Fic Postings!

[feckyeslife]

Got three different fandoms which I forgot to post last month when they went public.

Title: Like a Thief in the Night
Rating: T
Fandom: Star Wars Sequel Trilogy
Pairing/Characters: Rey/Kylo Ren
Critical Tags: Canon Compliant, Post-TLJ, Fluff and Angst
Summary: Their bond won't let them be alone. At least this time it's the middle of the night and they can't get into a shouting match.
Originally written for To Find Your Kiss: The Reylo Fanfiction Anthology's Valentine's Day Exchange
Excerpt:

"You were dreaming about them again."

Rey glowers at him. She can see him - just him - set against the bulkheads of the Falcon. "Get out of my head," she hisses, keeping her voice low. The last thing that she wants is for someone to walk in while they're having this conversation.

Kylo lifts one shoulder and drops it back down. "Get out of mine," he retorts back.

She shifts on the bed, pulling the sheets up to cover her more fully. She isn't indecent or anything but the chill from space always sinks in when she's first woken up. After a moment of pointedly looking away, Rey flicks her eyes back to check. Yep. He's still there.

"Don't you have something better to do than lurk in my dreams?"

"Oh, absolutely," he snaps back vehemently. "What I wouldn't give to break this connection of ours."

Title: Escapism
Rating: T
Fandom: Star Trek: Discovery
Pairing/Characters: Michael Burnham/Gabriel Lorca
Critical Tags: Established Relationship
Originally written for Chocolate Box 2021
Excerpt:

The stars outlined Michael's body beautifully. Lorca lounged on the couch, a tumbler of liquor swirling idly in his palm. She was standing out on the balcony looking up at the night sky. She had been quiet ever since they finished dinner.

"Anything you want to share with the class?" he asked, letting his voice carry across the hotel room. He couldn't see her face but he could see her stir.

There was a sigh. When she turned around there was a hint of a smile on her lips. "I'm not sure that I can even articulate what I'm thinking," Michael admitted.

Title: A Welcome Distraction
Rating: G
Fandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender
Pairing/Characters: Suki, Toph
Critical Tags: Friendship
Summary: Suki is trying not to think about the fact that Sokka's off on a simple, no-trouble, daytime mission. It's a lot harder than it seems.
Originally written for Purimgifts 2021
Excerpt:

"Cat-Goose got your tongue?" Toph asked, pulling Suki out of her thoughts. Suki sat up straighter and shook her head.

"What?" she asked.

Toph grinned widely. "Thought so. You weren't paying attention." She crossed her arms behind her head and rested her ankle atop her knee, eternally at ease despite being on a slab of sharp-angled rock.

"Sorry," Suki apologized. She ran a hand through her hair before clearing her throat. "What was it you were saying?"

Title: Legacy
Rating: G
Fandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender
Pairing/Characters: Sokka, Katara, Hakoda
Critical Tags: Canon Compliant, Family Fluff
Summary: The Water Tribe family gets to regroup and catch up on everything that's happened since Hakoda left.
Originally written for Purimgifts 2021
Excerpt:

When Katara saw her father for the first time in three long, long years, the tears that burst out did so with such force that her face hurt. She threw herself into her father's arms vigorously. He had to let go with one in order to accept the equally violent leap that Sokka made into them. Then the trio of family members tried to crush a thousand lost moments into that one single embrace.

Title: Life Without Choice isn't Life at All
Rating: G
Fandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender
Pairing/Characters: Toph
Critical Tags: Character Study
Summary: A reflection on Toph's choices in her life and what they get her versus what she left behind.
Originally written for Purimgifts 2021.
Excerpt:

Running away had been the easiest thing that Toph had ever decided, maybe because it was the first thing that she actually got to decide on her own.

When she'd stumbled into the Avatar's rag-tag crew, it took her a while to realize that they were exactly what she had been looking for in her life. It clicked one at a time, one person at a time.