Fic snippet: An Invitation

For #writingwednesday. A snippet from my supernatural drama WiP featuring shapeshifters and set in modern day UK, on the England-Wales border.
Romaine (Wolf) and El (Cat) are currently working at a supernatural helpline but Romaine was a field agent until taking leave after an incident, and El is biding time until her chance to make field agent.

In snippet fic, El doesn't want to go alone to a party her family is having; maybe her friend and colleague Romaine can help.



The Invitation

El glowered as she typed. "My family is having a party," she said. "Anniversary party for my great-aunt Madelana and her husband Grant. They've hired a room at a social club, a DJ, catering, full bar."

"Sounds nice?" Romaine ventured uncertainly, twisting on his swivel chair to look at her. El was upset about some aspect of this party.

"It might have been, except my cousin Laura will be there," El fumed. "Laura whom I hate, not Laura I like. Nor Lana from Texas. Laura the smug asshole."

Romaine typed a few things into the database, updating some records. El's extended family seemed impossible to keep track of but he was fairly certain he'd not heard of hated!Laura before. "Right."

"If I show up alone she'll make a snide comment. She's engaged to some dumbass but he's always too busy to come anywhere with her. He's supposedly jetsetting around the world, saving illiterate llamas or building toys for endangered children or something." El shook her head. "Flashes her engagement ring, talks about her So Important work in finances in fucking London, and how Findus is combating climate change by travelling the world in aeroplanes and helicopters."

Despite the obvious hyperbole and sarcasm, Romaine had to ask. "Findus?"( Read more... )

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Snowflake Challenge Day 7

Day 7
Try something new: I read fic in a new fandom, The Great Showman. This is the first fic I was most drawn to and finished reading (and left a comment for!):

Cut You Free (2353 words) by FISHnibWana
Chapters: 1/?
Fandom: The Greatest Showman (2017)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: P. T. Barnum & Phillip Carlyle, Charity Barnum/P. T. Barnum, Phillip Carlyle/Anne Wheeler
Characters: Phillip Carlyle, P. T. Barnum, Charity Barnum, Anne Wheeler, Lettie Lutz, Caroline Barnum, Helen Barnum, Deng Yan, Deng Yan's Assistant
Additional Tags: P. T. Barnum Whump, In a Way It's Also Phillip Carlyle Whump, Because He Has to Deal with All Kinds of Fallout, Pray for Charity Barnum, poor woman, She Does Her Best, This Accident Was Waiting to Happen, Phillip Has a Secret and He's Terrified of It, Rated T Because I'm Overly Cautious About Wounds
Series: Part 3 of You Run With Me
Summary:

Phillip has a secret. P.T. has an accident. Things could get interesting.

Part 3 of the "You Run With Me" series, a Barnum/Carlyle friendship arc.

I've read a few more fics in the fandom too! I only watched the movie for the first time in December last year so I hadn't yet thought about fandom beyond listening to some of the tracks on Spotify. There's a lot more fic than I expected :)

Snowflake Challenge Day 8

In your own space, post self-recs for at least three fanworks that you created. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

I did a few for this question last year of some of my favourites. This time I'll pick things I completed last year. 2018 was a rough year and I didn't write much, though I did finally achieve 100k for Get Your Words Out. So there aren't as many fanworks to pick from!

Four fics + bonus 2017 rec below the cut!
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Trope Bingo Round Twelve

trope_bingo is running an amnesty round for round 12. Reuse or complete a previous card, or make your own from the provided prompts (instructions at the site.) There are also lower minimum requirements for fills, and a longer time period to complete since the usual amnesty period is included as part of the standard round, so if you've wanted to try a bingo but the deadline or amount of words/art needed to complete has put you off this would be a great time to give it a go.

( my card )