Sweet Chaos
Ch 1: Dreaming of Slaves
Elric Saga, OMCs based upon the tale of the city of H'hui'shan in The Revenge of the Rose.
PG-13, for very dark sexual imagery.

( Vyric's fingers tightened on the edge of the balcony. He gazed down upon the Plain of Imryrr, watching the roseate glow of the setting sun catch fire on spires and minarets, street fronts and bridges. To the glance the city worked as it had always worked: an Elysian construct of pleasure and beauty that the Lords of the Balance could be pleased to have erected. In actuality the city was damaged. It was poised on the brink of total destruction. It would fall to the hands of barbarians soon; it would be swallowed by the primal maw of the power of the Higher Worlds. )

They circle each other, shafts of light piercing their darkness and, only for an instant, illuminating the dangerous trap of the two men together. If you watch Abraxas, this scene becomes a dance: graceful, his steps are fluid and he moves within his long robes like shadow sliding or like black water. The silver streaks in his long, long hair are ( Read more... )

Between Angels and Vampires
Erik/Asher.
Phantom of the Opera/Anita Blake series crossover.
Written for and inspired by defective_dream

( I: red ink and nostalgia - deformities and subterranean rooms - the Angel of Music and Don Juan Triumphant )