Suzie Shooter

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 )

Title: Cruise Control
Pairings: Athos/Porthos
Rating: NC17
Wordcount: 28,787 (six chapters)
Summary: Modern day AU, written as a combination of the prompts: "Holiday romance - workaholic Athos has been forced to take a vacation by his boss Treville who books him on a cruise," and "Athos is a grumpy businessman on a plane with the world’s happiest man sitting next to him."

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Title: Be My Valentine
Pairings: Athos/Porthos
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 2,955
Summary: Modern AU. Porthos has been stood up on Valentine's Day, but it might just be the luckiest thing to ever happen to him.
A/N: I started this last Valentine's Day, wrote the first 500 words, then it languished in my WIP folder until this morning. I get there eventually...

( Porthos checked his watch for the fifth time in as many minutes, and sighed. )

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