Dollhouse fic: Valentine's Day Index Post

[meridian_rose]

Title: Valentine's Day
Author: meridian_rose
Fandom: Dollhouse
Genre: gen, het
Word Count: 20512
Rating: 15 [uk] R [usa]
Characters/Pairings: All / DeWitt/Dominic
Warnings/spoilers Violence (on par with show); strong language; minor sexual scenes (not explicit); mention of past accident/suicide by non-canon character. Spoilers throughout season one, though set very early season one.
Author's Note: Beta'd by sevendayloan, with heartfelt thanks
Prompts: For the jossverse_bb and for the 100_tales prompt 031 "Valentine's Day"
Summary:
The LA Dollhouse is invaded by a team led by a man known to Adelle, one Valentine Raye; his intention is to steal imprints for firm that is competing with Rossum. When Adelle refuses, Valentine shoots Dominic.

The next part of the story is told in flashback. When Adelle's father died, Dominic accompanied her to the family home in Hampshire where he met the rest of her family. The DeWitt family has more than its share of secrets and in-fighting, and taken aback by Dominic's support of her and the only relative she cares about, Adelle let down her guard and allowed her relationship with Dominic to move into the personal and physical.

Back in the present, Adelle, both cursing herself for letting herself get involved enough to care for Dominic, and yet wanting to save his life, makes a deal with Valentine. If he allows Saunders to save Dominic's life, she will order Topher to hand over the imprints. Now it's up to Topher, ordered to imprint Victor, Sierra, and Echo to assist Saunders, to find a way to not only save Dominic, but to save the Dollhouse itself.



accompanying artwork (banner, icons, wallpaper) by the talented miss_atom; the full set can be seen here

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Comments

[miss-atom.livejournal.com]

YAY! It's all up and looking awesome. I loved the fic btw ♥

It was a pleasure working with you!

[cold-queen-5.livejournal.com]

Love this fic, and the art is beautiful. Love the formatting of the story, with the switch between present time and the past. Also, wow, Adelle comes from a really frakked family.

[meridian_rose]

Thank you :) The art is great, miss_atom did a wonderful job. I'm glad the formatting worked. Yes, I wanted Adelle's past to be part of the reason she is who she is now; devious and often distrustful but not heartless. Thank you for reviewing!