Round 2 Masterlist
Thank you to all the authors and artists (and betas, and cheerleaders, and readers!) who took part in Round 2 of The Vampire Diaries Big Bang challenge. I am currently in the process of planning the schedule for Round 3 (check out the post after this for more information) but first a round of the amazing works we received in the past round! Please check them out .
Title: with teeth sharper and blood hotter (i’ll return someday)
Author: crickets
Artist: gigglemonster
Word Count: 12,300
Rating: R
Characters/Pairings: caroline/stefan/tyler (others/mentioned: ensemble, bonnie, matt, elena/stefan, tyler/matt, caroline/matt, tyler/vicki, damon/stefan, damon/elena)
Warnings violence/blood, sexual content, death (supporting character)
Summary: Stefan escapes from Klaus and returns to Mystic Falls. He is followed by the hybrid, and the town pays for his mistake. Mystic Falls is abandoned. Stefan embarks with Caroline and Tyler. On the road and off, we follow the threesome for the next decade.
Link to fic master post: Here
Link to art master post: Here
Title: Watch You Bleed Me Dry
Author: waltzmatildah
Artist: tinnny
Word Count: 18,000
Rating: R
Characters/Pairings: Damon, Elena, Stefan, Katherine, Bonnie, Caroline, Klaus (Damon/Elena, imp Stefan/Elena, imp Stefan/Katherine, imp Damon/Katherine)
Warnings Sexual content and violence (including character death)
Summary: A season three AU set in the aftermath of Stefan’s deal with Klaus
Months of dead-end searching for Stefan across the best part of two entire countries eventually come to a terrifying crescendo just seventy miles south-west of Mystic Falls.
Along the way, Damon and Elena battle desperately, not only against archrival Klaus, but also against their own personal failings, their respective relationships with Stefan and, perhaps most importantly, their tumultuous feelings for each other.
With the help of some unlikely allies in the shape of Bonnie and Katherine, can Damon and Elena get to Stefan before it's too late, or will his deal with Klaus have pushed him beyond the point of no return?
Link to fic master post: Here
Link to art master post: Here
Title: singing a bittersweet song
Author: littledivinity
Artist: sucksucksmile
Word Count: 10,021
Rating: PG-13
Characters/Pairings: Damon, Elena, Damon/Elena, Stefan, Jeremy, Alaric
Warnings N/A
Summary: As Damon and Elena try to save the man they both love and understand what they are to one another, the rest of Mystic Falls settles back into normality. Alaric becomes the man caught in the middle, while trying to take a bigger role in Elena and Jeremy's lives. Damon and Elena think they finally have a lead, and maybe a way to save Stefan. But when a devastating secret of Stefan's is revealed, how will everything unravel? And can anyone come out of it whole?
Link to fic master post: Here
Link to art master post: Here
Title: Can't Say No
Author: ellensmithee
Artist: sourpony
Word Count: 14,500
Rating: NC-17
Characters/Pairings: Alaric/Katherine
Warnings Sexual context, non-sexual violence, strong language, mild gore, bloodplay, vampire!death, references to child abuse/child murder
Summary: When Katherine shows up on Alaric's doorstep looking for a place to stay and his aid in fighting an enemy, he can't bring himself to refuse. As she insinuates herself more and more into his life and drags him into hers, Alaric starts to realize that she has ulterior motives that could mean his doom--or his salvation.
Link to fic master post: Here
Link to art master post: Here
Title: A fronte praecipitium a tergo lupi (A precipice in front, wolves behind)
Author: swirlsofblue
Artist: mylifewithin
Word Count: 19,755
Rating: NC-17
Characters/Pairings: Stefan Salvatore/Klaus, Damon Salvatore, Katherine Pierce.
Warnings Violence, torture, controlling relationship, character death, mild sexual content. Summary: This is an AU story show-casing Stefan and Klaus’s relationship through the last ninety-four years; exploring its dysfunction, and the obstacles and issues they face. It begins in 1917, with them alternately challenging and accepting each other; while on a wildly careening path of violence and destruction. As the tumultuousness of their personalities ebb and flow, their relationship does with it, and there are transformations and acceptance encompassing many shades of grey. Running parallel to this is Katherine’s present day story, wherein she is held captive and tortured by Klaus.
Link to fic master post: Here
Link to art master post: Here
Title: Damon's Diaries
Author: PERSEPHONE20
Artist: RAINYROCKET
Word Count: 16,000
Rating: PG-13
Characters/Pairings: Damon, Stefan, Katherine, Lexi, Original Female Character, Original Male Character, Elena and ensemble
Warnings No Warnings
Summary: Pre-season one. This story follows Damon's life from his point of view before being turned into a vampire by Katherine, to the missing years with Stefan and Lexi, through two World Wars and, finally, to Elena.
Link to fic master post: Here
Link to art master post: Here
Title: A Single Rose Left To Remember
Author: not_from_stars
Artist: queenmidalah
Word Count: 21,542
Rating: PG-13
Characters/Pairings: Damon Salvatore/Elena Gilbert, Tyler Lockwood/Caroline Forbes, Jeremy Gilbert/Bonnie Bennett, Alaric Saltzman, Klaus, Elijah, Katherine Pierce
Warnings Violence/Spoilers for S2
Summary: Elena blames herself for everything that has gone wrong in Mystic Falls and when she is sure that Damon is going to be healed, she leaves the only home she has ever known. She leaves letters for those closest to her, but for Damon, she leaves her journal. The journal is filled with all of Elena's thoughts over the last year -- including her growing love for Damon. The last written page in the journal is a letter for Damon -- and a carefully preserved rose. The rose he gave her once. Now, Damon is in a race against time to find Elena, because Klaus is looking for her, too. Klaus has discovered that because Elena survived the spell he used, her blood -- human or vampire -- now has the power to destroy him if used with an ancient spell. Damon is determined to find Elena before Klaus does and he doesn't care how many people he has to kill to save her. However, when Klaus brings in someone to use as leverage, Damon has to make a choice as to which life he's going to save -- Elena's... or Stefan's.
Link to fic master post: Here
Link to art master post: Here
Title: with teeth sharper and blood hotter (i’ll return someday)
Author: crickets
Artist: gigglemonster
Word Count: 12,300
Rating: R
Characters/Pairings: caroline/stefan/tyler (others/mentioned: ensemble, bonnie, matt, elena/stefan, tyler/matt, caroline/matt, tyler/vicki, damon/stefan, damon/elena)
Warnings violence/blood, sexual content, death (supporting character)
Summary: Stefan escapes from Klaus and returns to Mystic Falls. He is followed by the hybrid, and the town pays for his mistake. Mystic Falls is abandoned. Stefan embarks with Caroline and Tyler. On the road and off, we follow the threesome for the next decade.
Link to fic master post: Here
Link to art master post: Here
Title: Watch You Bleed Me Dry
Author: waltzmatildah
Artist: tinnny
Word Count: 18,000
Rating: R
Characters/Pairings: Damon, Elena, Stefan, Katherine, Bonnie, Caroline, Klaus (Damon/Elena, imp Stefan/Elena, imp Stefan/Katherine, imp Damon/Katherine)
Warnings Sexual content and violence (including character death)
Summary: A season three AU set in the aftermath of Stefan’s deal with Klaus
Months of dead-end searching for Stefan across the best part of two entire countries eventually come to a terrifying crescendo just seventy miles south-west of Mystic Falls.
Along the way, Damon and Elena battle desperately, not only against archrival Klaus, but also against their own personal failings, their respective relationships with Stefan and, perhaps most importantly, their tumultuous feelings for each other.
With the help of some unlikely allies in the shape of Bonnie and Katherine, can Damon and Elena get to Stefan before it's too late, or will his deal with Klaus have pushed him beyond the point of no return?
Link to fic master post: Here
Link to art master post: Here
Title: singing a bittersweet song
Author: littledivinity
Artist: sucksucksmile
Word Count: 10,021
Rating: PG-13
Characters/Pairings: Damon, Elena, Damon/Elena, Stefan, Jeremy, Alaric
Warnings N/A
Summary: As Damon and Elena try to save the man they both love and understand what they are to one another, the rest of Mystic Falls settles back into normality. Alaric becomes the man caught in the middle, while trying to take a bigger role in Elena and Jeremy's lives. Damon and Elena think they finally have a lead, and maybe a way to save Stefan. But when a devastating secret of Stefan's is revealed, how will everything unravel? And can anyone come out of it whole?
Link to fic master post: Here
Link to art master post: Here
Title: Can't Say No
Author: ellensmithee
Artist: sourpony
Word Count: 14,500
Rating: NC-17
Characters/Pairings: Alaric/Katherine
Warnings Sexual context, non-sexual violence, strong language, mild gore, bloodplay, vampire!death, references to child abuse/child murder
Summary: When Katherine shows up on Alaric's doorstep looking for a place to stay and his aid in fighting an enemy, he can't bring himself to refuse. As she insinuates herself more and more into his life and drags him into hers, Alaric starts to realize that she has ulterior motives that could mean his doom--or his salvation.
Link to fic master post: Here
Link to art master post: Here
Title: A fronte praecipitium a tergo lupi (A precipice in front, wolves behind)
Author: swirlsofblue
Artist: mylifewithin
Word Count: 19,755
Rating: NC-17
Characters/Pairings: Stefan Salvatore/Klaus, Damon Salvatore, Katherine Pierce.
Warnings Violence, torture, controlling relationship, character death, mild sexual content. Summary: This is an AU story show-casing Stefan and Klaus’s relationship through the last ninety-four years; exploring its dysfunction, and the obstacles and issues they face. It begins in 1917, with them alternately challenging and accepting each other; while on a wildly careening path of violence and destruction. As the tumultuousness of their personalities ebb and flow, their relationship does with it, and there are transformations and acceptance encompassing many shades of grey. Running parallel to this is Katherine’s present day story, wherein she is held captive and tortured by Klaus.
Link to fic master post: Here
Link to art master post: Here
Title: Damon's Diaries
Author: PERSEPHONE20
Artist: RAINYROCKET
Word Count: 16,000
Rating: PG-13
Characters/Pairings: Damon, Stefan, Katherine, Lexi, Original Female Character, Original Male Character, Elena and ensemble
Warnings No Warnings
Summary: Pre-season one. This story follows Damon's life from his point of view before being turned into a vampire by Katherine, to the missing years with Stefan and Lexi, through two World Wars and, finally, to Elena.
Link to fic master post: Here
Link to art master post: Here
Title: A Single Rose Left To Remember
Author: not_from_stars
Artist: queenmidalah
Word Count: 21,542
Rating: PG-13
Characters/Pairings: Damon Salvatore/Elena Gilbert, Tyler Lockwood/Caroline Forbes, Jeremy Gilbert/Bonnie Bennett, Alaric Saltzman, Klaus, Elijah, Katherine Pierce
Warnings Violence/Spoilers for S2
Summary: Elena blames herself for everything that has gone wrong in Mystic Falls and when she is sure that Damon is going to be healed, she leaves the only home she has ever known. She leaves letters for those closest to her, but for Damon, she leaves her journal. The journal is filled with all of Elena's thoughts over the last year -- including her growing love for Damon. The last written page in the journal is a letter for Damon -- and a carefully preserved rose. The rose he gave her once. Now, Damon is in a race against time to find Elena, because Klaus is looking for her, too. Klaus has discovered that because Elena survived the spell he used, her blood -- human or vampire -- now has the power to destroy him if used with an ancient spell. Damon is determined to find Elena before Klaus does and he doesn't care how many people he has to kill to save her. However, when Klaus brings in someone to use as leverage, Damon has to make a choice as to which life he's going to save -- Elena's... or Stefan's.
Link to fic master post: Here
Link to art master post: Here