the wrong end of the telescope

Title: This Time It Wasn’t the End
Rating: PG-13/R
Pairing: Natasha/Clint/Coulson, pre Bucky/Steve
Contains: Graphic depictions of violence, deals with grief and trauma.
Word Count: 11660
Summary: Bucky Barnes is found alive and Natasha gets her best friend back, slowly.
A story about recovery and love. And guns. And fighting your way back out of hell.
Disclaimer: I don’t own the Avengers.
Author’s Notes: The title is from “Breath of Life” by Florence and the Machine. All of the love and gratitude goes to torakowalski and soemily for freaking spectacular betas on very short notice. Any remaining problems are entirely my fault.

Thanks also to inner_voice for FANTASTIC art, which is here and which you should look at AFTER finishing the fic. Because the last picture is vaguely spoilery for the ending. AND LOVELY. Did I mention I love my art? Tell her you love it.

This Time It Wasn't The End

Title: Stand My Ground
Fandom: X-Men: First Class
Pairing(s): Gen
Rating: PG
Word count: 1185
Summary: One morning, there's a foot in the courtyard. Post-movie AU.
Author's notes: Some things need fixing. The title is from Bob Dylan's "Mississippi". Thanks so much to torakowalski for looking this over for me. ♥ Here on AO3.

( One morning, there's a foot in the courtyard. )

Title: Not That Hard To Find
Pairings: Gen, implied Tennessee/Z and unrequited Ryan/girl!Spencer.
Word Count; 2712
Warnings: None
Summary: A day in the life, post-split. Wherein Ryan gets to dispense Very Important Advice, cuddle, and then has to go look for his best friend.

A/N: This one is for blindmouse, because she says things that make me think about characterization (which in its turn makes me write Ryan!fic, apparently) and, well. Merry Christmas, two weeks early. ♥, darling, I really hope you like it.

This was looked over by softlyforgotten, torakowalski, and colouredmango, because it's possible I was a little nervous about writing a new band. If there are any remaining problems, it is most certainly not their fault. The title belongs to Bob Dylan and comes from the song "If You See Her, Say Hello."


( Most people don't know this, but Ryan likes to fix things. )

Title: Die Happily Ever After

Rating: PG-13
Summary: MSI go to a mansion to do some writing for their next album. Unfortunately, this mansion has ghosts. Initially, Steve finds it interesting, but after a while, not so much. Otherwise known as my story about Lyn-Z and Steve being BFFs.
Warnings: Ghosts, general scariness.
Word Count: 4000
Author's Notes: For thesamefire on her birthday. ♥, darling, I really, really hope you like it. This was not the birthday story I meant to write you, but these things happen.

This story is inspired by this interview, in which we learn that MSI once spent the night in a haunted Japanese hotel. This story is also what happens when I try to write horror: it comes out mostly like comedy. Thanks to colouredmango and nokomis305 for helping with the horror-esque parts, and my undying gratitude to wasoncedelight and softlyforgotten for looking it over. Any remaining errors are not their fault.


( Steve's not scared, exactly. This mansion's just fucking weird, is what it is. )

Scratch Your Name (Into the Fabric of This World)

Pairing: Background Bob/Brian, Chantal/Jimmy, Amanda/Dusty/Katie Kay.
Word Count: 24,214
Rating/Warnings: R. Character death, violence, some blood/gore, brief mentions of torture and a past rape.
Summary: As the only survivor of a series of executions by the Squad at an underground music show, Lindsey starts her own private revolution doing (illegal) street art. Then, one night, caught out by and running from a Patrol group, she gets unexpected help in evading capture -- and joins a much more public revolution. Set in a very different New York City.


Author's Notes:

This fic would never have happened without a great deal of help from some amazing, amazing people. First and foremost, I can't tell you how much I owe enhendi and wasoncedelight--they held me to my own canon, yelled at me about characterization and punctuation and my many, many run-on sentences. torakowalski helped me build this universe, in a series of emails wherein I went "What if..." and she nodded encouragingly at me and asked intelligent questions, and then she betaed one of the early drafts as well. Finally, without the hand-holding, the cheering, and the support of nokomis305, thesamefire, and absenteye and many other poor souls on my flist, the story would not have been finished. I love all of you very much, ladies.

Also and obviously, I am most grateful to my wonderful artist tuesdaysgone, my fantastic mixers sweetnovicane and astaria51, who created marvelous, marvelous bonus content for my story, and to the bandombigbang mods for running this awesome challenge again. Someone mentioned color-coded spreadsheets, and oh man, I can't even imagine the madness. Finally, I borrowed the summary from here.

Master Post | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Epilogue


Bonus Tracks/Enhanced Content

Fanart:

Art by tuesdaysgone

Art by absenteye

Fanmixes

Fanmix by sweetnovicane

Fanmix by astaria51

Master Post | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Epilogue

( Part 2 )

Master Post | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Epilogue

( Epilogue )