The Bog

Title: Salve
Fandom: Final Fantasy 4
Characters: Edward/Cecil
Rating: PGish
Length: ~4.6k words
Summary: After a resounding defeat in Fabul, Cecil learns a little about what to fend off -- and what to let past his guard.
Notes: This is actually a rewrite of a story I wrote like...probably 15 years ago at this point, if not more. Horrifying thought. I was curious to see what would happen, and the result was that it's five times as long and has a lot more blood in it, which...#WritingJourney, I guess. It's still extraordinarily sappy, to a degree that is probably embarassing, but hopefully I've proven my edgelord credentials enough that I am allowed this indulgence. Wound bandaging, a bit of extra blood on top of that (look, Darkness does HP damage, what do you want from me), angst with a mostly hopeful ending, bed sharing, indulgent amounts of headcanons about game mechanics.

( A knock on the door was the last thing Cecil wanted to hear at the moment )

Fandom: Final Fantasy 4
Characters: Edward/Edge
Rating: Everyone
Length: ~600 words
Notes: More Kiss Battle stuff, just silly and cute. This has the distinction of being the first thing in a while that I have 1) composed entirely inside a website text box and 2) lost the first version of due to this. Sigh. Also, I watched my friend play the Namingway Edition ROM hack of FF4 right before writing this, and there's a bit that stood out to me in that translation where they have Edward say "Assuredly so" instead of just like..."Yes", I suppose. In retrospect it's very funny to see how much that single line seems to have influenced how I write Edward's dialog.

( Prompt: full of surprises )

Title: Stand and Deliver
Fandom: Final Fantasy XIV
Characters: Emmanellain/Honoroit
Rating: Explicit
Length: ~5.1k
Summary: Master and servant put on a little pantomime in the woods.
Notes: One of the approximately a zillion smut fics I had sitting around, many of which are actually this specific pairing, lol. Everything I wrote started to gravitate towards the 5k mark and beyond, I think, which started to make everything feel like a huge undertaking to finish and clean up, which lead to just this giant pileup that I'm still sorting through.

This doesn't take place at any specific point -- I think I actually started this one before Endwalker, that's how long I've been sitting on some of this stuff -- but Honoroit is significantly older in this one, though still not full grown elezen tall. Also, they ARE roleplaying a ravishment fantasy (apparently a favorite topic because I keep writing it), so it's a little rough and there's some pretend lack of consent, but it's all pretty silly IMO and obviously just a game.

( A naive young nobleman found himself accosted on the road by a cruel and cunning highwayman )

Title: You Never Forget Your First
Fandom: Johannes Cabal series
Characters: Horst/Johannes
Rating: Mature
Length: ~1.5k words
Summary: A moment between two monsters in a crypt.
Notes: Missing scene from the first book. I always thought "You wish!" was a weird-ass thing to say to your older brother when he asks if you think letting him drink your blood is too homoerotic. So, supernatural-instinct-driven (largely) unrequited incest feelings. No sex, though, just vampire biting.

( So, when Horst knew that biting his brother was the worst mistake of his life, he was speaking from a position of expertise. )

Title: What the Servant Saw
Fandom: Final Fantasy XIV
Characters: Emmanellain/Artoirel, Honoroit
Rating: Mature
Length: ~2k words
Summary: There is a ghost haunting Fortemps Manor.
Notes: Written for Chocolate Box 2020. Sibling incest from an outsider POV, in the form of Honoroit (who is uninvolved, for the record). Features some vaguely described sex and a lot of flowery language.

( Like many boys his age, Honoroit both believed in spirits and considered himself above being afraid of them. )