad Martha
Pairings: HPxRW
Rating: NC-17
Warnings/Categories: Series AU
Summary: That very first day on the Hogwarts Express, Harry shook Draco Malfoy's hand and became a Slytherin. Ron has hated him ever since. But Harry doesn't hate Ron ....
Status: Complete, 5 multichaptered stories (go to Mad Martha's author page to find the sequel stories, "Two Households II", "Two Households III" and so on.
Comments: This is one of my favorite AU's of any fandom. Mad Martha is an excellent author, and everything she produces is gold. Not all of her stuff turns out as serious as this story, but I didn't want to get repetitive by listing her too many times, so I decided to post my favorite of her work. Her author page here is pretty comprehensive, but if you find you like her work I recommend that you join her yahoo group, as it has some stuff that isn't available here, and also has stories grouped together so it's easier to find sequels and such within specific fic universes.

Tyger! Tyger! by Blood Cult of Freud
Pairings: SSxHG, other minor pairings
Rating: NC-17
Warnings/Categories: het, original characters, forced/arranged marriage, pregnancy, rape, angst
Summary: n/a
Status: Complete, 37 Chapters
Comments: I hadn't realized until after reading this fic that many people in fandom seem to have an issue with it. It contains several prominent fandom cliches, such as forced marriage and teenage pregnancy. I think that it all works in this fic, but others disagree. I believe the main issue is the author's writing style is not for everyone, and you should be able to tell after the first chapter or two whether it will work for you. Overall I consider this a story with a happy ending, but not a happily-ever-after story. The author takes a more realistic approach to how a person might deal with societal problems. Hermione gets to solve most of the stuff that bothers her, but she has to wait a very long time and compromise in doing it more subtly than some readers might prefer. I also really adore how the love grows over time in this fic, and that the characters are realistically flawed even in old age.

The Veela Enigma by Jennavere
Pairings: DMxHP
Rating: NC-17
Warnings/Categories: Humor, angst, fluff, creature fic (Draco-as-veela, Harry-as-mate), slash, language
Summary: What if some of Draco's ancestors, pretending to be purebloods, concealed the truth about their veela heritage? You'd end up with one very confused Draco Malfoy, who's fallen head over heels in love with Harry Potter and has no idea why.
Status: Complete, 32 Chapters
Comments:

New Fic Recs (1 Inuyasha, 3 One Piece, 5 Harry Potter)

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:45:25 GMT

Chasing Methuselah*** by Sandra E.
Fandom: InuYasha
Pairings: Kagome/Miroku
Rating: M
Warnings/Categories: Romance, Drama
Summary: It's not enough she's flunking Geometry, no. Or that Inuyasha is about to choose Kikyou. No. Now she has to deal with the new class representative. Who, oddly enough, looks like a certain perverted monk.
Status: Complete, 13 Chapters

Alongside all the Way by SaberShadowCat
Fandom: One Piece
Pairings: Sanji/Zoro/Sanji
Rating: NC-17
Warnings/Categories: Slash, Language, Violence
Summary: Somehow, when he wasn't paying attention, Zoro had become an integral part of his life.
Status: Complete, 2 parts

Belling the Cat by Maldoror
Fandom: One Piece
Pairings: Lucci/Kaku
Rating: R
Warnings/Categories: Violence, Slash
Summary: (N/A, so I've posted the author's note instead) This is a very objectionable non-romance and I make no claim that it'll be to everyone's taste. It's also a different take on Kaku and Lucci's characters, a little more flawed and 'normal' than in some of my other fics, though part of this can be explained by the fact that they're younger than I usually write them.
Status: One-shot
Comments: Takes place several months before they go on the Water 7 mission.

Journey Through an Enchanted Wood*** by Orange Smaug
Pairings: Zoro/Sanji, if you squint
Rating: PG-13
Warnings/Categories: Language
Summary: If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? If someone once lost is found but no one remembers them, did they ever exist?
Status: One-shot

Hinge of Fate by Ramos
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairings: SS/HG
Rating: M
Warnings/Categories: Drama, Angst, Violence
Summary: Hermione cannot remember, and Severus cannot forget.
Status: Complete, 22 chapters

My Man Friday by Enahma
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairings: SS/HP
Rating: NC-17
Warnings/Categories: Angst, Drama, Hurt/Comfort, Romance
Summary: The cliched idea: Harry has to marry Snape. He tries to resist, and Snape isn't happy either. But Dumbledore insistent (as always), and the result is an unhappy, arranged marriage.
Status: Complete, 6 chapters

The Perfect Wife by LinW
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairings: SS/HP
Rating: R
Warnings/Categories: AU, Angst, Crossdressing
Summary: In the 1800's, a schoolteacher is forced into an arranged marriage by an overbearing uncle. This fic is an Alternate Reality as there is no magic.
Status: One-Shot

Price of Love*** by RogueSugah
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairings: RW/HG, hints of HP/GW
Rating: NC-17
Warnings/Categories: AU after OOTP/6'th year
Summary: All Hermione wants to do is get closer to Ron. This summer she gets her wish, but the closer they get, the harder it will become for her to share her secret with him. But share it she must. If love really is stronger than hate, as Hermione believes, their feelings for each other may actually be enough to save them all.
Status: Completed, 80 chapters. An outtake, "Behind Closed Doors" is also available.
Comments: You have to register on the site in order to access the story. However, it's totally worth it if you're looking for a good Hermione/Ron fic.
Status: Complete, one-shot

Stick by Abstract Concept
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairings: SS/HP
Rating: PG-13
Warnings/Categories: AU
Summary: After the war, Severus goes looking for peace. Harry goes looking for Severus. Severus finds strength in himself, but will he also learn to bend?
Status: One-Shot

New Recs 09/01/07

Sat, 01 Sep 2007 16:50:33 GMT

Recs added to the list: "The Arrangement" by Maldoror (GW), "The Lucky Ones" by Terri Botta (Inuyasha), "Tales from the House of the Moon" by Resmiranda (Inuyasha), "Nine Men and a Little Lady" by Kielle (LOTR), and "The Very Secret Diaries" by Cassandra Claire (LOTR).

The Arrangement by Maldoror (HERE)
Series: Gundam Wing
Pairings: 1x5
Rating: NC-17
Warnings/Categories: AU, action, psychological
Summary: Wufei, struggling with his demons, agrees to a wartime fling with Heero, no affection needed or wanted. But the ‘arrangement’ lasts and grows as they join the preventers. It could become a source of strength for both…if they let it.
Status: Complete, 42 chapters.

The Lucky Ones by Terri Botta (HERE)
Series: Inuyasha
Pairings: Inuyasha/Kagome, Sango/Miroku, Sesshomaru/Rin
Rating: NC-17
Warnings/Categories: Romance, Drama
Summary: Sometimes Fate hands you a gift you never thought you’d ever get, and it’s up to you to accept it for what it is.
Status: Complete, 49 chapters. A lemon one shot, "Game Face", also available. Sequel, "Coyote Child" in-progress.

Tales from the House of the Moon by Resmiranda (HERE)
Series: Inuyasha
Pairings: Sesshomaru/Kagome
Rating: NC-17
Warnings/Categories: Comedy, Romance, Angst
Summary: Kagome, now in college, discovers the tale of Sesshomaru and Rin. Grief can be a prison, but the bonds of love are not easily broken. What is the truth behind fairytales?
Status: Complete, 42 chapters.

Nine Men and a Little Lady by Kielle (HERE)
Series: Lord of the Rings
Pairings: Slight OCxLegolas
Rating: PG-13
Warnings/Categories: AU, parody, comedy, MarySue
Summary: Some very silly journal entries reveal an insidious evil within the ranks of the Fellowship.
Status: Complete, One-Shot

The Very Secret Diaries*** by Cassandra Claire (HERE)
Series: Lord of the Rings
Pairings: ...Let's not go there.
Rating: R
Warnings/Categories: AU, parody, comedy
Summary: n/a
Status: Complete, 18 diaries.
Comments: These apparently started out as an attempt by the author to run off somebody she didn't want reading her LJ. Instead she became exceptionally popular. The Very Secret Diaries contain naked elves, crossdressing, pervy hobbit-fanciers, and many, many other things. I laugh so hard I nearly cry every time I reread.

efghjkhg

Tue, 07 Aug 2007 22:27:46 GMT

I swear to god, I do intend to still write fic. I've had the summer from hell this year, and literally haven't produced any kind of writing or art this summer. The good news is that at the end of this week I should be over most, if not all, of the drama. So I WILL BE RETURNING, and will resume my various projects ASAP.

Where oh where is Nofio...

Sun, 05 Aug 2007 03:01:42 GMT

I have decided to join the great blog migration. You can find me at the following places:

http://nofio.livejournal.com
http://nofio.greatestjournal.com
http://nofio.insanejournal.com

I also intend to join JournalFen, but it won't let me create a new account at the moment, so it'll have to wait.

The blogs will be updated simultanously, thanks to the wonderfulness that is Semagic. Yesterday I stumbled upon a particular post made by esteliel, which held some basic info and a link to a page that told me everything I needed to know. The existence of this post is proof that the program is working as I intended.

LJ Weirdness Meme

Fri, 15 Jun 2007 04:36:40 GMT

Well, of course EVERYONE enjoys yaoi. The world has got to have some focal point! Har har har.

So, nofio, your LiveJournal reveals...

You are... 0% unique and 21% herdlike (partly because you, like everyone else, enjoy yaoi). When it comes to friends you are normal. In terms of the way you relate to people, you are keen to please. Your writing style (based on a recent public entry) is conventional.

Your overall weirdness is: 24

(The average level of weirdness is: 27.
You are weirder than 54% of other LJers.)

Find out what your weirdness level is!

Fandom Wins

Thu, 31 May 2007 19:52:34 GMT

Alright, now that LJ's whole deletion mess has been cleaned up I've gone through and unlocked most of my posts. The only posts that will remain friends-locked are my fanfic that have adult ratings on them. This means that if you want to read "We Begin at the End" and "Deepening the Bond" on my LJ you have to ask to be added to my friends list. All of my other posts, including my recs list and my fic "Little Bits of Light," are back up for public viewing.

I do intend to keep the GreatestJournal account, but I will probably use it as a backup of this account. So my recs list and all of my fics will continue to be available on there, as will future changes to the recs list and future postings of fics. Also, fics with an adult rating will be friends-locked on the GJ account as well.

Greatest Journal

Thu, 31 May 2007 16:53:09 GMT

I've just set up an account at GreatestJournal. I'm going to put my fics and rec list on it and from here on out it should have the same posts as my LJ. So if any of you are moving over there and would like to friend me: http://nofio.greatestjournal.com

Wed, 30 May 2007 03:36:45 GMT

*pretend that there's a pretty friend-only banner here*

I've made this journal friends only. All past entries have been friends-locked as well. I did not want to do this, but until some of the internet rumors get sorted out I figure I'm better safe than sorry. If you would like to be added please just comment. I'm on the internet quite a lot, I doubt you'll have a long wait.

Updates

Mon, 07 May 2007 18:13:00 GMT

I've updated my recs list, for anyone who is interested: HERE

It's actually had quite a few additions in the last two months. If I remember correctly, I've added stuff to my Bleach, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Naruto, One Piece, and Original/Crossover/Misc sections in the last few weeks. I've also provided a link to my memories, since there are fics on there that haven't made it to the recs list yet (that or they're drabbles, which I don't put on the formal recs list).

It's become obvious I'm going to have to make a separate post for the Harry Potter fic recs..

Can't you just see my mental to-do list getting longer?

I will come out with a few new fics this summer, I promise! I'm going to finish all those edits to the older fics too. I'm not taking class this summer, just working, so my brain will be less exhausted.

facepalm

Mon, 02 Apr 2007 02:57:41 GMT

I was skimming over my most recent fic and came across this line:

Vampire instincts took over and soon Sirius was immersed in the feeling of hot warm blood sliding down his throat. His whole body felt warm and comfortable and good, so good.

Hot warm blood? And then I have the word "warm" again in the next sentence. How did I miss this? Dun dun dun.

Anyhow, I've gone in and changed it to this:

Vampire instincts took over and soon Sirius was immersed in the feeling of warm blood sliding down his throat. His whole body felt comfortably electrified and, and good, so good.

So it's much better now.

Little Bits of Light

Fri, 23 Mar 2007 15:32:14 GMT

Title: Little Bits of Light
Author/artist: Nofio
Pairing: Sirius/Remus
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Boy Love, Ramblings and Musings
Disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by JK Rowling, and various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books and Raincoat Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.
Summary: In the midst of sixth year Sirius finds himself dealing with some unexpected changes. He can adapt to the physical changes, he can get over the social ones, but the emotional stuff is a bit more difficult. The whole mess might be a lot easier to deal with if the sun didn't love Remus so much.
Author's notes: This story was written as a gift for Winnett as part of HPVamp's "Be My Vampentine" exchange in 2007. I tried to do something a bit different this time. Hopefully it'll go over well. If nothing else I have been told that the story is "cute" and "sweet".
A giant thanks goes out to my betas Lotrwariorgodss, Irana, and T. O. Bennett.

Little Bits of Light

The sun loved Remus, or at least that was the conclusion Sirius had come to. The sun followed Remus like a devoted puppy, always highlighting his hair, bringing out the glow in his skin, and generally tripping over itself whilst attempting to convey its complete adoration.

“Oi, Sirius.” Remus jabbed him in the ribs with his quill. “You’re dozing off, snap out of it. We’ve got tests tomorrow. If you’re that tired go to your room.”

“Tired?”

“Or daydreaming, or something. You’ve been staring at me for the last ten minutes.” Remus tucked a strand of gold-tipped hair behind his ear. “It’s distracting you know. I need to study.”

“Aw Moony, you’re no fun t’all.” Sirius made a show of getting up and stretching the kinks out of his spine. The full moon was coming up in a day or so, meaning Remus was on edge, though he hid it well. As a result, Sirius had naturally decided it was his mission to keep Remus from turning into a ball of stress. It wasn’t that hard, really, if one knew which buttons to push.

“Fine then.” Sirius sighed theatrically, doing his best not to be distracted by the way the light haloed Remus’ hair from this angle. “I’ll just have to go to the kitchens, all on my own, and eat pastries, all by myself.”

Remus’ eyebrow twitched. Sirius felt a grin coming on and turned around to hide the evidence of his manipulation. “Ah well, I’ll bet I could get the elves to make me something to take away my sorrows. You suppose they have any of that chocolate cake left over from last night?”

“Fine, fine, be a prat then,” Remus said, undoubtedly knowing what Sirius was up to, but playing along anyway. He put away his books slightly faster than was necessary and shouldered his bag. “Sixth year classes are going to be a lot more difficult than fifth, don’t go blaming me when you fail transfiguration.”

“I’m sure you’ll help me later.”

“Will not,” came the grumped reply.

“Oh, I think some chocolate cake will change your mind.”

There was a slight pause. “You really think there’ll be any left?”

Sirius smirked in triumph.

***

To an extent, full-moon nights had a sort of routine to them. Sometimes they would all just sleep, and if that wasn’t the case, if the wolf felt restless, Padfoot and Prongs would follow Moony with Wormtail catching a ride so that he wouldn’t get left behind. Sometimes they would just follow the wolf, sometimes they would watch him hunt, always they would usher him in another direction if he got too close to the school.

This night was a hunting night. The wolf was carefully silent and alert. On nights like this the stag and the rat follow at a distance and let the dog keep a closer eye. They might be pack, but they were also prey animals, and they knew when to keep their scent away from the wolf.

The wolf howled and dashed forward, leaving the dog to scramble after him. By the time the dog managed to catch up the wolf had chased his prey to a standstill. Sirius indulged in a stream of mental curses. It was a man; the wolf had found a goddamned human in the forest and decided it was prey. Fuck fuck fuck!

The dog barked frantically, trying to steal the wolf’s attention somehow. When that didn’t work he did the only thing he could do, he ran between the wolf and the man and hoped he wouldn’t get beaten up too badly.

There was a slight pause; the dog had never encroached on the wolf’s territory before. Their eyes met, the wolf growled at him, and Sirius desperately tried to think of a way to salvage the situation. He backed up a bit, whining plaintively, but the wolf crouched down as if to lunge. Sirius suddenly felt himself be hauled backwards. There was a blur of trees, yelps that might have been himself, a ragged howl in reply. He was shoved against rough bark, pinned by his throat, then there was a searing pain in his neck before numbness started to take over.

His tailbone hit the ground, the wolf a blur a few feet away, ravaging the thing that had been pinning Padfoot to the tree. There were screams and yells and then nothing but more numbness and the sharp metallic tang of blood in the air. James stood before him, back in human form, checking over his injuries, babbling something that Sirius did not hear.

Then nothing.

***

Sirius woke slowly. His vision was a bit fuzzy and his whole body felt like it was made out of lasagna.

Lasagna. Mmm.

The room was blurry and very, very white. With some effort he managed to move his head to the side. There was a dull sensation in his neck, but he didn’t feel much like bothering over it. After all, there was what appeared to be a blurry Remus staring at him from the next bed over.

Remus. Mmm.

“Oi, Sirius,” came the quiet whisper, “how do you feel?”

“Lasagna.”

Sirius’ mouth felt like it had been coated with week-old tomato sauce and his tongue seemed agile as a congealed noodle. He smiled and mentally congratulated himself for having managed one perfectly clear word despite the best efforts of Italian cuisine. Remus began to look a bit alarmed.

A blurry Madame Pomfrey stepped into his line of vision, tut-tutting and checking this and that. She said something to Remus - 'sedatives… disorientation…sleep… no worr—'

Then she stuck a needle in Sirius’ arm. Funny that he felt nothing when she did that.

The world started spinning a bit. Sirius closed his eyes, just for a moment, to help reorient himself.

***

When Sirius next woke it was to a horrendous throbbing in his neck and harsh light invading his senses. He groaned and turned to bury his face in a pillow, suddenly finding that motion made the whole thing worse and letting out a wail of agony which inadvertently revealed that sound hurt too.

The world hurt.

Fucking world. He’d give it what for as soon as his brain stopped trying to burst from his skull.

Fucking brain. He’d deal with it after he’d finished with the world.

“Awake I see, Mr. Black.”

“Hurt,” he rasped.

“It’s normal,” she replied. “Open your eyes, please.”

“Hurts.”

She lifted his eyelid up and shone a light into it. Fucking Hell!

He put Pomfrey on the list after his brain.

“Well, you’re not fully healed, but at this stage I can’t confine you to the hospital anymore.” She sighed. “Keep that patch on your neck until it heals up, there’s a glamour on it to make it invisible. We can’t use magic on the wound, I’m afraid, so you’ll just have to wait it out.”

“Wound?”

She smiled sadly. “Your friends will be here soon, they’ll help you sort it out.” She patted his hand. “And please come by tomorrow when you’re feeling more yourself. We need discuss your, ah, nutrition plan. Don’t wait too long though, alright?”

He nodded dumbly, already having decided to muddle over everything later. His brain was throbbing already, it would probably complain more if he tried to make it do anything - like think.

A few minutes later James and Remus came in, looking mellow and sickly respectively. Peter was hiding behind them, trying to make it appear as if he weren’t using them as human shields, and doing a bad job of it.

“Oi,” said Sirius, by way of greeting. “Slytherins been targeting Pete again?”

James’ brow furrowed. “No, why?”

“He’s hiding behind you guys, like the last time.”

“Oh, that.” James shot a pointed glance at the boy in question. “He’s just being a wimpy girl.”

“Ah.”

James leaned a bit closer, whispering in Sirius’ ear, “We told the teachers we had a fight and you wandered outside to work off some steam after curfew. They figure you got too close to the woods and a really desperate vampire went after you. So Padfoot is safe, alright?”

Sirius nodded his head and silently tucked away the explanation for more thought later.

“So, ready to head up?”

“S’pose.” Sirius started to ease himself onto his elbows and felt the world throb and spin. He paused to gain his bearings and felt a hand on his arm.

“C’mon Sirius,” Remus said, “Let me help you out.”

“M’ not a girl.”

“Of course not.”

“Well, alright then.”

It wasn’t until he was hobbling next to Remus that he realized he was at exactly the right height to get a whiff of his hair. It smelled like herbs and a bit of spice. Sirius closed his eyes and told himself that it was because he was sick that he suddenly needed to breathe so deeply.

***

By the time they made it to the dorm Sirius was knackered. He slept through the rest of the morning and afternoon, and woke up that evening feeling almost normal.

The first thing he saw when he opened his eyes was the canopy above his bed. The second thing was Remus, sitting on the foot of his bed, illuminated by the sun streaming from the opposite window.

Remus looked amazing, but the sun hurt like fuck so Sirius covered his face with a pillow. Fucking sun.

Remus started apologizing like mad. There was a rustling sound and soon the heat from the sun was gone. Sirius lifted up the pillow and found that Remus had closed the bed curtains.

“Sorry Padfoot, I didn’t think… I just.”

“For chrissakes Moony, leave it be. ‘S not like you didn’t fix it anyhow.”

Remus stopped talking, his teeth audibly clicking together. There was a tense silence while Remus focused on a particularly interesting bit of weave on Sirius’ comforter. Sirius, for his part, noticed that Remus looked a bit sicklier than he should this far after the full moon. His skin, while always a bit on the pale side, was unhealthily pale, and there were deep circles under his eyes, as if he hadn’t slept at all.

“Hey Remus, you alright?”

Remus laughed, a harsh barking sound. “Oh god, the state you’re in, and you’re asking me if I’m alright?”

Sirius felt his eyebrows knit together, the confusion must have been plain. “Jeez, Moony, I’m fine. I feel almost like usual.”

Remus’ face contorted, as if in pain, and he yelled, “FINE! Fine? How can you possibly be fine? You got bitten by a fucking vampire for…for…argh!”

Vampire? Sirius hadn’t remembered that part yet. Memories whipped through his head, blurry and disjointed. Vampire? Vampire? Ah, well, that might be bad.

Okay, so, he’d been bitten by a vampire. Not good, but things could be worse. “He just bit me Moony, I didn’t get any of his blood on me, so I’m fine. The wolf got him, remember?”

“Oh, the wolf got him alright.” Remus let out another one of those bark-laughs. Sirius cringed. “There was blood everywhere; I woke up covered in it. Everything in a ten-foot radius was drenched, including you!”

Sirius felt his mind go numb. “No, wait,” No, no, no, “You sure?”

Remus nodded glumly. “Pomfrey confirmed it while you were out. Hell, that’s why you were out for so long, your body was adjusting. Blood was all over your entire right side; it got in your mouth and in the wound on your neck.”

Oh, well, that was very, very bad.

***

Sirius moped through the rest of the week. Remus followed him everywhere, and it didn’t take long for Sirius to figure out that Remus felt guilty over the whole thing.

Pomfrey gave Sirius a run-through on what to expect. He’d already figured out the aversion to sunlight. She advised him to wear gloves and a robe with a hood, and to not go out on cloudless days if at all possible. She also gave him a sort of potion that mimicked blood, so he wouldn’t have the urge to go around biting people. Handy, that.

Life had actually started to settle down into a sort of routine, things were nearly back to normal. By the second week he was in better spirits.

Then the letter came.

In all of the hubbub Sirius had forgotten about his parents, or perhaps he had been purposefully avoiding the topic. His parents would be Not Happy about the whole vampire thing.

James looked a bit pale. “Sorry man, forgot to tell you. Dumbledore said he had to let them know. I didn’t think he’d have written them so soon.”

Ah. Sirius felt a bit sick. He read the letter, than silently started to fold it back up, but James snatched it out of his hands.

“JAMES! Give that back!”

“No, too late.”

Sirius hastily started gathering up his stuff in preparation for a quick exit, but Remus grabbed his arm.

“What is it?” Remus asked. He the question was directed at James, though he still held onto Sirius with an iron grip.

James indicated the exit. Sirius sighed and let them all herd him up the stairs.

In the dorm room, he sat sullenly on his own bed, refusing to look at anybody.

“Oi, Sirius, you going to tell them?” James asked. He waited a few seconds and sighed at the lack of response. “It’s not that big of a deal, they might’ve done it even without the whole vampire thing. My parents will let you stay over on holidays, you know that.”

Remus hedged in. “James, what’s going on?”

Out of the corner of his eye Sirius saw James hand over the letter. Remus read it while Peter looked over his shoulder. “Ah.” Remus’ mouth turned into a hard little line.

“Disowned!” Peter screeched.

“Not so loud!” James and Sirius said in unison.

“But…but, why would they do that?” Peter asked. Sirius envied his ignorance. “I mean, I know a lot of people don’t like vampires, but why would they-“

“Because,” Sirius said, “vampires can’t have babies. I can’t carry on the great Black family line.” He felt weary to his bones. Was it really only lunchtime? “Besides that, having a vampire in the family doesn’t look good on the records. My name’s probably already been burned off of the family tapestry.”

“But…but…”

“No, he’s right.” Remus sounded as tired as Sirius felt. “Vampires are infertile, they don’t produce offspring like normal people – sorry, Sirius – they reproduce by infecting other humans and turning them into vampires,” he paused, “just like werewolves.”

Everyone turned strangely silent, at that. It was as if Sirius could see the wheels turning in their heads. James had never really thought that anything would change; Remus was already a werewolf, Sirius being a vampire wasn’t all that big in the grand scheme of things. James would write a letter to his parents explaining everything, they would likely be more than willing to take Sirius in, and things would return to normal.

Peter obviously didn’t understand the situation. He was getting over his fear of Sirius suddenly being a vampire, he would start to feel pity, and then slowly go back to admiring and slightly fearing Sirius, like always.

Remus still harbored guilt, and, Sirius was beginning to suspect, a fear of a new kind of kinship, of something he never had before. Sirius could feel it stirring around them, new things waiting to happen. Suddenly, an unexplainable hope was filling him up, bubbling forth, and quickly, before anyone could catch on, he put a lid on that giant pot of hope before it overflowed and things got messy. He would keep this feeling, this newfound hope, close to him. It would keep him warm, surely, because despite all of the horrible things going on Sirius suddenly felt warm and good for the first time in a very long time.

Things were starting to look up.

***

As it turned out, Sirius’ predictions were mostly correct. Peter began to calm down, and within a few days he had gone back to only hiding behind James in the presence of the particularly nasty Slytherins.

The Potters agreed to take him in readily enough, and even offered to help him pay for his school supplies. Sirius cringed at the idea of having to rely on the Potters’ charity for the rest of his school days, and was relieved when he later received a sizeable inheritance from his uncle.

Remus, of course, hadn’t lightened up at all. In fact, despite how well things had turned out, he seemed to have acquired even more guilt since the whole disownment fiasco. He tossed and turned at night, diligently shadowed Sirius during the day, and did everything else with a halfhearted effort, even studying.

Luckily, all it took was the looming presence of another full moon for the storm to break.

“It’s too dangerous, you shouldn’t be coming.”

“Of course I’m coming,” Sirius stated, “I always come.”

Remus sat stiffly, text book on his lap, lips firm with resolve, “Not anymore.”

“Oh, and why not?”

“Because!”

“What? What do you think could happen?” Sirius said it low, all but growling, “That I’d get turned into a vampire twice? I’m going!”

Remus flinched, his book clattered to the floor. He looked at Sirius, and suddenly grabbed his face in his hands. “I don’t want you going.” There was a slight whine in that voice, a near-pleading tint. “So just-”

“Just what, stay here? Leave Prongs and Wormtail with the wolf?”

Remus let out a little gasp. “No.” They both knew what the wolf might do to the stag and the rat, if he were hungry enough. After a hushed minute, Remus blurted, “They should stop coming too, who knows what could happen.”

“You know we won’t leave you alone. The worst has happened already, we’ll be even safer now.”

“The wolf was chasing a vampire, he might chase you too. You’ll smell different, now that you’re a vampire.”

Sirius smiled wryly. “I’ll make a compromise with you. If the wolf starts to hunt me, I’ll get away and I won’t come again. If not, you’ll drop the whole thing.”

“But Sirius, you really shouldn’t-“

“Agree to it,” James yelled. They both jumped, unaware he’d entered the dorm.

“James,” Sirius hissed, “how long have you been watching?”

“Long enough. Be glad I got here, you guys left the door cracked.”

They both froze.

“Shit!”

“Fucking hell!”

James shook his head, “Don’t worry, tower’s mostly deserted. It’s near dinner time.”

They both relaxed just a bit.

“Um, you know,” James craned his head, “This looks really odd, what with your hand on Sirius’ cheek and the fangs and all.”

Sirius flushed, his fangs had come out. He’d been having a hard time controlling it when he got hungry. For the first time he realized just how close Remus was. He could hear the pounding of Remus’ blood beneath his skin; he could smell the strength of the werewolf within. Sirius quickly smacked Remus’ hand away and began working on pulling in his fangs.

“Sorry Sirius,” Remus mumbled.

“S’ok.”

The ensuing awkward silence lasted all but two seconds, thank god for James.

“Either of you guys seen my Divination book?”

They both shook their heads. For once Remus didn’t mention what a waste Divination was, even if it was an easy class.

“Damn. I’ll tell Professor Scorpta I lost it whilst searching the otherworldly mists, or something.”

Sirius sighed, “She never buys that one James.”

“Yeah, but she doesn’t dock points either.” James pointed out. He looked at his watch, his eyes widened, and with an, “Oh, gottagobye!” he was gone.

“Good old Prongs,” Sirius murmured.

“Yeah.”

Remus sat next to Sirius. “Not heading off to class?”

“It’s just Divination. What about you?”

“Study period.”

Despite the fact that all the curtains were drawn, Remus still glowed. Sirius was beginning to think that perhaps Remus had absorbed some of the sun. He could feel Remus’ warmth radiating like a much-loved blanket. Their thighs brushed together, one touching the other, and Sirius swallowed against the sudden rush the realization sent through his body.

“Sirius, have you eaten today?” Remus asked, voice tight with concern. “I didn’t see you with the potion this morning.”

“I forgot it,” Sirius admitted. “I have some in the drawer next to my bed, hold on.” He reached towards the bureau, and was surprised when Remus laid a hand on his arm.

“If you wanted, you could use me.”

Sirius blinked. Surely he must be misinterpreting what Remus said. “Ah, Remus, I’m not supposed to. If there were an accident I could possibly turn-“

“It doesn’t hurt werewolves,” Remus said quickly. “The Vampire and Werewolf diseases are exclusive, once you have one you’re immune to the other. And really, I would like to help you some way, if I could.”

“Ah…” Sirius swallowed nervously. Oh gods but that was tempting. Just the thought of being so close… But no, he really shouldn’t. Pomfrey would throw a fit, and…and…“It’s probably still not a good idea. Maybe if we had an emergency and no potion, but I should probably play it safe, y’know.”

Remus removed his hand, and instead fisted the bedcovers. “I…I still… I just…I want to help you.” He straightened his shoulders and looked Sirius in the eyes. “I always want to help you.”

This, Sirius realized, wasn’t about helping him so much as it was about relieving guilt. And until Remus felt he’d made things right, it would always be about guilt. As much as he loved having the other boy with him, Sirius didn’t like that Remus was only hanging around so much because of misplaced feelings. So maybe (oh you’re just making excuses. No, no I’m not, shut up, brain, shut up), maybe if it would make Remus feel better, it would be okay, just this once.

“Alright.”

Remus blinked, his face spread to a look of tentative hope. “Really?”

“Just this once, then we’re saving it for emergencies.”

Vigorous nodding met his reply.

“Alright, okay,” Sirius said, suddenly nervous, “then just, umm…”

Remus, as it turned out, wouldn’t allow any awkwardness. He slid his hand behind Sirius’ head, drew him down, and arched back to expose pale throat for hungry teeth.

Sirius could smell the blood and hear the pulse and oh god.

The rest felt as natural as breathing. Vampire instincts took over and soon Sirius was immersed in the feeling of warm blood sliding down his throat. His whole body felt comfortably electrified and, and good, so good.

One of Remus’ hands was still on the back of Sirius’ head, and the other was making slow paths up and down his spine; a gentle touch, almost like the kind that might be used to reassure a child. Then Remus emitted a little gasp from somewhere deep in his throat, something low and primal that went straight to Sirius’ groin. He quickly retracted his fangs, licking the last drops of blood from the wound and watching it seal over. Healing saliva, nice to know. He carefully moved to the side and sat next to Remus again, wriggling a bit to help relieve the tightness in his pants. A quick glance confirmed that Remus was similarly affected. Sirius looked away and took deep breaths in an attempt to calm down his traitorous teenage hormones. Damn hormones; he was adding them to The List, right after Pomfrey, useless parents, and vampiric bloodlust.

Though, perhaps the bloodlust wasn’t so bad….

***

A few days later, a rat, a stag, and a dog snuck into a willow tree not far from a magical castle. It was with no small sense of trepidation that they met a wolf with a shaggy brown coat and eyes so deeply gold they resembled the sun. The wolf ignored the rat and the stag, who kept a respectful distance, and headed straight to the dog. He stopped and began to walk in a circle around the other animal, sniffing all the time. It smelt familiar, though not quite the same as before. There was something strange about it now, something that bore a remembrance of strength and blood.

The wolf cocked his head, took one last long whiff, then howled, nipped at the dog’s flanks, and dashed down the tunnel and into the woods.

The stag and the rat sat, still watching, waiting for a conformation. Okay? Not okay?

The dog, for his part, let out an answering howl and dashed out after the wolf. To any canine the message had been clear: The moon is full, let’s play and hunt and roam the night. Catch me if you can, catch me if you can.

***

“Madame Pomfrey, is Remus up?”

The nurse looked up from where she’d been busily stripping sickbeds of day-old sheets. She absently wiped an errant strand of hair from her face. “As a matter of fact he is. This time wasn’t so bad; he ought to be able to go back to his own bed this evening.”

“Ah.” Sirius eyed the flowers in his hand, wild things he’d picked hoping to sneak them to Remus’ bedside while the boy still slept. They were mostly white and yellow, not too girly, but still not something one ought to give to another boy.

“Well,” the nurse said impatiently, “You know where he is, I haven’t got all day.”

“Right, sorry,” Sirius said, heading towards the bed Remus usually inhabited after full moons.

Sure enough, Remus was awake and energetically taking notes from his Ancient Runes book. Sirius coughed discreetly and took the chair next to the bed.

“Sirius, ah, hold on.” Remus set his book and notepad to the side. Sirius took the opportunity to slide the flowers onto the bedside table. Remus did look much better than was usual after a full moon, though still a bit pale. He probably could use some chocolate, but how odd would it have looked for Sirius to bring flowers and chocolates to another bloke? Sirius tried to stealthily lay the flowers on the table--

“Nice flowers,” Remus said. “Where’d you find them?”

Ah, busted. Sirius retracted his hand from the bedside table. “They were out by the lake,” he admitted.

“You went outside?”

“It was overcast,” Sirius defended.

“Ah.” Remus stared at Sirius intently for a moment. Sirius fought the urge to squirm in his chair.

“You look a bit pale. Sirius, did you forget your potion again?”

Oh, Sirius knew he’d forgotten something this morning. “Whoops.”

“Whoops?” Remus arched an eyebrow. “What would Madame Pomfrey say?”

“Not so loud,” Sirius hissed. “She’ll hear you.”

Remus laughed. “Need a drink?”

Despite vampiric paleness, Sirius was sure his face flamed at the sudden memory of the last time, the first time, he’d fed from Remus. “Ah, no. I’ll be alright. Still have time before next class. And besides, you’re still healing from last night. You probably need all the blood you can get.”

Remus nodded in acceptance. “Just making sure.” Then Remus blushed and turned away. Sirius suddenly had the niggling suspicion that he wasn’t the only one affected by the memory for Sirius’ feeding. A mischievous thought entered his head, and a wicked grin spread across his face.

“Though, if you wanted me too, I could probably lick your hurts all better…”

Remus threw the flowers at him.

In the midst of it all the ensuing fight, Sirius noticed that a shaft of sunlight had flitted across the room and dimmed and widened until it encompassed Remus from head to toe. It brought out the golden tones in his skin, the highlights in his hair, and the warmth in his eyes. It illuminated him, but not to the point of hurting Sirius.

The sun really did love Remus, after all.

Because everyone else is doing it.

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 16:53:47 GMT

Chibi Seme
Take Are you a Seme or an Uke? today!
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You are the seme in disguise. Able to fit in and get along with uke and seme alike, you are able to get close to the uke on their level before exerting your dominance. This makes you at times manipulative and able to fool others about your true seme nature. Because of your harmless appearance, it takes the flamboyantly gay Flaming Uke to really bring out your aggressive side and expose you for the seme that you are.

Oh.... so this is what a plot bunny attack is like.

Mon, 15 Jan 2007 21:07:37 GMT

You know, I hear these stories about mythical monster creatures called "plot bunnies," but never worried about them over much because I'd never been subject to such a thing.

Until last night.

And what's really odd is that this particular plot bunny wants me to write het. Furthermore, it wants me to write this in the Naruto fandom - which I'm not into as much as several other fandoms - and it wants for me to write about minor characters.

How strange is that.

Well, stranger things have happened, but still.

Also, I would like to consult the plot bunnies about their timing. I have a fic due to the hpvamp exchange in a week and a half, so this is most inconvenient.

I'm going to try starting the first chapter of this het fic and see if the bunnies will leave me alone long enough to write my slashy exchange fic before attacking me again.

I'm going to need to get a Hinata avatar.

What fic to expect, and a small snippet from a work in-progress

Thu, 30 Nov 2006 07:22:09 GMT

It's been far too long since I updated, so here's the general status of all my ficcage.

1. We Begin at the End will be reposted soon due to the fact that I finally found a beta for it. Yes, I know it's an old fic. When I first wrote it all my betas decided to simultaneously desert me, and since I was already past deadline I ended up submitting it without any beta at all. I've been told on several occasions since that it could use a beta, and I managed to stumble upon a really thorough and enthusiastic one recently (a good beta is so hard to find). No major changes in plot, but there will be more added in here and there to help it make more sense. So in the near future, ideally before the new year, I will be reposting the fic.

2. About the We Begin companion fic about Snape that I've promised some people. Yes, I do still intend to write it, but it's been put on the backburner for the time being simply because I have a few other projects going on that take precendence. So yes, I still fully intend to write it, but other priorities have to be met first.

3. I have signed up for the next hpvamp exchange. The deadline for the exchange is Jan. 26, so those who don't follow the exchange can expect to see the fic show up on here and on various archives once the exchange is finished, which will likely be mid-February. I have received my assignment, but to be honest I'm lacking in ideas for the story right now. No worries, I intend to browse through my vampire encyclopedia before writing, thus inspiration is a sure thing.

4. The Youji/Natsuo fic idea that got mentioned when I first posted Deepening the Bond. Once again, yes, I do intend to write it, I even have an idea for it. However, like several other fics mentioned here, it's low on the priority list at the moment, not least of all because I don't actively keep up with the Loveless fandom anymore.

5. My hp Fred/George fic (promised to gloomy_gloo roughtly a year ago). I got about a page of that written earlier in the year, and it's not looking like it will be a very long fic. At this point, because of other priorities (ie: stuff with deadlines), this story has been put very low on the priority list. It'll be written simply because most things get done in time, but frankly I have no idea when I'll get back to it.

6. My Ouran Hikaru/Kaoru fic for the 7dschallenge community has been revived, and will likely be finished before the new year *crosses fingers*. It's going to be a series of 7 drabble that go with the theme. I'm new to the drabble world, so this ought to be interesting.

In summary-
High priority: "We Begin" edit, 7 deadly sins Hitachiincest, and the next HPVamp fic.
Low Priority: "We Begin" companion fic about Snape, Youji/Natsuo, and Fred/George

And since I've not shown any new work in so long, here is the rough draft of my first entry in the 7 Deadly Sins Challenge.

Fandom: Ouran High School Host Club
Pairing: Hikaru/Kaoru
Rating: R

Greed

There would be no more Hitachiin heirs.

Hikaru licked a slow path up Kaoru’s leg, gliding teeth against ankle, sucking on the underside of a knee, pausing to hum against the place where thigh met ass.

Their parents were downstairs, entertaining some sort of influential company. Undoubtedly there was polite conversation, well-mannered compliments, sly gossip and hints of future business deals, all held within a perfect setting of polished wine glasses and rich food.

At one point someone might stop and ask, Hitachiin-san, where did your sons run off to?

Oh, Hikaru and Kaoru always disappear after an hour or so. They never sit down too long, so much energy!

Ah, to be young. I remember back when I was…

Kaoru arched, purred, giggled. His hands played with Hikaru’s hair, grasped his shoulders, and occasionally they would stray to the sheets, but never for too long. There was skin and breath and perfect whimpersmoansgasps, and to deny such pleasures would surely be a sin.

There would be no more Hitachiin heirs.

If anybody would like to help my order the fics mentioned on my low priority list, feel free to tell me what you'd like to see first.

Also, my recs have been updated recently with HP and Naruto fic.

Ouran High School Host Club Character Wallpaper

Tue, 05 Sep 2006 17:02:25 GMT

I made it in a computer class. It's my first project in Adobe. Granted, I'm far from a wallpaper guru, but I thought it might be worth sharing.

Nofio's Multi-Fandom Fanfiction Recommendation List

Sun, 03 Sep 2006 23:28:38 GMT

List of The Best Fanfiction Nofio has Read (Thus Far)
aka: Nofios' Recommendation List
sorted alphabetically by fandom, then fic title

*** = Exceptionally, Life-Changingly Wonderful

Drabbles and fics that have not been added to the list yet can be found in my memories: HERE.
My HP fanfic recs can be found here.

Recent Updates
04.01.09
Added two new Buffy the Vampire Slayer Fanfiction Recommendations: Breaking Free by StillRose and Repossession by Lazuli.
Also, in regards to recent messages, yes I am still willing to e-mail copies of Tritorella's Weiss Kreuz fanfiction series Zerbrochen and it's sequel Geheilt. Consider it a standing offer. Once again, the e-mail address is nofiofic(at)gmail(dot)com.

Bleach FanFiction Recs (4)
Blue Seed FanFiction Recs (1)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer FanFiction Recs (2)
Gravitation FanFiction Recs (2)
Gundam Wing FanFiction Recs (4)
Hana Yori Dango FanFiction Recs (1)
Hikaru no Go FanFiction Recs (1)
Inuyasha FanFiction Recs (3)
Labyrinth FanFiction Recs (1)
Lord of the Rings FanFiction Recs (6)
Naruto FanFiction Recs (6)
One Piece FanFiction Recs (9)
Queer as Folk FanFiction Recs (4)
Rurouni Kenshin FanFiction Recs (1)
Spirited Away FanFiction Recs (1)
Tokyo Babylon/X FanFiction Recs (1)
Weiss Kreuz FanFiction Recs (4)
Originals, Crossovers, and Misc (5)

Bleach

Bleach Drabbles by peroxidepest17
Pairings: Various
Rating: PG to R
Warnings/Categories: Humor, angst, drama, yaoi, het, shoujo-ai, and pretty much everything else
Summary: My collection of Bleach drabbles. Various characters, themes, and situations. Pairings include yaoi, het, gen, etc. See headings on each individual piece for more specific information.
Status: Ongoing, updated often, over 400 drabbles to date
Comments: Words cannot express how much love I have for these bits and pieces of Bleach love. If nothing else, the author never fails to entertain. Some of the drabbles are connected and some aren't. For example, the author has established an ongoing relationship for Ganjyu and Hanatarou, and most of the fics centering around the 11'th division characters have reappearing pairings and keep to a sort of timeline, but on the other hand I've seen several fics that pair up Rukia and Ichigo, and others that pair each of them them with other people. In this particular situation these differences didn't bother me. It's not "OMG must read now" material, but the type of thing I come back to time and again. It keeps me busy between classes, in any case. I'm gonna stop blabbing now.

The Care and Maintenance of Pets by Reality_Is
Pairings: None
Rating: PG?
Warnings/Categories: Humor, Gen
Summary: N/A
Status: Complete, One-Shot
Comments: It's a cute fic about Zaraki Kenpachi and Yachiru, with some mention of side characters. The use of Hitsugaya in this fic is especially entertaining.

Counting Clouds - 20 Things About Zaraki Kenpachi and 20 Things About Kusajishi Yachiru by Sophia Prester
Pairings: None
Rating: PG-13 for Language
Warnings/Categories: Drama, slight humor, gen
Summary: N/A
Status: Complete, One-Shot
Comments:

Sharing by Shiroisasori
Pairings: Shunsui/Ukitake
Rating: NC-17
Warnings/Categories: Angst,
Summary: N/A
Status: Complete, One-Shot
Comments:

Blue Seed

Dreamer Awakened by Rurihoshi
Pairings: Momiji/Kusanagi, Murakumo/OC, Kome/Yoshiki, Kunikida/Ryoko
Rating: NC-17
Warnings/Categories: Series Continuation, Het, Violence
Summary: Centering around Momiji's troubled relationship with Kusanagi and the inevitability of their love for one another. Kusanagi has run away, and his disappearance from Tokyo has driven Momiji to return to Izumo where she finds her fate being manipulated, and her life threatened; dire circumstances that are, in part, responsible for drawing Kusanagi back into her life. Momiji soon learns that their destinies are intertwined and she is charged with the task of helping Kusanagi discover his humanity as a new enemy rises from the Earth, threatening not only mankind, but the Aragami kingdom as well.
Status: Complete, 46 Chapters
Comments: This is a very, very well written continuation. It really is like a second season, albeit an adult one. All of the characters are spot-on and the plot is exceptionally detailed. I'm not saying it's completely perfect, but pretty damn close.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Breaking Free by StillRose
Pairings: Spike/Xander
Rating: NC-17
Warnings/Categories: SciFi AU, slash, graphic torture scene
Summary: Lt. “Xander” Harris and Captain William the Bloody have both suffered and lost in the on going war between the Biogens and Council.
Status: Completed, 45 chapters
Comments:

Repossession by Lazuli
Pairings: Xander/Spike
Rating: NC-17
Warnings/Categories: slash, angst, torture (mostly through flashbacks), rape (all through flashbacks), OC's (but I love them), amnesia!fic in the beginning, multiple personality disorder on the part of Spike/William
Summary: The future. When Spike's hurt, who does he turn to?
Spoilers: Selectively into S6, then it's AU.
Status: Completed, 125 chapters
Comments: I found this on another recs list, where it was warned as being a Highlander crossover. I am unfamiliar with Highlander, but after reading this fic and then doing some Highlander research, I can say that at most the author is borrowing from Highlander mythology. As far as I can tell she hasn't used any characters from the Highlander universe. No mention of using Highlander influences is mentioned in the author notes, so it is equally likely that she just thought up the mythology herself. That said, I found this a highly enjoyable read. It was a long story that I adored from start to finish. The author deserves extra points for finding a believable way of making Xander and Spike be destined for each other, and also for utilizing an unusually creative way of extending Xanders lifespan.

Gravitation

Abc Arc by Aja
Pairings: Yuki/Shuichi, Ryuichi/Tatsuha, Hiro/K, Hiro/OC, K/Judy
Rating: NC-17
Warnings/Categories: Romance, Drama
Summary: N/A
Status: In-Progress, currently there are ten individual series within the arc, taking place one after the other.
Comments:

Fleeting Inspiration by AnnaSartin
Pairings: Yuki/Shuichi
Rating: 16+
Warnings/Categories: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Summary: Yuki is irate when his favorite author writes a really crappy book. Chaos Ensues.
Status: In-Progress, 49 Chapters
Comments:

Gundam Wing

The Arrangement by Maldoror
Pairings: 1x5
Rating: NC-17
Warnings/Categories: AU, action, psychological
Summary: Wufei, struggling with his demons, agrees to a wartime fling with Heero, no affection needed or wanted. But the ‘arrangement’ lasts and grows as they join the preventers. It could become a source of strength for both…if they let it.
Status: Complete, 42 chapters.
Comments:

Blood or Chocolate by Karen
Pairings: 5x2, 3x4
Rating: NC-17
Warnings/Categories: AU, humor, angst, violence, blood, gore, supernatural elements, death of minor characters
Summary: Duo Maxwell is an almost average guy in a small, rural town. He works at the only gas station for miles around, is gorgeous, but single. He also gets harrassed by the town's rich idiot. But what makes him different is that he's a clairvoyant; he can read thoughts by touch or he can simply 'hear' them. Kind of complicates matters. Yeah. So when he runs across a man whose thoughts he can't hear, although trying to gives him nosebleeds, he decides that that is a fair trade. That is until he finds out that the guy isn't a typical 'guy,' and that getting involved with him only leads to trouble...and a few dead bodies.
Status: Complete, 22-parts, with a sequel in-progress (Blood in Siberia). Updates are slow.
Comments: Duo's POV sounds like a real person, sarcasm and all. I laughed quite a bit and was thoroughly intrigued with the author's interpretation of the characters. It all seems strangely fitting. 2x5 is not a pairing I normally go for, but it works wonderfully here.

The Ion Arc*** by Sunhawk
Pairings: 1x2, 3x4, 5xSP, 6xLN
Rating: NC-17
Warnings/Categories: post-series, possibly AU, yaoi, severe angst, language, violence
Summary: N/A
Status: In-progress, 13 stories so far. Not sure how often it's updated, but with the way that the fics are set up it hardly matters.
Comments: This is, without a doubt, one of the most perfect arcs I have ever read. I read the first fic and then devoted five days to reading all the others. I couldn't skip anything, it was just too beautiful. For one thing, I think that Duo's hamsters are some of the best hallucinations any author has ever come up with. I laugh quite a lot at his expense. And the steady devotion that both Heero and Duo display towards one another makes me feel all glowy.

Pretty Electric by Raletha
Pairings: 1x2, 3x4
Rating: R
Warnings/Categories: science fiction AU, drama, lime/lemon, adult themes
Summary: Quatre Winner has everything. Or does he? An unusual gift, a Personal Android named Trowa, changes many things.
Status: In-progress, 7 chapters, updated irregularly.
Comments:

Hana Yori Dango (Boys Over Flowers)

Late for Dinner by Maho-chan
Pairings: TsukasaxTsukushi
Rating: NC-17
Warnings/Categories: Series Continuation, Drama
Summary: Two years after Tsukasa moved to New York, Tsukushi spends the winter holiday from Eitoku University with him in America. One snowy evening, Tsukasa and Tsukushi are late for dinner and Tsukushi makes a very important decision.
Status: One-Shot
Comments: I never have read the manga, but I am a big fan of the dorama based on it. This fic is only timeline compliant before season 2.

Hikaru no Go

Balance by SailorMac
Pairings: HikaruxAkira and vise versa
Rating: NC-17
Warnings/Categories: Series Continuation, Drama
Summary: A series of dreams sends Hikaru and Akira's relationship onto a course neither one of them expected. AkiHika, contains lemon.
Status: Complete, 18 Chapters. A few side stories for this series can be found in the authors' profile page.
Comments:

Inuyasha

Chasing Methuselah*** by Sandra E.
Pairings: Kagome/Miroku
Rating: M
Warnings/Categories: Romance, Drama
Summary: It's not enough she's flunking Geometry, no. Or that Inuyasha is about to choose Kikyou. No. Now she has to deal with the new class representative. Who, oddly enough, looks like a certain perverted monk.
Status: Complete, 13 Chapters
Comments:

The Lucky Ones by Terri Botta
Pairings: Inuyasha/Kagome, Sango/Miroku, Sesshomaru/Rin
Rating: NC-17
Warnings/Categories: Romance, Drama
Summary: Sometimes Fate hands you a gift you never thought you’d ever get, and it’s up to you to accept it for what it is.
Status: Complete, 49 chapters. A lemon one shot, "Game Face", also available. Sequel, "Coyote Child" in-progress.
Comments:

Tales from the House of the Moon by Resmiranda
Pairings: Sesshomaru/Kagome
Rating: NC-17
Warnings/Categories: Comedy, Romance, Angst
Summary: Kagome, now in college, discovers the tale of Sesshomaru and Rin. Grief can be a prison, but the bonds of love are not easily broken. What is the truth behind fairytales?
Status: Complete, 42 chapters.
Comments:

Labyrinth

The Enticement by Scattered Logic
Pairings: Jareth/Sarah
Rating: NC-17
Warnings/Categories: Story Continuation, Drama, Romance
Summary: In exchange for returning to the Labyrinth, Sarah is offered what she desires most... She's about to learn there is a huge difference between fantasy and reality.
Status: Complete, 15 Chapters
Comments:

Lord of the Rings

Anestel by Esteliel
Pairings: GlorfindelxLegolas
Rating: NC-17
Warnings/Categories: AU, Slash, dominance/submission, mpreg, non-consensual sex
Summary: Legolas is pregnant with Glorfindel's child, but there has been nothing but hate between Imladris and Mirkwood for centuries...
Status: Complete at 34 chapters. A prequel, "Ethuil'waew," is available, and a sequel series, "Cuil Eden," is in progress. An alternate sequel, "Pen-Estel," is also being written and is currently available at the author's LJ. "Cuil Eden," maintains a storyline where Glorfindel and Legolas' relationship continues to grow and strengthen after the events of "Anestel." In Pen-Estel" Elrond takes advantage of Legolas while Glorfindel is away, impregnating him and harshly affecting all relationships shared by the main characters. Both sequels are updated fairly regularly.
Comments:

A Gift of Love by Suemichave
Pairings: ElladanxElrohir
Rating: NC-17
Warnings/Categories: AU, twincest, mpreg, established relationship
Summary: Elrohir wants to give Elladan a gift.
Status: Complete, 30 Chapters
Comments:

The History of Us*** by Daisy Gamgee
Note: This story is no longer available online in its entirety. However, I have the entire story saved on my computer, along with the sequel and some of the one shots/snippets that were once posted. I do not mind sending copies to people through e-mail. The author is aware that I am offering this service and does not appear to mind. If you would like for me to send you a copy, please e-mail nofiofic(at)gmail(dot)com. My original copy is saved in .doc format, but I am able to make .rtf and .wpd copies if specified in the request.
Pairings: MerryxPippin, FrodoxSam
Rating: NC-17
Warnings/Categories: slash, cousincest, schmoopy hobbit love
Summary: The story of the lives of Merry and Pippin, and how everything changes with time
Status: Complete, with several interlude fics and a sequel series. This author has currently disappeared from the internet and whether or not she intends to return is unclear but unlikely.
Comments: A very heartwarming fic that follows Merry and Pippin from childhood until their 20's (the sequel series takes place several years after the war of the ring). At times this fic is heartbreakingly sad, but it makes the good parts all that much better. Merry and Pippin are adorable and the author shows true depth and patience in developing them as characters.

The Night Season*** by Achillea Millefolium
Pairings: Sam/Frodo
Rating: NC-17
Warnings/Categories: Drama, Angst
Summary: A few years after Bilbo's departure, Sam and Frodo find themselves locked in a strange, silent situation that neither of them really knows how to handle.
Status: One-Shot
Comments:

Nine Men and a Little Lady by Kielle
Pairings: None
Rating: PG-13
Warnings/Categories: AU, parody, comedy, MarySue
Summary: Some very silly journal entries reveal an insidious evil within the ranks of the Fellowship.
Status: Complete, One-Shot

The Very Secret Diaries*** by Cassandra Claire
Pairings: ...Let's not go there.
Rating: R
Warnings/Categories: AU, parody, comedy
Summary: n/a
Status: Complete, 18 diaries.
Comments: These apparently started out as an attempt by the author to run off somebody she didn't want reading her LJ. Instead she became exceptionally popular. The Very Secret Diaries contain naked elves, crossdressing, pervy hobbit-fanciers, and many, many other things. I laugh so hard I nearly cry every time I reread.

Naruto

Diplomatic Relations*** by Maldoror
Pairings: Lee/Gaara
Rating: R
Warnings/Categories: Slash, Humor, Drama
Summary: Rock Lee: Diplomatic Envoy to Sunagakure. There are so many ways that could go wrong. But Lee is determined to succeed! And to befriend the feared Kazekage too, while he's at it. Good thing Lee loves a challenge...
Status: Finished at 27 chapters. A sequel, "Kindred" is also finished at 13 chapters.
Comments: Okay, I know that this fic shows up on nearly every naruto rec list out there, but dammit the praise is deserved! If you haven't given this fic a chance you don't know what you're missing. Maldoror presents a very lovable Lee, and frankly her take on Gaara is the best I've come across. Not only that, but her character and plot development has a very natural and believable progression.

InoShikaCho Oneshots by Imbrium Iridum
Pairings: Ino/Shikamaru/Chouji
Rating: R
Warnings/Categories: Drabbles, Mpreg, Threesome
Summary: A collection of Team Ten drabbles, sidefics to SelfReliance and Zouen Jutsu. Ratings go anywhere from G to R. ShikaChoIno threesome, mpreg, and various other fun things.
Status: Can't be sure, honestly. All of the stories stand alone, though they all take place in the same 'verse and aren't arranged chronologically. All-in-all it hardly matters, this set of stories is arranged in such a way that I don't mind if more is never written, while at the same time more would always be appreciated. There are a few similar one-shots available via the author's profile page. The whole mpreg concept makes more sense if you read "SelfReliance" first (it's NaruSasu), but on the whole these fics stand on their own fairly well without the preread. Oh, and the other fic mentioned, "Zouen Jutsu" still isn't posted publicly, though you can find a snippet on the author's LJ if you look.
Comments: Loved these, they give me that lovely warm feeling I so rarely find in fics. The dynamic between the characters is beautifully demonstrated and very comfortable to read. I have a helluva hard time finding good Naruto fic, but reading this gives me hope for the fandom.

The Kakashi Mission by JB McDragon
Pairings: Kakashi/Iruka, some background pairings and hints of past pairings as well.
Rating: NC-17
Warnings/Categories: Slash, Humor, Drama, Angst
Summary: N/A
Status: Finished at 19 chapters, a sequel is also finished at 4 chapters. Two one shot side-fics are also available, a serious one and a crackfic.
Comments: I've read a good amount of Kakashi/Iruka, and this is the best there is (it would be damn hard to beat). The author takes a serious dive into the pasts that have made the characters who they are, and the plot progression is just very, very good.

Kiba/Shino Universe by JB McDragon
Pairings: Kiba/Shino
Rating: NC-17
Warnings/Categories: Slash, Humor, Drama
Summary: A series of often smutty stories set in the future, where Kiba and Shino hook up. And other people have opinions. And, occasionally, things happen. Rated between PG and NC-17. Citrus.
Status: Maybe-possibly finished at 8 chapters. It's at a good stopping point in any case.
Comments: Something of a fic that seems to be an excuse for Kiba and Shino to have sex, but plot is worked in so it's even nicer than that. I like the authors take on the characters.

Spiral Falling by BeccaAmon
Pairings: Sasuke/Naruto, background Kiba/Shino
Rating: R
Warnings/Categories: AU, Slash, Drama, Angst
Summary: Finding companionship and maybe more from your most hated rival. Falling willingly with arms wide open.
Status: Finished at 32 chapters.
Comments: The only really good highschool AU I've yet to find. It seems very basic in the beginning but gets much deeper as the story progresses. I was pleased with how the author translated the characters and their pasts into a present-day story.

Swallowed a Fly by Horses and Men
Pairings: Jiraiya/Naruto, slight Naruto/Sakura, Sasuke/Naruto, and Tsunade/Shizune
Rating: PG-13
Warnings/Categories: AU, Slash, Drama, Angst, Humor, Sweetness
Summary: Jiraiya and Naruto, though love, loss, and growth, somehow completely fail to extricate themselves from each other's life. [An unconventional courtship in 20 glances]
Status: One-Shot
Comments:

One Piece

Alongside all the Way by SaberShadowCat
Pairings: Sanji/Zoro/Sanji
Rating: NC-17
Warnings/Categories: Slash, Language, Violence
Summary: Somehow, when he wasn't paying attention, Zoro had become an integral part of his life.
Status: Complete, 2 parts
Comments:

Belling the Cat by Maldoror
Pairings: Lucci/Kaku
Rating: R
Warnings/Categories: Violence, Slash
Summary: (N/A, so I've posted the author's note instead) This is a very objectionable non-romance and I make no claim that it'll be to everyone's taste. It's also a different take on Kaku and Lucci's characters, a little more flawed and 'normal' than in some of my other fics, though part of this can be explained by the fact that they're younger than I usually write them.
Status: One-shot
Comments: Takes place several months before they go on the Water 7 mission.

Do Over by Maldoror
Pairings: Zoro/Sanji
Rating: NC-17
Warnings/Categories: Sex, language
Summary: Zoro and Sanji's second time. The less said about the first...
Status: Complete, One-shot
Comments:

Hamon by Maldoror
Pairings: Zoro/Sanji, hints of Luffy/Nami
Rating: Hard R
Warnings/Categories: Futurefic, yaoi, drama, mentions of violence
Summary: Hamon: From Japanese, lit. 'blade pattern'. The pattern on the steel that characterizes a katana blade, acquired during the folding, forging and tempering process..
Status: Complete, 5 Chapters
Comments:

Journey Through an Enchanted Wood*** by Orange Smaug
Pairings: Zoro/Sanji, if you squint
Rating: PG-13
Warnings/Categories: Language
Summary: If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? If someone once lost is found but no one remembers them, did they ever exist?
Status: One-shot
Comments:

New Life by Genuinelie
Pairings: Zoro/Sanji/Zoro
Rating: G to NC-17
Warnings/Categories: Sex, language, drama, angst, Post-series AU
Summary: After all of it is over,only Sanji is left with something other than his dream. Nakamaship.
Status: Complete, 20 Chapters
Comments: Oh, so good. An especially nice and deep take on Sanji. Parts of this are funny, parts are bittersweet, parts tempted me to cry, and throughout it all I could not stop reading!

Noli me Tangere*** by Pennilane
Pairings: Zoro/Sanji
Rating: PG
Warnings/Categories: hints of character death
Summary: In which Sanji reflects upon love, Zoro hoards memories, dreams are happily stale, and no one knows what they lack because there's never been a fork in the road. And there is altogether too much blood, as usual.
Status: One-shot
Comments: I love this fic primarily for its language and how very clearly the emotions are portrayed.

Ordinary Day by Sanoken
Pairings: Luffy/Zoro
Rating: NC-17
Warnings/Categories: Sex, language, humor
Summary: Sometimes it's hard to get away...
Status: Complete, One-shot
Comments:

Rules of Love by Sabershadowcat
Pairings: Zoro/Sanji
Rating: NC-17
Warnings/Categories: Yaoi, humor, drama, violence, angst
Summary: Zoro had many rules when it came to Sanji, and he was breaking them one by one.
Status: Complete, 4 Chapters
Comments:

Queer as Folk

All Mistakes are Temporary by Vamphile
Pairings: Brian/Justin, Michael/Ben, others
Rating: NC-17
Warnings/Categories: Post-series, slash, angst
Summary: It's three months after the final episode, and not everyone is as happy with their decisions as they thought they'd be, especially Brian and Justin
Status: Completed at 22 chapters. A sequel series, "All Mistakes are Temporary II," is also completed at 20 chapters. A second sequel, "Slices of Seven," functions as a series of one-shots that take place after the main arc, currently 14 chapters long.
Comments:

Beyond the Yellow Brick Road*** by Plumsuede
Pairings: Brian/Justin, various others
Rating: NC-17
Warnings/Categories: Post-series, slash, has a lot of OC's (and I love them all)
Summary: N/A
Status: In-Progress, 32 chapters and likely to be completed soon, updates fairly regularly
Comments:

Commuter Lives Arc by Netlagd
Pairings: Brian/Justin, others
Rating: NC-17
Warnings/Categories: AU, Slash
Summary: After winning the Advertising Executive of the Year Award, Brian is drafted into being a guest lecturer at NYU's School of Marketing. After an aborted Hollywood career, Justin finds freelance art direction consulting for movies, videos and stage productions a way to finance his art career. Brian and Justin keep bumping into each other on commuter flights back and forth between Pittsburgh and New York.
Status: Currently has two series within the arc. The first series, "Commuter Flight Stories," is complete at 30 chapters. The second series, "Turbulence," is in-progress with 5 chapters. Updates still occur somewhat regularly, about once a month. The author seems to be slowing down, but whether this indicates a loss of interest in the story or just a busy life has not been disclosed.
Comments:

Medium Security by Gaedhal
Pairings: Brian/Justin, Ben/Michael, (light)Carl/Debbie, Jennifer/OC, past Brian/OC, past Ted/Michael
Rating: R
Warnings/Categories: AU, slash, violence, rape, mentions of drugs
Summary: Brian Kinney, serving a sentence of 20 years to life, meets a new inmate. Stanton Correctional Facility for Men in Pennsylvania, 1978.
Status: Finished with a total of 180 chapters (short ones, they go pretty quickly.) A sequel, "The Outsiders," is in-progress with 14 chapters thus far.
Comments:

Rurouni Kenshin

Heart's Ease*** by Yumi
Pairings: Kenshin/Kaoru
Rating: NC-17
Warnings/Categories: AU, romance, drama, angst
Summary: N/A
Status: Complete, 3 parts. A one-shot sequel, "Kimi wa Dare Wo Mamotte Iru", is also available.
Comments: A classic among Kenshin/Kaoru fans, "Heart's Ease" has everything I ever wanted in my Kenshin/Kaoru lemon. Not only is the writing fabulous and the sex scenes superb, the author also infuses the writing with the personalities and intentions of the characters, which just makes the whole thing better.

Spirited Away

Courage of the Spirit*** by Velf
Pairings: Haku/Chihiro
Rating: T
Warnings/Categories: Drama, Story Continuation
Summary: Chihiro is 20 and at university. Her brush with the spirit world still influences her life to today. She is trying hard to fit in with the “real world”, but she is finding this difficult and the cracks are starting to show.
Status: Finished at 40 chapters. A sequel is available, Enchantment of the Heart, completed at 19 chapters and rated M. A sequel to that, Resilience of the Soul, is in-progress with 33 chapters posted to date, rated T. Updates are slow but steady.
Comments: Much like Ruri Hoshino's "Dreamer Awakened" (a Blue Seed continuation), this fic is so good that I no longer feel the need to search for other fic in this fandom. All of the characters are dealt with wonderfully and I really like the author's take on how Haku's power and corporeal forms work. I actually stayed up nearly all night trying to finish "Courage of the Spirit" the first time I read it.

Tokyo Babylon/X

Sakura and Snow by Firecat
Pairings: Seishirou/Kamui
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Slash, violence, Spoilers, takes place after the 10'th X manga
Summary: "Sakura and Snow" is a fanfic set in the "X" / "Tokyo Babylon" universe created by CLAMP, and it's my own personal answer to the question of how to resolve Subaru Sumeragi and Seishirou Sakurazuka's longtime conflict. Be warned that this is going to be a very long story, and unfortunately I'm something of a slow writer--once everything that I've written so far has been posted, there may be an extended wait between chapters. My goal, however, is to finish "Sakura" before CLAMP finishes X. I think that might just be achievable....
Status: Incomplete, 17 chapters, 4 "Drifts" (interludes), updated slowly but surely
Comments:

Weiss Kreuz

Possession Arc by Paxnirvana
Pairings: Yohji/Aya
Rating: NC-17
Warnings/Categories: Slash, angst, unresolved sexual tension
Summary: N/A
Status: Incomplete, 6 1/2 chapters long. The author claims that the arc will be continued one day, but hasn't updated this particular fic since May 2004 (she is in fact a very active fic writer, but appears to have moved on to other fandoms for the time being). I advise all readers to refrain from asking her when the next installment will be available, I know for a fact that people ask her all the time and the only reply they ever receive is "eventually."
Comments:

The Shadows Arc*** by Nekojita
Pairings: Yohji/Aya, Schuldig/OC, Nagi/Omi
Rating: NC-17
Warnings/Categories: AU, slash, supernatural
Summary: A fantasy AU, introducing the world of bounds, the most frightening of them being the kage.
Status: The first series is complete at 16 chapters. Two smaller sequel series have been finished: "Shadows of the Past," which is 8 chapters long, and "Family Bonds," which is 9 chapters long. A third sequel series, "Darkness Returns" has just begun and looks as if it might conclude the war that was introduced in the first series. Over 15 additional stand-alone fics are also available, most of which serve to strengthen the readers perceptions of the various characters and relationships introduced in the story.
Comments:

Walking on Hell by Scribblemoose
Pairings: Yohji/Aya
Rating: NC-17
Warnings/Categories: Slash, angst
Summary: Florist assassins trying to cope...
Status: Finished. Contains a Prologue, followed by 9 chapters, 6 "interludes," and an epilogue.
Comments:

Zerbrochen*** by Tritorella
Note: It seems that Tritorella's website has gone down permanently, and as far as I know she does not have this fic available anywhere else online. I have copies of "Zerbrochen", and it's sequel, "Geheilt", saved to my computer. If you e-mail me at nofiofic at gmail dot com I will gladly share them with you.
Pairings: Yohji/Aya, and in the sequel there is Yohji/Aya/Schuldig and Ken/OC
Rating: NC-17
Warnings/Categories: AU, possible series continuation, angst, drama, mentions of character deaths (not the Weiss team), rape, and some other nasty stuff.
Summary: A Weiss AU ignoring Glühen. Kritiker is in ruins, Weiss are fighting a lonely war against Estet. Unlikely alliances are formed, and friendships tested.
Status: "Zerbrochen" contains 6 "parts", with the last "part" separated into six chapters. A sequel, "Geheilt", is also finished with three parts, the first being separated into seven chapters and the third being separated into fourteen chapters. All the other "parts" singles.
Comments: This is a lengthy ride, perfect for someone who loves long fic. Don't let the warnings scare you away, really, some of it is stuff I don't usually go for but it all works in this fic.

Crossovers and Misc

The Book of Fanfic by ms_manna
Pairings: none
Rating: PG?
Warnings/Categories: mentions of slash, sacreligious bible imitation, humor
Summary: So, anyway, I wrote this thing in the comments over in a thread in fandom_wank. And then it got reposted in a couple of places, and so I though I'd put it here too for posterity.
Someone who linked to it disclaimered it for blasphemy, which, yeah, I hadn't thought about but I suppose it could be construed like that. Therefore, if you're the kind of person likely to be offended by fandom meta in the form of knock-off bible chapters implying that God might write real person slash...well, I guess I'm kind of suprised that you're reading my LJ at all. But if you are that person, please, feel free to leave, or read and be deeply offended, whichever brings you most joy.
Status: Complete, One-Shot
Comments: I must share this. You! Read it! ... And don't drink or eat anything while you do, I don't want lawyers on my ass when you choke to death whilst laughing.

Fiend of Mine by Xenobia
Pairings: OC's
Rating: NC-17
Warnings/Categories: Drama, Violence, Fantasy/Scifi, Romance, Bonding, Humor, Possible future mpreg
Summary: For ages, the fey born have fed on the earth born. Now, elves and humans have found ways to combat their demonic oppressors, and they've begun to band together to fight them. One elf tries to distinguish where his alliegance lies, for his feelings concerning a particular demon clash with what he does for a living. Emhyr must protect his people, but he also longs to find the incubus that saved him from certain death in his youth.
Status: In-Progress, 37 Chapters currently
Comments:

Kindred Spirits Series by Dolphin
Pairings: OC's
Rating: PG-15
Warnings/Categories: Drama, Humor, Mpreg, Creature Fic, Bonding, Hints of shota
Summary: N/A
Status: Complete/Abandoned, Multiple stories and chapters.
Comments:

Thirteen Going on Fourteen by peroxidepest17
Pairings: Vague ZoSan, if you squint
Rating: PG-13
Warnings/Categories: humor, violence
Summary: Zoro and Sanji bust their way into the Court of Pure Souls. Hijinks ensue.
Status: Complete, 2 chapters
Comments: One Piece/Bleach crossover.

The Wyndrah Series by Xenobia
Pairings: OC's
Rating: NC-17
Warnings/Categories: Drama, Humor, Violence, Fantasy/Scifi, Romance, Mpreg, Bonding
Summary: Coren Darshaw is a retired pirate and a successful weapons dealer. He has everything he wants, but what he needs is an extra hand or two to help him with his business and home. He decides to go to the slave market to purchase a blacksmith and a housekeeper, and instead buys a mysterious young man out of pity. He is not prepared for the consequences. (taken from first story)
Status: In-Progress, Multiple stories and chapters
Comments: