February Recap & FIC
Warning: Discussion of death in the family
February was a rough month, friends. Not gonna lie. My mother-in-law passed away somewhat unexpectedly. I say ‘somewhat’ because she’d been very sick for the last three years - dialysis three days a week, frequent hospital visits, rare blood disease, COPD, and on and on. But still, she was just going about her regular day when she died. It happened so quickly none of us were able to be with her when she passed.
This was especially difficult for my boy, who hadn’t yet lost someone he was so close to. Luckily, his girlfriend was with him when I broke the news, so he wasn’t alone. He came home from college for the viewing, and he had to deal with another issue - seeing his father after almost four years of no contact.
It was a fraught time. But we got through it together, and my boy got the chance to say goodbye to his grandmother. And maybe make a little peace with his father.
My MIL in happier times (2017) before she got sick
Understandably, my productivity for the month was all over the place. I did four scrapbook pages at the start of the month, but couldn’t make myself do any others. I think because I want to do some layouts about my MIL but I’m not quite ready yet.
Here’s one of the layouts I did:
Writing was also a bit dodgy. I had a firm plan for the month, with two challenges I wanted to participate in. But after my MIL passed, I was having a hard time focusing in. So many of my words for the month went to a self-indulgent WIP not attached to any challenges at all.
Still, I was able to manage some last-minute challenge fills. Here are the 5 new fics I posted in February:
Title: What’s the Opposite of Teamwork?
Challenge: February Drabblethon
Fandom: Misfits of Science
Warning(s): silly little drabble
Summary/Prompt: Billy had an inspiration speech ready to go.
Title: The Reason
Challenge: February Drabblethon
Fandom: Friday the 13th: The Series
Warning(s): A drabble of self-reflection
Summary/Prompt: Sometimes it was easy to lose sight of why they did what they did.
Title: The Fate of the Lost City
Challenge: International Fanworks Day: fusions/crossovers
Fandoms: Stargate Atlantis/Nancy Drew
Pairing: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay, former John Sheppard/Nancy Drew
Warning(s): mostly fluffy past relationship stuff
Summary/Prompt: A lot of dignitaries and VIPs have been visiting Atlantis since declassification, but John didn't expect his ex-wife to be one of them.
Title: Breaking the Rules
Challenges: : shadow; : Highlander - Shadows;
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Pairing: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Warning(s): offscreen violence, poisoning, secrets, hostile takeover, Rodney fixing all the things
Summary/Prompt: Rodney is a Watcher, but he has higher asperations. And a plan to save Immortal John from the Game.
Title: Away Team
Challenge: Romancing SGA at
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Pairing: Evan Lorne/David Parrish
Warning(s): minor character injury, minor Wraith feeding, very little actual romance honestly
Summary/Prompt: Commander Evan Lorne was leading what should have been an easy Away Team mission with the botany department, but he was about to learn that nothing in the unexplored Pegasus galaxy was easy.
February was a rough month, friends. Not gonna lie. My mother-in-law passed away somewhat unexpectedly. I say ‘somewhat’ because she’d been very sick for the last three years - dialysis three days a week, frequent hospital visits, rare blood disease, COPD, and on and on. But still, she was just going about her regular day when she died. It happened so quickly none of us were able to be with her when she passed.
This was especially difficult for my boy, who hadn’t yet lost someone he was so close to. Luckily, his girlfriend was with him when I broke the news, so he wasn’t alone. He came home from college for the viewing, and he had to deal with another issue - seeing his father after almost four years of no contact.
It was a fraught time. But we got through it together, and my boy got the chance to say goodbye to his grandmother. And maybe make a little peace with his father.
My MIL in happier times (2017) before she got sick
Understandably, my productivity for the month was all over the place. I did four scrapbook pages at the start of the month, but couldn’t make myself do any others. I think because I want to do some layouts about my MIL but I’m not quite ready yet.
Here’s one of the layouts I did:
Writing was also a bit dodgy. I had a firm plan for the month, with two challenges I wanted to participate in. But after my MIL passed, I was having a hard time focusing in. So many of my words for the month went to a self-indulgent WIP not attached to any challenges at all.
Still, I was able to manage some last-minute challenge fills. Here are the 5 new fics I posted in February:
Title: What’s the Opposite of Teamwork?
Challenge: February Drabblethon
Fandom: Misfits of Science
Warning(s): silly little drabble
Summary/Prompt: Billy had an inspiration speech ready to go.
Title: The Reason
Challenge: February Drabblethon
Fandom: Friday the 13th: The Series
Warning(s): A drabble of self-reflection
Summary/Prompt: Sometimes it was easy to lose sight of why they did what they did.
Title: The Fate of the Lost City
Challenge: International Fanworks Day: fusions/crossovers
Fandoms: Stargate Atlantis/Nancy Drew
Pairing: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay, former John Sheppard/Nancy Drew
Warning(s): mostly fluffy past relationship stuff
Summary/Prompt: A lot of dignitaries and VIPs have been visiting Atlantis since declassification, but John didn't expect his ex-wife to be one of them.
Title: Breaking the Rules
Challenges: : shadow; : Highlander - Shadows;
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Pairing: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Warning(s): offscreen violence, poisoning, secrets, hostile takeover, Rodney fixing all the things
Summary/Prompt: Rodney is a Watcher, but he has higher asperations. And a plan to save Immortal John from the Game.
Title: Away Team
Challenge: Romancing SGA at
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Pairing: Evan Lorne/David Parrish
Warning(s): minor character injury, minor Wraith feeding, very little actual romance honestly
Summary/Prompt: Commander Evan Lorne was leading what should have been an easy Away Team mission with the botany department, but he was about to learn that nothing in the unexplored Pegasus galaxy was easy.