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Fics by Ostentenacity

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All my posts about my fic can be found under the “my fic” tag here.


Control

Around One Constant (4,134 words): Three Bureau employees describe what it was like to be in the Oldest House during the invasion.


Final Fantasy XIV

Series: dubious mercies

The Mercy of Thal (2,578 words): Thancred is possessed, but not for much longer.

A Villain's Puppet (2,873 words): Thancred and the Warrior of Light have a late-night heart-to-heart in Garlemald about getting possessed.

Standalone

An Echo of the Song (2,551 words): In the weeks following the Final Steps of Faith, Lucia visits Vidofnir in Anyx Trine, to check on her and ensure that she’s healing well. Lucia may not be the most practical choice of emissary, but Vidofnir seems to enjoy the company.

Crossroads (1,934 words): On the day of the most important vote in the Convocation's history, Azem is conspicuously absent. Or: Emet-Selch reflects on Azem's last words to him.

Out of Time (5,427 words): The Warrior of Light takes a spear for Haurchefant. Things unravel rapidly from there.

No Saints (2,788 words): Edmont has a secret. He intends to keep it.


The Magnus Archives

Series: an oath, a promise, a vow

An Oath, Until The End (8,118 words): The obligatory post-159 cottage fic. Five times Jon makes Martin a promise, and one time he keeps it.

Promises of Sanctuary (11,361 words): Martin gets accustomed to reciprocation; a sequel to An Oath, Until The End.

Series: the road home

Kith and Kin, Hearth and Home (21,379 words): After being rebuffed, Jon quits alone and winds up back in a coma. Martin and Daisy keep finding each other at his bedside while they wait for him to wake. Series tag here.

Indirect Embraces (1,401 words): Daisy keeps asking Martin to hug Jon. Martin’s not sure why. (Not that he’s complaining, of course!)

Anatheosis (5,984 words): Basira isn’t having second thoughts about turning down a certain promotion. Definitely not. It’s just that it’s not always easy to be sure that she’s making the right decision.

Series: creatures of habit

Social Animals (1,303 words): Martin and his daemon make some new friends.

Nadir (1,908 words): While in the coffin, Jon and Daisy (and their daemons) do some introspection.

It Won't Be Long (5,223 words): All the way to Scotland, Jon’s daemon can’t stop shivering. Martin’s is still nowhere to be found.

Episode Remixes

One Beat of a Butterfly’s Wings (2,694 words): What if things had gone just a little differently when Jon got that shipment of statements in episode 160?

All Alone and A-Lowly (2,461 words): A brief interactive response to episode 170. Can be accessed directly here.

Once Bitten, Twice Shy (3,693 words): Reaction fic to episode 180. Jon doesn’t understand why he doesn’t feel better about this sudden reprieve. It might have something to do with the way Annabelle is acting, though.

The Next Best Thing to a Perfect World (3,289 words): Reaction fic to episode 186. Jon and Martin (and Martin) get their happily ever after.

Standalone

Hold Tight, Fear Not, And We’ll See Through This Night (70,028 words): Post-S4 canon divergence. What if earning a happy ending was still possible? Fic tag here.

Corporeal Phenomena (2,316 words): Martin, Jon, and assorted thoughts on the nature of love.

Leagues Apart (6,584 words): Georgie is out of Jon’s league. He doesn’t quite know what that means, but everyone else seems to agree, so it must be true.

Out Of The Wind, In From The Cold (13,793 words): Jon thinks that Martin doesn’t love him. Martin thinks that Jon doesn’t love him. They do not, of course, discuss this. Unrequited love is already awkward enough, right? No need to dwell on it.

A Pyre for Mr Spider (2,187 words): Jon happens across Gerry burning a Leitner in the Institute’s back courtyard. Friendship ensues.

Twisted Round Her Little Finger (2,486 words): After the Unknowing, Annabelle Cane digs Nikola Orsinov out of the rubble of the House of Wax.

Ghosts Without Graves (6,381 words): Season 4 J/G/M fix-it. When Jon wakes up from his coma, he finds that while Gerry may still be dead, he’s not exactly gone.

The Weaver's Apprentice (15,273 words): Sasha is so very lucky to have met, and been saved by, Annabelle. Or: the road to avatar-hood is paved with good intentions, insatiable curiosity, and one hell of a crush.

Flash Fic

In Warm Water, Swimming Down (6,247 words): Georgie/Melanie flash fic collection (12 in total). All fics are under 1k and take place during season 4.


The Murderbot Diaries

Iterative User Testing (2,537 words): Murderbot's buffer has always been an annoyance, but lately, it's becoming a liability. Luckily, ART is there to help!


Crossovers

All Manner of Thing (962 words): The Magnus Archives x Fallen London. A certain Archivist Seeks the Name.

Tam Lin and the Pirate Queen (1,294 words): The Mechanisms x Tam Lin. The ballad of Tam Lin, as performed by the crew of the Aurora.