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Title: 30-Day Cheesy Tropes Challenge - 15. Office Romance AU
Fandom: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Genre: Pre-slash/AU
Rating & Warnings: G
Words: This part 1084, ?? overall
Disclaimer: I don't own Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
Summary: Ever since transferring to this particular building of Deep Space Co., Julian has had an unusual problem: he's getting along too well with one coworker in particular. Now he and Elim are facing the (hopefully metaphorical) firing squad.
Author's Notes: Er...hi. :D;; I didn't mean to go on hiatus, but it's amazing what moving 1800 km, spending two weeks in another country, and apartment hunting will do to your free time. I don't think I'm going to be right up to my usual schedule for a while yet, but I do hope to post more often from now on.

Another contributing factor to the space between updates would be that this was yet another trope that I needed to rewrite. I just wasn't happy with how it had turned out and the decisions I had made about the AU, so there was a fair bit of reworking going on. It's still not my favourite, but I like it a lot more than I did when I first started editing! :D;

( He'd never thought, before meeting Elim, that getting along well with someone could be a problem. )

Title: Turn Aside Before the Cock Crows
Fandom: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Genre: AU
Rating & Warnings: PG-13 (violence, death, reference to past dubcon, reference to fictional genocide)
Words: 1260
Disclaimer: I don't own Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
Summary: Kai Winn had three chances to turn away from the path of the Pah-Wraiths. In DS9's canon, she chose the third. This is what might have happened if she had chosen differently.
Author's Notes: One of my least favourite things about Season 7 is what the writers did to Kai Winn. Her dubcon relationship with Dukat sat extremely poorly with me for many, many reasons. Beyond the obvious, it read to me like punishing a female character with sex for seeking power, and that's just fantastically gross. I may not be a fan of Winn as a person, but as a character, I thought she was terrific until everything went to hell (pun not intended).

That said, this fic also came from the way it seemed to me that Winn had three chances to get off her path to the Pah-Wraiths. In the show, it was when she told Sisko to destroy the book that she finally did, but it was too late for her. I picked out a couple of other moments where things might have gone differently and had fun exploring what could have happened. And I enjoyed myself immensely.

( She had strained her ears in a perverse kind of hope that she would once more be cursed by the voices of the Pah-Wraiths. )

Title: The Summer Sun in Winter
Fandom: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Genre: Fluff/AU
Rating & Warnings: PG
Words: This part 969, 15 114 overall
Disclaimer: I don't own Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
Summary: Julian has spent the last six months working as a doctor at a hospital in Andor. Now he's home for the holidays, to the joy of all of his friends--but especially Garak. This chapter: Julian and Garak's time together comes to an end, but their gifts to each other aren't quite complete yet.
Author's Notes: And here we are, at the end of the month and at the end of these two's time together. Thank you very much to everyone who's read along--it's been lovely sharing the holiday with you this year.

As a heads up, since I spent pretty much all my time on this for the last couple of months, there'll be a bit of a gap before I'm able to post my next fic. I have lots of stuff waiting in the wings that needs only to be dictated and polished, but finding time to do as much is easier said than done.

Until then, may 2014 be the best year ever for everyone, and I look forward to seeing you all with a fresh batch of fics in the new year. <3

( Finishing up their last-minute preparations, they chatted, teased, and flirted as they always did, but beneath their words lay the knowledge that their time together was coming to a close. )

Title: The Summer Sun in Winter
Fandom: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Genre: Fluff/AU
Rating & Warnings: PG (language)
Words: This part 1613, appr. 14.5k overall
Disclaimer: I don't own Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
Summary: Julian has spent the last six months working as a doctor at a hospital in Andor. Now he's home for the holidays, to the joy of all of his friends--but especially Garak. This chapter: Christmas Eve.
Author's Notes: Merry Christmas Eve! I hope all of you have had a good day, whether you celebrate the holiday or not. And if things didn't go so well, I hope Julian and Elim being romantic dorks will bring a smile to your face, because boy do they do a lot of that in this chapter.

<3

( 'What in the world are you doing?' Garak called after him, mystified. )

Title: The Summer Sun in Winter
Fandom: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Genre: Fluff/AU
Rating & Warnings: PG (references to alcohol)
Words: This part 2125, appr. 14.5k overall
Disclaimer: I don't own Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
Summary: Julian has spent the last six months working as a doctor at a hospital in Andor. Now he's home for the holidays, to the joy of all of his friends--but especially Garak. This chapter: Jadzia's Christmas party.
Author's Notes: And in this chapter I continue to enjoy including cameos from the other characters, because DS9 has such a great cast. A tip of the hat goes to tinsnip's delightful "Dancing in a Dance Club" for a certain part of this, which should be immediately obvious upon reading. ♥

( He began reevaluating said decision when, out of the scattered mass of belongings that had once somehow fit into a single large suitcase, Julian produced a garish Santa hat. )

Title: The Summer Sun in Winter
Fandom: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Genre: Fluff/AU
Rating & Warnings: PG (references to alcohol, sex)
Words: This part 2686, ?? overall
Disclaimer: I don't own Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
Summary: Julian has spent the last six months working as a doctor at a hospital in Andor. Now he's home for the holidays, to the joy of all of his friends--but especially Garak. This chapter: adventures with airports.
Author's Notes: So this accidentally turned into the equivalent of a Nano project for me. And, like a Nano project, this isn't nearly as polished as I'd really like it to be. However, Christmas doesn't wait for perfectionists. Alas.

This is pure, unadulterated slice-of-life fluff from start to finish, by the way. Anybody looking for action or angst or complexity should probably look elsewhere. Anyone who wants to feel warm and cosy, though, make yourself at home!

I borrowed a little bit more from tinsnip and Lady Yate-xel's discussions than usual, so I suppose you could say this AU is ever-so-slightly AU--at least where my version of it is concerned, anyway.

On a serious note, this fic is dedicated to anyone for whom Christmas is not a time of good cheer. I wrote this as a way of showing what I think Christmas should be, not necessarily what it is. If you're going to have a difficult holiday season, then I hope reading about Julian and Elim having a good one will be able to give you something of an escape, even for a little while.

That's all. I hope everyone enjoys as I post this over the next few weeks. ♥

( After less than ten minutes on the road, he'd shut off the broadcast. He'd also seriously reevaluated Julian's taste in friends. )

Title: A Masterpiece of Western Epic Opera
Fandoms: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Genre: AU/humour
Rating & Warnings: PG (language, comedic treatment of stalker behaviour [aka Dukat])
Words: 1517
Disclaimer: I don't own the above media.
Summary: When Dukat comes looking for Kira, he doesn't expect to have to deal with Worf and his opera.
Author's Notes: Written very quickly to be a part of the DS9 pizza shop AU, Deep Dish Nine. Finally, I get to put my year of opera study to good use!

Not even remotely meant to be taken seriously.

( 'You may see her once the opera has finished.' )

Title: Forget Me Not in the Morning
Fandoms: luceti, Tales of Legendia, Tales of Phantasia
Genre: Romance, fluff. Or is it?
Rating: G
Words: 640
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the above fandoms.
Summary: The people of Luceti Valley have been having such strange dreams lately.
Author's Notes: The most recent event in luceti had characters forgetting their past lives for ten days, adopting new family relations, and believing this had always been so. My character, Grune, believed she was a mortal woman deeply in love with her husband, Dhaos, another mortal.

In the latter half of the event, the characters began to dream of their past lives as though they were very nearly more real than their lives in "Luceti Valley." Almost no one enjoyed the dream-memories of their true lives; as a whole, everyone was far happier living the lie.

As a note, Grune in this AU was slightly more aware and perceptive than usual during the event, to compensate for a few of the necessities of the situation. This may or may not be noticeable in the piece (which I'm just going to shut up and let everyone read now).

( 'Master, have you forgotten me?' )

Title: Dreams Born From Death
Fandom: Tales of the Abyss
Genre: Angst
Rating: PG-13
Words: 4107
Disclaimer: I don't own Tales of the Abyss
Summary:
"ND2014: The Emperor of Malkuth, Peony the Ninth, ascends the throne at age thirty-three."

"That's the problem. When faced with a Score of death, people become unable to live peacefully."
Author's Notes: While I could have written this all in one go, considering how inspired I felt, it was emotional enough that I needed to break it into three separate writing sessions. I think I've managed to convey the emotion effectively enough--Yoshimi seemed to think so, anyway.

This can be considered AU, if only because I made up the history for my headspace Peony before I found and began to translate a timeline of recent events in Tales of the Abyss (starting with Jade's birth).

( Peony's stomach was already falling before the man on the other side of the door gave his answer: 'There are assassins in the palace!' )

Ayayay. My life the past few months has been insane. I've had to put virtually all ficcing on hold until the last week or so, because I simply did not have the time (or, come the end of the day, energy) to write anything. However, I'm planning on making the most of my brief period of non-busyness, so prepare to be inundated with fic!

This first thing is one of two Christmas fics I'm planning on writing this holiday. This...would be the depressing one. So if you're expecting something jolly (a fair guess, with me), this ain't it. Wait for the second one.

Hope you all enjoy, and lemme say, boy does it feel good to be writing again.

Title: Highwinter
Fandoms: Tales of Symphonia
Genre: Angst
Rating: PG
Words: 1815
Disclaimer: I don't own Tales of Symphonia.
Summary: In his first Mithmas living as someone other than the leader of the Renegades or a seraph of Cruxis, Yuan remembers.
Author's Notes: AU, because plot devices suck. This is an odd little thing, but yo_san liked it, so I'm taking that as a good sign.

( A memory, on the fringes of his mind. Trees in winter, around a holiday. A celebration of. . . . )