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Title: Falling Down (Five Flights)
Author: smirnoffmule
Fandom: The Authority.
Rating: PG-13
Characters/Pairing: Apollo/Midnighter.
Summary: Five scenes from Apollo and Midnighter's early life. Sometimes you don't know if you're flying or falling until you hit the ground. Written for sabrina_il for Yuletide 2009.
Notes Spoilers for Stormwatch: A Finer World. Also archived on AO3

( The light hurts his eyes )

Title: Cost Plus
Author: smirnoffmule
Fandom: X-men movieverse.
Rating: PG
Characters: Rogue, Bobby, OCs.
Summary: A Christmas shopping trip turns eventful, and no one cares about the retail guy. Set post X2.
Notes: Huge thanks to handyhunter and wizefics for their help and encouragement.

( Cost Plus )

Title: Above the Rain
Author: smirnoffmule
Fandom:: Iron Man/ X-men Origins: Wolverine
Rating: R
Characters: Rhodey, Bradley, Wade.
Warnings: Fudged helicopter science.
Summary: A young James Rhodes learns some things they never taught him in flight school. Written for likeadeuce for marvel_crossing
Notes: Thanks to voorishsign for letting me pick his brains about Bradley.

( Above the Rain )

Title: Straw Man (The Nu Metal Remix)
Author: smirnoffmule
Fandom: Torchwood
Character(s): Suzie, Ianto, Lisa, Jack.
Rating: R
Summary: A secret shared is a secret halved. A remix of Dancing on the Camel's Back by santousha, written for remixredux09
Notes: Thanks so much to santousha - this was a great story to remix. Big thanks also to verasteine for the very helpful beta.

( Is that what they call modern art? )

Title: The Sea Change
Fandom: Torchwood
Author: smirnoffmule
Characters: Ianto, Jack, Gwen
Rating: PG
Summary: Team Torchwood shares a sunset. Also, Ianto is a dolphin.

A/N: I blame everyone at TWU for this. Also, I feel driven to inform you, this here is a drabble x 10 – exactly 1000 words. Respect plz.

( Nothing of him that doth fade, but doth suffer a sea-change, into something rich and strange... )

Title: Five Times Johnny Storm Set the Bed on Fire
Author: smirnoffmule
Fandom: Fantastic Four movieverse
Pairing: Johnny Storm/Various
Rating: PG
Summary: How Flaming is the Human Torch? Written for the lgbtfest prompt: "Johnny Storm, He doesn't think his bisexuality is anyone's business but his own - the media think differently. Sue is upset that he didn't tell her."

A/N: With thanks to valderys and lawsontl for the beta help.

( Five Times Johnny Storm Set the Bed on Fire )

Title: On a Clear Night, You Can See Forever
Author: smirnoffmule
Fandom: Torchwood
Pairing: Jack/Ianto
Rating: PG
Summary: There's nowt as queer as folk. Or squid. Written for the lgbtfest prompt: "Torchwood, Ianto Jones/Jack Harkness, Ianto and Jack have to deal with overt homophobia on one of their dates:

A/N: Huge thanks to verasteine for the world's fastest beta (twice!) and for holding my hand while I foamed at the mouth.

( On a Clear Night, You Can See Forever )

Title: All Day Permanent Red
Author: smirnoffmule
Fandom: X-men Comicsverse
Pairing/characters: Logan/OMC
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Logan's never been one to back down from a fight, but in times of war, it's all too easy for things to just fall apart. Written for the lgbtfest prompt: "X-Men Comicsverse, Wolverine, the experience of being bisexual in one of the earlier eras of his 100+ year lifespan."

A/N: Big thanks to lilacsigil for a speedy and helpful beta. The title is from War Music by Christopher Logue.

( All Day Permanent Red )

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Title: Albatross
Author: smirnoffmule
Fandom: The Authority
Pairing: Apollo/Midnighter
Rating: R
Warning: Discussion of rape.
Summary: In the wake of the events of the Nativity, Apollo and Midnighter come to terms with the changes in their lives.

A/N: This didn't start out as a new fic, but a rewrite of an old one. I was only intending a re-draft, but instead it turned into something of its own, borrowing only a few lines and themes from the original. Inspired because a discussion from another fandom on non-con, and fics which deal realistically with the aftermath of rape, lead me to re-read my own six year old attempt on the subject. It was called Role Reversal, and frankly, it was rubbish, so I tried again.

Unbeta'd, because it felt like an indulgence digging up old bones, but concrit is always welcome.

( Never ever try to gauge temperature when you tend to travel at such speed... )

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Title: Muscle Memory
Author: smirnoffmule
Pairing: Jack/Ianto, Ianto/Lisa
Rating: R (Dark themes, semi-explicit sex)
Summary: Ianto comes to terms with loss, while he and Jack come to terms with each other.

A/N: Huge love and thanks for betaing, cheerleading, and general heroics to valderys, lawsontl, lefaym and missdeanna

This piece functions as a sequel of sorts to Pavlov's Bell, but also serves as a stand alone.


( Grief is a drawn out and messy business. It makes death look easy. )

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Title: Death Note
Author: smirnoffmule
Pairing: Jack/Ianto
Rating: R (Dark themes, semi-explicit sex)
Summary: After Finding Tosh's message, Ianto considers writing a note of his own, but things don't really go to plan.
A/N: Many thanks to stopwatch_plz for digging this out of her spam folder (spam?! I ask you) to look over it for me.


( That night in his diary, Ianto wrote nothing but dates. )

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Title: Grave
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing: Features Snape and Dumbledore, and can be as slashy or not as your head wants to make it
Rating: R for language
Summary:  A young Snape learns Occlumency under Dumbledore and the watchful eyes of the headmaster's portraits.  Jossed by Deathly Hallows, but still readable.
A/N: Big love to Dien for the beta, and the last line which is all hers.

( Grave )

Title: A Real Live Boy
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Pairing: Spike/Buffy
Rating: R
Summary:  Buffy comes over all morbid.  Spike snores.  Set during s6 with a pre-soul Spike.

( A Real Live Boy )

Title: Fantasy Guys
Fandom: The Authority.
Pairing: Apollo/Midnighter.
Rating: R
Summary:  Apollo dreams, and Midnighter remembers a few firsts.  Without doubt the fluffiest thing I will ever write, so enjoy it! 
A/N:  Big thanks to Lachesis for her help with this.  Also, if you're interested, this fic has a sequel of sorts in Sundance

 

( Fantasy Guys )