My Stories 107
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Better the World with a Blow in the Teeth of a Wrong
It is an unusual place Connor finds, the night after the revolution. But, then again, what has not been unusual about the recent days? [Fifth story in the Rock and a Hard Place crossover series, featuring characters from Detroit: Become Human, the Hunt for Red October, Top Gun, etc.]
Book X-overs & Detroit: Become Human, T, English, Angst & Friendship, words: 3k+, 10/27/2024, Connor
14The Average Track of Average Men »
My collection of stories for the Adventures in Narnia 2024 writing challenge. (Title from "A King's Soliloquy [On the Night of His Funeral]" by Thomas Hardy.) There won't be 30, but I'll do what I can!
Chronicles of Narnia, T, English, Hurt/Comfort & Friendship, chapters: 2, words: 2k+, follows: 1, updated: 9/13/2024 published: 9/1/2024
9It Was Mine, I say, My Pain »
Why did you bear it for me? [Whumptober 2023, various prompts]
Scarlet Pimpernel, T, English, Hurt/Comfort & Angst, chapters: 4, words: 9k+, favs: 2, updated: 1/3/2024 published: 10/5/2023
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Of Rangers and Kings
In which something is, at long last, put to rest.
Ranger's Apprentice, K, English, Hurt/Comfort & Friendship, words: 691, favs: 4, follows: 1, 12/17/2023, Halt, King Duncan
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To Thy Haunts Two Kindred Spirits Flee
They always lose. (But this time, perhaps, they have also won something.) [Fourth story in the Rock and a Hard Place crossover series, featuring characters from the Magnificent Seven (1960), Tenet, and Star Wars.]
X-overs & Magnificent Seven, K+, English, Western & Friendship, words: 2k+, 7/2/2023
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Crack Propagation
Crack propagation: when the existence of a small fracture leads to larger ones, driving the material to failure. (Maverick dies in Hop 31.) [Spin-off from my story Metal Under Tension, but also stands alone.]
Top Gun, T, English, Angst & Tragedy, words: 1k+, favs: 6, 5/10/2023
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Permanent Set
Permanent set: the irreversible changes that happen to a metal under stress. [A missing scene from Metal Under Tension, from Iceman's POV.]
Top Gun, K+, English, Angst & Hurt/Comfort, words: 1k+, favs: 2, 5/8/2023
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Metal Under Tension »
During the Darkstar crash, Maverick is given a choice—his life, for Goose's. (But good intentions, as they say, can pave a dangerous road.)
Top Gun, T, English, Angst & Hurt/Comfort, chapters: 3, words: 9k+, favs: 11, follows: 5, updated: 3/15/2023 published: 3/13/2023
6Not Such a Terrible Thing to Be »
"To be a monster is to be a hybrid signal, a lighthouse: both shelter and warning at once." A collection of outsider perspectives on Ethan Hunt.
Mission: Impossible, K+, English, Adventure & Hurt/Comfort, chapters: 6, words: 11k+, favs: 7, follows: 3, updated: 12/7/2022 published: 8/27/2022, Ethan H., Ilsa F.
It'll Happen
You can count on it. [Whumptober 2022, Prompt 12]
Top Gun, T, English, Angst, words: 153, favs: 2, 10/13/2022
May Break My Bones
Sticks and stones may break my bones (and that's enough to go on with). [Whumptober 2022, Prompt #11]
Greatest Showman, T, English, Family & Hurt/Comfort, words: 1k+, favs: 4, 10/11/2022, P.T. Barnum
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To Wander the Cold Earth
And this is our duty: to wander the cold earth. [Whumptober 2022, Prompt #9] (prequel to Not All Those Who Wander)
Lord of the Rings, T, English, Suspense & Adventure, words: 1k+, favs: 3, follows: 2, 10/9/2022, Aragorn
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Your Hand in My Hand
...has never hurt so much. [Whumptober 2022, Prompt #7]
Sherlock, T, English, Angst, words: 377, favs: 4, 10/7/2022, Sherlock H., John W.
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O Brother, Brother
...let me carry you through your pain. [Whumptober 2022, Prompt #4]
Captain America, T, English, words: 499, favs: 5, follows: 2, 10/4/2022, Steve R./Capt. America, Peggy C., Bucky B./Winter Soldier
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I Have Seen it Beating
I have held your heart in my hand, I have seen it beating... (Mostly Angst and Hurt/Comfort, a very little bit of Romance) [Whumptober 2022, Prompt #3]
Mission: Impossible, T, English, Angst & Hurt/Comfort, words: 1k+, favs: 5, follows: 4, 10/3/2022, [Ilsa F., Ethan H.] Benji D.
16Apple-Tree Shadows »
My collection of stories for the Adventures in Narnia 2022 writing challenge. (Title from "The Sun On The Bookcase" by Thomas Hardy.) There won't be 30, but I'll do what I can!
Chronicles of Narnia, K, English, Adventure & Family, chapters: 3, words: 1k+, updated: 9/30/2022 published: 9/4/2022
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Oh, Snatch Some Portion of these Acts from Fate »
Four conversations Pete "Maverick" Mitchell has at the Rock and a Hard Place. [Third story in the Rock and a Hard Place crossover series, featuring characters from Top Gun, Greek mythology, Marvel, Star Wars, the Killer Angels, the Greatest Showman, and DC.]
Top Gun & X-overs, K+, English, Family & Hurt/Comfort, chapters: 4, words: 3k+, favs: 3, follows: 1, updated: 9/16/2022 published: 7/30/2022
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Kashmir, 2018
If you can fill the unforgiving minute / With sixty seconds' worth of distance run... (Eighteenth story in the "If" series, replacing "Castle Black, 297 AC")
Mission: Impossible, K+, English, Adventure & Suspense, words: 236, favs: 2, follows: 1, 8/22/2022, Ethan H.
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Easter Hymn
"We lift up our voices, sing praise to our Savior, / For death now is vanquished and shall be forever..."
Bible, K, English, Spiritual, words: 224, favs: 2, 4/17/2022
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And See the Great Achilles, Whom We Knew »
In which Tim Drake, unsure of his belief in Bruce's continuing existence, meets some unusual characters and finds his first piece of confirmatory evidence. [First story in the Rock and a Hard Place crossover series, featuring characters from Star Wars, the Greatest Showman, Arthurian mythology, etc.]
X-overs & Batman, K, English, chapters: 2, words: 2k+, follows: 3, updated: 3/26/2022 published: 3/14/2021, Bruce W./Batman, Timothy D./Red Robin