Tag: Theme: Found Family
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Historic Brotherhood
Category: Gen, Kink: Age Gap / Age Difference, Length: 10k+, Rating: M, Setting: 1970s, Setting: London, Theme: Anxiety Disorders, Theme: Art & Architecture, Theme: Banter & Flirtation, Theme: Bears & Bear Cubs (Gay), Theme: Christian Religion & Mythology, Theme: Class & Caste Differences, Theme: Crushes & Infatuations, Theme: Found Family, Theme: Identity & Personality, Theme: Learning & Education, Theme: Men Who Love Men | Homosexuality, Theme: Monks & Nuns & Monastic Orders, Theme: Priests & Clerics & Devotees, Theme: Queer Community, Theme: Self-Esteem Issues, Theme: Study & Academia, Theme: Temples & Places of Worship, World: Magic Beholden
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Peace in the New World
Rating: T, Setting: 1800s | 19th Century, Setting: New York City, Setting: USA, Theme: Calligraphy, Theme: Found Family, Theme: Generational Trauma, Theme: Immigrants & Immigration, Theme: Jewish Faith & Identity, Theme: Jews & Judaism, Theme: Philosophy, Theme: Poverty, Theme: Study & Academia, Theme: Trauma & Trauma Recovery
Short fiction. Moshe and Yosl discuss life after work. 2k, rated T. Two Jews talking over tea in late 19th century USA. Bonding over poverty, philosophy, old trauma, that sort of thing. CW for mentions of past abuse, although oblique. Adapted from a TweetFic. Yosl worked these days down by the docks — he was a very big…
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Good Coin
Category: M/M, Character: Bale, Character: Quiver, Character: The Champion, Rating: M, Theme: Adventurers & Dungeon Parties, Theme: Found Family, Theme: Gender Dysphoria, Theme: Gender Exploration & Nonconformity, Theme: Identity & Personality, Theme: Intimacy, Theme: Retirement, Theme: Self-Esteem Issues, Theme: Sex Work & Sex Workers, Theme: Sexual Abuse & Rape, Theme: Thieves & Rogues & Burglars, Theme: Trauma & Trauma Recovery, Theme: Warriors & Mercenaries, Theme: Weight Gain, World: The Dragonplanet
Romance & Fantasy short. A warrior has tension with the rogue in their party. 7.5k, rated M, M/M. Just some romance and learning to understand one another. A mercenary — not an adventurer, thanks much — struggles to understand the compulsive deception of the party’s rogue. Adapted from a TweetFic. Mentions of sex work, past sexual abuse, trafficking, implied gender…
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Two of a Kind
Category: Gen, Rating: M, Setting: 1550s-1850s | Age of Sail, Setting: Hyssop, Theme: Beaches & Coasts, Theme: Child Abuse & Neglect, Theme: Found Family, Theme: Learning & Education, Theme: Pirates & Piracy, Theme: Professors & Teachers, Theme: Sailors & Sailing, Theme: Sexual Abuse & Rape, Theme: Swords & Foils & Fencing, World: Magic BeholdenShort story. A boy washes up on shore and meets a pirate swordmaster. 1.2k, rated M. Warnings for implied sexual abuse and reference to past sexual assault throughout, with a focus on survivors’ solidarity. When the boy Jack washes ashore, he’s sixteen years old. He was eleven when he went to sea, and he can’t…
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The Christmas Tree
Sweet fantasy short. Christina finds a pixie in her Christmas tree. 2.2k, rated K+. A short, sweet piece! Adapted from a TweetFic. Christina hadn’t even wanted a real Christmas tree. They smelled too strongly and they left pine needles everywhere, and she’d been worried the dog would try to piss on it, although luckily he…
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A Prologue
Character: Colleen Pike, Character: Doctor Ephraim Margolis, Setting: Bristol, Setting: Caer Afon Magical Hospital, Setting: Modern Day | 2020s, Theme: Angels, Theme: Doctors & Nurses, Theme: Found Family, Theme: Hospitals & Healthcare Facilities, Theme: Trauma & Trauma Recovery, World: Magic BeholdenSlice-of-life short. A doctor and a nurse discuss changing conditions. 1.6k. Ephraim Margolis, an obstetrician at the Caer Afon Magical Hospital, stops to speak with their nurse lead — Colleen Pike, the daughter of the infamous Lucien Pike. They talk about things that are, and things to come. Colleen’s office was dark, but the door was slightly…