pre-application american idol fiction masterlist: clio (jlh)

[jlh]

First, thanks so, so much to everyone who voted for me. I'm so pleased and excited to be a part of aific!

All of my Idol stories can be found on my Livejournal ( present non-AU/ historical AU), my Dreamwidth fic journal
the_water_clock (present non-AU/historical AU) and at Archive of Our Own. Or if you prefer delicious, clio.jlh/cliofic links to LJ, the water clock links to DW. (Look, I like to give people choices!)

I've been writing in Idolfandom since season 4, so there are over thirty stories behind the cut. The majority of them are Ryan/Simon, my primary ship, though the historical AUs are mostly ensemble fics featuring the singers. The two stories I'm proudest of are:

1. Stanley and Livingstone, about the trip to Africa Ryan and Simon took for Idol Gives Back season 6, and how it changed them. ( Livejournal | Dreamwidth | Archive of Our Own)
   
2. A Dream That Could Not Last, a novel-length WWII AU featuring Ryan/Simon, Carly/Amanda, and Kimberley Locke/Anwar Robinson, plus background Chris/Blake, Cook/Kelly, Kat/Daughtry. ( Livejournal | Dreamwidth | Archive of Our Own)

Ryan Seacrest/Simon Cowell. All stories are interconnected, but can be read seperately:

• So Much Depends on a Blue Honda Civic.
  Pre-season 1, PG, 200 words.
  Simon understands that cars are memories.
  Livejournal | Dreamwidth | Archive of Our Own
  
• All Over Me.
  Season 1, NC-17, 3000 words.
  When Simon Cowell met Ryan Seacrest it wasn't love at first sight, but it was certainly something at first sight.
  Livejournal | Dreamwidth | Archive of Our Own
  
• Go Fish.
  Season 2, NC-17, 2500 words.
  The story of how Ryan put one over on Simon, and they both (almost) got what they really wanted.
  Livejournal | Dreamwidth | Archive of Our Own
  
• Who's Afraid of Janis Ian?.
  Season 4, NC-17, 2800 words.
  It's a one-time thing. It just happens a lot.
  Livejournal | Dreamwidth | Archive of Our Own
  
• Tipping the Velvet.
  Season 5, NC-17, 3300 words.
  Simon and Ryan's new relationship is going smoothly (well, smoothly for them) when Simon suddenly turns into King of the Oversensitive People. Ryan just has to trust that Simon will clue him in to what is really bothering him . . . eventually.
  Livejournal | Dreamwidth | Archive of Our Own
  
• Even Cowgirls Get the Blues.
  Season 5, NC-17, 4800 words.
  One would think it would be Simon that would have difficulty giving up his independence now that he and Ryan are in a relationship. But one would be incorrect.
  Livejournal | Dreamwidth | Archive of Our Own
  
• Better Than Chocolate.
  Season 5, PG-13, 800 words.
  It's the Saturday after the Finale and for the first time Simon isn't going anyplace.
  Livejournal | Dreamwidth | Archive of Our Own
  
• 26 Short Drabbles about Simon and Ryan.
  Season 6, 23 PG, 2 R, 1 NC17, 2600 words.
  A series of post-show backstage conversations between Simon and Ryan, plus one bonus phone call.
  Livejournal | Dreamwidth | Archive of Our Own
  
• Stanley and Livingstone.
  Season 6, PG, 2000 words.
  In which Ryan and Simon realize that Africa changed everything. Set during Idol Gives Back week.
  Livejournal | Dreamwidth | Archive of Our Own
  
• High Art.
  Season 6 (Rymon/Cake), NC17, 9600 words total.
  Simon and Ryan have a little party, to which only Chris and Blake have been invited.
  Livejournal | Dreamwidth | Archive of Our Own
  
• The Field Equations of Gravitation.
  Post-season 6, PG, 900 words.
  In which Ryan reminds Simon that missing someone is better than not having someone to miss.
  Livejournal | Dreamwidth | Archive of Our Own
  
• My Summer of Love.
  Post-season 6, NC-17, 10,500 words.
  Ryan took a holiday the week between A Concert for Diana in London and Eva Longoria's wedding in Paris. Three guesses as to what he was up to, and the first two don't count.
  Livejournal | Dreamwidth | Archive of Our Own
  
• Feels Like the First Time.
  Pre-season 7, PG-13, 200 words.
  They're in Ryan's old room, at his parent's house-what do you think they're going to do?
  Livejournal | Dreamwidth | Archive of Our Own
  
• Let's Take Some E!.
  Ryan/Joel and Ryan/Simon, Post-season 6, NC-17, 3000 words.
  Giuliana thinks Joel has a crush on Ryan. Simon thinks Ryan should just do something about it.
  Livejournal | Dreamwidth | Archive of Our Own
  
• Happy Birthday, Simon.
  Pre-season 7, PG, 100 words.
  Ryan has a surprise for Simon waiting in LA.
  Livejournal | Dreamwidth | Archive of Our Own
  
• I Can't Think Straight.
  Pre-season 7, PG, 1700 words.
  Ryan Seacrest has a cold.
  Livejournal | Dreamwidth | Archive of Our Own
  
• Bound.
  Season 7, NC-17, 3300 words.
  Simon just isn't getting it, and Ryan is frustrated, so he decides to get through to Simon by non-verbal means.
  Livejournal | Dreamwidth | Archive of Our Own
  
• Simon Loves Me (This Week).
  Season 7, PG-13, 350 words.
  Simon's got that X-factor-that's the problem.
  Livejournal | Dreamwidth | Archive of Our Own
  
• The J-Word.
  Season 7, NC-17, 1800 words.
  While Simon doesn't really mind Ryan baring his teeth at any and all rivals, perhaps some reassurance is in order.
  Livejournal | Dreamwidth | Archive of Our Own
  
• Pinks.
  Post-season 7, PG, 800 words.
  In which Simon figures out how to comfort a Ryan who doesn't want to be comforted.
  Livejournal | Dreamwidth | Archive of Our Own
  
• Serving in Silence.
  Post-season 7, R, 1800 words.
  Ryan needs a girl to bring along on his trip to Simon's house in Barbados, but a friend knows just the person for the job.
  Livejournal | Dreamwidth | Archive of Our Own
  
• Affinity.
  Post-season 8, NC-17, 1600 words.
  Ryan is sunshine and sunny optimism and go-getting and fast cars and Los Angeles. He is not rain and dark humor and fatalism and Tube strikes and London.
  Livejournal | Dreamwidth | Archive of Our Own
  
• He's Got a Million Dollar Car.
  Post-season 8, PG, 300 words.
  It's been a long night. Right now Ryan and Simon just need a little comfort.
  Livejournal | Dreamwidth | Archive of Our Own

Other pairings:

• Something Good Waiting Down This Road.
  Blake/Chris, Post-season 6, PG-13, 400 words.
  On being on tour.
  Livejournal | Dreamwidth | Archive of Our Own
  
• Dog and Butterfly.
  Blake/Chris, Post-season 6, PG, 1300 words.
  Chris is happy to come to New York for Blake, but how is he supposed to do something about Blake's hatred of New Year's Eve if the schedule won't even let them be together at midnight?
  Livejournal | Dreamwidth | Archive of Our Own
  
• Different for Girls.
  Kat/Elliott, PG-NC-17, Post-season 6, seven parts and 16,000 words total.
  Based on lillijulianne's McCake series. Kat's recent heartbreak has left her a changed woman-and now her old friend Elliott is seeing her in a different light.
  Livejournal | Dreamwidth | Archive of Our Own
  
• Don't Stop the Music.
  David Cook/Adam Lambert, Post-season 8, R, 450 words.
  Adam isn't sure why David wants to take part in a celebrity ballroom dancing competition, but he's supportive in his own way.
  Livejournal | Dreamwidth | Archive of Our Own

Alternate universes:

• 1920s: Takes One to Know One.
  Ryan/Simon, R, two parts and 16,000 words total.
  Someone is using Simon Cowell's old methods to steal jewelry from the wealthy summering in the south of France, and only he has the skills to work out who is doing it and stop them before the police send him to jail instead. And rich young American Ryan Seacrest is a distraction he can't afford. Based on the film To Catch a Thief.
  Livejournal | Dreamwidth | Archive of Our Own
  
  
• 1940s: A Dream That Could Not Last.
  Ryan/Simon, Carly/Amanda, Kimberley/Anwar, PG-NC-17, fourteen parts and 92,100 words total.
  An AU romantic comedy set in 1939 London, when everyone knew war was on the horizon but no one was sure when or how it would arrive-which made love of all kinds that much more important. Follow a year in the life of three groups of (mostly) Americans: pilots who joined the RAF, singers and dancers in a swing music revue, and reporters for BBC Radio. Note: contains minor character death.
  Livejournal | Dreamwidth | Archive of Our Own
  
  
• 1960s: Radio Friendly
  Chris/Blake with Ryan/Simon, PG-NC-17, ten parts+two missing scenes and 29,300 words total.
  An AU set in 1962, when New York was the center of pop music and the Brill Building was where it all happened, when a group of talented songwriters and producers crafted perfect pop hits for artists whose every move was controlled by their label. Pictures and songs will be used along the way to take you back to yesteryear-and for those who'd like more info, there are additional author's notes!
  Livejournal | Dreamwidth | Archive of Our Own
  
• One Big Circle.
  Radio Friendly-verse, Chris/Blake, Kat/Elliott, Gina/Haley, NC-17, 6400 words.
  On a lazy Saturday evening out at the Pines beach house, Kat proposes a game.
  Livejournal | Dreamwidth | Archive of Our Own
  
  
• 1980s: Goodbye, Mr. Seacrest; or, To Simon, with Love.
  Ryan/Simon, PG-NC-17, fourteen parts and 18,500 words total.
  From lillijulianne's Fast Times at Idol High 80s high school AU. How Mr. Cowell met Mr. Seacrest, and how their lives were changed four years later by the actions of two young men in their charge.
  Livejournal | Dreamwidth | Archive of Our Own
  
  
• 1990s: Keep Your Enemies Closer.
  Adam Lambert/Kris Allen, Ryan Seacrest/Simon Cowell, PG-13, seven parts and 47,000 words total.
  Simon Cowell, manager of pop star hopefuls and owner of the hot downtown Club Idol, has been framed for a crime he didn't commit. Can new kid Kris Allen convince rival divas David Cook and Adam Lambert to work together to clear Simon's name? And what will happen when Simon asks Adam and Kris to "take care" of his boyfriend Ryan for him?
  Livejournal | Dreamwidth | Archive of Our Own