Falling Stars

The story I wrote for Sholio was:

Title: Mark of the Wolf
Fandom: Island of Ghosts - Gillian Bradshaw
Relationships: Ariantes & Marcus Flavius Facilis
Characters: Ariantes, Marcus Flavius Facilis
Tags: No Archive Warnings Apply, Werewolves, Friendship, Post-Canon
Rating: General Audiences
Summary: Britain is also an island of werewolves.

Thank you again to urisarang for The Five Tenets That Mandalorians Must Follow (and the one thing worth breaking them for), where the Mandalorian and Murderbot (and ART!) make an unlikely but awesome found family.

The Chocolate Box collection keeps getting bigger as people add more treats! (This would be my ideal chocolate box in real life.)

Dear Chocolatier,

Thank you so much for offering to write a story for me! I love all these fandoms, and I'm really keen to see what you do in them! I've provided some prompts in case you're looking for inspiration, but I'd also love to see whatever other ideas capture your imagination.

For me, it's about the characters and their interactions. I'm not a stickler about researching canon details, as long as the spirit of the characters and the flavour of their world is there. I want to see adventures that might have been, or missing moments from between scenes, or a slice of their daily lives, or where the future might take them.

LIKES: Some of the things I enjoy in stories are: undying loyalty, personal bravery, risking self to protect others, displaying cool competence, big damn hero moments, special everyday moments, banter, hijinks, confessions exposing emotional vulnerability, conversations loaded with unspoken meaning, tough people showing a soft side, and soft people showing a tough side. Some of my favorite tropes and genres are: amnesia, angst with a happy ending, animal transformation, arranged marriage, bodyswap, cosmic horror, curtainfic, five things fic, getting together, hurt/comfort, mutual requited pining, mystery solving, road trips, sex pollen, slice of life, stranded together, and time travel.

DISLIKES: I generally prefer optimistic stories in exchanges, so I'm not keen on anything that is brutally violent or hopelessly bleak. However, I don't mind darkness during the story, as long as there is a glimmer of light at the end. Endings that are bittersweet or ambiguous are also fine.

DO NOT WANT: Noncon, underage, bleak endings, crossovers (unless requested), setting change AUs like high school, coffee shop, or omegaverse (but canon divergence AUs are fine).

RATING: I've requested some gen and some ships in this exchange. For the latter, I'm fine with explicit sex, but it's usually not the most important part of the story for me.

STYLE: I'm fine with first, second, or third person. I'm fine with past or present tense. I'm fine with stories of any length, including stories that start in media res or consist of a scene that implies a larger plot.

POV: I'm open to stories from the point of view of a different character from the ones requested, especially if they provide an interesting perspective on the requested characters.

INTERACTIVE FICTION: I like interactive fiction and would welcome it.

I've listed more details under each individual request.

I hope this helps. Have fun writing!

Yours sincerely,

meteordust
(AO3 name Serenade)

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( Request 1: Captive Prince - CS Pacat (Damen & His Vaskian Daughters) - fanfic )

( Request 2: Fall of Ile-Rien - Martha Wells (Tremaine/Ilias/Giliead) - fanfic )

( Request 3: Foreigner Series - CJ Cherryh (Bren/Machigi) - fanfic )

( Request 4: Crossover Fandom (Din Djarin (The Mandalorian) & Murderbot (The Murderbot Diaries), Xanthippe Voorhees (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt) & Yuri Plisetsky (Yuri!!! on Ice)) - fanfic )

Works are revealed for Chocolate Box! And I got the quirky and indulgent crossover I asked for!

Title: Bragging Rights
Fandoms: The Good Place, Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Characters: Tahani Al-Jamil, David Santiago
Tags: No Archive Warnings Apply, Crossover, Implied/Referenced Suicide, very brief mention
Rating: Teen
Summary: Tahani bumps, literally, into someone at an event she planned, and there's just something about him that she doesn't like.

(For anyone wondering about the tags, they refer to the canon backstory of David saving someone's life.)

It was a delight to watch Tahani and David sparring, both of them being perfectly them. Thank you so much, dear writer!

1053 works in 493 fandoms! (And that number will probably go up as people add extra treats.)

The story I wrote for goddamnshinyrock was:

Title: Passionate Dance
Fandom: The Goblin Emperor
Relationship: Csethiro Ceredin/Csoru Drazharan
Tags: No Archive Warnings Apply, Ballroom Dancing, Mirror Sex, Rope Bondage, Spanking
Rating: Explicit
Summary: Csethiro dominates Csoru on the dance floor.

Thank you again to Fair_Feather_Friend for On Loyalty and Love. I'm really happy to get to read about Ryke and Errel in their future.

The Chocolate Box collection is still growing, as people continue to add treats!

Dear Chocolatier,

Thank you so much for offering to write a story for me! I love all these fandoms, and I'm really keen to see what you do in them! I've provided some prompts in case you're looking for inspiration, but I'd also love to see whatever other ideas capture your imagination.

For me, it's about the characters and their interactions. I'm not a stickler about researching canon details, as long as the spirit of the characters and the flavour of their world is there. I want to see adventures that might have been, or missing moments from between scenes, or a slice of their daily lives, or where the future might take them.

LIKES: Some of the things I enjoy in stories are: undying loyalty, personal bravery, risking self to protect others, displaying cool competence, big damn hero moments, special everyday moments, banter, hijinks, confessions exposing emotional vulnerability, conversations loaded with unspoken meaning, tough people showing a soft side, and soft people showing a tough side. Some of my favorite tropes and genres are: amnesia, angst with a happy ending, animal transformation, arranged marriage, bodyswap, cosmic horror, curtainfic, getting together, hurt/comfort, mutual requited pining, mystery solving, sex pollen, slice of life, stranded together, and time travel.

DISLIKES: I generally prefer optimistic stories in exchanges, so I'm not keen on anything that is brutally violent or hopelessly bleak. However, I don't mind darkness during the story, as long as there is a glimmer of light at the end. Endings that are bittersweet or ambiguous are also fine.

DO NOT WANT: Underage, bleak endings, crossovers (unless requested), setting change AUs like high school, coffee shop, or omegaverse (but canon divergence AUs are fine).

RATING: I've requested both gen and ships in this exchange. For the latter, I'm fine with explicit sex, but it's usually not the most important part of the story for me.

STYLE: I'm fine with first, second, or third person. I'm fine with past or present tense. I'm fine with stories of any length, including stories that start in media res or consist of a scene that implies a larger plot.

INTERACTIVE FICTION: I like interactive fiction and would welcome it.

I've listed more details under each individual request.

I hope this helps. Have fun writing!

Yours sincerely,

meteordust
(AO3 name Serenade)

***

( Request 1: Captive Prince - CS Pacat (Damen & His Vaskian Daughters) - fanfic )

( Request 2: Chronicles of Tornor - Elizabeth Lynn (Ryke/Errel) - fanfic )

( Request 3: Foreigner Series - CJ Cherryh (Bren/Machigi) - fanfic )

( Request 4: Crossover Fandom (Tahani Al-Jamil (The Good Place) & David Santiago (Brooklyn Nine-Nine), Yuri Plisetsky (Yuri!!! on Ice) & Xanthippe Voorhees (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt)) - fanfic )

Works are revealed for Chocolate Box! And I got one of my dream crossovers:

Title: Learn to act with Titus Andromedon!
Fandom: Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Relationships: Kevin Cozner/Ray Holt, Titus Andromedon & Ray Holt
Rating: G
Summary: Raymond Holt goes to acting class.

It's hilarious and true to character for both shows, and exactly the kind of thing I hoped for from Raymond Holt and Titus Andromedon meeting. Thank you so much, dear writer!

1270 works in 509 fandoms! (And the collection doesn't close for posting treats, so those numbers might increase.) It's going to be an indulgent weekend...

The stories I wrote for Burning_Nightingale were:

Title: Shine Forever
Fandom: The Silmarillion
Tags: Major Character Death, Fingon/Maedhros, Fingon, Maedhros, Canonical Character Death, Post-Nirnaeth Arnoediad, Ghosts, Immortality, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
Rating: PG
Summary: Fingon makes his farewells to Maedhros. Or so he thinks.

Title: In the Ruins of Thangorodrim
Fandom: The Silmarillion
Tags: No Archive Warnings Apply, Eönwë/Sauron, Eönwë, Sauron, Post-War of Wrath, Reconciliation, Second Chances, Chocolate Box Treat
Rating: PG
Summary: Eönwë and Sauron, in the smoking ruins.

Title: Oh No He's Hot
Fandom: The Silmarillion
Tags: No Archive Warnings Apply, Morgoth/Sauron, Sauron, Morgoth, First Meetings, Sexual Tension, Volcanoes, The Seduction of Mairon, Chocolate Box Treat
Rating: G
Summary: "For of the Maiar many were drawn to his splendour in the days of his greatness, and remained in that allegiance down into his darkness." When Sauron met Morgoth.

Thank you again to blueorangecrush for Five Turnings and the_rck for Witness Now This Trust. Amber is one of my forever fandoms, and stories like these remind me why I love it so much.

Still reading my way through the stories in the collection!

Dear Chocolatier,

Thank you so much for offering to write a story for me! I love all these fandoms, and I'm really keen to see what you do in them! I've provided some prompts in case you're looking for inspiration, but I'd also love to see whatever other ideas capture your imagination.

For me, it's about the characters and their relationships. I'm not a stickler for canon details, as long as the spirit of the characters and the flavour of their world is there. I want to see adventures that might have been, or missing moments from between scenes, or a slice of their daily lives, or where the future might take them.

LIKES: Some of the things I enjoy in stories are: undying loyalty, personal bravery, big damn hero moments, special everyday moments, subtle tension, conversations loaded with unspoken meaning, tough people showing a soft side, and soft people showing a tough side. I also like tropes such as amnesia, bodyswap, sex pollen, and undercover as a couple.

DISLIKES: I generally prefer optimistic stories in exchanges, so I'm not keen on anything that is brutally violent or depressingly bleak. However, I don't mind darkness as long as there is a glimmer of light. Bittersweet endings are also fine.

RATING: I've requested both gen and ships in this exchange. For the latter, I'm fine with explicit sex, but it's usually not the most important part of the story for me.

STYLE: I'm fine with first, second, or third person. I'm fine with past or present tense. I'm fine with stories of any length, including stories that start in media res.

CROSSOVERS: I would prefer no crossovers with other canons, except for requests in the Crossover Fandom category.

AUS: I like seeing the characters in their own settings, so I would prefer no alternate universes like high school, coffee shop, or omegaverse. However, I like alternate universes where something happened differently in canon.

I hope this helps. Have fun writing!

Yours sincerely,

meteordust
(AO3 name Serenade)

***

( Request 1: Foreigner Series - CJ Cherryh (Bren/Machigi) - fanfic )

( Request 2: Chronicles of Tornor - Elizabeth Lynn (Ryke/Errel) - fanfic )

( Request 3: Chronicles of Amber - Roger Zelazny (Merlin/Luke) - fanfic )

( Request 4: Crossover Fandom (Raymond Holt (Brooklyn Nine-Nine) & Titus Andromedon (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt), Yuri Plisetsky (Yuri!!! on Ice) & Xanthippe Voorhees (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt)) - fanfic )

Works are revealed for Chocolate Box! My first time participating in this exchange, and I was lucky enough to receive two amazing gifts:

Title: A Treatise on the Mutability of Imperial History
Fandom: The Goblin Emperor
Summary: There are a number of competing narratives regarding the first meeting of Deret Beshelar and Cala Athmaza, first nohecharei to Edrehasivar VII, Ethuverazhid Zhas.

Title: Second Impressions
Fandom: The Goblin Emperor
Summary: Deret meets Cala for the first time in a seedy bar in the low district of Aveio.

I wanted to know about Cala and Beshelar's first meeting and their relationship, and I got more than I could have imagined. Thank you so much, dear writers!

758 works in 448 fandoms. Best enjoyed with your favourite chocolate.