Suzie Shooter

So last year I made a resolution to write something every day, however little, and my final total for 2018 was 211,619 words (that includes WIPs as well as posted works). There were only 12 days out of 365 where I didn't write anything at all, and 6 of those were over 2 weekends when I was away from home.

For comparison, my wordcount for 2017 was 54,348, (although that didn't include WIPs) and for 2016 (when I stuck to the same writing-every-day resolution) was 394,729. So a lot better than last year but not as good as the previous (although to be fair I think that huge wordcount coincided with a year where I had fuck-all to do at work and I've been really busy this year).

Anyway, this year's posted fics were:

• 8x Athos/Porthos (7 of which were the Midsomer Musketeers series)
• 1x Laszlo Kreizler/John Moore (The Alienist)
• 6x James Hunt/Niki Lauda
• 3x Sebastian Vettel/Kimi Räikkönen

All on AO3 here.

Oh yes, and Happy New Year!

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Apparently this is a thing again now?
I didn't actually mean to go nearly two years without posting here, but there we are. Oops.

*waves*

Title: Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep
Pairings: Athos/Porthos and Aramis/d'Artagnan
Rating: 15
Wordcount: 29,627 (6 chapters)
Summary: Final part of the Fear No Evil series.

Athos is still looking for a way to break the demon Malphas' claim on Aramis' soul, but with Aramis trapped in the underworld following an accident, time is running out. In the search for answers, and plagued by his own doubts, Porthos is drawn into the risky world of ceremonial magic while d'Artagnan encounters a sinister coven in the catacombs beneath Paris - but help may be at hand from the unlikeliest of sources - a ghostly cat.

(There is also a pinterest moodboard for this fic here).
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( S03E08 )


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Series 3 related:

Title: Appetite For Love
Pairings: Athos/Porthos, Athos/Sylvie
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 397
Summary: Set immediately after S03E02, The Hunger. Porthos reacts to seeing Athos and Sylvie kissing.

Title: A Helping Hand
Pairings: Athos/Porthos, Athos/Sylvie
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 444
Summary: Set immediately after S03E03 Brothers In Arms. Because who could resist Athos in that open black shirt? Certainly not Porthos.

Title: Conflicted Hearts
Pairings: Athos/Porthos, Athos/Sylvie
Rating: 15
Wordcount: 1101
Summary: Set mid-S03E04 (The Queen's Diamonds) following the scene where Athos declines to attend Sylvie's meeting and returns alone to the garrison.

Random AUs:

Title: Ends Of The Earth
Pairings: Athos/Porthos
Rating: 15
Wordcount: 44,671 (over 5 chapters)
Summary: On the run for a crime he technically didn't commit, ex-burglar Porthos holes up in the burnt out shell of an old manor house, assuming it to be abandoned. When the owner unexpectedly returns Porthos expects to be evicted, but Athos has a somewhat fluid relationship with the law himself, and takes Porthos on. Initially this is just to renovate the house, but when Athos goes missing on a mission, it may be that Porthos is the only one who can help him...

Title: Cast A Long Shadow
Pairings: Athos/Porthos
Rating: 15
Wordcount: 10,782
Summary: Sent to survey a ruined castle in the small border village of Undercliffe, after an awkward introduction Porthos starts seeing local author Athos de la Fere. But historical events overshadow their budding relationship, and after days of endless rain the countryside itself may be about to make the most catastrophic impact of all.

Title: Unconscious Desires
Pairings: Athos/Porthos
Rating: 15
Wordcount: 9,078
Summary: Modern AU. Athos is tricked into thinking he's slept with Porthos whilst drunk as a fairly unkind prank by Aramis, except it turns out that Athos isn't as horrified at waking up with a man as everyone expects, and when Porthos realises Athos is actually rather nice, they end up dating. But Athos is still oblivious to how it all started, and nasty truths have a way of coming out...

Title: Kissing Cousins
Pairings: Athos/Porthos
Rating: 15
Wordcount: 4,260
Summary: Reunited at the funeral of Athos' brother, cousins Athos and Porthos find they've both grown up quite a lot since they last saw each other... (Written for the prompt "Dumas based the Musketeers on real characters who were related so... kissing cousins" and incorporating the prompt "Athos and Porthos sitting in a tree K.I.S.S.I.N.G.")

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( Cue Dire Straits )

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So in the same vein as I did for series 2, I wrote a sequence of episode-specific Athos/Porthos-centric flash-ficlets for series 3 as I was watching, and I've just realised I can start posting them, so here's the first one, set part-way through Spoils Of War.

Title: Back To The Start
Pairings: Athos/Porthos
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 378
Summary: Porthos is feeling grumpy hurt. Athos tries to be the voice of reason.

( Your brothers are waiting. )

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Having finally (finally!) seen all of the first ep of the third series of Musketeers, some thoughts below.

( S03E01 )