tielan: anthony bridgerton and kate sharma dancing at the featherington ball (bridgerton 1)
Thursday, February 22nd, 2024 12:25 pm
On the off-chance the five of you who read this journal aren't actually subscribed to my AO3 account:

My assignment for [personal profile] snacky:
Letters From The West (2378 words) by tielan
Chapters: 3/3>
Fandom: Chronicles of Narnia (Movies)
Rating: General Audiences>
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply>
Relationships: Edmund Pevensie & Lucy Pevensie & Peter Pevensie & Susan Pevensie>
Characters: Edmund Pevensie, Peter Pevensie, Susan Pevensie, Lucy Pevensie>
Additional Tags: POV Edmund Pevensie, Family, Epistolary>
Summary: Edmund is sent to deal with a situation out near the western wilderness. He writes letters back to his family in Cair Paravel.


I actually wanted this to stretch out over a longer period, including Edmund growing up and having to face more adult decisions than is probably warranted for a teenager, but found myself struggling to complete it the way I wanted. So this is King Edmund the Just, Count of the Western March, in his early days of ruling (while he still remembers his childhood), trying to be fair. I based a lot of it on Edmund in the Prince Caspian movie, facing down the Telmarines (and at times Peter), knowing what he knows and not backing down.

And along the way I got to answer what happened to all the humans who'd once lived in Narnia (Frank and Helen, for starters, and then all the other countries of humans around them, most of which don't have the 'magical' creatures, and think about how you actually fairly deal with a bunch of people who decide this land is there for the taking (when, really, it's not).

There was a small reference in my Cor/Aravis fic 'Son of Kings, Daughter of Tisrocs' about the end of Narnia's Golden Age (after the Pevensies disappear) where Cor says that they're not going to annex Narnia: Archenland is enough.

Hm. Still have to write that fic about Caszhi of the Shinar. Also, the fic where Caszhi meets Susan after The Last Battle and sparks Susan's faith again.

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So this one was obviously mine. Duh.

evening spread out against the sky (2641 words) by tielan
Chapters: 1/1>
Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe
Rating: General Audiences>
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply>
Relationships: Maria Hill & Steve Rogers>
Characters: Maria Hill, Steve Rogers, Nick Fury>
Additional Tags: Pre-Movie: Avengers (2012), Friendship>
Summary: Her job is to inform him of the options. Of course, telling them all to go to hell is an option, too.


The request was for Steve/Maria having interactions before the Avengers, perhaps she talks him into joining the Avengers, and I kind of thought about that first waking scene in CA:TFA. Lying to Steve from the get-go probably wasn't one of Fury's best ideas. Having someone who shoots straight with him, who's frank about wanting him for their work but who's also going to leave the door open for him if that's what it takes? Maybe that tipped the balance from emphasising what he's lost to helping him acclimatise into the future.

I might continue this series into the future, running off my own steam rather than the recipient's request.

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And two short-and-humourous Bridgerton fics for Kate Week 2024:

Steal Her Kisses (33 words) by tielan
Chapters: 1/1>
Fandom: Bridgerton (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences>
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply>
Relationships: Anthony Bridgerton/Kate Sharma>
Characters: Kate Sharma, Anthony Bridgerton>
Additional Tags: Kate Week 2024 (Bridgerton), Kate Week (Bridgerton)>
Summary: Seven for a secret soonest being told...


This one was technically written for Kate Week and it's about Kate, but it's not really Kate-centric, so I ended up withdrawing it from the collection:

Marriage Agreements For An Agreeable Marriage (302 words) by tielan
Chapters: 1/1>
Fandom: Bridgerton (TV)
Rating: General Audiences>
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply>
Relationships: Simon Basset & Anthony Bridgerton, Anthony Bridgerton/Kate Sharma (background), Simon Basset/Daphne Bridgerton (background)>
Characters: Simon Basset, Anthony Bridgerton>
Additional Tags: Fluff and Humor>
Summary: "How, exactly, is it that you come to be bargaining the marriage settlements for my wife?"

Simon Basset, Duke of Hastings, stretched his long legs out in his best friend's office and paused. "Your wife, Bridgerton? She's not your wife yet."


'Marriage Agreements' is a counterpoint to the Werewolves AU Bridgerton fic 'Next Time They Duel', because I felt like it.

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I had at least one more treat I wanted to write, but it's sitting at 1.6K and I'm staring at it trying to work out where the characters go from here. (It's Lee Adama/Kara Thrace, if anyone wants to suggest a next-course-of-action other than frakking. They're already doing that.)

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I believe I may need more Bridgerton icons. Also, I need to hunt up my old Narnia icons.
tielan: Maria & Steve walking in sync (MCU - Maria/Steve2)
Friday, January 26th, 2024 04:51 pm

Snowflake Challenge promotional banner with image of metallic snowflake and ornaments. Text: Snowflake Challenge January 1-31.


Challenge #11: In your own space, create a fanwork.

Good Enough (1041 words) by tielan
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Maria Hill/Steve Rogers, Clint Barton/Laura Barton (background), Clint Barton/Maria Hill (background)
Characters: Steve Rogers, Maria Hill, Clint Barton, Laura Barton, Natasha Romanov (Marvel)
Additional Tags: Soulmates, Soulmate-Identifying Marks, Bittersweet Ending
Summary: Maybe they can't have what should have been theirs, but they can have each other.

An old snippet I tidied up and polished off for Snowflake 2024. Going back to my 'classic era' fic.
tielan: Maria & Steve walking in sync (MCU - Maria/Steve2)
Sunday, January 21st, 2024 10:49 pm
My assignment was a ginormous labour of love, trying to include enough of the more popular relationships to get a gist of where they're at, while sketching out enough interactions to validate the less popular relationships. Unfortunately, it was never going to satisfy 95% of the people who clicked on it on account of the tags, and will interest only a fraction of my regular subscribed readership.

That said, I'm happy with the story; it told what I wanted to tell, outlined what I wanted to have happen, and although it took all the way up to the deadline to actually complete, getting it finished was very satisfactory!

Any Four Walls (11954 words) by tielan
Chapters: 4/4
Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark, Pepper Potts & Steve Rogers, Maria Hill/Steve Rogers, Maria Hill/Pepper Potts, Pepper Potts/Tony Stark, Maria Hill & Tony Stark, Maria Hill/Pepper Potts/Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
Characters: Steve Rogers, Pepper Potts, Maria Hill, Tony Stark
Additional Tags: Sedoretu, Developing Relationship, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Canon-ish
Summary:

“I thought we should probably have a discussion,” Tony says blithely. “About futures and pasts and all that.”



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The pinch-hit I picked up got written in about 4 days and was done well before deadline, it was that easy to get my brain around. In some ways, writing for an original idea is easier since I can frame the ideas as I go, layer things in, and I don't need to "prove" the relationship between the characters in a way that ones does when writing fanfic.

Offering and Sacrifice (3388 words) by tielan
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Original Work
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Goddess of Justice/God of Peace/Goddess of War/Priest Who Serves Them All (OW)
Summary:

He shivers under that touch, beneath that voice, surprised and awed and not a little fearful, but something in him yearns towards the graze of nails, and he leans into Her touch in trust.



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I did kind of wish I could have treated the one person who asked for Bucky/Maria/Natasha/Steve, but I was all out of brain by the time the exchange went live. Plus, I built up so much of them in shar Evening stars and bright Morning flame that anything else seems kind of inadequate.

Although I did contemplate a post-Endgame story from tat series, but that would have required reading the series and would be an unfair expectation.
tielan: (Default)
Monday, August 14th, 2023 11:51 pm
30 Days of OTP - final chapter completed.

Everything, Everywhere, All At Once (9517 words) by tielan
Chapters: 3/3
Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Relationships: Maria Hill/Steve Rogers, Maria Hill & Wanda Maximoff, Wanda Maximoff/Vision, Avengers Team & Maria Hill, Maria Hill & Natasha Romanov
Characters: Maria Hill, Steve Rogers, Wanda Maximoff, Vision (Marvel), Natasha Romanov (Marvel), Stephen Strange
Additional Tags: Multiverse, BAMF Maria Hill
Series: Part 32 of Meeting Halfway
Summary:

She won't deny either of them the fight. In the end, they do what they do because they need to protect those who can't defend themselves. But they are who they are, too - Maria and Steve, Commander and Captain, lover and beloved.



So tired. I should probably be showered and in bed by now.
tielan: (Angel)
Friday, August 11th, 2023 11:58 am
From four different fandoms, no less!

Two are unfinished pieces - one for a ToT fill that never came to pass (I'm bad at the quirky-horror-weird stuff), the other that was a long, long ago longfic crossover for SGA and SG1 that never quite came to fruition.
A Statesman For Sale (432 words) by tielan
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Thor (Movies)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Thor (Marvel), Loki (Marvel), Brunnhilde | Valkyrie (Marvel), Heimdall (Marvel), Hulk (Marvel)
Additional Tags: Humor, Post-Thor: Ragnarok (2017), Pre-Movie: Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Snippets
Series: Part 8 of Unfinished Symphonies
Summary:

Nobody on the Statesman is going to be sold. Not even Loki.



Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (2671 words) by tielan
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis, Stargate SG-1
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Teyla Emmagan & Ronon Dex, Teyla Emmagan & Kanaan
Characters: Teyla Emmagan
Additional Tags: Alternate Alternate Universe, Pegasus Culture, Pegasus Galaxy, Pegasus Ascendant, Abandoned Work - Unfinished and Discontinued
Series: Part 7 of Unfinished Symphonies
Summary:

Her first thought was that the Hall of Greeting on Earth was a disappointment - none of the wide open space or natural light of the city’s Hall of Greeting; instead she faced an imposing architecture of heavy columns covered in gold and starkly lit by sconce lights in wall niches.


Right now, I'm posting a few things that I started but didn't finish. Mostly because some of them I put a lot of time and energy into and I'd like to see them get a bit of affection. Even if it's only a kudos or two.

And there's the last piece in the 30 Days of OTP, which I'm just trying to work out if I suitably tied everything off. (If you're willing to read it through for me and let me know, I would really appreciate the crit.)

grief has its own timeline (670 words) by tielan
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Stargate SG-1
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Major Character Death
Relationships: Sam Carter & Cassandra Fraiser
Characters: Sam Carter, Cassandra Fraiser
Additional Tags: Season/Series 07, grief and dealing
Summary:

Grief has its own timeline, Janet said, hugging the child Cassie was all those years ago. You're going to miss your parents and you're going to mourn them. And that's okay - that's necessary and expected and even good for you. And I will be here for you through all of it.



staying in the kitchen (274 words) by tielan
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Bridgerton (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Anthony Bridgerton/Kate Sharma
Characters: Anthony Bridgerton, Kate Sharma
Additional Tags: kathonyprompt, heat - Freeform
Summary:

Kate turns out to be better versed in matters of the kitchen than her husband.



Does anyone know what the AO3 notification situation is with posting new stories that are already backdated? I think I once knew but have since forgotten.
tielan: Maria & Steve walking in sync (MCU - Maria/Steve2)
Tuesday, September 21st, 2021 11:05 am
My story for the [community profile] auexchange:

if time is all I have (4217 words) by tielan
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Maria Hill/Steve Rogers, Maria Hill & Steve Rogers
Characters: Maria Hill, Steve Rogers
Additional Tags: Steve Rogers as the Winter Soldier
Summary:

Maria knows what that look means. She knows the mindset behind it. She's seen it in the resolve of agents who knew the odds of going in, heard it in field operatives calling for an exit in impossible situations, witnessed it in extraction targets who didn't believe that they'd actually make it out. And sometimes the odds were defied, the impossible happened, and everyone made it out in one piece. Sometimes.

To see that expression in the man they call the Winter Soldier....



I do love my regular readers; I may not be a BNF or someone who writes what the majority of fans enjoy, but the people who enjoy my work enjoy my work and I really love when they enjoy reading what I like writing. (Even when the writing process is a PITA.)
tielan: (AVG - agents)
Sunday, February 21st, 2021 10:47 pm
How Not To Take All Your Toys And Go Home (822 words) by tielan
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Maria Hill & James "Rhodey" Rhodes
Characters: James "Rhodey" Rhodes, Maria Hill
Additional Tags: Post-Captain America: Civil War (Movie)
Summary:

Maria's not sure she could talk to Steve or Tony without yelling at them. Natasha wouldn’t pick up in the first place, and Clint has a family to get out of sight. Wilson, Wanda, and Vision aren’t the decision makers in their groups, and Maria may be an arrogant bitch, but she knows better than to take the King of Wakanda to task.



Seen And Unseen (481 words) by tielan
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: James "Bucky" Barnes & Shuri
Characters: James "Bucky" Barnes, Shuri (Marvel)
Summary:

Bucky Barnes and the women who see him for what he is.


Would have liked to write a treat, but no cigar.
tielan: (Default)
Saturday, January 23rd, 2021 11:10 am
Another day, another snowflake.

Snowflake Challenge promotional banner featuring feet in snuggly socks, a mug of hot chocolate, a notebook with 'dreams' written on the cover, and a guitar. Text: Snowflake Challenge 1-31 January

Challenge #11

In your own space, create a fanwork.


As it turns out, I just finished the next story in my Meeting Halfway series - 30 Days of OTP: Maria Hill/Steve Rogers. I started it back in 2012, and at the rate I'm going, I might just have the lot complete by 2022...
Lost and Found (2707 words) by tielan
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Maria Hill/Steve Rogers
Characters: Steve Rogers, Thor (cameo), Natasha Romanov (cameo), Okoye (Marvel), Maria Hill
Additional Tags: Canon Divergence - Avengers: Endgame (Movie), 30 days of OTP
Series: Part 25 of Meeting Halfway
Summary: As it starts to sink in that they've won the Battle of Wakanda, an odd thought pings against Steve's brain: Tony has a daughter.
tielan: (Default)
Saturday, January 2nd, 2021 08:00 pm
Starting with my YT fic:
Circling To A Close (3249 words) by tielan
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Dragonriders of Pern - Anne McCaffrey
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Mirrim/T'gellan (Dragonriders of Pern)
Characters: Mirrim (Dragonriders of Pern), T'gellan (Dragonriders of Pern), Brekke (Dragonriders of Pern)
Summary:

It's what T'gellan wanted, just not quite the way he hoped.

I was never much into Mirrim/T'gellan before, but have been asked to write it in the past, and found that I had a little more in me for it when my YT recipient mentioned that she was okay with just about any of the untold stories of the weyr. I think I'd like to finish it off with them as weyrmates (I got them to lovers in this story) at some point...

fics for 2020 )
tielan: (MCU - Maria/Steve)
Friday, November 13th, 2020 11:45 am
Do I want to do Heart Attack? 10K in 2 weeks (last two weeks of NaNo, pretty much)? I mean, I certainly can, I'm just deciding whether I would and whether it would benefit any of my fics.

I haven't started my YT fic yet. I suppose I should be more worried about it but right now...I'm not stressed. (Maybe I should be? I recall it all being very "OH, I CAN DO THIS!")

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I've done a number of fic additions or new stories, mostly because I needed something happy-shiny-fun to write and fanfic was it.

I managed fluffy fluffy fluffy for [community profile] shipoween:
Survivors (1916 words) by tielan
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Pacific Rim (Movies)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Raleigh Becket/Mako Mori
Summary:

Sometimes survival is a matter of playing hardball.

TBH, it feels like ages since I wrote PR. But this was a nice, happy-soft-fun snapshot.

And also some Steve/Maria soulmates fic:
First Glimpse Of Hearts (8292 words) by tielan
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Maria Hill/Steve Rogers
Characters: Maria Hill, Steve Rogers, James "Bucky" Barnes (cameo), Shuri (cameo), Nick Fury (cameo), T'Challa (cameo)
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Soulmates, Soulmates, The Angry Goose Of Destiny, Soulmate-Identifying Marks, Alternate History
Series: Part 2 of First Touch
Summary:

A meeting in a garden. A goose attack. And a glimpse of what might be...

The Endgame videos/gifsets for the election stirred a lot of old bitterness up. BLEH.

And another chapter or two of the Psy-Changeling fusion:
The Gathering Clouds (20885 words) by tielan
Chapters: 7/?
Fandom: The Avengers (2012), Marvel Cinematic Universe
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Phil Coulson & Maria Hill, Steve Rogers & Thor, Steve Rogers & Tony Stark, Bruce Banner & Steve Rogers, Maria Hill/Steve Rogers, Steve Rogers & Janet Van Dyne
Characters: Maria Hill, Phil Coulson, Steve Rogers, Thor, Tony Stark, Bruce Banner, Janet Van Dyne, Pepper Potts, Morgan Stark (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Fusion, Psy-Changelings, Alternate Universe - Psychics/Psionics, Alternate Universe - Werecreatures, Drama, Escape, Alternate Universe - Psy-Changeling (Nalini Singh)
Series: Part 1 of Wolf & Arrow: MCU-Psy/Changeling AU
Summary:

Maria had always known that someday that the shambling, soulless creature that returned from Rehabilitation would be her – used one too many times, broken beyond fixing. She’d accepted the eventuality of that end for herself. But for Phil and these children, whose crime was merely to challenge the Psy Council’s preconceptions? No. Not while she had breath.

In which Sam, Nick, Clint, and Natasha make an appearance...

On the writing board is the next installment of the 30 Days Of Your OTP (Steve/Maria), Paved With Good Intentions (Maria/Clint soulmates | Maria/Steve relationship), the next chapter of the wisdom to know the difference (honestly do not know if it will ever be finished), and the fic I'm calling baby's first moebius...

And Yuletide, of course.

I could probably write Paved With Good Intentions in 10K or more. It might end up being seriously more: shit gets REAL in that one. And it would be nice to have a significant drive to finish it. It would be nice to have a significant drive to finish any of these...

Only, there's also the original fiction to write: I was hoping to complete Act II during NaNo. Not even close right now. Need to stop re-editing in my head. Oh, and focus. It was awful focusing last week and this week seems to be ALL THE WORK THINGS.

Anyway. Back to work, I guess...
tielan: (AVG - agents)
Monday, September 14th, 2020 03:11 pm
Two fics for [community profile] auexchange, two general series updates.

So, my AU Exchange assignment was Black Panther, Shuri-focused. I picked Shuri & M'Baku after the snap, in an AU where Shuri survived and mourned her brother. Wrote the story, finishing up on a Saturday morning...and not half an hour later heard that Chadwick Boseman had died.

I felt awful. Not just for Chadwick's death, but also for my recip who might have been okay with grieving/mourning fic at a time other than in the wake of the man's death... But I didn't have anything to rewrite the story with.

I could touch up a couple of other stories that had been sitting around for months (if not years) and post them, but I didn't have another Black Panther story in me before the deadline. So I submitted the fic and apologised in the note.

It's been generally well-taken. Elegiac, perhaps.

The Coming Future (2561 words) by tielan
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Black Panther (2018), Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: M'Baku & Shuri (Marvel)
Characters: Shuri (Marvel), M'Baku (Marvel), Okoye - cameo
Summary:

In the chaos after the moment - that moment - Shuri has but one thought: to assure herself that T'Challa has survived.



*sigh*

I really did want to write something else - I tried to start on a 'Shuri goes to the realm of the ancestors and speaks with Eric Killmonger, the better to understand him' story, but...couldn't get my wheels in.

What I could do was touch up a few stories that have been lingering around for far too long in the 'not yet done' folder. So I did.

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I have a soft spot for "Stark-Hill siblings" and this has been lingering in one of my folders for forever. There are also multiple half-written scenes from a largely female Avengers core, although I think they were 'all-female Avengers' teams, not 'five women and Steve'.

This is also not the sequel where Tony and Maria meet on the steps of a Boston brownstone that Peggy and Angie are living together in. That has its own storyline that will not likely ever be done.

Another Suitcase In Another Hall (1373 words) by tielan
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Maria Hill & Steve Rogers, Maria Hill & Tony Stark
Characters: Steve Rogers, Tony Stark, Maria Hill
Summary:

The last time Steve saw her was driving off from Central Park with Ms. Potts in a sleek gunmetal grey Lamborghini with the numberplate MAR1A. Then, she was in jeans and a black-t-shirt with a denim jacket over the top – street casual. Now, she’s in a sleeveless dress in deep green that probably cost more than Steve’s ma made in a year back home, and which makes her look every inch the business heiress she is.




Then there's the next in the Meeting Halfway series, which, having stayed mostly in my own lane of fanon, abruptly went straight to canon.

Hell Hath No Fury Like A Hero Scorned (3720 words) by tielan
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Major Character Death
Relationships: Maria Hill/Steve Rogers, Nick Fury & Maria Hill
Additional Tags: 30 Day OTP Challenge, Arguing, Relationship Issues, Avengers: Infinity War Part 1 (Movie) Compliant, Unhappy Ending
Series: Part 24 of Meeting Halfway
Summary:

Hill has no Fury, just a hero scorned...




And finally, the next chapter of the Psy-Changeling AU which I've been slowly herding along for what feels like years.

The Gathering Clouds (14193 words) by tielan
Chapters: 5/?
Fandom: The Avengers (2012), Marvel Cinematic Universe
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Phil Coulson & Maria Hill, Steve Rogers & Thor, Steve Rogers & Tony Stark, Bruce Banner & Steve Rogers, Maria Hill/Steve Rogers, Steve Rogers & Janet Van Dyne
Characters: Maria Hill, Phil Coulson, Steve Rogers, Thor, Tony Stark, Bruce Banner, Janet Van Dyne, Pepper Potts, Morgan Stark (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Fusion, Psy-Changelings, Alternate Universe - Psychics/Psionics, Alternate Universe - Werecreatures, Drama, Escape, Alternate Universe - Psy-Changeling (Nalini Singh)
Series: Part 1 of Wolf & Arrow: MCU-Psy/Changeling AU
Summary:

Maria had always known that someday that the shambling, soulless creature that returned from Rehabilitation would be her – used one too many times, broken beyond fixing. She’d accepted the eventuality of that end for herself. But for Phil and these children, whose crime was merely to challenge the Psy Council’s preconceptions? No. Not while she had breath.



I feel like I haven't been productive at all. I think the previous fic I posted was back in February. And yeah, there are Reasons, but I've had a lot of time and done a lot of writing and I feel like I have't actually achieved all that much at all in all that time.
tielan: Maria & Steve walking in sync (MCU - Maria/Steve2)
Sunday, January 26th, 2020 07:13 am
Challenge 13

In your own space, create a fanwork.


This story was not created for this challenge, but I've had this fic sitting around on my HD for months and opened it up last night (before I saw the Challenge) to take a look. I was contemplating tidying and polishing it up for posting; it didn't need much.

This morning, I looked at the challenge notification email and figured it was a sign.

Forthwith:
Duncker's Candle (5865 words) by tielan
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Maria Hill/Steve Rogers, Maria Hill & Steve Rogers, Steve Rogers & Peggy Carter, Peggy Carter/Peggy Carter's Husband, Peggy Carter/Steve Rogers (unresolved)
Characters: Maria Hill, Steve Rogers
Additional Tags: Developing Friendships, Comfort Sex, Post-Avengers (2012), happy for now
Summary:
Dressed in worn jeans and a casual shirt, Maria Hill looks universes away from the competent aide who moved about the helicarrier control room in the sleek S.H.I.E.L.D uniform, a cool-eyed officer who kept her head in a crisis, and commanded troops with an authoritative snap to her voice. Her hand is tucked in the arm of one of the elderly residents of the hospice, and she's laughing as the old lecher pats her hand with a distinctly proprietary air.

The amusement drops from her face as she recognizes him. "Rogers."

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This was actually written in the wake of my dissatisfaction with Endgame, and there was a whole other story alongside/behind it. I decided to dedicate my time and energy to other things instead.
tielan: (Default)
Tuesday, September 17th, 2019 08:25 am
I picked up a couple of pinch hits for this, but I didn't sign up, so no gift.

Just Slower (3450 words) by tielan
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Steve Rogers, Tony Stark, James "Rhodey" Rhodes, Nebula (Marvel), Carol Danvers, Natasha Romanov (Marvel), Rocket Raccoon, Thor (Marvel), Bruce Banner
Summary:

Within Steve, the sense of rightness settles - the knowledge that these people are here to do what's right, to fight against Thanos' armies and protect Earth - and the universe, too, all the way to the end of the line.



Flight And Fight (2039 words) by tielan
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: James "Bucky" Barnes & Maria Hill
Characters: James "Bucky" Barnes, Maria Hill
Additional Tags: Friendship, Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Bucky Didn't Fall From The Train, Bucky Barnes and the 21st Century
Summary:

After New York, S.H.I.E.L.D is somewhere to work while he’s working out who he’s going to be here in the future. And, God, the future is amazing.



I always want to pick up a Captain Hill prompt for a treat (and there was one person in the whole exchange who asked for them), but I don't think I ever have. Partly because I got burned by people telling me that I was baddirtywrong for wanting more Captain Hill fans, and partly because the people asking for it never once liked or commented on any of my fic, so I figured why would they even want something from me?
tielan: Maria & Steve walking in sync (MCU - Maria/Steve2)
Friday, July 5th, 2019 09:12 am
There’s a lot of bits and pieces I’ve been sitting on for the last couple of months; over the last few weeks I did a push to finish as many things as possible.

the wisdom to know the difference (16562 words) by tielan
Chapters: 2/4
Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Maria Hill & Natasha Romanov, Maria Hill & Steve Rogers, Maria Hill & Avengers Team, Maria Hill/Steve Rogers
Characters: Maria Hill, Natasha Romanov (Marvel), Steve Rogers, James "Rhodey" Rhodes, Pepper Potts, Thor (Marvel), Rocket Raccoon, Carol Danvers, Okoye (Marvel), Tony Stark, Nebula (Marvel)
Additional Tags: Avengers: Endgame (Movie) Spoilers, Canon Divergence - Avengers: Endgame (Movie), Fix-It, Endgame Fix-It, Maria Hill is a BAMF, One More Person Could Have Saved The World, Work In Progress
Series: Part 1 of The Wisdom To Know The Difference
Summary:

Maria reached out a hand, and her fingers fluttered through dust and ashes....but the pager remained.



Initially, I was hoping to get the entirety of this story out by the end of May, then I figured I might by the end of June. Ahahaha. Yeah, nope. It’ll probably be August before I get the next chapter done, mostly because so many things to write, not half enough time to write them all...
tielan: (Default)
Thursday, July 4th, 2019 07:40 am
For [community profile] intoabar 2018 - they're presently taking sign-ups for the 2019 round.

I got "Maria Hill meets Ares (Wonder Woman)":

The Check And The Balance Unpaid (2108 words) by tielan
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Wonder Woman (2017)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Maria Hill, Patrick Morgan | Ares
Additional Tags: Community: intoabar, Power Dynamics (non-sexual)
Summary:

There was something avid about the earnestly pleasant expression on his face that was...repulsive. Some gleam in his eye, some smugness about the set of his mouth. It reminded her of Loki, back when he’d been imprisoned on the helicarrier – the sense that there was something more winding around and about and through all this. One move on a chessboard and the goal was checkmate.



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And in my Fire And Ice MCU Jaeger AU series, there's another chapter of the friendship between Maria and Pepper:

That’s What Friends Are For (6432 words) by tielan
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Maria Hill & Pepper Potts, Maria Hill/Steve Rogers
Characters: Maria Hill, Pepper Potts, Steve Rogers, Brock Rumlow, Jack Rollins, Original Characters
Additional Tags: Friendship, Drama, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, In Vino Veritas, HYDRA are not nice
Series: Part 6 of Fire And Ice: MCU Jaeger AU
Summary:

Pepper doesn't like Steve Rogers much.



It's actually #6 in the series, but there are 8 stories, so far. Eventually (very eventually) I'll finish the series (at least two more to go, maybe three).

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My [community profile] mcu_exchange assignment will be live this weekend, I don't know if it will be identifiable (probably) but it should be fun.

And the [community profile] auexchange is coming to town again!

I am debating signing up, but...I do love AUs. Yes, I know, I need more exchange assignments like I need a hole in the head. *sigh*

And this job is going to leave me with no time to write the novel I hoped to have done by the end of August.
tielan: (Default)
Thursday, May 9th, 2019 09:42 pm
fic: The Wisdom To Know The Difference

Chapter 1 of 3. Endgame fixit, with the two other chapters plotted out but yet to be written. Chapter 3 is going to be a doozy.

I didn't post it correctly to start with: made it a completed fic in a series instead of a chapter in a story. There'll probably be a few people cross about that.
tielan: (AVG - maria)
Wednesday, April 17th, 2019 08:41 pm
The Other Side Of Infinity is one epilogue shy of complete. I'll post that on Friday or the weekend. eta: I decided I couldn't be arsed waiting to put it up. Just post it, all done.

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the other side of infinity (84281 words) by tielan
Chapters: 26/26
Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Nick Fury & Maria Hill, Maria Hill & Sam Wilson & Bucky Barnes & Wanda Maximoff, Maria Hill & Jane Foster, Peter Quill & Groot & Mantis & Drax, James "Bucky" Barnes & Steve Rogers, James "Rhodey" Rhodes & Tony Stark, Nick Fury & T'Challa, Maria Hill/Steve Rogers, Maria Hill & Sam Wilson
Characters: Maria Hill, Nick Fury, T'Challa, Sam Wilson (Marvel), James "Bucky" Barnes, Peter Parker, Stephen Strange, Jane Foster (Marvel), Loki (Marvel), Brunnhilde | Valkyrie (Marvel), Hela (Marvel), Groot (Marvel), Mantis (Marvel), Drax the Destroyer, Rocket Raccoon, Steve Rogers, Tony Stark, James "Rhodey" Rhodes, Carol Danvers, Hulk (Marvel), Natasha Romanov (Marvel), Clint Barton, Thor (Marvel), Ayo (Marvel)
Additional Tags: Not Avengers: Endgame (Movie) Compliant, Post-Avengers: Infinity War Part 1 (Movie), action-adventure, Canon-Typical Violence, Infinity Gems, Infinity Gauntlet, Sacrifice, Fan theories
Summary:

On the other side of the moment, those turned to dust may no longer be 'alive', but they're damn well not helpless.

This is the story of how they saved themselves.



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And I feel like right now I need a bit of 'flop' space for my brain to recover from writing and rewriting and stressing and ARGH. It won't get much time, for that, though. I bought my ticket for Endgame, next Wednesday 5:20pm. Expect copious ranting around 9pm AEST.

Not going to look at the release. Not going to check out spoilers. On the other hand if the movie is actually about how Maria gets to save the world with all the other Snaptured people...

*crickets chirp*

Yeah, I didn't think so.

Frankly, I just want to make it out of this fandom alive.
tielan: Maria & Steve walking in sync (MCU - Maria/Steve2)
Friday, December 28th, 2018 12:45 pm
No Ever After (10311 words) by tielan
Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Maria Hill/Steve Rogers, Wanda Maximoff & Steve Rogers & Natasha Romanov & Sam Wilson, Wanda Maximoff/Vision (background), James "Bucky" Barnes & Steve Rogers, Sharon Carter/Steve Rogers (temporary)
Characters: Steve Rogers, Maria Hill, Natasha Romanov (Marvel), Sam Wilson (Marvel), Wanda Maximoff, James "Bucky" Barnes
Additional Tags: Post-Captain America: Civil War (Movie)
Summary:

There is no 'forever after' for Steve anymore, there's only the now.



This is what happens when your big fics require smaller fics that detail little events that happened earlier in the timeline in order to keep them straight in your own head. If I'd thought about it properly, then I'd have also included discussions that I used for flashbacks in 'Atlas Stumbles' - the post-IW fic with Steve and Okoye. Ah well.
tielan: (MCU - Maria/Steve)
Thursday, November 15th, 2018 10:47 am
I wrote an MCU/daemons AU way back in 2012, and this is the sequel - well, Part 1 of 2.

Daughter Of The Morrigan (4037 words) by tielan
Chapters: 1/2
Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Maria Hill/Steve Rogers
Characters: Maria Hill, Steve Rogers, Tony Stark
Additional Tags: Drama, Unresolved Sexual Tension, Alternate Universe - Daemons, Daemons, Daemon Touching
Series: Part 2 of Maria and the Morrigan
Summary: He’s put his hands on Isthus before under mitigating circumstances. She’s touched Saavi before, also in a crisis. Given her injury, these are certainly mitigating circumstances.


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For a [community profile] crossovering pinch-hit: Sanctuary / Pride & Prejudice!

A Sanctuary For All (1441 words) by tielan
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Sanctuary (TV), Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Caroline Bingley & Helen Magnus
Characters: Caroline Bingley, Helen Magnus
Additional Tags: Crossover
Summary: It is a truth almost universally unacknowledged that a single woman in protection of an escaped abnormal must be in want of a sanctuary.


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For [community profile] trickortreatex, one assignment, one treat, and I wish I'd managed more, but my brain was not co-operating in spite of having all of October off.

The request for this was Orsino/Viola or Antonio with a happy ending, and specified Viola being non-cisgender, or Antonio being non-heterosexual. I do like Orsino/Viola, and wanted to play around a bit more with what Viola might be missing after the end of the play when she's given up being Cesario.

A Desperate State Of Being (2066 words) by tielan
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Twelfth Night - Shakespeare
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Orsino/Viola | Cesario (Twelfth Night)
Characters: Viola | Cesario (Twelfth Night), Orsino (Twelfth Night)
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Married Life, Gender Roles
Summary:
A marriage is a private thing. It has its own wild laws, and secret histories, and savage acts, and what passes between married people is incomprehensible to outsiders. We look terrible to you, and severe, and you see our blood flying, but what we carry between us is hard-won, and we made it just as we wished it to be, just the color, just the shape.



Another one for [community profile] trickortreatex - this one is the treat, and pretty much spoke to me right from the prompt.

More Than A Man (980 words) by tielan
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Maria Hill & Okoye
Characters: Okoye (Marvel), Maria Hill
Additional Tags: Friendship
Summary: Perhaps, if Okoye saw the world as others see the world, then her eye might have slid past. But she sees the world as the General of Wakanda, and this woman walked as a Dora Milaje walks: watching the back of her leader.


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Another one in the Steve/Maria Meeting Halfway series that I started back in 2012, and which was supposed to run for 30 days. HAH.
Sway With Me (451 words) by tielan
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Maria Hill/Steve Rogers
Series: Part 21 of Meeting Halfway
Summary: They don't say much while dancing.
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