thedeadparrot

Don't Let Your Schemes Be Dreams or: Life Lessons from the Annual Psychonauts Holiday Party (1801 words) by thedeadparrot
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Psychonauts (Video Games)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Sasha Nein/Milla Vodello
Characters: Sasha Nein, Milla Vodello, Razputin "Raz" Aquato, Interns (Psychonauts)
Additional Tags: holiday party, Scheming
Summary:

Somehow, the drinks at the annual Psychonauts Holiday Party never seemed to improve year after year, despite Truman's repeated insistence that he would 'make it happen.'

And I also took a brief nostalgia dive into LOTRips and wrote something because Billy and Dom kept talking about playing League of Legends on the Friendship Onion.

I don't think anyone else I know has played Psychonauts, but I just want you all to appreciate the title. I am very proud of it.

Our Friendship Is On Another Level (3839 words) by thedeadparrot
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Lord of the Rings RPF
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Billy Boyd/Dominic Monaghan
Characters: Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Orlando Bloom
Additional Tags: League of Legends - Freeform, Alternate Universe - Gamers
Summary:

Gamer AU. At the time, Dom's friends list was empty, and so maybe that was the explanation for why he sent a friend request to this awful player who went by the name Pippin68 and had a terrible tendency to get lost in the fog of war.

Uh, and here's the reveal for the pinch hit I wrote last yuletide

Cognitive Dissonance (1321 words) by thedeadparrot
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Old Guard (Comics)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Andy | Andromache of Scythia/Quynh | Noriko
Characters: Noriko, Andy | Andromache of Scythia
Additional Tags: Spoilers, Post-The Old Guard: Force Multiplied, Complicated Relationships
Summary:

After the events of Force Multiplied, Andy tries to work out her new relationship with Noriko.

Apparently I'm just on a writing binge right now, so uh, here, have an emotionally fraught threesome.

all my failings exposed (3493 words) by thedeadparrot
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Old Guard (Movie 2020)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Booker | Sebastien le Livre/Joe | Yusuf Al-Kaysani/Nicky | Nicolo di Genova
Characters: Booker | Sebastien le Livre, Joe | Yusuf Al-Kaysani, Nicky | Nicolo di Genova
Additional Tags: Threesome - M/M/M, Bad Decisions, Depression, Suicidal Thoughts, Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism, Pre-Canon, Unsuccessful Comfort Sex, Booker | Sebastien le Livre Needs Therapy
Summary:

After a rough mission, Joe and Nicky make sure that Booker doesn't spend the night alone.

Yup, I also got suckered into this movie and had enough feelings to write a fic! It's probably verging on meta, but you know, fanfic is where we can grapple with those sorts of feelings.

A Life's Purpose (1822 words) by thedeadparrot
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Old Guard (Movie 2020)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Joe | Yusuf Al-Kaysani/Nicky | Nicolo di Genova
Characters: Joe | Yusuf Al-Kaysani, Nicky | Nicolo di Genova, Nile Freeman, Andy | Andromache of Scythia
Additional Tags: Introspection, Slice of Life, Backstory
Summary:

Nicky sometimes wonders why they are always warriors, those of them who have been chosen.

The Star to Every Wandering Bark (2011 words) by thedeadparrot
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: DC's Legends of Tomorrow (TV)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: John Constantine/Desmond
Characters: John Constantine, Desmond (DC's Legends of Tomorrow)
Additional Tags: Backstory, First Meetings, Falling In Love, discussions of trauma
Summary:

Of course Des knows who Constantine is the first time he lays eyes on him.

I started this a yearish ago when Desmond was first introduced to Legends as a backstory character, and I had a lot of feelings about understanding his and John's relationship. My recent burst of writing means that it is now actually finished, hooray.

It's in the Cards (4392 words) by thedeadparrot
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Good Omens (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Aziraphale/Crowley (Good Omens)
Characters: Crowley (Good Omens), Aziraphale (Good Omens), Anathema Device
Additional Tags: Tarot, Pining Crowley (Good Omens), South Downs Cottage (Good Omens), Divination, Embedded Images
Summary:

While stuck in a holding pattern after the world doesn't end, Crowley gets a tarot reading to tell him things he already knows.

(The Mortifying Ordeal of Being Known by a deck of cards.)

I wrote a thing.

Look at me! I am posting a fic! Written as part of fandomtrumpshate

Goodbye To You (8615 words) by thedeadparrot
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Glee, The Social Network (2010)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Blaine Anderson/Eduardo Saverin
Characters: Blaine Anderson, Eduardo Saverin
Additional Tags: Crossover, Age Difference, One Night Stands, Singing Your Feelings, Karaoke
Summary:

Eduardo starts the night in a diner and ends the night at a karaoke bar and maybe falls a little bit in love along the way.

I have been shamefully bad at this, but here's something I just posted. I dug it up out of my fic hoard and Google docs tells me I started it back in 2012. I once sent it to merisunshine36 directly because I thought she'd like it.

Anyway, it used to be called 'wacky telepathy h/c fic', but it's neither wacky nor particularly big on the comfort.

Knives Out (3980 words) by thedeadparrot
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: X-Men (Movieverse)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Erik Lehnsherr/Charles Xavier
Additional Tags: Captivity, Telepathy, Dark
Summary:

Erik and Charles are taken captive by a military organization that wants to use their powers. Turns out, telepathy isn't all that easy to control, and Erik's left to pick up the pieces.

I have been meaning to post a bunch of stuff, but I have also been busy, SO.

First up, someone wrote me a long Steve/Peggy and it is EXCELLENT, full of dry wit and snark and adventures and feelings:

Lessons in Unsubtle Diplomacy (12708 words) by Siria
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Captain America (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Peggy Carter/Steve Rogers
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe
Summary:

Steve, Peggy, and a visit to an English country house after the war. What could possibly go wrong?

Second up, I participated in pornathon, which was both exhausting and also great fun. I wrote six (6!!!) porny ficlets.

Vacation (749 words) by thedeadparrot
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Iron Man (Movies)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: James "Rhodey" Rhodes/Tony Stark
Additional Tags: Pre-Movie(s), Beaches, Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot
Series: Part 1 of Pornathon 2017
Summary:

"What did I tell you, sweetums? Tropical vacation. Best stress relief on the planet," Tony says.

Clothes (750 words) by thedeadparrot
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Poe Dameron/Finn/Rey
Series: Part 2 of Pornathon 2017
Summary:

"It really does look better on you," Poe says.

Journey (747 words) by thedeadparrot
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Critical Role (Web Series)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Percival "Percy" Fredrickstein Von Musel Klossowski de Rolo III/Vex'ahlia
Characters: Percival "Percy" Fredrickstein Von Musel Klossowski de Rolo III, Vex'ahlia (Critical Role)
Additional Tags: Travel, Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot
Series: Part 3 of Pornathon 2017
Summary:

The places they've been.

Secrets (749 words) by thedeadparrot
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: How to Get Away with Murder
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Oliver Hampton/Connor Walsh
Additional Tags: Season/Series 01
Series: Part 4 of Pornathon 2017
Summary:

After the bonfire, Connor can't sleep.

First (744 words) by thedeadparrot
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Queer as Folk (UK)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Stuart Alan Jones/Vince Tyler
Additional Tags: Consensual Underage Sex
Series: Part 5 of Pornathon 2017
Summary:

Stuart tries some things. Not all of them work out.

Nature (745 words) by thedeadparrot
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: X-Men (Movieverse)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Erik Lehnsherr/Charles Xavier
Additional Tags: Telepathy, Consent Issues
Series: Part 6 of Pornathon 2017
Summary:

There's a story about a scorpion and a frog, about how the scorpion will sting because that's what scorpions do. It always reminds Erik of Charles.

THIRDLY, the fic positivity meme:
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Writing has been burning me out a bit, so it would mean a lot to me if you were to drop me a comment if you like my fic. ♥

Hello, friends. Would you like to read a Blade Runner AU about grizzled, world-weary Mike and Jeff making their way through a gritty, noir, cyberpunk version of LA? I hope you do, because I wrote it.

To Do Wrong (14385 words) by thedeadparrot
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Hockey RPF
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Relationships: Jeff Carter/Mike Richards
Characters: Jeff Carter, Mike Richards
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Cyberpunk, Alternate Universe - Blade Runner Fusion, Established Relationship
Summary:

The years of doing this -- the same case files full of replicants, the same days and weeks of hunting them through the streets of LA, the same whistling of the kettle when the water's ready -- they're all sitting on Mike's shoulders, weighing him down.

'Til You Make It (4100 words) by thedeadparrot
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Chloe/June Colburn
Additional Tags: Fake/Pretend Relationship, Ellen Page's Birthday Party
Summary:

"I ran into Ellen Page yesterday in a Duane Reade condiments aisle," Chloe says. "Gave her this long sob story about my girlfriend and her tragic medical condition that makes her eyes really big and forces her to wear ugly sweaters, and she invited me to her birthday party."

Written for emef as part of fandomtrumpshate, who wanted fake dating shenanigans.