MAGNIFICENT 7 MASTER POST
° Six Shots and a Pine Box [Vasquez/Faraday, Au, Jurassic Park]
Owen thought his dreams were just that, dreams. Until he goes to work on an island filled with dinosaurs and his buddy reminds him that nothing can ever just be that simple around him. Still, you can't blame him for making at least one A-Team reference every time the new security team for the raptor paddock showed up. At least Blue found him funny. Or maybe she was just hungry and wanted to humor him.
Sequel: Hell Hath No Fury
° You Push, I Push Back [Vasquez/Faraday, Soulmates]
He’s nine years old when the words Oh good, we got us a Mexican appear curled around his left bicep, and his mama bursts into tears at the sight of them.
° This Night Ain't for the Holy Man [Vasquez/Faraday, NC-17]
If it had just been the once, Faraday thought a little desperately, they could have shrugged it off as a drunken mistake - Lord knew they'd both been fairly well corned that night, riding high on the success of their grand entry into town. Twice even, and they might have managed it.
Yet here he was for the fifth or sixth time in half as many days, sprawled on his back across one of mattresses upstairs in the Imperial with Vasquez between his legs while the saloon rolled merrily on below.
° Holy Hands, Oh They Make Me a Sinner [Vasquez/Faraday, NC-17]
As if he could read Faraday’s thoughts, Vasquez grinned - a wide, coyote’s smile - and settled his weight across Faraday's hips, broad palms pinning his wrists to the mattress on either side. He rocked forward, the hard line of him sliding tantalizingly against Faraday, hot and electric and altogether too intimate, like always.
° The Devil, He Don't Know [Vasquez/Faraday, NC-17]
"I'll say it as many times as I need," Faraday warned waspishly. "I'm fine. I'm tryin' to talk to you - "
Vasquez outright laughed at that, dark and mean.
"Now you want to talk," he said disbelievingly, shaking his head.
Faraday glowered at him.
° Cowboys [Vasquez/Faraday, NC-17]
It's cold in the room they've rented for the night, and Vasquez is very warm. And handsome, not that Faraday would admit it if he was asked.
And Faraday's heard stories.
° Hazard of the Job [Vasquez/Faraday]
A job leaves Faraday feeling less than pleasant. Everyone else is just a bit concerned.
° By a Thread, By a String, By a Rope [Vasquez/Faraday, Soulmates]
“Shut up, Clay,” Faraday muttered. He let his gaze linger on the red mark for a long second, the hard white buzz of shock rattling his thoughts to pieces and sending them spinning.
His stomach twisted as he recognized the peculiar tugging sensation that had been plaguing him all night for what it really was - a magnetic pull toward whatever poor bastard was on the other end of this tie, some mystical accident of biology trying like hell to draw Faraday into the distant promise of a soul-mate.
° Steal a Horse, Save a Cowboy
Joshua Faraday figured his string of bad luck that had started with getting jumped and nearly killed well over a year ago was finally coming to an end. Until he finally met the man who paid him, Bartholomew Bogue, who he had somehow pissed off in the span of three seconds. Now he's not only on the run with the man's horse, but he's being chased by a group of Bounty Hunters who's interest in him may not be all that it seems. He just wanted to settle down and play some cards. Was that too much to ask for?
° Trust Falls and Probability Exercises [Vasquez/Faraday, sligtly AU, superpowers]
"Immediately, he realized that his hands were tied together in front of him, with barely an inch of give to the rope, and that there was a lingering pain that suggested he had been hit hard on the back of the head. It matched nicely with the throbbing ache in his leg, one that didn’t fade even when he managed to straighten it underneath him. More importantly, his guns, belt, hat, and cards were all gone.
Great. Fantastic. Someone was definitely going to get shot for this."
Or, a post-canon AU where nobody died and also they have superpowers.
° How to Find a Home [Vasquez/Faraday, NC-17, Soulmates]
“When you get your fool ass kidnapped, I’m supposed to be able to rain down all manner of violence upon those that did it. Otherwise, what even is the point?”
° Lady Luck Laughed and the Cards Danced [Vasquez/Faraday, Goody/Billy]
“I’ve always been lucky with one-eyed Jacks,” Faraday smirked and flung the dynamite at their terrified, panicked faces. Lady Luck grinned down at the men and held Faraday in her hands as the lit fuse reached the tube of explosive.
All faded as the boom of the dynamite shoved him backwards and into the darkness that had crept into the edges of his vision.
° Wicked Ones [Vasquez/Faraday, Goody/Billy, slightly AU]
The one in which Joshua Faraday is Goodnight’s illegitimate younger brother, raised a Robicheaux, until their falling out ten years ago... but that's before Sam Chisolm comes calling.
° With Fervent Heat [Vasquez/Faraday, firebender]
"He can count on one hand the number of times he’s used his bending in the twenty years it’s been since his ma died. He learned fairly quickly that it was easier just to pretend he wasn’t a bender, so he taught himself how to fight with guns and lead instead of smoke and sparks."
In which six of the seven are benders and Faraday really, really needs a hug.
Sequel: And The Water Caught Fire
° Fox Blood Serie [Goody/Billy, supernatural, kumiho, vampire, NC-17]
There had been no bar fight when he’d met Billy, only a stormy night and the sound of a baby crying in the distance.
° Come Bay at the Moon [Vasquez/Faraday, NC-17, AU, werewolves]
The man cocks his head at Vasquez, his bright grin never faltering. “Well, I’ve got no idea what that last word you said means, but I’m sure as hell behind the rest of it. Joshua Faraday, at your service. You got a name, handsome?”
° Ace for yout thoughts [Vasquez/Faraday]
Faraday has his family: Ethel, Maria and Jack, and maybe his cards count too, he isn't sure, but he certainly knows he doesn't need to add anyone else to that list, although he might just consider one particularly handsome Mexican.
° Up and out [Vasquez/Faraday, AU, NC-17]
Faraday wants to make this fuckbuddies thing work, he really does. Problem is: he's head-over-goddamn-heels for Vasquez, and all it really does is hurt.
° Anything you can do, I can do better [Vasquez/Faraday, AU]
When Faraday and Vasquez get drunk, they get stubborn. They also get stupid, but 'who can go the longest without sex' might just be the new winner for how stupid they can be.
° For the next fifty years [Vasquz/Faraday, AU]
“Hey,” Faraday cuts the silence with a light nudge on Vasquez’s thigh, and Vasquez turned his gaze back to the other. “Wanna hang out and annoy each other for the next fifty years?”
The question caught him off guard, but Vasquez finding himself smiling. “Are you proposing, guero?”
Both men freeze.
° Home is where you rest your heart [Vasquez/Faraday]
Fifteen years on, Vasquez has built a home and a life in Rose Creek, with a spot for Faraday to settle into, if he wants. Trouble is, Faraday's not sure he's ready to stay, but he's also not ready to lose out on what he's got.
° Quick Fix [Vasquez/Faraday, AU]
Faraday wakes from an unscheduled mid afternoon nap on the deck to find Vasquez looming over him with his hands on his hips and a mutinous expression on his face.
° This Lie That We're Fixing To Die [Vasquez/Faraday, AU, reincarnation]
Faraday's having nightmares about a man, a gunshot, and an explosion. It's getting so bad that pretending to be married to the man he's in love with for a mission almost seems like an improvement.
° Love Me Tender, Love Me Sweet [Vasquez/Faraday, AU]
Faraday's made some stupid mistakes over the course of his life, but using a love spell he won off the Pigeon boys in a poker game might just be the stupidest of them all.
° Upon the Mountains Like a Flame [Vasquez/Faraday, AU, firebender]
"Sam can see it come together in the others’ minds, the underlying meaning in what Faraday is saying. What this means to him. He sees Goody and Billy exchange knowing glances, sees the almost paternal look in Horne’s eyes. And he sees the frown on Vasquez’s face soften to something that he knows would be blatant affection if they weren’t in public."
Six months after Rose Creek, the Seven arrive in a new town and immediately get involved in a new fight.
° Lead Me to the Gallows, But Don't Let Me Fall [Vasquez/Faraday]
Sam has a sudden vision of Vasquez as he'd last seen him, laughing up against his horse while he spun one of those flashy pistols of his like he always did when he needed to fidget. Then he remembers the look on Faraday's face and the words 'I wanted to let him rest somewhere he'd like'. He shudders.
"We're not leaving him here," he says in a tone that allows no argument. "I won't do that to him, to either of them. We're going to find him and lay him to rest properly, the way he should have been already."
Owen thought his dreams were just that, dreams. Until he goes to work on an island filled with dinosaurs and his buddy reminds him that nothing can ever just be that simple around him. Still, you can't blame him for making at least one A-Team reference every time the new security team for the raptor paddock showed up. At least Blue found him funny. Or maybe she was just hungry and wanted to humor him.
Sequel: Hell Hath No Fury
° You Push, I Push Back [Vasquez/Faraday, Soulmates]
He’s nine years old when the words Oh good, we got us a Mexican appear curled around his left bicep, and his mama bursts into tears at the sight of them.
° This Night Ain't for the Holy Man [Vasquez/Faraday, NC-17]
If it had just been the once, Faraday thought a little desperately, they could have shrugged it off as a drunken mistake - Lord knew they'd both been fairly well corned that night, riding high on the success of their grand entry into town. Twice even, and they might have managed it.
Yet here he was for the fifth or sixth time in half as many days, sprawled on his back across one of mattresses upstairs in the Imperial with Vasquez between his legs while the saloon rolled merrily on below.
° Holy Hands, Oh They Make Me a Sinner [Vasquez/Faraday, NC-17]
As if he could read Faraday’s thoughts, Vasquez grinned - a wide, coyote’s smile - and settled his weight across Faraday's hips, broad palms pinning his wrists to the mattress on either side. He rocked forward, the hard line of him sliding tantalizingly against Faraday, hot and electric and altogether too intimate, like always.
° The Devil, He Don't Know [Vasquez/Faraday, NC-17]
"I'll say it as many times as I need," Faraday warned waspishly. "I'm fine. I'm tryin' to talk to you - "
Vasquez outright laughed at that, dark and mean.
"Now you want to talk," he said disbelievingly, shaking his head.
Faraday glowered at him.
° Cowboys [Vasquez/Faraday, NC-17]
It's cold in the room they've rented for the night, and Vasquez is very warm. And handsome, not that Faraday would admit it if he was asked.
And Faraday's heard stories.
° Hazard of the Job [Vasquez/Faraday]
A job leaves Faraday feeling less than pleasant. Everyone else is just a bit concerned.
° By a Thread, By a String, By a Rope [Vasquez/Faraday, Soulmates]
“Shut up, Clay,” Faraday muttered. He let his gaze linger on the red mark for a long second, the hard white buzz of shock rattling his thoughts to pieces and sending them spinning.
His stomach twisted as he recognized the peculiar tugging sensation that had been plaguing him all night for what it really was - a magnetic pull toward whatever poor bastard was on the other end of this tie, some mystical accident of biology trying like hell to draw Faraday into the distant promise of a soul-mate.
° Steal a Horse, Save a Cowboy
Joshua Faraday figured his string of bad luck that had started with getting jumped and nearly killed well over a year ago was finally coming to an end. Until he finally met the man who paid him, Bartholomew Bogue, who he had somehow pissed off in the span of three seconds. Now he's not only on the run with the man's horse, but he's being chased by a group of Bounty Hunters who's interest in him may not be all that it seems. He just wanted to settle down and play some cards. Was that too much to ask for?
° Trust Falls and Probability Exercises [Vasquez/Faraday, sligtly AU, superpowers]
"Immediately, he realized that his hands were tied together in front of him, with barely an inch of give to the rope, and that there was a lingering pain that suggested he had been hit hard on the back of the head. It matched nicely with the throbbing ache in his leg, one that didn’t fade even when he managed to straighten it underneath him. More importantly, his guns, belt, hat, and cards were all gone.
Great. Fantastic. Someone was definitely going to get shot for this."
Or, a post-canon AU where nobody died and also they have superpowers.
° How to Find a Home [Vasquez/Faraday, NC-17, Soulmates]
“When you get your fool ass kidnapped, I’m supposed to be able to rain down all manner of violence upon those that did it. Otherwise, what even is the point?”
° Lady Luck Laughed and the Cards Danced [Vasquez/Faraday, Goody/Billy]
“I’ve always been lucky with one-eyed Jacks,” Faraday smirked and flung the dynamite at their terrified, panicked faces. Lady Luck grinned down at the men and held Faraday in her hands as the lit fuse reached the tube of explosive.
All faded as the boom of the dynamite shoved him backwards and into the darkness that had crept into the edges of his vision.
° Wicked Ones [Vasquez/Faraday, Goody/Billy, slightly AU]
The one in which Joshua Faraday is Goodnight’s illegitimate younger brother, raised a Robicheaux, until their falling out ten years ago... but that's before Sam Chisolm comes calling.
° With Fervent Heat [Vasquez/Faraday, firebender]
"He can count on one hand the number of times he’s used his bending in the twenty years it’s been since his ma died. He learned fairly quickly that it was easier just to pretend he wasn’t a bender, so he taught himself how to fight with guns and lead instead of smoke and sparks."
In which six of the seven are benders and Faraday really, really needs a hug.
Sequel: And The Water Caught Fire
° Fox Blood Serie [Goody/Billy, supernatural, kumiho, vampire, NC-17]
There had been no bar fight when he’d met Billy, only a stormy night and the sound of a baby crying in the distance.
° Come Bay at the Moon [Vasquez/Faraday, NC-17, AU, werewolves]
The man cocks his head at Vasquez, his bright grin never faltering. “Well, I’ve got no idea what that last word you said means, but I’m sure as hell behind the rest of it. Joshua Faraday, at your service. You got a name, handsome?”
° Ace for yout thoughts [Vasquez/Faraday]
Faraday has his family: Ethel, Maria and Jack, and maybe his cards count too, he isn't sure, but he certainly knows he doesn't need to add anyone else to that list, although he might just consider one particularly handsome Mexican.
° Up and out [Vasquez/Faraday, AU, NC-17]
Faraday wants to make this fuckbuddies thing work, he really does. Problem is: he's head-over-goddamn-heels for Vasquez, and all it really does is hurt.
° Anything you can do, I can do better [Vasquez/Faraday, AU]
When Faraday and Vasquez get drunk, they get stubborn. They also get stupid, but 'who can go the longest without sex' might just be the new winner for how stupid they can be.
° For the next fifty years [Vasquz/Faraday, AU]
“Hey,” Faraday cuts the silence with a light nudge on Vasquez’s thigh, and Vasquez turned his gaze back to the other. “Wanna hang out and annoy each other for the next fifty years?”
The question caught him off guard, but Vasquez finding himself smiling. “Are you proposing, guero?”
Both men freeze.
° Home is where you rest your heart [Vasquez/Faraday]
Fifteen years on, Vasquez has built a home and a life in Rose Creek, with a spot for Faraday to settle into, if he wants. Trouble is, Faraday's not sure he's ready to stay, but he's also not ready to lose out on what he's got.
° Quick Fix [Vasquez/Faraday, AU]
Faraday wakes from an unscheduled mid afternoon nap on the deck to find Vasquez looming over him with his hands on his hips and a mutinous expression on his face.
° This Lie That We're Fixing To Die [Vasquez/Faraday, AU, reincarnation]
Faraday's having nightmares about a man, a gunshot, and an explosion. It's getting so bad that pretending to be married to the man he's in love with for a mission almost seems like an improvement.
° Love Me Tender, Love Me Sweet [Vasquez/Faraday, AU]
Faraday's made some stupid mistakes over the course of his life, but using a love spell he won off the Pigeon boys in a poker game might just be the stupidest of them all.
° Upon the Mountains Like a Flame [Vasquez/Faraday, AU, firebender]
"Sam can see it come together in the others’ minds, the underlying meaning in what Faraday is saying. What this means to him. He sees Goody and Billy exchange knowing glances, sees the almost paternal look in Horne’s eyes. And he sees the frown on Vasquez’s face soften to something that he knows would be blatant affection if they weren’t in public."
Six months after Rose Creek, the Seven arrive in a new town and immediately get involved in a new fight.
° Lead Me to the Gallows, But Don't Let Me Fall [Vasquez/Faraday]
Sam has a sudden vision of Vasquez as he'd last seen him, laughing up against his horse while he spun one of those flashy pistols of his like he always did when he needed to fidget. Then he remembers the look on Faraday's face and the words 'I wanted to let him rest somewhere he'd like'. He shudders.
"We're not leaving him here," he says in a tone that allows no argument. "I won't do that to him, to either of them. We're going to find him and lay him to rest properly, the way he should have been already."