My muse has been a recalcitrant little bitch lately and...hey, who am I kidding? She's been recalcitrant all her life, lately she's been in hiding, dammit ( Read more... )

Title: Not Waving But Drowning
Author: denorios
Rating: PG
Summary: Vin nearly drowns, and everything changes.
Pairing: Chris/Vin
Word Count: 2,588
Notes: I haven't written anything in five months, and then this happens. I don't know, I really don't. I've learned not to argue with my muse, but...*shrugs* Thanks be, as always, to farad and slavelabour who are far kinder ( Read more... )

Title: The Movement and the Spin
Author: denorios
Rating: PG
Summary: Vin smiles, and Chris is lost.
Pairing: Chris/Vin
Word Count:
Notes: So I've been blocked for months, and then this happens. I don't even know, I really don't. If this is what the muse wants, who am I to argue? And I certainly wouldn't argue with my darling farad, who keeps me writing ( Read more... )

Title: Unseen at the Deep'ning Eve
Author: denorios
Rating: PG-13
Summary: WW1 AU: November 1918, Noyers
Pairing: Chris/Vin
Warnings: War.
Word Count: 1,120
Notes: The title is from the poem 'Matthew Copse' by John William Streets, killed and missing in action on 1st July 1916. Thanks to farad for suggesting the poem, and for so much more.

( Once in thy secret close, now almost bare, peace yielded up her bountiful largess... )

Title: Ecstasy of Fumbling
Author: denorios
Rating: PG-13
Summary: WW1 AU: March 1918, Ansauville Sector
Pairing: Chris/Vin
Warnings: War.
Word Count: 1,932
Notes: This fic was partly inspired by the famous photograph of British soldiers blinded by gas, all standing patiently in line. The title and the quote in the LJ cut are both taken from Wilfred Owen ( Read more... )

Title: Maktoob (مكتوب)
Author: denorios
Rating: PG-13
Summary: WW1 AU: August 1918, Saizerais Sector.
Pairing: Chris/Vin
Warnings: War.
Word Count: 1,109
Notes: As always, great thanks to farad! 'Maktoob' is an Arabic word that means '(it is) written' or 'Destiny'. It is also the title of a WW1 poem by American poet Alan Seeger, quoted in the LJ cut. Seeger ( Read more... )

Title: Overcome The World
Author: denorios
Rating: PG-13
Summary: WW1 AU: September 1918, St Mihiel Salient.
Pairing: Chris/Vin
Warnings: War. Character death (pre-story)
Word Count: 1,514
Notes: This was originally for an AU challenge at m7land - it's the first time I've written an AU for any fandom, so it really was quite a challenge! It was partly ( Read more... )

Title: to a stranger
Author: denorios
Rating: R
Summary: Chris, Vin, a bed and Walt Whitman.
Pairing: Chris/Vin
Word Count:
Notes: I asked for prompts and I was given Chris reading to Vin, a lazy morning and Vin writing on Chris's back, so I decided to combine the three and add a dash of Walt Whitman. The poem Chris reads is called 'To A Stranger' and it ( Read more... )

Title: happy birthday
Author: denorios
Rating: PG
Summary: Happy Birthday!
Pairing: Chris/Vin
Word Count: 804
Notes: This one's for my wonderful darling slavelabour - happy birthday, sweetpea, I love you! Thanks, and special kisses, to the extraordinary farad - one of these days I am going to run out of superlatives and will have to start repeating myself.

( we all know in our minds / that there ought to be a time / that we can set aside / to show just how much we love you.. )

Title: these hands
Author: denorios
Rating: PG
Summary: Vin loves Chris' hands.
Pairing: Chris/Vin
Word Count: 965
Notes: This, uh, may or may not stem from the fact that I have a serious kink for hands, and can you blame me if I maybe reflect that onto the boys? And, as always, love and hugs for my ever-wonderful beta, farad.

( i love these hands, they belong to you, and i will love these hands my life through.. )