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The Professor and His Ghost Hunter (10964 words) by meridian_rose
Chapters: 3/3
Fandom: Ghost Whisperer
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Melinda Gordon/Rick Payne
Characters: Melinda Gordon, Rick Payne, Delia Banks
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Alternate Universe - Romance Novel, based on a romance novel summary, Community: unconventionalcourtship, Melinda never met Jim
Summary: Melinda Gordon, medium, meets sceptic Professor Rick Payne when she tries to rid Grandview University of a troubled spirit. Melinda confronts the spirit's past, unexpectedly exposing Rick's, and awakening feelings she thought she'd never experience again.

For the 2024 Unconventional Courtship challenge, based on the summary "A Lady's Champion" by Janice Bennett.

Challenge #10 Five Things! The five things are totally up to you.

I'm doing 'firsts' as a sort of theme:

1. First movie I watched this year: The Mario Brothers Movie (2023)
The first movie I watched last year: Sing 2016 - Last movie I watched last year: Shazam 2 Fury of the Gods 2023

2. My first fic posted to AO3 last year was Nothing Is Impossible a Deception (TV 2018) post-canon fic.
My last fic posted to AO3 last year was Deck The Halls With Boughs of Holly (Even Geralt Should be Jolly) a crack modern au Witcher fic for lands_of_magic. I haven't yet yet posted to AO3 this year.

3. My most popular, that is my fic that has been bookmarked the most at AO3 is There's No Healing the Wound, a Good Omens hurt/comfort fic.
My most viewed fic of 2023 is Precious Moments a Magnum PI (2018) fluff fic with 641 hits

4. AO3 tells me I posted to the archive last year a total of 74,603 words. The first in terms of length, i.e. the longest of these was A Convenient Warlock a DC's Legends of Tomorrow Weird West AU with Sara Lance/John Constantine for unconventionalcourtship with 16,996 words.
The shortest fic was a double drabble (200 words) Grooming a The Witcher (TV) piece with the summary Hair brushing can be an act of quiet intimacy written for genprompt_bingo

5. This year I sang karaoke for the first time at a church fundraiser. It was a really fun evening with a buffet provided and some group singalongs so everyone could get involved (the closing song of Sweet Caroline raised the roof!) I sang the "Ghostbusters" theme by Ray Parker Jr with my older nephew - this was fun as everyone joined in yelling "Ghostbusters!" and then by myself I sang "Call Me Maybe" by Carly Rae Jepsen.

Ruin to Riches (12264 words) by meridian_rose
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Black Sails
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: "Calico" Jack Rackham/John Silver, Max & John Silver
Characters: "Calico" Jack Rackham, John Silver, Max (Black Sails)
Additional Tags: Community: unconventionalcourtship, based on a romance novel summary, Romance, Alternate Universe - Regency, Slow Burn, Marriage of Convenience, Presumed Dead, Hurt/Comfort, demisexual Silver implied, Past Abuse, Angst with a Happy Ending, Masturbation, bed sharing, Hair Brushing
Summary:

Ruined and on the run, John Silver is in desperate straits when he meets a gentleman with a shocking proposal. Certain he is close to death, Jack, Lord Rackham, believes Silver to be the perfect man to care for his beloved estate when he is gone - if he will first become his husband...
Marriage is John's salvation - as Lord Rackham he can finally escape his sins. Until three years later, when the husband he believes is dead returns as handsome and strong as ever and intent on claiming the wedding night they never had
(Based on the regency romance novel summary "From Ruin To Riches" by Louise Allen)

I love the unconventionalcourtship challenge but worried I wouldn't get this one done because things have been rough lately and my writing has suffered. I spent weeks unable to bring myself to edit this, finally getting it done just before the deadline. I'm happy with the result though I don't expect much audience from this fandom and this pairing.


"I was desperate when you found me," Silver said hoarsely. "I would have done anything to survive. But all you asked of me was that I carry on your legacy and I have done that to the best of my ability. Now you are home and talking of being my spouse. Of relationships."

Jack closed his eyes for a moment. Dear God, did Silver think Jack was here to consummate the marriage without consent?

"Are you saying you're afraid I will claim you? Force you down on that bed and take you?"

Silver's lip trembled. "You are my husband and the superior partner. It would be your right."

Jack stood and Silver shrank in on himself, Max tensing.

"I shall forgive you," Jack said tightly, "for such terrible thoughts. I can only assume you know nothing of the man I am to harbour such slanderous thoughts."
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Title: The Stars Shone Brightly (chapters 5/5) by meridian_rose
Fandom: Da Vinci's Demons
Pairing/Characters: Girolamo Riario/Lucrezia Donati, Leonardo da Vinci/Lucrezia Donati, Leonardo da Vinci & Girolamo Riario
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 13566 words
Summary: Girolamo Riario’s multimillionaire Italian lover had ruthlessly informed him that she was getting married – to someone else… But when he inherits half her company, she plots to protect it by marrying him. This is the only woman he will ever love, but she needs to be taught a lesson.
This work was written for the unconventionalcourtship challenge, using as inspiration plot 7 Marriage at His Convenience by Jacqueline Baird.
Content Notes and Additional Tags: No standard warnings apply.
Unconventional Courtship Generator, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Fashion & Couture, Misunderstandings, Minor Character Death, New York, Poetry, Cousins, Abusive Parents, past Lorenzo de Medici/Lucrezia Donati, past Girolamo Riario/Zita (Da Vinci's Demons), begins with Leonardo da Vinci/Lucrezia Donati, endgame Girolamo Riario/Lucrezia Donati, seriously one honest conversation would prevent all the angst, but there wouldn't really be a story then, poems by Percy Bysshe Shelley, community: unconventional courtship, Inheritance, inspired by a romance novel blurb, Alternate Universe - Romance Novel, Romance, Cousin Relationship

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