Tag: Rating: T
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Little Crush
Category: M/M, Character: Eddie Sinclair, Character: Gellert Osgodby, Character: Lucien Pike, Rating: T, Setting: Lashton Town, Theme: Crime & Criminals, Theme: Crushes & Infatuations, Theme: Organised Crime & The Mob, Theme: Power Dynamics & Imbalances, Theme: Secretaries & Personal Assistants, World: Magic Beholden
Slice-of-life short. A muscle man has a crush on the boss’ new secretary. 1k. Just a tiny bit of slice-of-life, a member of the Pike family crushing on Gellert Osgodby! There’s something wonderful about the boss’ new secretary, something that Eddie can’t get a handle on, can’t get over. He’s not beautiful, not really, and…
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The Merman and the Fisherman

Fantasy romance short. A merman saves a fisherman from drowning, once. 4k, rated T. Just a cute one here with a merman who saves a fisherman from drowning, and the fisherman saving him back! There are descriptions of fear and drowning in this, but no other particular content warnings. Adapted from a Tweetfic. Years ago,…
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Tomorrow

Slice-of-life short. A shop worker takes sandwiches to some engineers. Just a little bit of slice-of-life, 800w! This is one of the last jobs of the day, and Tom always tries to be the one that does it. Even were it not for the destination, he enjoys the walk up the slope under the shadow…
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Hungry

Romance short. A journalist observes a hunter skinning a deer. 1.5k. Just a bit of romance and slice-of-life between a hunter and a journalist observing his work. It’s a fine day, temperate, and the air is a pleasant weight on his shoulders, a light breeze coming under his hat and playing at the edges of his…
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Hit Me
Category: Gen, Rating: T, Setting: 1800s | 19th Century, Setting: USA, Theme: Arcades & Casinos, Theme: Card Games & Dominos & Dice Games, Theme: Debt & Money Troubles, Theme: Fish & Fishing, Theme: Isolation & Loneliness, Theme: Men Who Love Men | Homosexuality, Theme: Organised Crime & The Mob, Theme: Power Dynamics & Imbalances, Theme: Sex Work & Sex Workers, Theme: Twinks & Femboys, World: Magic Beholden
Slice-of-life/romance short. A blackjack dealer notices a lonely young man. 1.7k, rated T. Just some quiet companionship and bonding over loneliness in the early 1800s. They’re a band of itinerant workers, or so they claim. Royal doesn’t think that that’s actually true, from what he’s seen of them thus far — he doesn’t know how many their band…
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The Gorgon Lives Alone

Fantasy short. A snake-headed woman lives in solitude beneath the ground. 1.2k, rated T. CW for non-explicit references to sexual assault. The gorgon lives alone so that she can be at peace. She rests in the centre of a labyrinth of her own making, a sprawling network of tunnels made in the hollow spaces beneath the…
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Music and the Dead

Fantasy short. A magical musician goes into teaching, and makes an unusual connection. 4.3k, M/M, rated T. Just some light-hearted banter, romance, and fantasy, some music and necromancy. What more could a man want? Studious King was a quiet, severe man with square shoulders and very square features of approximately forty years old, and he…
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Whisper to the Bees
Category: M/M, Character: Calumellus Renn, Character: Melodious King, Rating: T, Setting: Medalton, Setting: Modern Day | 2020s, Theme: Anxiety Disorders, Theme: Bee-Keeping & Apiarists, Theme: Farms & Farmers, Theme: Homophobia, Theme: Journalists & Journalism, Theme: Mental Illness, Theme: Self-Esteem Issues, Theme: Suicide & Self-Harm, World: Magic Beholden
Slice-of-life/romance short. A journalist goes out to do a small piece on everyday farmlife, and ends up meeting an old acquaintance from school. 4.3k, M/M, rated T. Just a light-hearted little window into two men’s lives, introducing Melodious King and Calumellus Renn. Please note warnings for self-harm, references to attempted suicide, mental illness including chronophobia, and…